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The new Retina MBP is lovely but...
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<blockquote data-quote="familychoice" data-source="post: 1437995" data-attributes="member: 261678"><p>Thanks for the reply <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I did that on the online store but the costs were high. £400 for an SSD was very steep when I can buy one for about £120. It would be cheaper just to buy the retina.</p><p></p><p>I'll be adding some extra RAM, and probably in a years time adding an SSD for a performance boost. The one Apple upgrade I was considering though was the higher resolution option for £80 - still mulling this one over.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hmmm...yes I have been thinking about this as an option. Talking to the guy in the Apple store he said 90% of the repairs they had were hard drive failures, which is something I could replace with the standard MBP. However he did mention logic board failures so maybe going without the warranty is a false economy.</p><p></p><p>Two other negative points with the retina for me that I forgot to mention above are:</p><p></p><p>No optical drive - most of my clients still provide content on disk, and so I'd have to factor this into the costs and it'd be another thing to lug around when visiting clients.</p><p></p><p>Single audio input - I like to make a bit of music and not having separate input and outputs would mean I'd have to buy an audio splitter, which is a pain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="familychoice, post: 1437995, member: 261678"] Thanks for the reply :) I did that on the online store but the costs were high. £400 for an SSD was very steep when I can buy one for about £120. It would be cheaper just to buy the retina. I'll be adding some extra RAM, and probably in a years time adding an SSD for a performance boost. The one Apple upgrade I was considering though was the higher resolution option for £80 - still mulling this one over. Hmmm...yes I have been thinking about this as an option. Talking to the guy in the Apple store he said 90% of the repairs they had were hard drive failures, which is something I could replace with the standard MBP. However he did mention logic board failures so maybe going without the warranty is a false economy. Two other negative points with the retina for me that I forgot to mention above are: No optical drive - most of my clients still provide content on disk, and so I'd have to factor this into the costs and it'd be another thing to lug around when visiting clients. Single audio input - I like to make a bit of music and not having separate input and outputs would mean I'd have to buy an audio splitter, which is a pain. [/QUOTE]
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