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If its around $2500, fvck them. I might as well get the 15" rMBP at that price or something else.
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I'm with whiskers, they over priced the rMBP. And honestly its not worth that much more. I'd rather get the 15" with the same specs non retina.
I love my display on my MBP already. And i've seen the rMBP at best buy briefly. Its not a drastic change as it was on the iPad, iPhone.
I mean they have marketed the Retina brand really well so i'm sure people are easily willing to shell out the money, based on it having that name in the brand line. But thats just the amazing marketing geniuses for you.
I love my display on my MBP already. And i've seen the rMBP at best buy briefly. Its not a drastic change as it was on the iPad, iPhone.
I mean they have marketed the Retina brand really well so i'm sure people are easily willing to shell out the money, based on it having that name in the brand line. But thats just the amazing marketing geniuses for you.
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I'm with whiskers, they over priced the rMBP. And honestly its not worth that much more. I'd rather get the 15" with the same specs non retina.
I love my display on my MBP already. And i've seen the rMBP at best buy briefly. Its not a drastic change as it was on the iPad, iPhone.
I mean they have marketed the Retina brand really well so i'm sure people are easily willing to shell out the money, based on it having that name in the brand line. But thats just the amazing marketing geniuses for you.
I love my display on my MBP already. And i've seen the rMBP at best buy briefly. Its not a drastic change as it was on the iPad, iPhone.
I mean they have marketed the Retina brand really well so i'm sure people are easily willing to shell out the money, based on it having that name in the brand line. But thats just the amazing marketing geniuses for you.
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also is there anything to clean the aluminum surface?? Just water and a paper towel? Oviously staying away from certain things.I Just wanna clean it the empty spaces on the side of the trackpad
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http://www.macrumors.com/2012/10/19/...-roughly-1699/
13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Pricing to Start at Roughly $1699
9to5Mac reports that it has begun to receive pricing information on the upcoming 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. According to the information, the entry-level model should be priced in the neighborhood of $1699, a $500 premium over the corresponding non-Retina model.We’ve now received pricing information on the base model and the “better” model. Based on wholesale prices we’ve received, we believe the entry model 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro will cost roughly $1699 at launch while the higher specc’ed model will cost $300 more making the $2000 price point likely.
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Current pricing on non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro</center>
Interestingly, the estimated $500 price premium for the Retina version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro compares to a $400 premium on the entry-level 15-inch Retina versus non-Retina models. The higher-level 15-inch configuration carries a $600 price premium over its non-Retina counterpart due to the significantly more expensive 512 GB flash storage included with the machine.
9to5Mac reports that it has begun to receive pricing information on the upcoming 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro. According to the information, the entry-level model should be priced in the neighborhood of $1699, a $500 premium over the corresponding non-Retina model.We’ve now received pricing information on the base model and the “better” model. Based on wholesale prices we’ve received, we believe the entry model 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro will cost roughly $1699 at launch while the higher specc’ed model will cost $300 more making the $2000 price point likely.
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Current pricing on non-Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro</center>
Interestingly, the estimated $500 price premium for the Retina version of the 13-inch MacBook Pro compares to a $400 premium on the entry-level 15-inch Retina versus non-Retina models. The higher-level 15-inch configuration carries a $600 price premium over its non-Retina counterpart due to the significantly more expensive 512 GB flash storage included with the machine.
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Im curious what I can sell my 2007 24" iMac for....and my current mid-2009 13" MBP....only problem with my laptop is I dropped the fucker a few months ago and dented the top corner of the casing...screen is undamaged...damned soft metals...
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Hope so considering the fully loaded 15 is about $3700. Me and you need to come up with a wife plan to get these bad boys. I can probably sell my 2011 15 inch for 1K ish.
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If I could get 1k combined for my two machines I think Id be lucky
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2.7GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
768GB Flash Storage
Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's Guide (English)
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maybe thats what I did when I built it....I do want to dump my imac and laptop and consolidate back to one machine...where I can dock it to the t-bolt display when I need a bigger work area...
sadly a t-bolt disply would be much later down the line.
sadly a t-bolt disply would be much later down the line.
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what is a c2d?
Its the very first AL bodied iMac...maxed out at 4GB of RAM....hard drive dumped out a few month ago so I put in a 1TB barracuda drive.
Its so slow for what I need it for I just never use it....hell now that Im shooting 36MP photos....my mid-2009 macbook is choking on them as well.
Its the very first AL bodied iMac...maxed out at 4GB of RAM....hard drive dumped out a few month ago so I put in a 1TB barracuda drive.
Its so slow for what I need it for I just never use it....hell now that Im shooting 36MP photos....my mid-2009 macbook is choking on them as well.