I seriously doubt that Apple has ANYTHING to do with these retailers. Sounds more like these guys are paying a large wad of cash to AI for the advertising.
The 2.5GHz 13" MacBook Pro is available as a refurb on Apple's website right now for $1019, just $19 more than the super-special "limited time" eBay offer lauded in the article.
Yes! kill it! it makes me sick to look at that old POS in the same table as a super fast and modern rMBP, macbook air and iMac.
It belongs to the past.
Only clueless people buy it, they don't realize that the air is 3x as fast (ssd).
Nice...
Obviously it's better looking than every other laptop, but against the air and rmbp?please.
Sorry, but it's still the best selling Apple computer, and you can get it with an SSD if you want to give up the hard drive space. Maybe more people want an optical drive than you think. I wouldn't trade my 15".
Hopefully this means the next refresh will dump the old formfactor completely, and the lowest priced model will be a slim without the overpriced retina display. Just give me the slim chassis with the updated screen found in the MBA, and I'll be happy.
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Originally Posted by pedromartins
Yes! kill it! it makes me sick to look at that old POS in the same table as a super fast and modern rMBP, macbook air and iMac.
It belongs to the past.
Only clueless people buy it, they don't realize that the air is 3x as fast (ssd).
Nice...
Obviously it's better looking than every other laptop, but against the air and rmbp?please.
The lack of expandability in the current rMBP is a deal killer for me. Also while the super fast SSD is nice, I need storage not blazing speed. In other words, I am not clueless, but the rMBP does not meet my needs.
If Apple wants to keep the non-upgradable slim models, they should sell them as MacBook not MacBook Pro. Like I said in my feedback to Apple, I will gladly give back the .2 inches for the upgradability back.
What I would love to see is a MBP (w/ or w/o retina) with upgradable RAM and a Fusion Drive (Speed and Storage).
Sorry, but it's still the best selling Apple computer, and you can get it with an SSD if you want to give up the hard drive space. Maybe more people want an optical drive than you think. I wouldn't trade my 15".
I want an optical drive as a removable placeholder for a second hard drive. If I could get that and retina then great. Having that killer screen does nothing for me if I can't store anything on it to view. Lugging around an external is a bigger pain than a thicker case.
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It is $20 more.
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider
It's no secret that Apple maintains a somewhat unofficial refurbished outlet on eBay
Um... This was news to me!
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Originally Posted by pedromartins
Yes! kill it! it makes me sick to look at that old POS in the same table as a super fast and modern rMBP, macbook air and iMac.
It belongs to the past.
Only clueless people buy it, they don't realize that the air is 3x as fast (ssd).
Nice...
Obviously it's better looking than every other laptop, but against the air and rmbp?please.
It's the perfect choice for people who complain about how Apple's "obsession with thinness".
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Originally Posted by Dunks
Um... This was news to me!
What about this?
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac
Includes a 1-year warranty.
I wouldn't exactly consider any of this a "deal."
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Originally Posted by pedromartins
Yes! kill it! it makes me sick to look at that old POS in the same table as a super fast and modern rMBP, macbook air and iMac.
It belongs to the past.
Only clueless people buy it, they don't realize that the air is 3x as fast (ssd).
Nice...
Obviously it's better looking than every other laptop, but against the air and rmbp?please.
Sorry, but it's still the best selling Apple computer, and you can get it with an SSD if you want to give up the hard drive space. Maybe more people want an optical drive than you think. I wouldn't trade my 15".
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Originally Posted by Cash907
Hopefully this means the next refresh will dump the old formfactor completely, and the lowest priced model will be a slim without the overpriced retina display. Just give me the slim chassis with the updated screen found in the MBA, and I'll be happy.
Quote:
Originally Posted by pedromartins
Yes! kill it! it makes me sick to look at that old POS in the same table as a super fast and modern rMBP, macbook air and iMac.
It belongs to the past.
Only clueless people buy it, they don't realize that the air is 3x as fast (ssd).
Nice...
Obviously it's better looking than every other laptop, but against the air and rmbp?please.
The lack of expandability in the current rMBP is a deal killer for me. Also while the super fast SSD is nice, I need storage not blazing speed. In other words, I am not clueless, but the rMBP does not meet my needs.
If Apple wants to keep the non-upgradable slim models, they should sell them as MacBook not MacBook Pro. Like I said in my feedback to Apple, I will gladly give back the .2 inches for the upgradability back.
What I would love to see is a MBP (w/ or w/o retina) with upgradable RAM and a Fusion Drive (Speed and Storage).
I want an optical drive as a removable placeholder for a second hard drive. If I could get that and retina then great. Having that killer screen does nothing for me if I can't store anything on it to view. Lugging around an external is a bigger pain than a thicker case.
Originally Posted by AJMonline
Also while the super fast SSD is nice, I need storage not blazing speed. In other words, I am not clueless, but the rMBP does not meet my needs.
It could, but then you'd complain it starts at $4,000. The chips aren't cheap yet is all.
If Apple wants to keep the non-upgradable slim models, they should sell them as MacBook not MacBook Pro.
Nonsense. That's not the defining mark.
What I would love to see is a MBP (w/ or w/o retina) with upgradable RAM and a Fusion Drive (Speed and Storage).
So you'd love to see exactly what they've sold for the past 20 years?
The academic price on the 13" nonRetina Macbook is wrong. It's not $999, it's $1,099.00.