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I just want the 17" to come back.
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Does it come with a wall to project on?
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I just want a phone implanted in the back of my hand although the thought of sticking a charging cable up my ass is not at all appealing.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Winter The only thing I am against is the fact that the battery is glued in. Glue just seems cheap to me. What really makes it bad is the trackpad cable is glued in under the battery. So as you are trying to unglue …
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And I do stand corrected. They do have two Thunderbolt connectors. Not sure how I missed that. http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs-retina/
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Quote: Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton The eighties? I doubt it. I remember the Mac from 1984. Sealed box. Non-expandable RAM. Proprietary storage options. Proprietary everything. External expansion only. No user-serviceable parts. In…
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Battery is glued in. RAM is soldered in. Proprietor solid state drive that can only be upgraded by Apple. Only way to use ethernet is on the one and only Thunderbolt connector. Same thing with Firewire. Same thing with an external display so if you…
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Nice glued together throwaway laptops. :-/
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank Or don't you invite the customer to your shop so you have all of your big screens there to show your work on a REAL workstation? You mean the spare bedroom of my house? I'm a freelance designer. Have been for…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank You should maybe print out a full sized copy and have something to write on to make notes. Got it, leave laptop home. Bring Letraset, Border tape, X Acto Knife and some spray adhesive. Time to get back to b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank Doesn't your client have a bigger monitor you can hook your laptop up to? We sat at a table and discussed things over lunch. But I guess we could have moved the meeting into the restaurant’s office. Then I…
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Quote: Originally Posted by drblank http://www.siliconsolar.com/portable-solar-power-systems.html Even better, portable fuel cell http://www.gizmag.com/go/4068/picture/11293/ Because lugging around all this equipment is so much better tha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht That's just stupid. Is the brochure physically that much larger than a 17" screen? Doubtful. Frankly I'd be surprised if an iPad + Apple TV wasn't a better client presentation platform than any 17" laptop s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by sennen You could always keep the 17"-er for taking to clients if it 'barely' manages... And then buy two copies of the Adobe applications plus other applications that I use.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil No, not at all. It’s up to them to make whatever they want and you can deal with it or buy something else from someone else. If they want to provide a complete solution then they need to meet the ha…
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Quote: Originally Posted by nht As a former road warrior with a 17" MBP the damn thing was too big most of the time. Too big to fit into hotel safes. Too big to comfortably use when riding coach. Too big to lug around. If I could of had a 13"…
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The problem is that if you want to run Mac OSX you have to buy from Apple. So unless Apple starts licensing their OS it is up to them to sell products that meet the needs of all their users, not just the ones buying the most equipment. If Apple i…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil Enjoy your boat. See this is why I'm different. Don't care if my laptop is big and ugly or how thin it is. Just want a laptop with a big matt screen that runs Mac OS X. I know I'm not along in this…
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If I could figure out how to get Mac OSX to run on something like this I would buy it today. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8208716&CatId=2511
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Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal Do what everyone else in the "industry" do. Either use a desktop PC, or plug your laptop into an external monitor when you need that much visual real estate. Accept that laptops are designed with mobility…