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But the mini actually fits into my jacket pockets!

I was wondering if anyone knows about Villagetronic.com so that I could use an Nvidia card on my MBP? They make (made) a ViDock that uses the Express Card slot on my MBP 17" late 2011. Unfortunately I only just discovered the company and now it looks like they are no longer actively around. Does anyone know if they are and/or if there is a was to still get an Express Card solution as I'd rather not have to sacrifice my one Thunderbolt v1 port for a device such as this. Any help would be appreciated. I really liked the ViDock as it was a more elegant solution and prettier too with three slots. thx.

hanging on to my final 17" model for dear life.

Looks like my MBP 17" late 2011 is going to get it's dual SSD upgrades after all. There is nothing professional in the new MBPs at all, except maybe for the professional business executives. But not for the designer, the photographer, the "real" musician, and anyone that needs a serious computer to do serious work and that is going to be worthy of the serious investment to buy one; that includes upgradability both in storage and memory. And I'm tired of carrying all these dongles. Apple needs to come out with a special carrying case just for them. The dongles are not cheap either. And MagSafe; I don't know how many times my Mac was saved from a huge disaster from my kids running over my power cord. Oh, and my APPL just tanked thank-you very much; it was just starting to improve again. It is supposed to be part of my downpayment for my house. It's cool and all, but I really do think there is a need for a touch screen… not a touch strip. I mean, if you were going to do that, and give a mushy keyboard, why didn't they just replace the keyboard entirely with a touch pad with hepatic feedback. That would have been awesome, to have the ability to switch keyboard layout types on the fly; they wouldn't need to come out with all these language localized models with different keyboards; and I'd be able to buy the computer anywhere in the world. Just think how Chinese users would love being able to draw their characters and see what they are doing below their fingers. Then, coupled with the Apple Pencil, the input area could be used to draw, and so much more. Heck, if the whole lower area was a touch area, it could incorporate the trackpad. And, depending on what I'm doing, I could even "move" the trackpad to a different location by just dragging it. Yup, Apple's really killing the professionals that really need something to create on.

macxpress said:

The $5.3 billion is just the tip of the iceberg....its nothing compared to the tarnished reputation its received from this. 

Or potential upcoming lawsuits…