If you're looking to save some $, check out the Apple Store refurb section. I just bought a Mid-2012 15" MBP for a shade over $1100. 2.3ghz Quad-core i7, 4G RAM (Upgradeable to 16G), and 500G HD. Full warranty, and Apple Care is available on them.
Seeking comments on latest Mac notebooks
- (Ashton)
- (37)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 03:31:09 AM EDT
Nice, expensive, not got much graphical shove
- (pwhysall)
- (7)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 07:44:28 AM EDT
What he said. Are you missing a "Do Not" in the last line?
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 08:07:39 AM EDT
No
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 02:32:04 PM EDT
Weird.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 03:58:20 PM EDT
Re: Weird.
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 04:28:40 PM EDT
I disagree about the keyboard.
- (static)
- (2)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 10:05:42 PM EDT
Take your point, but...
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 12:50:46 AM EDT
Yes, the HHK is an outlier.
- (static)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 06:20:23 AM EDT
They were updated in July, more extensive changes in 2015.
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 1, 2014, 08:03:31 AM EDT
Thanks all.. perzackly what I needed to know.
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 04:25:32 PM EDT
PS: about desirable mem for two Apps:
- (Ashton)
- (24)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 04:34:02 PM EDT
Max it.
- (pwhysall)
- (21)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 05:24:45 PM EDT
I do appreciate that Winders Can handle (even such as you do.)
- (Ashton)
- (20)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 08:40:43 PM EDT
windows sux
- (boxley)
- (10)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 09:42:08 PM EDT
My dad recently got a Win7 machine after running XP for years...
- (Another Scott)
- (4)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 10:32:18 PM EDT
recent? Win8 has been out for a while.
- (boxley)
- (3)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 10:49:26 PM EDT
Yup. Just a few months ago. They didn't want 8.x.
- (Another Scott)
- (2)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 10:56:03 PM EDT
Wow
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 11:01:11 PM EDT
Win7 is on "extended support" until January 2020. It'll be around a while.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 11:27:35 PM EDT
+5, subtle. Yes, I catch your meaning..
- (Ashton)
- (1)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 10:47:18 PM EDT
apple controls what hardware goes into its boxen
- (boxley)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 10:58:30 PM EDT
It's not UNIX
- (malraux)
- (2)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 10:59:46 PM EDT
yup, shoddy dev platform unless you are from other countries
- (boxley)
- (1)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 11:03:40 PM EDT
No kidding
- (malraux)
- Oct. 3, 2014, 12:24:20 PM EDT
Re: I do appreciate that Winders Can handle (even such as you do.)
- (pwhysall)
- (8)
- Oct. 3, 2014, 01:16:06 AM EDT
+5, Insightful.
- (static)
- Oct. 3, 2014, 08:46:12 AM EDT
Thanks; second the Insightful (and dudgeon over Apple's now evident decline
- (Ashton)
- (6)
- Oct. 4, 2014, 06:06:02 AM EDT
Actually
- (pwhysall)
- (5)
- Oct. 4, 2014, 06:35:36 AM EDT
Heh. even moi can second the file manager options available
- (Ashton)
- (4)
- Oct. 5, 2014, 05:54:44 PM EDT
I was a young sysadmin in the mid-late 90s
- (pwhysall)
- (3)
- Oct. 6, 2014, 01:27:29 AM EDT
By way of contrast
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Oct. 6, 2014, 09:12:06 AM EDT
So you're the kind of user who can still make that happen
-NT
- (drook)
- (1)
- Oct. 6, 2014, 12:24:54 PM EDT
Wasn't even connected to the wifi
- (pwhysall)
- Oct. 6, 2014, 01:04:55 PM EDT
Would she be happier with a MacPro?
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 06:18:41 PM EDT
Plan to send her here to mull, cogitate
- (Ashton)
- Oct. 2, 2014, 08:08:57 PM EDT
You might consider the refurbs
- (Steve Lowe)
- Oct. 3, 2014, 12:53:49 AM EDT
you might want to check the iworm
-NT
- (boxley)
- Oct. 6, 2014, 09:48:21 AM EDT