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They don't make them anymore, but you can get them used and they're still great machines.

by kwiens 11y ago

slantyyz 11y ago
In my opinion (the market clearly disagrees with me), the mid-2012 15" model was the last great Macbook Pro that Apple ever made. That they don't make the unibodies any more is pretty much the main reason why I went back to a PC laptop. I loved my 2011 MBP because I didn't have to pay Apple prices for RAM and storage, and was gradually able to upgrade it as prices for RAM and SSDs came down. That was until it got bricked by the famous GPU overheat issue. By the time Apple finally acknowledged and started fixing the problem, I had already switched away. The Retina MBPs are nice, but thin for thinness' sake did not align with what I wanted. I would have rather they put in a bigger battery in the unibodies instead of shrinking the body.
- mehrdada 11y ago
  I seriously doubt anyone cares much about raw battery capacity per se. Battery longevity is what matters. I wouldn't mind the smallest battery in the world if it powers my device the longest. The good news is despite the smaller battery and thinness and much much better display, the new Retina MBP 15" has better battery life than the machine you believe was the last great one. In the end, you might not agree with their trade-offs, but they are giving the customer the best of both worlds (something I suspect most of their customers appreciate), improving across both dimensions of weight and battery life. It's very hard to argue they are making a worse machine now than before.
  - slantyyz 11y ago
    >> Battery longevity is what matters. I wouldn't mind the smallest battery in the world if it powers my device the longest. Nobody would mind that. But today, a bigger battery is more likely to power your device longer, all other things being equal. If the Retina MBP's guts were put in a 2012-style unibody and the extra space was simply filled with more battery, I tend to think that the Retina MBP's battery life would be crazy good. And there are a lot of "pros" who use power-sucking, CPU intensive apps that would appreciate that.

They don't make them anymore, but you can get them used and they're still great machines.

by kwiens 11y ago

They don't make them anymore, but you can get them used and they're still great machines.

In my opinion (the market clearly disagrees with me), the mid-2012 15" model was the last great Macbook Pro that Apple ever made. That they don't make the unibodies any more is pretty much the main reason why I went back to a PC laptop. I loved my 2011 MBP because I didn't have to pay Apple prices for RAM and storage, and was gradually able to upgrade it as prices for RAM and SSDs came down. That was until it got bricked by the famous GPU overheat issue. By the time Apple finally acknowledged and started fixing the problem, I had already switched away. The Retina MBPs are nice, but thin for thinness' sake did not align with what I wanted. I would have rather they put in a bigger battery in the unibodies instead of shrinking the body.

mehrdada 11y ago
I seriously doubt anyone cares much about raw battery capacity per se. Battery longevity is what matters. I wouldn't mind the smallest battery in the world if it powers my device the longest. The good news is despite the smaller battery and thinness and much much better display, the new Retina MBP 15" has better battery life than the machine you believe was the last great one. In the end, you might not agree with their trade-offs, but they are giving the customer the best of both worlds (something I suspect most of their customers appreciate), improving across both dimensions of weight and battery life. It's very hard to argue they are making a worse machine now than before.
- slantyyz 11y ago
  >> Battery longevity is what matters. I wouldn't mind the smallest battery in the world if it powers my device the longest. Nobody would mind that. But today, a bigger battery is more likely to power your device longer, all other things being equal. If the Retina MBP's guts were put in a 2012-style unibody and the extra space was simply filled with more battery, I tend to think that the Retina MBP's battery life would be crazy good. And there are a lot of "pros" who use power-sucking, CPU intensive apps that would appreciate that.