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Hate to throw in yet another counter-argument, but here goes: I'd consider myself one of the main target markets for the MacBook Pro, and have for several year

Hate to throw in yet another counter-argument, but here goes: I'd consider myself one of the main target markets for the MacBook Pro, and have for several years been a faithful consumer of them. I compile multi-gigabyte codebases on a semi-regular basis in addition to database work and number crunching that would put a normal consumer laptop totally out of its depth. Its the combination of the ability to do this easily and with great battery life and general usability that makes my MacBook so nice. I'm convinced that if you're doing more heavy-hitting work than what I throw at my laptop day in day out then a MacBook or any easily portable device isn't for you, and a 2 inch thick Dell monster with a proper desktop chipset and memory controller is what you're really after, or even a couple of c4.xlarge instances running in AWS with a MacBook as the client. For any load too much for my little notebook its straight into amazon and I go get a coffee.

tw04 10y ago
No offense, but everytime I hear a response like this, I can't help but think the person typing it is so engrossed with the Mac world, or so desperate to defend Apple, that they haven't spent 30 seconds look for alternatives. Razer has made the power machine every is asking for in a Macbook like format. A company that makes less in total yearly INCOME than Apple makes in INTEREST on a monthly basis. http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro
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- seanp2k2 10y ago
  Yeah, the blade pro is pretty cool, but it's still consumer kit. No pro GPU, no ECC RAM, no xeon, no smartcard reader (non-starter for tons of people working with classified stuff / government contractors). Looks like a great gaming / development machine though, esp if you're doing AI/ML stuff that can take advantage of that awesome GPU. Keyboard looks nice to use as well. For the price, I agree that it makes the MBP look like a joke. The touchpad on the MBP has been the best you could get for about a decade though, and I still haven't used any laptop where the trackpad is even close to as good.

tw04 10y ago

No offense, but everytime I hear a response like this, I can't help but think the person typing it is so engrossed with the Mac world, or so desperate to defend Apple, that they haven't spent 30 seconds look for alternatives. Razer has made the power machine every is asking for in a Macbook like format. A company that makes less in total yearly INCOME than Apple makes in INTEREST on a monthly basis. http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-pro

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seanp2k2 10y ago
Yeah, the blade pro is pretty cool, but it's still consumer kit. No pro GPU, no ECC RAM, no xeon, no smartcard reader (non-starter for tons of people working with classified stuff / government contractors). Looks like a great gaming / development machine though, esp if you're doing AI/ML stuff that can take advantage of that awesome GPU. Keyboard looks nice to use as well. For the price, I agree that it makes the MBP look like a joke. The touchpad on the MBP has been the best you could get for about a decade though, and I still haven't used any laptop where the trackpad is even close to as good.