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I honestly doubt it would cost $3000 to replace your 5 year old macbook.
by superninja234 10y ago
I honestly doubt it would cost $3000 to replace your 5 year old macbook.
- mozumder 10y agoI also have the same type of maxed-out 2011 17" MacBook Pro. The replacement for that I am looking at costs $3500-$4200.
- kobeya 10y agoSorry that's just not possible. There are gamer targeted systems that are better specs than anything apple ever made (even after market upgrades) in the sun $2k range.
- _ph_ 10y agoThe problem is, they don't run macOS. And if your whole work-environment is centered around macOS, it is not an easy choice to leave that behind, and consequently, hardware upgrades don't come cheap.
- kobeya 10y agoSure but that's a different point.
- _ph_ 10y agoNo, if he wants to be a replacement, one has to assume he wants to be compatible and keep using the applications he currently uses. Any non-Mac system might be an "alternative" but not a "replacement".
- jamespo 10y ago$2k buys a lot of applications
- _ph_ 10y agoThe problem is with changing the software environment. Most applications are not available on all operation systems. So your hunt starts for solutions where the application is not available on other operation systems.
- bholzer 10y agoBut it won't buy the magical ability for a built PC to run macOS. I don't care about the applications, I care about the underlying OS
- beat 10y agoIt's not just applications, it's time. I'm in the middle of producing a 17 song concept album. If I switch platforms, I have to completely redo all my mixes and learn a whole lot of new tooling. What's the cost of that? Dozens of hours of my time...
- ncallaway 10y agoNo, that was exactly their point. You responded to a different point.
- coldtea 10y ago>There are gamer targeted systems that are better specs than anything apple ever made Which is irrelevant. I don't a "gamer system". I want thin, light, excellent construction, and good battery life, great trackpad, and a good enough CPU/GPU to achieve all that. Comparable Mac and PC systems for that cost $2000 and way up...
- beat 10y agoThe cheapest I can get into a 15" MBP with a terabyte of storage (and I need a terabyte) is $2999.
- superninja234 10y agoSo the reason the replacement is so expensive is because you've coupled yourself to a particular OS and so your replacing a macbook with another macbook. Even though there being other cheaper and more powerful options.
- ohyoutravel 10y agoI assumed that when the poster said replace the macbook, they were specifically talking about replacing it with the same thing. Obviously one can get a windows laptop with those specs for MUCH cheaper. Replacement in this context = replace with the same thing. To wit: "It would cost $150,000 to replace my Porsche!" You don't argue that one can buy a Nissan Leaf to replace it for $9k.
- 72deluxe 10y agoSoftware on one OS is not the same on another OS, despite cross-platform apps getting better. What else could I run Logic on btw?
- curun1r 10y agoOnly if you need the touchbar. The non-touchbar model can be had for $2599, including the horribly overpriced 1 TB upgrade. If you can figure out how to use an external drive (Samsung T3 is $349, tiny and performance should be roughly on par with an internal drive), you can knock another $250 off that and still have the 256 GB that comes with the standard configuration. As a plus, the T3 is trivially upgradable when storage prices inevitably fall over the next couple of years. Even if you chose a Mac alternative with user-accessible internal storage, the process of swapping out the drive would be somewhat involved and require an OS re-install. I've never understood the obsession with having a ton of internal storage in your laptop. I'd rather buy external storage since it allows me to upgrade my laptop independent of my data and makes migrations easier. It also saves money given how much cheaper external storage is and becomes over the life of the laptop.