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Honest question, but how much would you pay for this model? $7000 USD?

by ProAm 8y ago

noonespecial 8y ago
Make it full-on 2019 state of the art specs and I would. My 2012 still works great. If I could expect that kind of life, 7k for that makes it seem like a bargain over the current lot.
- dwighttk 8y ago
  Same here, This thing doesn’t show any signs of breaking down. I chalk it up mostly to the ssd instead of a spinning disk which always seemed to be the part that wore out on my previous machines.
taude 8y ago
Where do you get $7K? It really seems like Apple could stop over engineering their hardware, add some ports, maybe make it a mm or two thicker, add up to a pound in weight, and still have a 5 pound 15" professional work horse?
- ProAm 8y ago
  I just made up the $7k, but the OP mentioned he'd be willing to pay more for that, I already think the MBPs are overpriced so I was curious how much more he'd be willing to pay for a functional laptop again. I wasn't being snarky and it was a real question. How much would an Apple user be willing to pay for a laptop that had what they wanted in it.
  - Retra 8y ago
    Just because they happen to be an Apple user doesn't mean their status as an Apple user is relevant to your inquiry. I'd pay quite a lot to have an optimal laptop. But last time I went laptop shopping, Apple was the only one offering a non-touchscreen, metal bodied, unix-like environment with a reasonable keyboard layout. I have no loyalty to Apple (I've only ever purchased a 2015 MBP from them) but everything else I could find in stores at the time had nothing I wanted, and a lot of what I didn't want (Windows 10, touchscreen) I would have to pay for and remove/ignore anyway. I would pay a lot for a good laptop precisely because the process of finding a laptop that I'll feel good about buying is so difficult these days.
    - ProAm 8y ago
      > Just because they happen to be an Apple user doesn't mean their status as an Apple user is relevant to your inquiry. Sure it does, the OP I was replying to is already an Apple user and said he'd be willing to pay more. He is already paying a premium price, so the question of how much more premium is he willing to go has everything to do with him/her being an Apple user.

Honest question, but how much would you pay for this model? $7000 USD?

by ProAm 8y ago

Honest question, but how much would you pay for this model? $7000 USD?

Make it full-on 2019 state of the art specs and I would. My 2012 still works great. If I could expect that kind of life, 7k for that makes it seem like a bargain over the current lot.

dwighttk 8y ago
Same here, This thing doesn’t show any signs of breaking down. I chalk it up mostly to the ssd instead of a spinning disk which always seemed to be the part that wore out on my previous machines.

taude 8y ago

Where do you get $7K? It really seems like Apple could stop over engineering their hardware, add some ports, maybe make it a mm or two thicker, add up to a pound in weight, and still have a 5 pound 15" professional work horse?

ProAm 8y ago
I just made up the $7k, but the OP mentioned he'd be willing to pay more for that, I already think the MBPs are overpriced so I was curious how much more he'd be willing to pay for a functional laptop again. I wasn't being snarky and it was a real question. How much would an Apple user be willing to pay for a laptop that had what they wanted in it.
- Retra 8y ago
  Just because they happen to be an Apple user doesn't mean their status as an Apple user is relevant to your inquiry. I'd pay quite a lot to have an optimal laptop. But last time I went laptop shopping, Apple was the only one offering a non-touchscreen, metal bodied, unix-like environment with a reasonable keyboard layout. I have no loyalty to Apple (I've only ever purchased a 2015 MBP from them) but everything else I could find in stores at the time had nothing I wanted, and a lot of what I didn't want (Windows 10, touchscreen) I would have to pay for and remove/ignore anyway. I would pay a lot for a good laptop precisely because the process of finding a laptop that I'll feel good about buying is so difficult these days.
  - ProAm 8y ago
    > Just because they happen to be an Apple user doesn't mean their status as an Apple user is relevant to your inquiry. Sure it does, the OP I was replying to is already an Apple user and said he'd be willing to pay more. He is already paying a premium price, so the question of how much more premium is he willing to go has everything to do with him/her being an Apple user.