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Why are you looking for a reason to upgrade? If you don’t have a reason to upgrade that is a positive, not a negative. Lots of MacBook Pro users seem to be up

by bradly 7y ago

Why are you looking for a reason to upgrade? If you don’t have a reason to upgrade that is a positive, not a negative. Lots of MacBook Pro users seem to be upset they don’t have a good reason to spend thousands of dollars on a new laptop.

jdnenej 7y ago
It's the result of a lifetime of marketing and consumerism. How could you possibly be happy if you aren't buying something new constantly?
- arvinsim 7y ago
  Your statement would apply more to buying a phone than buying a laptop.
mixmastamyk 7y ago
They’d like better performance without compromises.
- tenpies 7y ago
  Exactly. If you looked at my order history at Apple you'll see I order a new MacBook Pro every year. By that end of a week, the laptop is back in Apple's hands and I'm receiving a full refund. Unfortunately all their "efforts" to fix the keyboard are absolute rubbish and the Touch Bar continues to be an anti-feature with no place in a serious laptop.
hanniabu 7y ago
It's taken a little out of context. I'm in the same boat as the parent and it's more that I need to upgrade but the offerings just aren't great currently. Some of my issues are I need a faster CPU, more RAM, larger storage, SSS, better graphics cards, and some nice to haves are a larger screen and better speakers, mic, and camera. Right now I see nothing but complaints about the keyboards, touch bars, and the fact that everything is now embedded so you can't really upgrade components.
bob1029 7y ago
Touchpad has started to go out. I purchased a kit to open this thing up and do a replacement but I ran out of motivation. The screen hinge is also partially busted due to my negligence. The repair of that aspect of the machine is simply beyond my level of care, so I am at a point where I would like to just hit the reset button and get a new machine. 6 years is an extremely good run for any computer I own.

by bradly 7y ago

jdnenej 7y ago

It's the result of a lifetime of marketing and consumerism. How could you possibly be happy if you aren't buying something new constantly?

arvinsim 7y ago
Your statement would apply more to buying a phone than buying a laptop.

mixmastamyk 7y ago

They’d like better performance without compromises.

tenpies 7y ago
Exactly. If you looked at my order history at Apple you'll see I order a new MacBook Pro every year. By that end of a week, the laptop is back in Apple's hands and I'm receiving a full refund. Unfortunately all their "efforts" to fix the keyboard are absolute rubbish and the Touch Bar continues to be an anti-feature with no place in a serious laptop.

hanniabu 7y ago

It's taken a little out of context. I'm in the same boat as the parent and it's more that I need to upgrade but the offerings just aren't great currently. Some of my issues are I need a faster CPU, more RAM, larger storage, SSS, better graphics cards, and some nice to haves are a larger screen and better speakers, mic, and camera. Right now I see nothing but complaints about the keyboards, touch bars, and the fact that everything is now embedded so you can't really upgrade components.

bob1029 7y ago

Touchpad has started to go out. I purchased a kit to open this thing up and do a replacement but I ran out of motivation. The screen hinge is also partially busted due to my negligence. The repair of that aspect of the machine is simply beyond my level of care, so I am at a point where I would like to just hit the reset button and get a new machine. 6 years is an extremely good run for any computer I own.