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I still use my 2012 Macbook Pro Retina, as well as a 2015 one I got from my last job. The 2012 was the last laptop I bought with my own money, and it survived a
by ilikehurdles 7y ago
I still use my 2012 Macbook Pro Retina, as well as a 2015 one I got from my last job. The 2012 was the last laptop I bought with my own money, and it survived a good amount of drops and abuse. The 2015 has a completely unusably broken trackpad (funny, the only noticeable difference between these models was this stupid 3D/Haptic press feature that broke in the later model).
The current one from my current job, much less than a year in, has several misfiring keys: my 'm' triggers multiple presses and I've had to erase several extras in this comment alone, the cmd key sometimes works sometimes doesn't, and several of the key caps have completely worn off from use. The LCD screen above the keyboard sometimes gets stuck in the wrong context.
I don't know if anyone makes a tradesman's machine anymore, but Apple certainly does not.
- parasubvert 7y agoThe 16 inch MacBook Pro feels like a return to what made the product great.
- tonyarkles 7y agoYeah, I feel like I lucked out. Had a 2010 13” MBP that I finally retired this year when I took on an iOS project and needed Catalina. There’s been a lot of complaining about MBPs over the years since I bought the previous one, but I am super super happy with this new one. (The 2010 did have an SSD and RAM upgrade; still surprisingly usable for the age)
- jacobsenscott 7y agoThey'll replace the keyboard for you free of charge. It is a PITA because it usually takes a few days. But you can buy a new one and return when the finish the repairs - so long as they finish them within 14 days. But you'll never be able to go back after using the new 16" mbp that brought back the old keyboard.