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Contains Spoilers (New MacBooks/MacBook Pros)

24 points by superchink 18y ago

ashleyw 18y ago
I guess I should start saving up — sucks being a student! My 1.83Ghz 2006 MBP does everything I need, but I cannot help wanting one of the new ones! :D
- pmjordan 18y ago
  Macs seem to have an absurd resale value, you could always try to sell it.
  - unalone 18y ago
    Yeah: they apparently devalue extremely slowly. Depending on if they do release a new 17" MBP or not, I might look into that. If I can sell my 5-month-old one and make back my money, it would be a pretty neat deal overall.
  - tptacek 18y ago
    If that's true, I'm surprised. We go through Macbooks like they're disposable. The case cracks, the keyboard gets unspringy, the screns sometime flicker, PMUs die. I love them, but "low maintenance" they are not.
    - pmjordan 18y ago
      I don't claim to understand why, but looking at recently sold Macs on eBay you'd think they'd stopped making them.
      - bretthoerner 18y ago
        Some are surely unsatisfied customers, but a lot of old-rev Macs go on sale when the shiny new ones come out (there was a flood of sale listings on my local craigslist today). People need to blow their cash on something, I guess.
    - DougBTX 18y ago
      True for early MacBooks, though all replaced under warranty.
- dmix 18y ago
  When I open Photoshop on my MacBook it sounds like the fan is going to break off (it spins fast). I would like to get a new one, but I was thinking about just getting a Mac Pro for the heavy work at home and using the laptop for school/travel.
  - thehigherlife 18y ago
    i have a similar setup and i'll never look back.
    - Tichy 18y ago
      I thought the Mac Pro is really noisy. I sent mine back.
pmjordan 18y ago
I'd love to see a 3G modem built into the MacBook, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Also, what's with the optical drive? Does anyone actually use an optical drive all the time while on the go? Wouldn't an external drive make so much more sense? Or is my usage pattern waaay out there? I might just end up getting one of the new MacBooks (as my first ever mac) but only if the HDD is user-accessible. EDIT: These are meant as actual questions, not flamebait.
- jgrahamc 18y ago
  No idea why you are getting voted down. I think the Air is really designed for the 'no optical drive' crowd, but I agree that I don't often use by MBP's drive. I too would like to see a 3G modem built in.
  - pmjordan 18y ago
    I'm not a fan of the Air, the price/performance ratio is just off. In particular, even with a rumoured upgrade to the HDD, it's just too damn small, and the RAM would be a severely limiting factor for me. I'd much prefer a Macbook with as-is spec but minus the optical drive. It would make it a bit lighter, a bit thinner and a bit cheaper, too.
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- thehigherlife 18y ago
  the macbooks (current gen) have a really easily replaceable hard drive, here's hoping the same is true for the new one.
  - pmjordan 18y ago
    I know, I almost bought a current-gen MacBook off someone I know, with the intention of replacing the built-in 80GB drive with a brand new 500GB one, but decided to wait out this new release. The new ones are rumoured to have 160-250GB of disk space, and if past experience is anything to go by, getting bigger disks from Apple is going to be a ripoff. The store site is down right now, but I vaguely remember the upgrade to 320GB being of the order of a brand new 500GB drive (~€125), if you fit one of those yourself you end up with a spare drive as well of course. Plus, being able to replace it yourself within the space of a couple minutes in case it fails is worth a lot to me too.

24 points by superchink 18y ago

I guess I should start saving up — sucks being a student! My 1.83Ghz 2006 MBP does everything I need, but I cannot help wanting one of the new ones! :D

pmjordan 18y ago
Macs seem to have an absurd resale value, you could always try to sell it.
- unalone 18y ago
  Yeah: they apparently devalue extremely slowly. Depending on if they do release a new 17" MBP or not, I might look into that. If I can sell my 5-month-old one and make back my money, it would be a pretty neat deal overall.
- tptacek 18y ago
  If that's true, I'm surprised. We go through Macbooks like they're disposable. The case cracks, the keyboard gets unspringy, the screns sometime flicker, PMUs die. I love them, but "low maintenance" they are not.
  - pmjordan 18y ago
    I don't claim to understand why, but looking at recently sold Macs on eBay you'd think they'd stopped making them.
    - bretthoerner 18y ago
      Some are surely unsatisfied customers, but a lot of old-rev Macs go on sale when the shiny new ones come out (there was a flood of sale listings on my local craigslist today). People need to blow their cash on something, I guess.
  - DougBTX 18y ago
    True for early MacBooks, though all replaced under warranty.
dmix 18y ago
When I open Photoshop on my MacBook it sounds like the fan is going to break off (it spins fast). I would like to get a new one, but I was thinking about just getting a Mac Pro for the heavy work at home and using the laptop for school/travel.
- thehigherlife 18y ago
  i have a similar setup and i'll never look back.
  - Tichy 18y ago
    I thought the Mac Pro is really noisy. I sent mine back.

pmjordan 18y ago

I'd love to see a 3G modem built into the MacBook, but I'm not getting my hopes up. Also, what's with the optical drive? Does anyone actually use an optical drive all the time while on the go? Wouldn't an external drive make so much more sense? Or is my usage pattern waaay out there? I might just end up getting one of the new MacBooks (as my first ever mac) but only if the HDD is user-accessible. EDIT: These are meant as actual questions, not flamebait.

jgrahamc 18y ago
No idea why you are getting voted down. I think the Air is really designed for the 'no optical drive' crowd, but I agree that I don't often use by MBP's drive. I too would like to see a 3G modem built in.
- pmjordan 18y ago
  I'm not a fan of the Air, the price/performance ratio is just off. In particular, even with a rumoured upgrade to the HDD, it's just too damn small, and the RAM would be a severely limiting factor for me. I'd much prefer a Macbook with as-is spec but minus the optical drive. It would make it a bit lighter, a bit thinner and a bit cheaper, too.
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thehigherlife 18y ago
the macbooks (current gen) have a really easily replaceable hard drive, here's hoping the same is true for the new one.
- pmjordan 18y ago
  I know, I almost bought a current-gen MacBook off someone I know, with the intention of replacing the built-in 80GB drive with a brand new 500GB one, but decided to wait out this new release. The new ones are rumoured to have 160-250GB of disk space, and if past experience is anything to go by, getting bigger disks from Apple is going to be a ripoff. The store site is down right now, but I vaguely remember the upgrade to 320GB being of the order of a brand new 500GB drive (~€125), if you fit one of those yourself you end up with a spare drive as well of course. Plus, being able to replace it yourself within the space of a couple minutes in case it fails is worth a lot to me too.