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The specs on that MBP are bizarre. Why would anyone order a new machine with a 5400rpm drive and 4gb of ram? That was a bad purchasing decision. I think the ar
by doktrin 14y ago
The specs on that MBP are bizarre. Why would anyone order a new machine with a 5400rpm drive and 4gb of ram? That was a bad purchasing decision.
I think the article would have been more helpful with some kind of first hand account about using the device. I'm super curious about it, but am still leaning towards a think pad x series. The keyboard alone is almost too attractive to pass up, and they appear to be quite Linux compatible.
Edit : correction, MBP not MBA. Typo.
- drwl 14y agoThis must have been an older MBA. All the recent MBA ship with SSDs.
- pavanky 14y agoThe article mentions that it is a macbook pro. Not an MBA.
- pavanky 14y agoMay be he had to order within a budget and the macbooks are shit if you are within a budget.
- bluedino 14y agoThat's the base config of almost every laptop out there. At least Lenovo has almost all the T-series coming with a 7200RPM drive now.
- doktrin 14y agoI suppose I should have clarified that the specs are bizarre for a developer's laptop. The cost associated with the upgrades are relatively minor, considering the life of the machine, and devs are typically customers that know how to spec out machines.
- autotravis 14y agoWhen they were ordering it, all I knew was it would be MBP 15-inch. I didn't know they would go to the low end on the HDD and RAM. I was a little hands-off to be polite with coming into a new job.
- doktrin 14y agoFair. I totally understand that. It's a habit I share myself, although having been stung by it as well I now try to be as assertive as possible about my needs.