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I don't honestly know whether the new MacBook is something that I'd want -- but I do know that for my purposes my late-2013 MacBook Pro kicks your MBP's butt. I

I don't honestly know whether the new MacBook is something that I'd want -- but I do know that for my purposes my late-2013 MacBook Pro kicks your MBP's butt. It's lighter, much faster, has a much better screen, and I don't really care much about the fact that I can't replace the battery. I'm still regularly getting eight hours offline. And realistically, when I'm traveling with my laptop it's rare that I'm plugging anything into it besides a power cable. When it's "docked" it has the power cable, a Thunderbolt cable, and an audio out cable because I'm kind of a nerd and want to use my own speakers. That's all I need: the external hard drive and (non-wifi) printer hang off the monitor's built-in hub, as does external Ethernet. What would I lose with this new weirdo laptop? I'd plug one less cable in docked. "But if you're traveling with it you'd need to bring a hub with you!" Well, if I was traveling and I expected to need to plug in USB stuff on the road, yes. But it's very clear that they're treating that as an edge case, making the assumption that many users can go almost entirely wireless, or will be able to in short order. And they're probably right. Maybe it'll be "daft" for you, but Apple has a history of doing daft things that more often than not drag the industry forward. (And keep pundits employed.)

72deluxe 12y ago
Hey, mine's a quad core 2.6GHz i7 with 16GB of RAM; it isn't a slouch and isn't anywhere near needing replacing - that's why the user-replacable battery means that this isn't a throwaway item after a few years. If I bought a car with a battery in it that I couldn't replace, it'd be stupid, but the same is being accepted on laptops. Admittedly the disk is a major slowdown on this but I have a LOT of data to cart around (VMs, dev environments, and recorded audio and video). I can take this thing all over the world and not worry about a bag of cables and adapters. It replaced my desktop machine and still fits that need, which is a good thing I think. You're right about the screen though :-(
- rconti 12y ago
  Another post covered the battery thing. $130 battery replacement on Air and $199 replacement on MBP, in Apple store, while you wait. Granted, who knows how long they'll provide that service.. for a 3 year old laptop? 5? 7? I've got a 2012 Retina MBP and 2011 Air and battery life is not something I even think about. These things last ages these days.
  - 72deluxe 12y ago
    You're right about the battery - I expect it to last for ages, but it'd be nice to be able to replace it without much hassle. The same cannot be said for the ones with built in batteries, or even my phone (which is irritating as the constant drain / recharge cycle has destroyed its ability to hold charge).

72deluxe 12y ago

Hey, mine's a quad core 2.6GHz i7 with 16GB of RAM; it isn't a slouch and isn't anywhere near needing replacing - that's why the user-replacable battery means that this isn't a throwaway item after a few years. If I bought a car with a battery in it that I couldn't replace, it'd be stupid, but the same is being accepted on laptops. Admittedly the disk is a major slowdown on this but I have a LOT of data to cart around (VMs, dev environments, and recorded audio and video). I can take this thing all over the world and not worry about a bag of cables and adapters. It replaced my desktop machine and still fits that need, which is a good thing I think. You're right about the screen though :-(

rconti 12y ago
Another post covered the battery thing. $130 battery replacement on Air and $199 replacement on MBP, in Apple store, while you wait. Granted, who knows how long they'll provide that service.. for a 3 year old laptop? 5? 7? I've got a 2012 Retina MBP and 2011 Air and battery life is not something I even think about. These things last ages these days.
- 72deluxe 12y ago
  You're right about the battery - I expect it to last for ages, but it'd be nice to be able to replace it without much hassle. The same cannot be said for the ones with built in batteries, or even my phone (which is irritating as the constant drain / recharge cycle has destroyed its ability to hold charge).