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The Macbook Pro Retina. The quality of the product is undeniable and the performance is amazing given the form factor. The display and touchpad spoil you and ma
by partisan 11y ago
The Macbook Pro Retina. The quality of the product is undeniable and the performance is amazing given the form factor. The display and touchpad spoil you and make it difficult to downgrade to any other hardware.
Like a lot of people, I was upset about the lack of upgrade capabilities, but with 16gb of ram and a 512gb ssd, I think this laptop will suffice for lifetime I expect to get from it (5 - 6 years).
- jonathanmendes 11y agoIs yours post-first-gen? I had a first-gen and it was sluggish + sounded like a jet when I was viewing any websites with Javascript :(
- partisan 11y agoI don't believe so. It's a late 2013 model, version 11,3. It gets somewhat hot, but I don't often use it on my lap directly. Also, I am running a windows VM through VMWare Fusion and many browser tabs. For some reason iTunes is a real battery killer and makes the laptop run hot, but I use it to listen to podcasts and music all day so I keep it running unless I need to conserve on battery power.
- siquick 11y agoI had the iTunes issue and solved it by disabling "Check for new software updates automatically" within iTunes Preferences->Advanced