What models do that? I have upgraded several MBP's RAM, both work and personal machines.
If you're talking about the Airs, maybe they do that, but those are not what I would consider a work-caliber machine anyway. Toys, really. On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I keep wanting to go over to a Mac laptop but then they keep doing > really irritating crap like gluing the RAM onto the motherboard so you > can't reasonably upgrade it. It really wouldn't take much for me to > switch, but oy, they piss me off. > > Judah > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 11:27 PM, J.J. Merrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > FWIW I wanted to add that this is an excellent choice. The retina > > display is AMAZING and if you are using it as your main then I would > > go with it. > > > > After using my wife's 11in MacBook Air my 15 inch MBP feels like I'm > > lugging around the titanic. The 17 in is just a little too big to want > > to take anywhere. > > > > One other thing about the Retina that you need to know is that it is > > ALL HARD WIRED. Meaning you need to get the largest amount of RAM you > > can get. The HD doesn't need to be the largest, just SSD, but get the > > 16 gigs of RAM. > > > > > > The Thunderbolt monitors are pretty awesome too. You can daisy chain > > the Thunderbolt so you can get 3 external monitors plus the internal > > monitor. Crazy from a laptop! > > > > > > Welcome to the dark side! > > > > -J.J. > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Excellent stuff guys! Thank you! Sounds like direct from Apple, 15, > retina > >> is the way I'll go. Ill sleep on 17 for a few weeks... It's taken me 2 > >> years to finally get to this point, another few weeks of debating can't > >> hurt... Lol! > >> > >> The RAM is a huge factor for me as well, and didn't realise the older > maxed > >> out at 8gb. > >> > >> Thanks again! > >> > >> On Sunday, August 19, 2012, Cameron Childress wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > First. Which is better? 15 or 17? And to give you an idea of my > >>> > expectations in life, I have been working on a 15inch laptop, 90% > >>> without a > >>> > secondary screen for a couple years now. I occasionally add a > second, if > >>> I > >>> > am switching back and forth between apps a lot, but have been just > fine > >>> > with my itty bitty 15. > >>> > > >>> > >>> I prefer the 17 inch. I don't mind the extra weight and prefer the > larger > >>> screen size. > >>> > >>> > >>> > 2. I can find new 17inch, 2011 models. Are they a god deal? > >>> > > >>> > >>> Depends, see below... > >>> > >>> > >>> > 3. Would an old version, non-retina display be just fine for someone > >>> who'd > >>> > been using an old 2006 Dell, and could care less about HD quality? > >>> > > >>> > >>> HD vs non-HD isn't the biggest thing I would look at here. In fact I > really > >>> could care less about the Retina display. But - the reasons I'd > personally > >>> STILL get a Retina MacBook over one of the classic ones would be (your > >>> needs are obviously different): > >>> > >>> - Dual Thuderbolt outs, which means it can support TWO external > monitors in > >>> addition to your laptop screen (this might not matter to you but is a > huge > >>> deal for me). > >>> > >>> - The Retina model maxes out at 16Gigs for RAM, the classic can only > hold 8 > >>> Max. Again, this is a huge deal for me. I run alot of stuff and it's > always > >>> pushing my memory limits. If you plan to run Windos apps in Parallels, > this > >>> will matter alot for you since you may be using double the RAM. > >>> > >>> - The Retina has a Flash drive, which will operate much faster. > >>> > >>> 4. As someone who always bought direct from Dell, is buying direct from > >>> > Apple better than chancing the Amazon Marketplace? > >>> > > >>> > >>> I ALWAYS buy from an Apple Store. Make the salesperson sell you. They > will > >>> give you lots of free knowledge. Also - FWIW, I would get the > AppleCare, > >>> which feels like an "extended warrantee", but it's really worth it. > Ask the > >>> sales guy to explain it to you... > >>> > >>> > >>> > 5. Bigger internal Harddrive, or just use an External and the Cloud? > >>> > > >>> > >>> I tend to only store work related things on my laptop, which means > there > >>> isn't much in the way of music and other space consuming stuff. I have > also > >>> completely stayed away from Apple's iCloud for my everyday files > because I > >>> already have Dropbox (and I'm not sure Apple does as good of a job yet > at > >>> that stuff). > >>> > >>> And please... to save everyone's sanity and time: I am not getting a > new > >>> > windows machine. Since I can run windows apps on the Mac, that's all > I > >>> need > >>> > to know. > >>> > >>> > >>> Though people will tell you that Windows apps run fine in Parallels or > >>> VMWare Fusion, my personal experience is that they run noticeably > slower. > >>> I'd attempt to run everything on the Mac side if you can find > replacements > >>> for everything. 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