In my irritated opinion the changes to the iOS are bad enough. Michael
Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Oct. 2016, at 12:30 pm, Susan Hastings <shasti...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Rob, you might like to read Mike Johnson's comments on the new MacBook > Pros. It's the second article down on his blog page. That is, if you are > interested in someone who shares your dismay at Apple's choices... > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 28 Oct. 2016, at 9:18 pm, Brian RISBEY <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Rob >> I did exactly the same sums this morning, $6k+ but then I considered >> external SSD hard drives and speed of connection ports and maybe just 1Tb >> internal drive might do. >> My PowerBook 5300 cost $5k in the early 90s :-) >> Over the years all my maxed out MacBooks 15" & 17" have been close to $6k. >> So, they are in fact becoming cheaper, relatively speaking. The last, a 17", >> now 8 years old, is still humming along. >> I don't know how upgradable this new one will be. Has ifixit torn one down >> yet? Maxing a special build maybe your only option if you don't want an >> external drive. >> My 2c worth, (& the other $6499.98) >> Brian Risbey >> 🌊🏊 >> >> >> On 28 Oct. 2016, at 18:57, Rob Phillips <r.phill...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone >> >> I've just been looking at the new Macbook Pro. It looks pretty cool, but >> what about the price? >> >> The top of range machine costs A$4,249.00 for 512Gb storage. I've got 400Gb >> of photos! >> >> And then they want A$1,920.00 to upgrade to a 2TB SSD drive... >> >> This is up to the price level that the first Mac IIs were in the late >> 1980s... >> >> And then there's nothing in the box to connect my existing devices to. I've >> got to buy all sorts of adaptors (from $30 to $110) to keep working... >> >> Are Apple going to price themselves out of the market? >> >> Do I have to carry around al sorts of cables and 3rd party devices to use my >> computer as I move around? >> >> Any ideas about how to resolve the issue? >> >> Rob >> >> -- >> Dr Rob Phillips >> Sessional tutor >> School of Education, Curtin University >> rob.phill...@curtin.edu.au >> Life member, Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary >> Education >> Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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