Comments on: What Do You Think Of The New MacBook Pro? [MakeUseOf Poll]

By: simmetyl

simmetyl — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:15:27 +0000

I do not understand why everybody comes on here to fight. The post was a simple ‘multiple’ question. It’s not about being a Mac user, or Windows user. Open your minds people. My question to you is this: Is it a fine computer on the market? Forget everything about cost. Besides, avoiding user stereotypes, is not a Mac user typically focused on a different skill set than a Windows user? Why do people come on here just to bash an Apple product or a Windows product. Do not even say that you are just giving pros and cons. It all just ends up in a massive blowout between2 or more folk.

By: Yaara Lancet

Yaara Lancet — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:07:16 +0000

Thanks for providing a positive point of view on things, I love it. :)

It’s nice to remember that it’s great to have all this awesome technology, and even $2000 is really not that much for what you’re actually getting.

I remember having an old Mac at home (I was too young to know the exact model) with a 4MB hard drive. Who knows how much RAM. I remember at one point my dad upgraded it for quite a lot of money, and we then had a 20 hard drive. Unbelievable!

By: Chris Snyder

Chris Snyder — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:25:11 +0000

I find the comments on price very interesting and believe I have been around long enough to provide a somewhat different perspective. Price truly is relative but only to the times. In the mid 80′s I purchased an Apple IIe with 2 floppy drives, amber monitor and an Epson 80 character dot-matrix printer to run a small sports store for $3,500 US. I made that purchase based on the POS software that was available at the time.

$3,500 bucks, no idea what that translates to in today’s dollars, but I assure you I would not spend that amount today. ( I might add I paid extra to add 64kb, yes you read that right Kb, and a 300 baud modem, 1200 baud were “insanely” priced ) Luckily I would not have to spend that amount as computer technology has dropped dramatically against “tech for the buck”. I find it utterly amazing what $2,500 can buy today.

It doesn’t matter whether I need a 512gb SSD drive or 8/16gb of RAM or Retina Display or USB 3 or Thunderbolt or even that it’s in a package that weighs less than five pounds, the point is … It exists. It technologically exits; I you we, can purchase it today. I find the technology and price incredible!

Relative to today of course :-)

Chris

By: Yaara Lancet

Yaara Lancet — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:43:34 +0000

Thanks for the interesting comment! I actually never really thought of Alienware as a Mac alternative, isn’t i aimed mainly at gamers? I know they cost about the same, but I thought they were meant for quite different things.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:20:26 +0000

At that price i wouldn’t buy it even if they gave me the money to buy it.

By: Ujiro

Ujiro — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:43:59 +0000

I know that the macbook pro is quite expensive. If you are looking for a high end laptop why not buy the alienware M18x. It has high screen resolution, 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB hard disc, and a blu ray optical drive and the interesting thing about this laptop is that it goes for the same price range as the Macbook Pro when you order for it from alienware.com The only thing that will discourage you from buying this machine is the heavy weight and the low battery life ( 1hr:30min on full charge). By the way if you are looking for a lightweight PC with extralong battery life why not buy a tablet instead? To summarize the whole issue everyone should know that things created by mortals aren’t perfect only the immortals and Supernatural Being is perfect. So when you are buying any machine do not expect a perfect machine. Expect some advantages and disadvantages as well. This is the reason why machines cannot be loved by everybody people have different taste and habits.

By: Yaara Lancet

Yaara Lancet — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 06:34:51 +0000

Excellent idea! I will try to run something like this soon. Thanks!

By: Munish Gupta

Munish Gupta — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 04:59:37 +0000

I got the 13″ i5 4GB version of 2012 macbook pro. Upgraded RAM to 8 Gb. Works great now.

By: Achraf Almouloudi

Achraf Almouloudi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:14:58 +0000

Heat problem would prevent them .

By: Achraf Almouloudi

Achraf Almouloudi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:14:05 +0000

Can you please make a poll to see who is using Desktop or Laptop so they can maybe give us a reason why they need such big device .

By: Achraf Almouloudi

Achraf Almouloudi — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:11:28 +0000

It is higher than HDTV which is so incredibly great .

By: Joshua Paul

Joshua Paul — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:18:28 +0000

i agree.. too expensive, no firewire and retina is not important

By: Le Mon

Le Mon — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:34:13 +0000

awesome, but price matters :/

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:43:16 +0000

Me again — I just found out that those good guys over at OWC can sell you a 16GB RAM upgrade for you new non-Retina MacBook Pro laptop. Here’s the link:
http://blog.macsales.com/14033-owc-ddr3l-1600mhz-memory-upgrades-offer-up-to-double-the-ram-for-new-apple-macbook-pros-announced-at-wwdc

So there you go, one less thing in the MBP-Retina’s favour….

By: Bahr?m

Bahr?m — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:43:18 +0000

Me neither. Their hadware/software combi is not usually of bad quality though. In my opinion the problem is with their philosophy. Being overprice, non-upgradeable, monopoly on hardware, and stupid customer service defines Apples philosophy.