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Analyzing the New MacBook Pro
MrSeb writes "Late yesterday, Apple released a next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. It has a 2880×1800 220 PPI display. The normal 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs have also been updated, but the 17-inch MBP has been retired, in effect replaced by the new Retina display MBP. Without a doubt, this new laptop is an engineering marvel in the same league as the original iPhone or MacBook Air. ... The Retina display MBP really looks nothing we've ever seen before. Here, ExtremeTech dives into the engineering behind the laptop, paying close attention to that new and rather shiny display — and the fact that this thing has no user-replaceable parts at all."
Fleshing things out a bit more, iFixit has a teardown of the internals. Their verdict: effectively unrepairable by the user.
Appliance buyers don't tear down their toaster very often either.
Your childhood sucked didn't it?
These shady ifixit characters are peddling pure propaganda. You can repair a damaged or non-functional macbook pro with just a few clicks!
Its just a fucking laptop.
Well, in some circumstances, that would be considered a big plus, even if it doesn't quite rise (ahem) to the level of an engineering marvel.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Yes FOOL, but this is iRam.
Which is much shinier than regular RAM.
One could say it's an ENGINEERING MARVEL TO BEHOLD!
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
I can remember a day when geeks would have been hopping-mad about a computer which comes with a feature to "forget about replacing or upgrading any component". Apple seems to exist for the sole purpose of seeing how much abuse it can inflict on it's user base - and the userbase seem to love them for it. Very odd.
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You ever played a video game on a Roman aqueduct? The frame rate is atrocious.
Well, it has never been successfully tested.
if they still choose to go with Apple let them be bitten by the consequences of that decision.
in capitalist america, apple bites you!
how many pairs of boxer shorts should you own?
You ever played a video game on a Roman aqueduct? The frame rate is atrocious.
It plays "Pipe Dream" pretty well.
People like you are the only reason Apple is making money. Period.
Okay guys. Lets freeze, and back slowly away, off his lawn.....
What are we going to do tonight Brain?
My predictions about complaints before reading any comments include:
No physical media (wah).
No ethernet and/or have to spend money on cheap ethernet dongle (wah).
No 17" version (super wah).
Something about random slashdot guy's opinion about glossy/non-glossy screen and/or other insignificant personal preference
I bet it will run too hotly.
Not enough USB ports.
And then a whole bunch of technically incorrect gripes about resolution, screen size, and dpi...
Oh and let's not forgot the popular:
OS X sucks (even though you can still run Windows on it if you like)
no user-replaceable battery
merely an expensive fashion item/social status
And one last prediction is I'll have to correct some snarky fool who will say something stupid like "no right click" or something track-pad related where they miss the entire point of gestures because they've actually never used an Apple notebook and are trying to wedge their Dell-centric worldview onto Apple hardware.
This should be fun.
Holy crap, check out your username. I bow down to all the years you waited to make that joke!