selig wrote: ↑05 Feb 2020
plaamook wrote: ↑05 Feb 2020
I'm prepared to beleive the current MBP's are crap actually. I'm sure the audio is fine but the rest of it... I don't own one (for a reason) so I can't say definitively but I'd be interested to hear the opinion of those that a)have one and b)had the older models.
I'm totally happy with mine, feels as well built as any I've had or seen in the past.
In what way do you feel they are "crap"?
Like I said, I don't own one. I don't feel they're crap. I'm prepared for disappointment in the future.
When I tested them, I thought the keyboards felt cheap and thin on the new ones.
And i'd miss the magsafe adaptor.
But more importantly...
I've got a late 2012 13" 2.9Ghz i7 non-retina MBP. I paid like £850 for it new with a 500Gb HHD and 4 or 8GB RAM. I took it home, flipped it over, chucked 16GB RAM into it (it was oly spec'd for 8 max by Apple) and a 2TB HHD. I'm now on a 2TB SSD, which apple wont even put into a 13" no matter what you pay them (last time I checked).
All in it cost me about £1200 in (I think) 2015 plus whatever I paid for the SSD in 2018. I've got USB ports(2 and 3), an SD card slot, firewire, thunderbolt, and an optical drive. I still use all that stuff.
Something like the equivelant computer now would cost me prob over £3k if I want all the adaptors and optical drive. And I'd only get a 1TB drive in it.
As far as I can tell, I'm only missing USB C (which would be useless except for plugging in all the adaptors I'd need) and the larger track pad (which looks sexy). And they finally got rid of the glowing Apple!
The new Mac Pro seems like a step in the right direction with all the modular innards, but the MBP's are still pretty locked and I don't really like that. It means we have to pay way WAY too much up front for a loaded rig and it's not really that loaded. So I'm waiting for a revolution in design a la Mac Pro if I can.