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In Reply to: RE: If you had to replace an old MacBook Pro (2011), posted by Frihed89 on September 10, 2016 at 11:08:57
Apple just announced the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch series 2 on September 7. They had a couple unannounced minor price adjustments here and there on other products that I noticed on their website but nothing very significant.The MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lineup are due for a refresh and most folks expect this to happen before the end of the year.
If you don't need the latest NEW MacBook Pro there's nothing wrong with buying a lightly used older model.
Very few newer upmarket laptops include a built-in CD/DVD drive for several reasons. 1)Save space for more important items like longer life batteries, 2)Save weight, 3)Reduce thickness, 4)Operating System Software and application software are more conveniently updated via the internet, 5)Internet speeds in most part of the country are sufficiently fast, 6)CD/DVD/Blu-Ray offer limited capacity as USB memory sticks and SD memory cards have far surpassed the capacity of physical CD/DVD/Blu-ray media, 7)External USB CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drives are compact and cheap if you really need one, etc.
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Apple products work the kinks out after every single time there is backlash.
I would never be the first in line with apple products knowing their QA. It takes quite awhile in their hardware cycle to work out the kinks.
I read stories of screens going dead, iPhones with problems, etc...
Only after sufficient backlash has any changed happened. Yet the fanboys keep buying it.
Lining up to spend a months salary for garbage. Then have to go through the warranty process.
I have had zero hardware issues with the many Apple products that I have purchased over the past 9 years. Can't say the same for my other brands.
In fact, every piece of Apple gear that I have ever purchased continues to work flawlessly. I've given some away to family members including old iMac, MacBook Air, iPods, early iPads, etc. I still have 3 Mac Minis that all work perfectly. My 2007 MacBook Pro works fine. I've sold a few old iPhones for cash and generally keep the previous model as a backup when I buy a new one.
Is your new MacBook Pro giving you hardware problems?
no, but it is giving me other problems. watching my credit rating go from 810 to 720 because I spent that much money in a month :)
I have an ipad that I got and no problems, what I am trying to say is the first batches usually have the problems. wait for the next big bad batch, knowing initial rollouts always have problems.
I am trying to say is the first batches usually have the problems. wait for the next big bad batch, knowing initial rollouts always have problems.
Yes, there's a higher likelihood of first batch problems vs waiting later into the production cycle, but this is true of pretty much any brand or product. For example, I would never buy the first model year of a car.
I was going to use the car analogy as well :)
thanks again for the help before in helping me find MacOSX so I could do a fresh install if I have to down the line.
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