Frigging optical drives.

But at least the redesign is absolutely GORGEOUS and doesn't have one.

Love a built in optical drive.
What's not to like?
By far the easiest way to swap files.

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Originally Posted by iSheldon 
By far the easiest way to swap files.

*snort*

It's only funny because you're actually serious.

So the Mac Pro is for another day. Still waiting on Intel I guess.

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Originally Posted by digitalclips 
So the Mac Pro is for another day. Still waiting on Intel I guess.

But it was updated... 

The price, that is! THIRTY SEVEN NINETY NINE.

So, the 17 is really dead, then.
Although I love my 17, I would not care that the model dies, as long as there is some sort of inexpensive expansion with the 15. I had huge hopes for Thunderbolt, but $200 expansion boxes and $50 cables is going to kill it. Thankfully, there is USB3. Unfortunately, all my drives are USB2/eSATA?.
Compare for my Macs:
eSATA card for MacBook Pro17, 2 ports = $50
eSATA card for PowerMac G5, 2 ports = $30
eSATA box for Thunderbolt, 2 ports = $200

Have to include a Thunderbolt cable, so add another $50

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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 

Frigging optical drives.

 

But at least the redesign is absolutely GORGEOUS and doesn't have one.

What's wrong with optical drives? And what happens if you have to reboot off a CD? 

So, are the new processors in the 15 inch MBPs the same as the old ones (with speed bumps)?

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Originally Posted by sc_markt 
So, are the new processors in the 15 inch MBPs the same as the old ones (with speed bumps)?

It's a new processor family. It's a process shrink from Sandy Bridge.

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Originally Posted by sc_markt 
What's wrong with optical drives?

They're last century's tech. They're the bottleneck for the entire computer.

That cannot happen anymore, so nothing.

Wow!  Some stupid comments here already.

When was the last time anyone had to boot off a CD on a Mac??  A common action in the PC world of course. 

And as for an optical drive being the best way to swap files, that is the dumbest of many dumb comments ever posted on AI.  It really is funny.

Now for a real question... why the **** should I get a retina display if as Apple says the pixels are so small I can't even see them with my eye?  Seems I should save myself a few bucks and upgrade on memory, disk space or other useful things, and if I want better video I can hook up an external display.  Ya?  No?