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I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - john dough - 07-08-2015
So I finally did it. I am sure I will forget the "pain" of the cost in time, but I could use the extra storage and the extra speed of the faster SSD (I have read that the read/write speeds are in the 1.5GB/sec range).
I got this unit for $3K and Applecare for another $250.
http://www.macmall.com/p/9191556
Will do a geekbench score once I get it.
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - hal - 07-08-2015
I had my hands on one of those top of the line + EVERYTHING machines from 2013... unimaginably wonderful. You will love it and will want to take it to bed with you when it's time to sleep.
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - cbelt3 - 07-08-2015
VERY nice.
I always tell people... get the Mac you think you'll need two years from now. Because it will last at least five years.
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - vision63 - 07-08-2015
You operate:
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - bazookaman - 07-08-2015
sweet!
That's what I want.
Although by the time I'm able to get that, it won't be what I want anymore.
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - Lew Zealand - 07-08-2015
Well done, Mrs. Zealand did the same with her Haswell 15" MBP early last year and it's just nice never to have to consider "can my machine handle this?" when the answer is always Yes!
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - rz - 07-08-2015
cbelt3 wrote:
VERY nice.
I always tell people... get the Mac you think you'll need two years from now. Because it will last at least five years.
I've had my Mac Pro for 6 years now, and I got it when it was almost a year old. Nice thing about the old Mac Pros is that you can add to them incrementally. Since getting it, I've added RAM, added hard drives, put in a BR burner, added a nice 2GB video card, added an eSATA card (since removed), added a second quad-core CPU, and added a USB3 card. It's still a pretty darned fast machine. I'm hoping to get another year or two out of it before I move to something else. I've been hoping to find an inexpensive 5,1 pro, but no luck so far. I'd go to an iMac, but I have 10TB of internal storage now, and would have to go to external storage for all of it.
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - pdq - 07-08-2015
A little less than I paid for my 13.3" Wallstreet Powerbook back in the day.
The thing was a beauty.
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - jdc - 07-08-2015
In the barefeats tests the SSD in the new MBPs is silly fast... really is double the last SSD version.
I was thinking this was the year for a new iMac for me (since mine is 2010 vintage) but the latest versions didnt get this SSD upgrade.... so gonna wait.
Leader...
And, rz, by the time you finish reading this, someone will have already made a 10TB drive... see: http://www.zdnet.com/article/hgsts-new-10tb-drive-not-for-everyone/
Re: I always wanted to buy a "fully loaded" Mac... - Sam3 - 07-08-2015
Retina Book Leader!
I did the same thing this spring, though I got a refurbished model. My wife actually talked me going to the top model, I was going to get a slightly lesser one. I'm glad she did!
You will love it!