12-08-2014, 02:20 AM
The real reason is edu customers. It's the least expensive Mac laptop that can go in a cart of iPads and use Configurator with more than 20 of them at the same time.
I wish they'd kill the HDD, though, and replace it with an SSD. You can "customize" one but that gets you a meager 128 drive for $50 less than a retina MBP.
I wish they'd kill the HDD, though, and replace it with an SSD. You can "customize" one but that gets you a meager 128 drive for $50 less than a retina MBP.