Need New Macbook Pro

[silvarios]

Gareth wrote:
[quote=jdc]
[quote=sekker]
Mavericks is free from Apple.

Sadly, its not. You can't even buy it.
Yea, it was free when it was available, but as soon as Apple releases a new OS (Yosemite), the previous OS is no longer available for "purchase", but you can still download it if you previously "purchased" it.
This.

[Kraniac]

jdc wrote:
[quote=sekker]
Mavericks is free from Apple.

Sadly, its not. You can't even buy it.

Theres no need for a T-bolt cable, just use ethernet.

Cloning would be a good idea IMHO. Mavericks is the way to go.

FWIW, macs havent shipped with "discs" in 5+ years.
ugh..

UGH


i need an adapter- no ethernet on this machine.

I need another adapter- no firewire on this machine

I need another adapter- no cd/dvd player on this machine


Im cloning my old Mavericks disk from my old machine right now in CCC

No issues with taking a clone made from a spinning drive and then cloning to an SSD? Are there?

[silvarios]

Kraniac wrote:
No issues with taking a clone made from a spinning drive and then cloning to an SSD? Are there?

Not on account of the drive type.

[sekker]

Sorry, senior moment.

The latest Mac OS is free, older OS downloads can be accessed if you paid for them previously. BTW - I learned from Lion to keep the installer as Apple made it hard to come by once 10.8 was out, and I had a ton of machines that could not run 10.8.

And yes - the main downside from that machine is the lack of legacy ports. I use a Belkin TB hub that adds most - ethernet, FW, TB paththrough, etc.

You could also clone the older machine to an external USB3 hard drive, then clone back to the MBPr. That doesn't require any new peripherals - just USB.

[jdc]

sekker wrote:
You could also clone the older machine to an external USB3 hard drive, then clone back to the MBPr. That doesn't require any new peripherals - just USB.

Thats as good as any -- its s 2 step process, but it works.

May fault on the ethernet, missed it was a Retina. Just saw "new macbook pro" and went from there.

[mspace]

I made a bootable install of mavericks that I keep on a thumb drive. It's about 6 gb. I could upload a disk image and you could see if it works for you.

Let me know if you have a place to upload to, or I can do it to a free service and then send you the link.