MBP 15" retina 3-4 weeks!!

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theheyes said:
A lot of things will look crappy on the display, so although you might be waiting a couple of weeks at least it's time for updated apps to appear.

Surprised to see a couple of people going straight to the top of the range for their first Mac. A few years ago the general trend was to hedge your bets with a Mac mini or lower end MacBook. I suppose it's perceived as less risky these days.
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I'm a WinMo / Android developer, and want to get into iOS - so this makes the most sense for me.

As a side note, I got cold feet re the RAM after finding it was soldered. Called up to see if the order can be changed to 16gb; had to cancel it and reorder - back to the back of the queue for me :(
 

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This is true.

I'm pondering going for the full fat 512gb as well now - but then keep thinking the money would be better put toward a Thunderbolt display.
 

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i had to trade the 16gb for the 512ssd.

couldn't afford both, hdd is more important to me as i work with a large amount of photo's. (only as a hobby so 8gb is already overkill, imo)

funny what we trade off for something else. Others will flame me for that decision, but hey i know what i wants/need :)
 

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blastman said:
funny what we trade off for something else. Others will flame me for that decision, but hey i know what i wants/need :)
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I'll bite :)

You have thunderbolt on the macbook pro which means you could stick an external, very small 512 SSD in whenever you need space. That will cost you ~£450. You can't do the same with memory so I would have gone for the memory upgrade. 256gb is a huge amount of space for most people. You only need more than that if you are keeping loads of music / videos on there.

For photos, another 256gb isn't going to be enough is it ultimately. You would still have to get an external drive for backups etc.
 

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topdog@OC said:
All big oem builders do it to be fair, and have done so for over 20 years.
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True - options are where most OEM builders get their markup. Apple have always overcharged for the base product.

Don't get me wrong - I love the build quality, the ease of use & have ordered one myself (as above) - but I still think they're overpriced for what they are.

Both Dell and HP, however, have much improved the prices of things like SSDs - it's only really Apple still adding a gigantic markup (and purposefully altering the connector so that you can't install your own!)
 

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Yeah, I suspect it'll be here before the actual quoted date - but my previous order (before I found out the RAM was soldered was due to arrive ~3rd July).
 
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