I have one of those to. 

As pointed out in the thread, I notice about $500 discount for student.  So how did you prove you are a student when you buy online?

Reading the tear down report from edgenet, it sounds like upgrades are nearly impossible or fixes by self.  16gig is the way to go from the get go then.

That's what I was afraid of with the new tech.  I'll probably just stick with my '10 13" MBP and look into upgrading from 4 to 8 gigs of RAM.

Quote from: ab on June 14, 2012, 07:07:57 PM
As pointed out in the thread, I notice about $500 discount for student.  So how did you prove you are a student when you buy online?

I didn't. I placed a normal order then called back and told the woman I was a student and she gave me the discount retroactively. They're pretty flexible about it.

Quote from: ab on June 14, 2012, 07:07:57 PM
As pointed out in the thread, I notice about $500 discount for student.  So how did you prove you are a student when you buy online?

it's pretty easy to order from the education store on apple.com.

just go here:  http://store.apple.com/us_edu_21023?aid=AIC-AOS-Edu-EdMktng-HP

Quote from: ab on June 14, 2012, 07:07:57 PM
Reading the tear down report from edgenet, it sounds like upgrades are nearly impossible or fixes by self.  16gig is the way to go from the get go then.

well, there have only been two things you could really upgrade in most notebooks (not just apple): disk and memory.

the memory on the thin MacBooks (air and retina 15) are soldered to the board, so you can't upgrade that. thankfully they've gotten "reasonable" with the upgrade to 16gb.

the disk will be upgradeable once the third-party guys change the connector/form-facter.

Do I buy two upgrades for my 2008 MacBook Pro or just buy a new one?

Anyone?

Just buy a new one. I have a 15" mbp retina for work, and an 11" air for home with Thunderbolt display. Either is really very nice.

Hadn't thought about the 11" w/Thunderbolt display as an option.

Thanks, will check it out!   

macbook airs are nice if you can get by with a dual-core processor.. the recently-announced ones, with haswell cpus, are impressive.

edit to add:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/17/4436332/macbook-air-review-13-inch-2013

Quote from: derby on June 17, 2013, 07:05:35 AM
macbook airs are nice if you can get by with a dual-core processor.. the recently-announced ones, with haswell cpus, are impressive.

edit to add:

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/17/4436332/macbook-air-review-13-inch-2013

Yeah...

a dual core isn't much better than an abacus. 

Checked out the MBAir online..... realized it may be like having two iPads so will revisit the MBPro.

Really don't want to spend the $ on either right now since I have a few trips to Michigan this summer and fall ($ airfare $ wedding gifts $ beer $)

Before hitting the "buy now" button, going to take old faithful to the local mac repair center that I've used and which has a great reputation - see what they say.


Thanks all for the input!

Quote from: ducpainter on June 17, 2013, 01:27:05 PM
Yeah...

a dual core isn't much better than an abacus. 

I sneeze in your general direction.

My air weighs 1.1kg. My retina pro weighs 2kg. When I'm flying, the pro stays home.

The only thing that annoys me about the air is the single thunderthighs port. I usually use my mac in radio observatories with no wifi, so that port gets used for net, which on the air leaves me nothing to plug a monitor into. Unless I convince my employer to give me a thunderthighs monitor with Ethernet innit everywhere I go, which ain't gonna happen.

Quote from: Stella on June 17, 2013, 01:42:18 PM

Before hitting the "buy now" button, going to take old faithful to the local mac repair center that I've used and which has a great reputation - see what they say.

lemme help you out on that: don't spend another dime on it.

you're right on the lower-end of still being able to install the most recent operating system. no official word on whether 10.9 mavericks will include any of your generation of hardware, but it looks like you may be able to eek another year out of it.

if i were you, i'd sell your current mbp on craigslist (i just sold my 2009 core2duo mbp for $900) and put all that money towards anything with a thunderbolt port (2011-current). i just "traded up" to a 15in retina macbook pro that i'm sure will be supported for another 4-5 years.

Quote from: suzyj on June 17, 2013, 02:12:20 PM
I sneeze in your general direction.

My air weighs 1.1kg. My retina pro weighs 2kg. When I'm flying, the pro stays home.

The only thing that annoys me about the air is the single thunderthighs port. I usually use my mac in radio observatories with no wifi, so that port gets used for net, which on the air leaves me nothing to plug a monitor into. Unless I convince my employer to give me a thunderthighs monitor with Ethernet innit everywhere I go, which ain't gonna happen.

Gesundheit...