Everytime I want an Apple product..

[Mooshi]

..I go to their site and the laughable price tags bring me back to my senses.

 

 

2 Grand and not even a proper dedicated GPU for a "pro" machine..AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

[Guest]

Yeah, that's the problem with Macs.

The iPhones and iPads are perfect for me, even the price is reasonable, but the Macs are insane.

[felixbearpig]

unfortuntly the only MBP worth getting is the high end standard 15". but its too much 

 its a hell of a machine but it put a huge dent in my wallet

[Lyons]

Show me a better laptop for the price then, if it's so 'laughable'.

[eldergeek]

..I go to their site and the laughable price tags bring me back to my senses.

 

 

2 Grand and not even a proper dedicated GPU for a "pro" machine..AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

 

Want a bigger laugh? Go to the UK mirror, check the prices out and remember that it's $1.68 to the £1

 

If you can't be bothered, we pay a clear $857 more for the same product.

[JAKEBAB]

Yeah, that's the problem with Macs.

The iPhones and iPads are perfect for me, even the price is reasonable, but the Macs are insane.

$1000 for an iphone is reasonable?

[JAKEBAB]

Show me a better laptop for the price then, if it's so 'laughable'.

didnt even have to try and find something lol

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1538_1633&products_id=27649

[eldergeek]

$1000 for an iphone is reasonable?

You know damned well that everyone just burns money to light their cigars...Natch.

[creativename]

didnt even have to try and find something lol

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1538_1633&products_id=27649

That's not in the same catagory. That doesn't have a high resolutuion display like the macbook pro, nor is it made of premium material or have a glass screen, and it doesn't have thunderbolt as far as I can see, and it comes with a hard drive rather than an SSD on the macbook Pro's side. The macbook pro retina is a great value, there is no windows notebook that is comparable, because window's side's offerings are too expensive to be compared to Apple's offerings.

[Zero_Cool]

Show me a better laptop for the price then, if it's so 'laughable'.

 

http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_info&model_name=NP8258-S

[felixbearpig]

didnt even have to try and find something lol

 

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1538_1633&products_id=27649

its not really as comaprible as you think.

mbp cpu is a 4850qm ~=3770

asus' a 4700qm ~= 2600

 

mbp-2880p screen

asus-1080p

 

mbp-256 m.2 ssd

asus-750 hhd

 

mbp- 2 thunderport 1 hdmi

asus- hdmi and vga

 

mbp weirless AC

asus- N

 

 

there are trade off ie, bluray ect.

 

i feel like you looked up thin cheap gaming laptops and went with the first link

[JAKEBAB]

That's not in the same catagory. That doesn't have a high resolutuion display like the macbook pro, nor is it made of premium material or have a glass screen, and it doesn't have thunderbolt as far as I can see, and it comes with a hard drive rather than an SSD on the macbook Pro's side. The macbook pro retina is a great value, there is no windows notebook that is comparable, because window's side's offerings are too expensive to be compared to Apple's offerings.

http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/ideapad/yoga/yoga-2-pro/ remember thats australian price that macbook is $2500 here

 

its not really as comaprible as you think.

mbp cpu is a 4850qm ~=3770

asus' a 4700qm ~= 2600

 

mbp-2880p screen

asus-1080p

 

mbp-256 m.2 ssd

asus-750 hhd

 

mbp- 2 thunderport 1 hdmi

asus- hdmi and vga

 

mbp weirless AC

asus- N

 

 

there are trade off ie, bluray ect.

 

i feel like you looked up thin cheap gaming laptops and went with the first link

I did really cbf looking my point was u could find something cheaper that gives u basically the same if not more performance like that is aus price that laptop is probs $1000 usd.

[ZacDaMan72]

Welcome to New Zealand.

[creativename]

http://shopap.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/ideapad/yoga/yoga-2-pro/ remember thats australian price that macbook is $2500 here

 

I did really cbf looking.

Well, if you compare the specs, that notebook had worse graphics, a slower processor, a smaller screen, and still no thunderbolt, and it probably doesn't have a good of a battery life as the macbook retina.

[Guest]

That's not in the same catagory. That doesn't have a high resolutuion display like the macbook pro, nor is it made of premium material or have a glass screen, and it doesn't have thunderbolt as far as I can see, and it comes with a hard drive rather than an SSD on the macbook Pro's side. The macbook pro retina is a great value, there is no windows notebook that is comparable, because window's side's offerings are too expensive to be compared to Apple's offerings.

I am on mobile now but I feel there are plenty of laptops that have better specs, and an SSD can be put in so easily these days.

Also, no. You can't freaking apply Thunderbolt as a requirement, wth?

[The Crazed Child]

The OS X UI is stunning, which is probably why uneducated people buy their products.

 

I must say though that content creation is better on their OS.

[creativename]

I am on mobile now but I feel there are plenty of laptops that have better specs, and an SSD can be put in so easily these days.

Also, no. You can't freaking apply Thunderbolt as a requirement, wth?

It's a feature that only a couple windows notebooks offer, its still a feature. And try to find me one then, there are no notebooks with comparable specs that are as thin and have a long battery life with great build quality like the macbook pro. On the notebook side, nobody has managed to make a better notebook, you're always giving up something.

[JAKEBAB]

Well, if you compare the specs, that notebook had worse graphics, a slower processor, a smaller screen, and still no thunderbolt, and it probably doesn't have a good of a battery life as the macbook retina.

It has a touch screen and higher res screen also there is a $500 difference in price.

[Guest]

$1000 for an iphone is reasonable?

 

It's not $1000

It's $650

[creativename]

It has a touch screen and higher res screen also there is a $500 difference in price.

There is a 500 dollar difference in price. And for that, you get slower hardware.

[creativename]

It's not $1000

It's 750, not 1000.

[Guest]

It's a feature that only a couple windows notebooks offer, its still a feature. And try to find me one then, there are no notebooks with comparable specs that are as thin and have a long battery life with great build quality like the macbook pro. On the notebook side, nobody has managed to make a better notebook, you're always giving up something.

I thought it was proprietary to Apple. Anyway, thickness was not in question here, we are talking specs. Hardware wise, internally.

[creativename]

I thought it was proprietary to Apple. Anyway, thickness was not in question here, we are talking specs.

On a notebook, everything is in the question. And thunderbolt is Intel's tech, not Apples.

[Joshua Ondangan]

lol that's fairly cheap.

 

check this out.

 

1942.86$

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewitem.php?iid=10016107

Brand New Mac Book Pro (Sealed)

2.2 GHz Quad Core Intel i7 processor 6MB shared level 3 cache
4GB of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
750GB 5400-rpm HDD
15.4 inch LED backlit widescreen display
intel HD graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Built in FaceTime HD camera
8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DCD+R DL/DWD+RW/CD-RW)
Thunderbolt port supports high scpeed I/O and Mini Display Port devices
SDXC card slot, Firewire 800 port, two USB 2.0 port
Optical digital audio/analog audio input and output ports
10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet
802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Backlit keyboard and ambient light sensor
Preinstalled Mac OS X and Life

[ZacDaMan72]

While I do like Apple's design, it's just TOO EXPENSIVE to be worth it (Macs not iDevices). I do use one at my school and it's cool but would I personally buy one? F*** NO!