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17" MacBook Pro Unibody First Hands On

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RedBackFur
01/06/09

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So again Apple says, "Fuck the Corporate User". Yea, our computers never break. Uh....until they do.

I can't get On-Sight AppleCare Service.

I can't pull a Hard Drive out and swap it into a loaner computer.

I can't pull CD/DVD Drive out and swap it with a working one.

I can't pull out a fucking BATTERY and swap in a working one.

I can't replace a Keyboard when someone spills some of their fucking StarBucks® Latté into it.

We can do that with our Windows Laptops, and we have on-sight service as well.

So my traveling users with MacBookPro 17" laptops have to wait a week while they send the computers off to Texas, or have to make an appointment with the Mac Gurus at the Apple Store and wait around till their name gets called, while paying a fortune to park in San Francisco (usually) just to have them say they might have time to try to fix it.

Wake the fuck up, Apple!
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Kaiser-Machead
01/07/09

@RedBackFur: I understand your argument, but I just find it odd that people would buy this, considering that they'd need to do things like swap drives and batteries and optical drives on the fly. The 15" allows for the battery and drive swap, but Macbooks, and even the iBooks and Powerbooks have not allowed swapping of the optical drive for as far back as I can remember.

Really at this point, even if you think it's stupid, if you really need things like on-site service and lots of hot-swappable parts, you should just consider getting something else.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/06/09

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The thing that bugs me the most about this computer, other than the lack of access panels, is the fact that there's only ONE extra USB port for all this expanse of aluminum. The whole thing about the 17 that's supposed to keep it desirable is that it's port-happy. They should've at least thrown in an extra firewire port. I know you can daisy chain, but c'mon.
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madog
01/06/09

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Have fun NOT removing the HDD...
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madog
01/06/09

@madog: Damned edit.....

This design is again following Apple's current model: 1 huge step forward, and 1 giant leap towards stupidity and ignorance by telling the consumer what they want and what they need.

Don't get me wrong, I love Apple, but I just hate these new laptops and think they are pretty worthless. The previous MB's and MBP's are better from a realists point of view. No amount of shiny aluminum will change that.
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Monty
01/06/09

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I couldn't see the laptop past all the glare from the screen. Actually, I could, and it looks nice, but I am still stunned by the use of the glossy screen.
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inspiredEpic
01/06/09

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Dang that's beautiful, I always kind of liked the look of HP's notebooks more than Apple's...until now.

Alas, I bought my MBP in Spring 2008, not getting one for at least 2 more years.
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mjschmidt
01/06/09

@Jon B.: Looks frakkin' ugly to me. Looks like an old typewriter.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/06/09

@mjschmidt: I'd love to see this typewriter.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/06/09

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I'm taking up a collection for LindsayJoy. She's going to need it to buy aloe for the inevitable burns.
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