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I like to add that sites like this are a double-edge sword. Forums like MacRumors helps users become better educated with their Mac, but it also causes most of us to go hunting for the issues because we know it "may" be there.
Usually with the internet, if you see a lot of complaints, it's from a very vocal minority. Most people don't come onto forums with the intention of saying that everything is perfectly fine, because well, that's too boring to be posted I guess.
With that said, I am awaiting my new MBP, the UPS tracking says estimated delivery date is today, but the package has not been marked as "out for delivery" and it's 7:55pm already...
Unfortunately you will probably have to wait until tomorrow - that is late for UPS and if it has not been marked as such yet nearly confirms that. In any case I hope it arrives for you tonight.
Mine should be delivered today, marked as "out for delivery" on the apple site and has had a destination scan on the ups site. Out of curiosity it reached Cork today it got an arrival scan at 4am, destination scan at 8am, then another destination scan at 8:51. All for the same location is assume its just some error it got scanned twice. I find it hilarious the gift card has is own tracking number, why cant it be emailed I'll never know
It came this morning, my girlfriend signed for it at home, or so says my widget. Yay!
I got shipping notice last night! so today is 9/5 and the estimated delivery date is 9/10. I paid the 15 bucks for the 2-3 shipping but i'm guessing i'm getting screwed over by the weekend? Dont they use Fed Ex and doesnt Fed Ex do saturday shipping?
Just ordered mine through Amazon
Just ordered mine from Amazon. 15.4 2.6 750GB 5400 8GB Ram with a Thunderbolt 27" display. Saved quite a bit through Amazon as I did not want any options. I'll update to 16GB Ram and a SSD? later but I'm coming from a 2008 early mbp which served mw well and still is.
Getting it Friday and I'll be busy this weekend. Great thread here and others to help people like me decide and figure out best options etc.
Thanks.
Just ordered mine from Amazon. 15.4 2.6 750GB 5400 8GB Ram with a Thunderbolt 27" display. Saved quite a bit through Amazon as I did not want any options. I'll update to 16GB Ram and a SSD? later but I'm coming from a 2008 early mbp which served mw well and still is.
Getting it Friday and I'll be busy this weekend. Great thread here and others to help people like me decide and figure out best options etc.
Thanks.
Let me be clear that I was no Fan Boy when this all started. I own a PPC iMac G5, which I begrudgingly bought in 2005 when my bandmates and I opened up a recording studio in downtown Manhattan. We did that because all the Fan-Boy-music-makers out there were too label conscious and looked for meaningless brands when determining how they spent their hard-earned, or easily-inherited, funds. Although not a pro-grade powerhouse for the work we were doing, the iMac held it's own and helped us get through 2+ years of recording and running the studio. I fell in love with it over time, and when we dissolved the business in 2007, I took it with me to set up my home studio. For another 3 years, it served me well, running Pro Tools, powering an original MBox and Digi002R, a USB keyboard, and two firewire hard drives.
In 2010, a lot of the software I needed to keep up with recording was dedicated to Intel-based iMacs. In fact, it was pretty obvious that most stuff was geared toward Intel-based Macs. Although I wanted to upgrade, I held off to save money and to see how the iMac would change. By the end of 2011, I had hit the wall of productivity and really needed to upgrade. If you're not familiar with the iMac story, Apple still hadn't released a refresh to the iMac in over a year at that point in time, and it seemed safe to assume WWDC would change all that. It didn't and the new MacBook Pro's were the only Macs with the newest duds, including the new Retina MacBook Pro.
I really wanted a new iMac for an updated processor and bigger screen since my old 17" iMac was constrained for effective workflow in both size and processor. My wife poo-poo'ed the idea of 27" iMac -- it was too garishly big for our office. So after buying the new iPad in March, I figured I could get a 21" iMac and use the iPad for additional screen real estate. Plus, I figured, I could use the iPad for remote recording with Garageband and then convert draft tracks over to ProTools. So I held on to the end of July, when it was next rumored that a new iMac would be released. Again nothing.
I then started looking at the 2011 MacBook Pros, especially the discontinued 17" They looked really promising, and I loved the idea of having the same size screen of my current iMac with the portability of a laptop for any remote recording. But the 17" was too big and too heavy. Also, I felt like USB 3.0 on the 2012 models would be really helpful for any future external hard disk storage and recording. I had saved up for over 3 years for this purchase; did I really want to cut corners now?
The idea of recording on the road really intrigued me. The fact that I could take my studio with me filled my head with possibility. So when I saw a new MacBook Pro 15.4" with Hi-Res, Anti-Glare screen, 16 GB RAM, and 750 GB 7200 RPM HD, I nabbed it. It is definitely too heavy for everyday portability, but I can't tell you how utterly psyched I am to use it. I had an old 17" monitor in storage at home that I've connected to the MBP for a delightful amount of screen real estate. Even though I've had it for just over a month, I've cranked out more musical ideas and productions than I could ever do with my old iMac in the same amount of time. I can't believe how many hiccups and disconnects I endured. This laptop just screams and it can handle everything I throw at it without a blip on CPU usage. Moreover, this is the first time I didn't go with last year's model to save a few bucks. I'm sure Apple's planned obsolescence will make that choice seem silly in a few years, but for now, I'm reveling in it.
I just took it, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Neumann TLM 193, external hard drive, new 64 GB iPad, 7 port USB hub, and all necessary cables and power cords in one, single backpack with me on a 9 day excursion out-of-town. Within 30 minutes, I had my set-up operational and ready-to-record with a capacity (<1 TB) and quality (96 KHz, 24 bit) that I could only fantasize about in 2005. Moreover, I could never do that with an iMac no matter what the spec. The experience was just mind-boggling and utterly thrilling. I worked on 5 songs during that trip. If I had an iMac, I would have worked on none, or maybe finagled a way to do something with my iPad with a laborious process for getting it into Pro Tool on the iMac.
So the morale of the story is pretty simple: you get what you pay for, and only you can subscribe value to any purchase -- Mac or no Mac. In the end, for me, the decision wasn't Mac or PC -- the decision was which Mac?
In 2010, a lot of the software I needed to keep up with recording was dedicated to Intel-based iMacs. In fact, it was pretty obvious that most stuff was geared toward Intel-based Macs. Although I wanted to upgrade, I held off to save money and to see how the iMac would change. By the end of 2011, I had hit the wall of productivity and really needed to upgrade. If you're not familiar with the iMac story, Apple still hadn't released a refresh to the iMac in over a year at that point in time, and it seemed safe to assume WWDC would change all that. It didn't and the new MacBook Pro's were the only Macs with the newest duds, including the new Retina MacBook Pro.
I really wanted a new iMac for an updated processor and bigger screen since my old 17" iMac was constrained for effective workflow in both size and processor. My wife poo-poo'ed the idea of 27" iMac -- it was too garishly big for our office. So after buying the new iPad in March, I figured I could get a 21" iMac and use the iPad for additional screen real estate. Plus, I figured, I could use the iPad for remote recording with Garageband and then convert draft tracks over to ProTools. So I held on to the end of July, when it was next rumored that a new iMac would be released. Again nothing.
I then started looking at the 2011 MacBook Pros, especially the discontinued 17" They looked really promising, and I loved the idea of having the same size screen of my current iMac with the portability of a laptop for any remote recording. But the 17" was too big and too heavy. Also, I felt like USB 3.0 on the 2012 models would be really helpful for any future external hard disk storage and recording. I had saved up for over 3 years for this purchase; did I really want to cut corners now?
The idea of recording on the road really intrigued me. The fact that I could take my studio with me filled my head with possibility. So when I saw a new MacBook Pro 15.4" with Hi-Res, Anti-Glare screen, 16 GB RAM, and 750 GB 7200 RPM HD, I nabbed it. It is definitely too heavy for everyday portability, but I can't tell you how utterly psyched I am to use it. I had an old 17" monitor in storage at home that I've connected to the MBP for a delightful amount of screen real estate. Even though I've had it for just over a month, I've cranked out more musical ideas and productions than I could ever do with my old iMac in the same amount of time. I can't believe how many hiccups and disconnects I endured. This laptop just screams and it can handle everything I throw at it without a blip on CPU usage. Moreover, this is the first time I didn't go with last year's model to save a few bucks. I'm sure Apple's planned obsolescence will make that choice seem silly in a few years, but for now, I'm reveling in it.
I just took it, a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Neumann TLM 193, external hard drive, new 64 GB iPad, 7 port USB hub, and all necessary cables and power cords in one, single backpack with me on a 9 day excursion out-of-town. Within 30 minutes, I had my set-up operational and ready-to-record with a capacity (<1 TB) and quality (96 KHz, 24 bit) that I could only fantasize about in 2005. Moreover, I could never do that with an iMac no matter what the spec. The experience was just mind-boggling and utterly thrilling. I worked on 5 songs during that trip. If I had an iMac, I would have worked on none, or maybe finagled a way to do something with my iPad with a laborious process for getting it into Pro Tool on the iMac.
So the morale of the story is pretty simple: you get what you pay for, and only you can subscribe value to any purchase -- Mac or no Mac. In the end, for me, the decision wasn't Mac or PC -- the decision was which Mac?
I just received it yesterday evening...but I noticed something...it came with Mountain Lion 10.8 already installed. Didn't have to update it myself..are they coming this way now? Well...apparently!
In anticipation of selling my iMac I just got done ordering my new rMBP!
2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
512GB Flash Storage
AppleCare
The student discount pretty much took care of the RAM upgrade and I am also getting 5% cash back through Discover!
Now on to shopping for accessories. I already know and have ordered the mStand. Just have to decided on a USB 3.0 hub, case/sleeve, and maybe a monitor.
I also have to swear to myself to not upgrade again for 3 years.
Got my shipping notice this morning... Wednesday, September 12th. The one day I won't be working from home.
Got my shipping notice this morning... Wednesday, September 12th. The one day I won't be working from home.
Correction: The email Apple sent shows the 12th as "Delivers" date, but when I check the FedEx tracking it shows the 11th. I really hope FedEx comes through, because that would work out perfectly!
Just ordered RMBP 2.3/16/256. Should arrive Sept 14-18. It'll be my first Mac. I hope it arrives flawless.
New Hard Drive
Just had to replace my hard drive and am having an issue. ALL downloads are saying '' cannot be run in DOS mode''.
???
anyone have a clue?
Just had to replace my hard drive and am having an issue. ALL downloads are saying '' cannot be run in DOS mode''.
???
anyone have a clue?
So my Macbook is "On Vehicle For Delivery Today"
One can only hope!
So my Macbook is "On Vehicle For Delivery Today"
Same for me! My was scheduled for monday but after i read your post i checked the tracking and saw it was on the truck, out for delivery. Hopefully it shows up today or tomorrow
editted to add: It showed up! now i just have to wait for work to end to get home and check it out
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rMBP 2.3 Ghz/8 GB/256GB
Just walked into the Apple store and picked up the base model rMBP.
On top of it got one with the Samsung panel!! So far so good, this thing is buttery smooth and oh so sweet!!
Upgraded from a 2006 Original 1.1 non unibody MBP
Just walked into the Apple store and picked up the base model rMBP.
On top of it got one with the Samsung panel!! So far so good, this thing is buttery smooth and oh so sweet!!
Upgraded from a 2006 Original 1.1 non unibody MBP
Just got a new rMBP in the mail yesterday. 2.6/16GB/512.
Like the above poster, I upgraded from a 2006 MBP...the later 2,1 model. That was my first mac. It's been a champ, but hitting the 3GB ram wall was killing me even in Safari. It was a 17"...thought it would be hard to adjust, but this screen is amazing. My old screen looks HORRIBLE now. And less because of the retina/non-retina difference than because of how vivid and bright this screen is compared to a 6 year old screen. I also never realized how yellow the color profile I had on that screen was until now!
My only gripe is going from a trackpad with a separate click button to one that is a button itself. I would use my thumb to click the button before. Now when my muscle memory tries to do that, it causes gestures to happen I don't expect because an extra finger is touching the trackpad. I haven't gotten used to clicking with my other finger yet...
Like the above poster, I upgraded from a 2006 MBP...the later 2,1 model. That was my first mac. It's been a champ, but hitting the 3GB ram wall was killing me even in Safari. It was a 17"...thought it would be hard to adjust, but this screen is amazing. My old screen looks HORRIBLE now. And less because of the retina/non-retina difference than because of how vivid and bright this screen is compared to a 6 year old screen. I also never realized how yellow the color profile I had on that screen was until now!
My only gripe is going from a trackpad with a separate click button to one that is a button itself. I would use my thumb to click the button before. Now when my muscle memory tries to do that, it causes gestures to happen I don't expect because an extra finger is touching the trackpad. I haven't gotten used to clicking with my other finger yet...
Purchased my first mac (MacBook Pro Retina) on the applestore website on wednesday and picked it up at a store the next day. After taxes, cashback, etc. the computer was $1932.
Even though I'm a huge Windows 7 fan, I am tired of having to spend $1500 on a new laptop every year or so. After a few days I'm really impressed with the macbook. My only complaint is compatability issues. However, this is by far the best laptop I've ever owned (and I've had several high end gaming laptops). The trackpad puts all other laptops to shame. The multitouch thing is epic. The battery life is insane and lasts 2-3 times longer than my previous laptops.
To be honest, the main reason why I chose this one over the regular macbook was the aesthetics of this laptop. No ethernet (waste of space imo, this is 2012), thin as fark, and it fits my symmetrical and minimalistic ideals. Aluminum body awww yeahhh. Magsafe is pretty cool too.
Even though I'm a huge Windows 7 fan, I am tired of having to spend $1500 on a new laptop every year or so. After a few days I'm really impressed with the macbook. My only complaint is compatability issues. However, this is by far the best laptop I've ever owned (and I've had several high end gaming laptops). The trackpad puts all other laptops to shame. The multitouch thing is epic. The battery life is insane and lasts 2-3 times longer than my previous laptops.
To be honest, the main reason why I chose this one over the regular macbook was the aesthetics of this laptop. No ethernet (waste of space imo, this is 2012), thin as fark, and it fits my symmetrical and minimalistic ideals. Aluminum body awww yeahhh. Magsafe is pretty cool too.