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10/6/2013 6:24:34 PM
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I have a MacBook Pro Retina with an SSD. I'd recommend both if you can afford it, but if you can only get one, go with the SSD. Solid State Drives are sooooo much better than the older ones. Without the Retina Screen you're only taking a hit to how things look on the screen, and even then it still looks fairly decent. Also, the extra 4GB of RAM is nice as well.
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking. Upgrading the 1499 MBP to a SSD puts it near the price of the rMBP. Both have 8 gigs of ram, so the only thing different would be the i5 instead of i7. How has it been not having a SuperDrive?
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The i5 works fine for me. It can get a little slow at times, but it works great most of the time. Overall it's an amazing computer. The 13" Model that I have is also great for toting around my campus.
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Good to hear. Been doing some more comparing and the rMBP ends up being $300 more than the MBP w/ 750 GB HDD but only $30 more if I upped the MBP to a 256 GB SSD. How is it having a laptop w/o a disc drive?
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I don't really have a need for disc's, so it hasn't been a problem for me. Everything is digital these days. Worst case I could always just buy an external disc drive. I know they have them.
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I've been doing some more research and I have another question for you. I have seen a lot of people talking about their 13" rMBP heating up quickly. Have you experienced this? If so, what did you do about it?
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It can get hot, but it's not usually so hot that it requires it to be shutdown. Normally repositioning it so that the vents are more exposed is satisfactory, and that's just when it occasionally starts to get a bit on the hot side. It's not much different then any other laptop I suppose.
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Ok. I just wanted to see how out of proportion they were making it since I hadn't seen anything like that with the non-retina. I'm probably going to wait until after the rumored October event in case they drop the price and/or announce a haswell rMBP.
