I have every finger & toe crossed for you Ronni !!!!! On 15/08/2013, at 3:58 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian, > > Thankfully my 17" MacBookPro8,3 (early 2011) is still running perfectly. > But as soon as Apple announce a new 17" MacBook Pro retina display, I will be > ordering one ;-) > > There has been thousands of people (including me) that have been sending > feedback to Apple since they discontinued the 17" MBP via this link. > > http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html > Apple say they do read all feedback... so hopefully they have been really > listening... > > And even the co-founder of Apple - Steve Wozniak depends on a 17 inch Mac > Book Pro. > <http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/26/engadget-questionnaire-steve-wozniak/> > "What gadget do you depend on most? > Macbook Pro 17-inch for most of my email, including web links and video > links." > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 15/08/2013, at 3:28 PM, Brian Risbey <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> YES PLEASE! >> (Do you think they heard that?!) >> Please put my name one one, >> My 17" is beginning to limp along, and >> As Nike would say, >> Just do it! >> >> Brian >> Sent from my iPhone5 >> >> On 15/08/2013, at 14:32, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I guess every member of WAMUG knows how strongly I feel about Apple >>> discontinuing the 17" MacBook Pro. Apple has shown the ability to do a >>> retina display at any screen size it wants. >>> So please Apple Include the 17" MacBook Pro with retina display in this >>> year's MacBook Pro range launch. >>> >>> How I wish with every bone in my body that this actually occurs.... Please >>> please Apple announce a new 17" MacBook Pro with Retina Display... This >>> year! ....Make Ronni Happy!!! >>> >>> /Begin Quote >>> Reports: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh >>> <http://www.highlightpress.com/reports-17-inch-retina-macbook-pro-revival-with-2013-haswell-refresh/3480/djohnson> >>> >>> >>> "It’s become something of a given that Apple will launch a 2013 Retina >>> MacBook Pro range sometime this year, complete with the Intel Haswell >>> chipsets that breathed new life into the latest MacBook Air. Chances are >>> the new Haswell MacBook Pro won’t be setting any records in terms of speed >>> and performance, but when it comes to all-important battery life and >>> productivity, it will prove a tough act to follow. >>> Apple has of course remained tight-lipped on the subject, but speculation >>> is growing that the 2013 Pro refresh will bring with it the second-coming >>> of the 17-inch MacBook Pro. >>> The suggestion was first made by the folks at the Stabley Times and has >>> since piqued the interest of plenty of others. Having proved to be anything >>> but a top-seller following Apple’s introduction of the first Retina MacBook >>> Pro, the 17-inch model was considered unnecessary and shelved indefinitely. >>> However, it is now being mused that Apple will bring Retina quality to the >>> 17-inch MacBook Pro as part of the range’s 2013 refresh, which given the >>> firm’s advances over the past 12-months is far from implausible. >>> No details have yet been confirmed as to when and where the 2013 MacBook >>> Pro refresh will happen, but most signs are pointing to an early fall >>> release date for the first models at least – most likely October." >>> /End Quote >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape
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