Thanks Peter for that. Agree with your logic there. I'm warming towards the Retina!
Regards Pete On 19/08/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: > > On 16/08/2013, at 11:44 AM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Thanks Daniel, yes i like the 27" Thunderbolt displays. i have an iTunes >> library around 220GB and photos >50GB, so 256GB no good for me and no doubt >> they will get bigger not smaller. >> >> Do you feel that the extra cost of the retina is worth it over the >> non-retina MBP in 13". I always wondered why the retina machine doesn't have >> the Superdrive built in. Any reason? I suppose out of habit I will find it >> hard to go without a Superdrive but lots of other machines in the house if I >> need to burn something - or just buy an external USB Superdrive. >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> > > The main reason there is no Superdrive is pretty straightforward - there's no > room! The case is simply too thin to accommodate one. It's the same reason > why standard Ethernet and Video ports have given way to a couple of > Thunderbolt ports. I must say though, as a Retina MacBook Pro (15") owner, > that when I bought the computer just a little over 12 months ago (not long > after they were first released) I made certain to add an external USB DVD > drive to the purchase. I think I've used maybe four times since. With the > cheapest USB thumb drives having the same capacity as a regular DVD, the low > cost of external drives and the availability of services such as the App > Store, DropBox, iCloud and Copy.com, I find I simply have no need for an > optical drive, other than to read the occasional CD or DVD; and as you point > out, my iMacs both have optical drives which I find I invariably end up using > anyway. My laptop is used mainly for work "on the road" so it's very rare > that I have the ne > ed to burn CDs or DVDs on it. > > I do find the lack of direct ports such as Ethernet or Video a little > inconvenient in one respect, but on the other hand the versatility of the > Thunderbolt ports some how makes up for it. I agree with Daniel in the fact > that this is the way of the future for Apple laptops. I think we have seen > the end of the "traditional" model represented by the current 15" non-retina > model. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- 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> -- 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>
