Kevin Harter » macbook pro http://www.kevinharter.com TechDaddyK's Random Thoughts Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:02:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Am I the only person disappointed by the Apple event? http://www.kevinharter.com/2008/10/14/am-i-the-only-person-disappointed-by-apple-event/ http://www.kevinharter.com/2008/10/14/am-i-the-only-person-disappointed-by-apple-event/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:36:53 +0000 TechDaddyK http://kevinharter.com/?p=100 First off, I have to say that I’m fairly happy, as a recent buyer of a MacBook Pro, to see that little changed with the premium notebook.  Sure the new one is sturdier, has better graphics, and a cool new button-less glass trackpad.  But the REAL stats didn’t change – same processor, same memory, a slight bump in the standard hard drive size…  Kind of boring, really.

I would have liked to have seen a bump in processor speed and maybe 4GB standard.  The quad-core Penryn would have been extra sweet.  The memory thing is just a rip-off:  I bought 4GB of memory for my MBP last month for $80.  Yes, $80!  Apple wanted to charge me $180 to go from 2GB to 4GB.  And they charge $400 for that same 4GB kit!

I guess I think that the “Pro” line should push things a bit more.  Get a super-fast CPU and tons of memory to pair up with the admittedly ingenius video subsystem.  Charge a butt-load because you’re Apple.  But make it COOL!

Don’t get me wrong – I’m not complaining!  The value of my month-old laptop is still very high and it makes the sweet price I got all that much better.

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