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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Non-retina MacBook Pro advice

Hi, I need your advice concerning a non-retina MacBook Pro 15".

 

I have a 5 years old MacBook Pro 15 (not unibody), upgraded with RAM and SSD. It's working fine but I would have to spend about 300€ to replace battery and fix another little problem. Again, the Mac is working fine and I'm pretty satisifed with it.

Anyway, a friend who is also a certified apple tech suggested me to go for a new one.

 

Being a significantly investment (around 2000€), I'd like to know your opinion about the retina vs non retina models.

 

He told me to go for the non-retina because:

- I already own a Sata3 SSD which can be installed on the new one

- save the money I would spend for my actual mac to get the high res antiglare option

- get the firewire and superdrive

- easy ram upgrade

- slightly cheaper

- it should serve another 5 years time frame

 

What about it?

My main field is web development, CS6, audio production, office and common daily stuff.

 

One last question. Since the latest update was in June 2012, is it worth to wait for a 2013 model?

 

Thank you very much!


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