I used to think that too. I love my MBP. I want to upgrade the ram and put a solid state drive in it. That way it will really fly!

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

Yes those 17 inchers do get hot. I edit HD footage on my 17inch MacBook pro, maxed out the ram and planning to put two solid state drives in mine soon: one specific for the operating system and applications and the second drive for content. That will speed things up 'till I can justify the latest MacBook Pro with thunderbolt.

Everything points to Apple getting out of the pro market; iPod, iPhones and iPads are making much more money for the company and don't need the expensive support professionals dement, I would never think this would happen but I could be forced soon to switch to the dark side.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I'll feel like an orphaning.

Saw a news item several weeks ago that Apple has no plans to release any updates to their Mac lines other than the notebooks. I hate notebooks! Even Mac notebooks.

I like POWA!!

If I have to buy a PC I'm getting one like I have at the orifice. That sucker is a beast when it comes to GIS stereo processing.

I'd love to have a big Pro tower, but can't justify it. A new MacBook is in the works though, too bad they dropped the 17s, or at least I didn't see one the last time I was on the Apple store page. Do you know?
I don't see them getting out of the Pro biz for a while, although they may get updated less frequently, which I'm not convinced is a bad thing.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

The G5 and other white iMacs are pie to get into compared to the suction cup glass models of today.

they had 17" macbook pros when I went in to buy my 15 a few months ago

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1984 300SD Orient Red/ Palomino
1989 560SEC
2016 Mazda 6 6 speed manual
1995 Ford F-150 reg cab 4.9 5speed manual

this one works just fine, I just cant synch the Ipad to it b/c of the early, non intel based operating system.

according to the apple support community, I can upgrade Tiger to Leopard, but not Snow Leopard. Leopard works well with a G5

That's a lot of money for a rain coat.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

For those puzzled about Army's response…
Mackintosh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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83 SD

84 CD

Sorry folks - just ignore me. Sometimes my Englishness gets the better of me...

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!