Re: MacBook Pro - Is it worth it?
- From: BreadWithSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 15 Oct 2007 16:41:46 -0400
Tom Harrington <tph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
pwargan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I am planning to purchase a 15' MacBook Pro later this year (once
Leopard is released) and I wanted to hear some opinions about these
computers. Are all the issues that people are reporting (i.e. melting
The latter. I've been using a MacBook Pro since the first ones started
reaching users, and I've never even heard of most of the problems you
mentioned.
I had a PowerBook 15" for over 3 years and replaced it with
a MacBookPro 15 about 3 months ago after another update to
the hardware.
While the PB was not perfect - it was sent in under AppleCare
extended warrantee twice - it had none of the catastrophic
stuff you're talking about. (once was when the hard drive
died - that happens - and once was to replace the video
cable which wore out enough to be screwing with the display -
after almost 3 years of very heavy daily use)
The MBP has been perfect so far. The screen is amazing,
bright, uniform and sharp. Nothing's melting, no problems.
That said, for a notebook, especially one you're carrying
about, I do highly recommend getting AppleCare to extend
the warrantee out the full three years. They do a great
job and very fast. In both uses of AppleCare on my pBook,
I dropped the machine off at a local apple store and
Apple shipped it back to me at my office - both times I
had the machine back in my hands in three days.
I also highly recommend - not just for a notebook but
especially for one - very regular backups. At least
once per week, daily if possible. I use SuperDuper! to
clone my internal drives (on both of my machines - the
desktop and the notebook) daily.
No warrantee on any computer is a substitute for making
backups. At best, they may replace a drive (as they
did for me) but it's simply not possible for them to
replace the data.
So is it worth it? Nobody knows but you, since that's
subjective. Mine was worth every penny - to me.
(And, for what it's worth, that old powerbook is also
still in daily use by another family member)
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