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    9 months ago

    The unibody MBPs were solid for the most part. From 2008 to 2012 Apple actually made really good, decently priced, upgradeable, virtually indestructible Unix workstations; I’ll give them that.

    Too bad they then made the Retina generation of MBPs, which dropped most of what made the unibodies great and turned them from Unix workhorses to overpriced prosumer devices. And that’s where they lived ever since.

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        9 months ago

        Not in my opinion. The ports are barely adequate and I think neither RAM nor storage are user-upgradeable. The silicon is nice, yes, and they got rid of the touch bar. But I still think it’s forcing too many tradeoffs to be worth it. (And, as usual, their base storage is tiny and their SSD upgrades are way overpriced. Hence the lack of internal slots is a real pain.)

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        9 months ago

        Except it’s also not upgradable so you’re still screwed when inevitably you find that the six megabytes of RAM they’ve given you aren’t enough

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        The preceding ones (iBooks, MacBooks, and aluminum MBPs) were okay for their time as well but not at the same level as the unibodies. Still, it’s been a long time since Apple hardware was worth getting excited about.

        Mind you, this is purely from a computer perspective. I never cared about their phones so I don’t know how their quality holds up. I do acknowledge that they’re unbeatable in terms of duration of support, though.