{"id":450,"date":"2013-04-22T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2014-04-23T10:25:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T15:25:23","slug":"macbook-pro-retina-impressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/?p=450","title":{"rendered":"MacBook &#8220;Pro&#8221; Retina Impressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MacBook &#8220;Pro&#8221; Retina impressions.\u00a0(Probably the last Mac I will ever buy after being a loyal customer for three decades.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dude, where is my gigabit ethernet port?<\/li>\n<li>Where do I insert my CD?<\/li>\n<li>Why do some media show up in quarter size in full screen? Oh, that&#8217;s retina. Doh!<\/li>\n<li>Updating a knowledge base document named &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/support.apple.com\/kb\/HT5455?viewlocale=en_US&amp;locale=en_US\">Avoiding Image Persistence on Apple Displays<\/a>&#8221; does not help at all.<\/li>\n<li>Right speaker rattles. Yep, got it replaced. The right one still rattles. All of the 10&#8217;s of MacBook Pros in the store I tested also rattle. (Yours doesn&#8217;t? Then download free version of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackcatsystems.com\/software\/audiotoolbox.html\" target=\"_blank\">Audio Toolbox<\/a>\u00a0and stress-test your speakers at 500 Hz.) Apparently, speaker quality is no longer a concern. It&#8217;s fine as long as you use half volume or less. Oh, that subwoofer in the MacBook Pro 17-inch is a distant memory. Price of progress, or collateral damage, as some might call it.<\/li>\n<li>Are we on a diet for ports on a &#8220;Pro&#8221; machine? What happened to the third USB port and the FW800 port? That&#8217;s right, you don&#8217;t need them at Starbucks.<\/li>\n<li>There is a dongle for everything. Ethernet, check; FW, check; FW800, check check; DVI, check; VGA, check check. $29\/each solves the dongle issue. Just pack them separately for TSA in a plastic bag. Nickel and dime is the answer.<\/li>\n<li>What remote control? The IR sensor has been removed. Professionals using the &#8220;Pro&#8221; don&#8217;t need to make presentations, do they? Maybe we should change the name. MacBook Helium, instead of Pro.<\/li>\n<li>Less, still for 2,200 bucks. Good luck with that battery, too, since replacement costs now $200, and if you dent your top case, you are out $400. Because gluing battery to the top case is the answer to the question that no one asked.<\/li>\n<li>Dude, where is my 17-inch screen?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If I sound a bit bitter with all this sarcasm, it is because I am. If I hadn&#8217;t already dinged the top case within the first week, I would have returned this puppy and instead opted for a refurb 17-inch. Big mistake on my part.<\/p>\n<p>Just to add insult to the injury, the last time I took it back to Apple for audio rattle (last Saturday, still within the return window), the genius wrote down &#8220;issue appears to be within spec after comparing to other models&#8221;. Sad.<\/p>\n<p>Continuation of this is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethnosync.com\/?p=778\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92013 EthnoSync.com. 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