Critirias to choose a macbook pro 13 inch (no retina display)

my family decided to buy me a mac. i am a teenager and i liked the mac pro 13 inch (no retina display). But i am wondering if mac pro is good enough for usual personal uses (no professional). is that mac good at games (ex SIMS)? are 13 inch ok or its too small? thanks in advance

Buy extra RAM from a reputable Mac-friendly store with a lifetime exchange warranty like Crucial.com, macsales.com, etc. I've been getting mine from macsales.com for years.
For gaming, the 13" might not be the best solution. I am not a gamer, but games today tend to want a nice graphics card. The problem with the 13" is that the graphics (Intel HD Graphics 4000) are integrated with the CPU, not a separate graphics card, and also use up some of the system RAM because integrated graphics do not have their own memory. Check the graphics card requirements on all the games you want to play, and get feedback from online gaming forums as to how well the 13" Intel HD Graphics 4000 performs for the games you want to play. (The 15" MacBook Pro also has an a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M dedicated graphics card with 512MB or 1GB of its own graphics memory, and most gamers would vastly prefer this.)
If you exclude gaming, the 13" is definitely more than good enough for personal uses. It's also appropriate for some professional uses.

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Hi everyone. After some water spillage to my new computer, the guys at the Apple Store have told me that my internal hard drive needs to be replaced. No other damage was done, thankfully. I have a Macbook Pro 13 inch with Retina Display from late 2013. The Apple genius said my current hard drive has flash storage, and that my new hard drive will need that as well as the computer requires it. Does anyone know where I can buy such a hard drive? Is it possible to buy it from Apple? I am happy to buy online or in a store (I live in Australia). Also, is this Mac Pro model difficult to take apart? I'd like to install the hard drive myself.
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I want to pay for a MacBook pro 15 inch with retina display online and send someone to pick it up from a store is it possible if ok who and where contact me
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When you order a MBP you can have it delivered at any Apple retail store. When you get the e-mail that the MBP is ready to be picked up, you have options to enter in the rersponse if you or someone else will pick it up. You will have to fill in some required information that will identify that person to the store personnel.
I had my last MBP delivered to the local store, but I picked it up.
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I bought a 13 inch macbook pro with retina display 6 days ago and am having issues with updating the OS to OS X 10.8.2. I have downloaded the update and when I attempt to install it flashes up this message " OS X update can't be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update." I have spoken to the guys at the apple store where I bought it and they said that it was an software corruption and exchanged the machine. However the new machine is still having the same problem so I discussed it with them once more. Now they say there is no update and I have to wait for it to be released. I am confused because the display 13 inch macbook pro with retina displays have the software, OS X 10.8.2, installed. How is that? Anyone know what the **** the truth is and how I remedy my current problems?
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I just tested it and this is what I got on my 2012 MBP:
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[SOLVED, mostly] Arch on Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch with Retina Display

I've been looking into the Apple MacBook Pro. Of course, I would want to get rid of Mac OS X and load up Arch. Please tell me if the following will work out-of-the-box or have workarounds:
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I can't comment on your specific model, but IMHO, getting a Mac (especially a Mac laptop) to run Linux exclusively doesn't make much sense, for the following reasons:
Apple's EFI implementation is weird, and some features (most notably the ability to upgrade the firmware) can be done only with the help of OS X. As a practical matter, this means that you'll either have to use exotic tools like the Linux version of "bless" or boot the computer in BIOS/CSM/legacy mode -- and even then, upgrading the firmware will be a hassle, should that become necessary. Booting in BIOS/CSM/legacy mode is the easier path, and there's nothing wrong with doing it that way, but as the industry is moving away from BIOS and toward EFI, it means that either you'll be going in the other direction or you'll need to struggle with a Linux-only EFI-mode installation on the Mac.
Hardware support in Linux for Macs is a bit weird, in part because of the preceding issue (the weird Apple firmware). I realize your question is aimed at uncovering specific answers about this topic, but as a general rule, Apple hardware seems more trouble-prone under Linux than standard PC hardware. Also, note that hardware support can vary depending on the mode you use (BIOS/CSM/legacy vs. EFI). Video hardware can be particularly troublesome on some models, with BIOS/CSM/legacy sometimes working better.
Mac mice (including laptop trackpads) are 1-button devices, but Linux works best with 3-button mice. A 2-button mouse can do in a pinch. Using a 1-button mouse with X requires applying unusual workarounds involving the use of keyboard keys while clicking the mouse button. Although this can be done, it's an extra hassle, both to set up and to use. On a desktop computer, of course, you can just replace the mouse, but this isn't always practical with a laptop.
I haven't checked pricing recently, but Apple hardware tends to carry a price premium compared to similar hardware from other manufacturers.
Although most of these issues (with the possible exception of price, if you're on a tight budget) aren't really critical by themselves, they combine to create a rather unpleasant combination, at least when considering a Mac exclusively as a platform for running Linux. If you wanted to dual-boot with OS X, things would be different, of course, but personally, I wouldn't buy a Mac as a Linux-only computer.
If you've got specific reasons for wanting a Mac, perhaps you could post them here. Although I personally haven't shopped for a laptop for a while and so can't offer specific suggestions, somebody else might be able to suggest alternatives that would do what you want.

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im selling my iMac for it.
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I just dont know which one to buy.
if i buy the 17 inch i get the DVD Drive, all the additional ports, and a bigger screen.
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Well, I am a smallish, sixty-something woman, and I've never found my 17" MBP (2008) too heavy to haul around. I got rid of my desk-top when I got this 17 incher, thinking I would eventually get a monitor for the large screen. Well, it has been 4 and a half years and I haven't found a need for the monitor yet.
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Fernando

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Looking to upgrade to a SSD in my MacBook Pro (summer 2012) non-retina display. Are there ones that work better in a MacBook Pro?

In theory at least, any SSD will work fine. There are some additional considerations to make, however. It mostly revolves around updating the drive's firmware. Many SSD companies do not offer Mac-friendly ways to perform this procedure. From the list Clinton provided, you can drop Corsair and Samsung immediately for this reason.
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Hi everyone, I just have a few questions regarding the two Macbooks listed above, here is my situation:
I am going to be a Freshman in college next year and have decided to purchase my first Macbook. I am familiar with most Apple products but Macbooks are the one area I do not have experience in. I have done some research and have widdled my decision down to either the Air or the rMBP. I am looking at the entry level of these laptops, so both would be equipped with the regular 128gb SSD drives and the 1.8GHz and 2.5GHz proccessors. My budget would not be more than the cost of the rMBP, so upgrading to anything more than $1,399 is not really an option.
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Here's my take on that one.
Skip the 13 Inch Macbook Retina until it's been in refreshed a couple more times to get rid of the screen issues some people are having - I was one of the first ones that bought the 15 Inch Macbook Retina - after 2 months of use - got rid of it because of issues with Photoshop and Office - i'm sure an update was already released by Adobe and Microsoft to support Retina display by now.
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