No Apple Store within 150 miles of me...what happens if I buy a Retina MBP and need the battery changed??
I have a vintage 2006 17" MBP that has been a steadfast and reliable companion for years. It's aging, and will probably need replacing this year. I'm a wildlife artist and need something that accompanies me into the field, AND allows me to do a lot of image editing (Lightroom) at home and in the studio...so portability, horsepower, and screen size all matter.
I'm deeply concerned about purchasing a Retina MBP, since there is no Apple Store closer than a 3 hour drive to me - if I need the battery changed, how the **** do I do that? I can't imagine living without a computer during the days it would take to ship something back to Apple galactic HQ for repair, and I also can't imagine how Apple can in good conscience design something so unserviceable. My current MBP went through the bulging-battery thing a year ago, so it's easy to conceive of something happening to a new machine.
It's probably obvious, but I purchase the most I can afford at one time and then keep it for years before upgrading. I have to say I'm rather depressed about the current choices right now.
Thoughts?? ...and thank you for reading!
All MacBook Pro's come with Apple only servicable batteries now.
However the newer batteries are much better than the older verisons and less likley to fail.
For instance my 2 year old 17" has a 99% charge with only 14 cycles, but I'm on power most of the time.
Problem for you is the life of the charge and not being able to put in a replacement charged battery on extended trips in the bush.
Also the Internet is required to reinstall the opearating system now, no disks.
Since there is no Apple laptop that can meet your requirements without dragging a portable gas generator with you...
I can only suggest you find a suitable PC laptop that can switch the charged batteries on location to keep on using it.
I highly suggest Windows 7, it's more closer to what your used to using on the Mac far as operating systems UI goes.
Windows 8 is a nightmare and it's adoption rate is very poor like Vista was.
Perhaps you may think about getting a wonderful iMac for your office.
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