Apple MacBook Pro Retina 2.6 GHz Processor / 512 GB Storage Amazon $2409.54

Quote from enraginangel : i can be a third-party witness to this bet.

lollll

Same here. Got an i7/16G/256 rMBP15 from work in July. No overheating observed so far. But I do not put any heavy work on it, maybe just some Youtube HD~

Quote from gamenlegend : You would lose that bet. I'm on this same mac (but with 2.7quad and 16gb of ram) and have yet to have an issue with overheating. Have this for about 2 weeks now. Get about 4-6 hrs of use depending on what i'm doing. No complaints so far.

if you prefer more RAM (16GB) but less storage (256GB):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/...0YQUZ2NYD5

$2450

ok deal, it would be much better with 16GB RAM and 256GB flash drive since you can't change them out after purchase.

I bought a 16GB 256GB and 2.3GHz retina when they came out for $2179, still available at that price. the 512GB drive is way overpriced... just get an external USB3 drive and you're good on storage. I bought a 1TB 2.5" USB 3 for like $80. 256GB will hold everything you need for day to day use.

As far as overheating it does get *very* hot and tears through the battery if you use the nvidia graphics. It doesn't crash or anything, but if you touch the area above the top row of keys when the fans are going you can burn yourself.

I use my mac to run a virtual lab using VMware Fusion 5 pro, and it handles everything from Windows server 2008 and 2012 DCs and file servers to RHEL 5/6 servers, ubuntu, windows 7 and 8 clients, a backtrack5 machine, and still has plenty of oomph to play 3d games in the osx environment. Pretty incredible and invaluable for learning and testing things in a portable lab environment.

good deal if you're not worried about the RAM and have to have 512GB vs 256. definitely get the applecare though. if anything breaks you can't fix it yourself.

Over 2.6k for a computer? I rather buy a used car for that price. Or pay my mortgage

Quote from LeviathanUltima : Need 16GB of RAM and now that amazon charge tax, it is not much of a deal anymore.

Most of us still don't pay tax for Amazon (yet). And while 16GB sure would be nice, especially for this price range, 8GB is really plenty for most users, even many using pretty memory intensive editing and modeling software.

That said, it's my understanding that the RAM on these isn't upgradeable (at least nor very easily), so if you really need 16GB, then yeah, this isn't a deal for you.

This unit was in their warehouse section for a little over $2100 around noon today

But I didnt order it... someone did

Quote from Chrisfover87 : bet 10 bucks that this thing will get extremely overheated.

gimme your 10.
stress tested using prime95 for 3 days, not a single hiccup.

This is a SD since it is the lowest price even offered for this machine. This isn't a place for Mac hate; it is a place for SDs regardless of brand.

Quote from warsaws : What does this have to do with selling yourself? I'm taking you up on this. How do you want to make the arrangements and prove which way this bet will go? (I am serious). I recommend that I will post a continuous video on YouTube for everyone to see the results. Sound good?

I don't understand all of these people who need 16GB of RAM when you have an extremely fast 512GB SSD in the machine. If you need to start accessing the SSD for a RAM buffer, you are not going to see a major loss of performance unless you are heavy into video editing, etc. For overwhelmingly most people who buy the MBP w/retina, 8GB is fine. Just leave a nice buffer for swap.

The lowest price I could find for a MBP w/retina just upgrading the RAM to 16GB (every other spec the same) is $2894 from MacMall (w/AppleInsider discount). This equals a savings of $484.46. That's one heck of a savings for 8GB of RAM vs. 16GB.

Quote from Backhome77 : Most of us still don't pay tax for Amazon (yet). And while 16GB sure would be nice, especially for this price range, 8GB is really plenty for most users, even many using pretty memory intensive editing and modeling software. That said, it's my understanding that the RAM on these isn't upgradeable (at least nor very easily), so if you really need 16GB, then yeah, this isn't a deal for you.

Quote from warsaws : Unlike this joker above waving like a fool, I am actually serious. I'm not providing payment details because we've not seen that I have won yet.

Run FurMark at max setting (1920x1080) on your Macbook pro using NVIDIA 650M for 30 mins with no external cooling system. If the max temp of GPU can stay below 85 (Celsius), you win, is it fair? I do need some money for my college, thanks

I can buy 5 computers with this .

Quote from movingincircles : gimme your 10. stress tested using prime95 for 3 days, not a single hiccup.

try FurMark for the GPU stress test

Quote from Chrisfover87 : Run FurMark at max setting (1920x1080) on your Macbook pro using NVIDIA 650M for 30 mins with no external cooling system. If the max temp of GPU can stay below 85, you win, is it fair? I do need some money for my college, thanks

I'd first like others to chime in on wether or not >85 constitutes "overheating". Your words were "overheat".

Edit: actually you said extremely overheat. Is 85 degrees truly overheating? Room temp is 76 !!

Please don't waste my time. You offered a bet on a public forum and I'm taking you up on it in good faith.