Macbook Pro Retina 13" 256GB 2.5Ghz i5 Refurb $1359 Apple Store

Any thoughts of this? Macbook Pro i7 8gb for $1239

http://store.apple.com/us/product...e-intel-i7

Apple's resale value is overrated too much. You can easily buy a Macbook pro or Air which are not the newest models but still under warranty in craigslist for 70-80% of their original market price. Price will be higher in eBay but don't forget 10-12% fee.

What do you think in terms of extra power this 13" retina has which macbook air can't. Think about it this way.

Refurbished Macbook Retina 13" with 256GB, 8GB RAM for $1359 + $200 for Apple care (3 years warranty)
New Macbook Air 13" with 256GB for $1499, 8GB RAM (2 Yrs AMEX Coverage)

I looked at the CPU benchmarks for both the processors and there is very little difference.

Refurb Macbook pro w/Retina around 3800 whereas Macbook air around 3600

Not to forget the sleekness you get with air.

What are you thoughts about this thinking from developers point of view, who does 30% Coding and 70% other stuff like office, internet etc.

tim cook increased macbook prices and ruined itunes

If you want a real tablet , I'd recommend the Fujitsu Lifebook T902

My Macbook dual boots OSX and Windows 7. Apple makes this easy - look up something called Bootcamp. There are also easy ways to remote into Windows boxes even without Bootcamp.

I boot into OSX for XCode and iOS development. I boot into Windows 7 for most activities including .net and Java/Android development.

Even when I'm not doing iOS development, I exclusively use Windows 7 on a mac. The hardware really is that much better. Other manufacturers compete on price by skimping on quality. I don't want to make that sacrifice - development is my living.

The superior trackpad is worth a few hundred dollars by itself to me.

I specifically use my MBP for coding purposes, which I primarily do PHP/Java coding through NetBeans. I also have VM Fusion setup with several virtual machines, each development environment (typically SUSE) I work with as well as a Windows OS.

That having been said, there are proprietary applications I work with which I have to use a provided Windows laptop for (Dell, ugh) but this can be easily circumvented by using Synergy as a virtual KVM and only using the Dell when I have to.

I highly recommend coding on a MBP as compared to Windows, I've always felt there is more control and a much, much better command line interface with the UNIX base. The one thing I suggest though is not to buy into the new MBP line. I hate to say it, but I feel like they really killed part of the 'pro' crowd by not being allowed to update the machines myself. Everything being soldered/glued in place really kills it. I currently run a 17" 2011 MBP and love it, I've changed out the HD for a 500GB SSD, the RAM for 16GB and am more than happy with performance. Not being able to make these updates in the case of HD or RAM failure/upgrade is a very disappointing step.

My only hiccup before picking a tab on this one will be the resolution, because you can replace everything else. it is really - really outdated 1280 X 800. What say ?

Louis Vuitton. They never go onsale so I got reamed in the butt.

The question is, is it worth upgrading to the newest Macbook Pro retina display?

I currently have the i5 Macbook Air 13 inch with 4gb ram. I just hate how my CPU over heats sometimes and the fan gets quite loud and my ram gets pretty low when I multi task

I'm on the same boat as you... I have an air and wanted a 13" retina but the price turned me off and the price I got the air for cannot be beat at all. Basically i'll spend an extra 500-600 more to trade air in for this retina but I'm not sure if it's worth it to wait.