MacBook Pro Retina

[scifan57]

No still no sign of it, If they don't have it in for me by Wednesday i'll cancel and get one from elsewhere, I have used this shop before and usually they are reliable but not so this time.

Have you thought of ordering it directly from the Apple online store?

 

[Pinkpoison]

Have you thought of ordering it directly from the Apple online store?

Yes i checked that out and i was offered a good deal but we're looking at about 2 weeks for delivery and its too long to ask the person who wants to buy my old one to wait, We have an Apple store 20 miles away so i can always go there.

 

[Gregoris]

why would they have to wait 2 weeks? sell it and then get your new mbp, or grab one in person on the same day, im sure the apple store has plenty

 

[Pinkpoison]

why would they have to wait 2 weeks? sell it and then get your new mbp, or grab one in person on the same day, im sure the apple store has plenty

I need the new one so i can transfer my data to it from the old one before i sell it.

 

[Gregoris]

I would use time machine so it backs everything up for you and you can easily transfer with out the mac there

 

[xrayeyes]

I put an SSD in my old Dell laptop and also did a clean install of new OS, Win 7. (the horror..talking of Windows here!). Anyway...the SSD is a dream. My old laptop now boots up in under 30 seconds where it used to be over 3 minutes. I though about getting the Fusion drive which is a "hybrid" hard/flash drive for my iMac, but didn't. Not sure I miss it to be honest.

 

[Pinkpoison]

I would use time machine so it backs everything up for you and you can easily transfer with out the mac there

I thought about that, I would have to buy an external hard drive, I really should have one.

 

[scifan57]

I thought about that, I would have to buy an external hard drive, I really should have one.

There's the Apple Time Capsule, with a 2TB capacity and it also functions as an AirPort Extreme base station. It costs $299.00 in the Canadian online Apple Store.
The 3TB model sells for $100.00 more.



scifan57, iPhone Forums Moderator

 

[Pinkpoison]

There's the Apple Time Capsule, with a 2TB capacity and it also functions as an AirPort Extreme base station. It costs $299.00 in the Canadian online Apple Store.

scifan57, iPhone Forums Moderator

Bit pricey on top of everything else, I need to buy an external disc drive too as the Retina model doesn't have one.

 

[Pinkpoison]

I would use time machine so it backs everything up for you and you can easily transfer with out the mac there

I'm going to use time machine, Its really high time i started using a hard drive.

 

[scifan57]

I'm going to use time machine, Its really high time i started using a hard drive.

Here are the basics of how Time Machine works. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

scifan57, iPhone Forums Moderator

 

[Pinkpoison]

Thanks sci, I just read that....great minds think alike

 

[Pinkpoison]

Just done some more reading on Time Machine and a lot of people say it slows down your Mac

 

[zstairlessone]

Can't you hook up an external drive to the new airport extreme and get the same thing as the Time Capsule?

 

[Pinkpoison]

Can't you hook up an external drive to the new airport extreme and get the same thing as the Time Capsule?

Im not sure but thanks for the suggestion, I have an external drive in mind.