Saturday, March 15, 2014

Apple MacBook Pro ME294LL/A

Apple MacBook Pro ME294LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop with Retina Display (NEWEST VERSION)
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Apple MacBook Pro ME294LL/A 15.4-Inch Laptop with Retina Display NEWEST VERSION...
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2.3 GHz Intel Core-i7 quad-core processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache
512 GB PCIe-based flash storage; 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory
15.4-inch (diagonal) Retina display, 2880x1800 pixel Resolution; LED-backlit with IPS technology
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB of GDDR5 memory
Mac OS X Mavericks, Up to 8 hours of battery life
Price: $2599.00
Deal Price: $2499.00

Description

A groundbreaking Retina display. All-flash architecture. The latest Intel processors. Remarkably thin and light 13-inch and 15-inch designs. Together, these features take the notebook to a place it's never been. And they'll do the same for everything you create with it.

The 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display has the power to do even more amazing things. Fourth-generation quad-core Intel Core i7 processors provide the fastest performance ever in a MacBook Pro.

Display 
15.4-inch LED-backlit Retina display with IPS technology; 2880-by-1800 native resolution at 220 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors

Processor
2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 (Turbo Boost up to 3.5 GHz) with 6 MB shared L3 cache

Storage 
512 GB flash storage

Memory 
16 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3L onboard

Graphics 
Iris Pro Graphics (integrated, with 128 MB of embedded memory)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (discrete, with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching)

Video 
Thunderbolt digital video output (native Mini DisplayPort output); compatible with DVI, VGA, and dual-link DVI output using optional adapters

HDMI video output
Audio Stereo speakers; dual microphones; headphone port; support for Apple iPhone headset with microphone; support for audio line out (digital/analog)

Connections 
Two Thunderbolt ports (up to 20 Gbps)
Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps)<

Aside from an iPod I had purchased some years ago, this is my first Apple product.First a bit of a preamble:I have many years of professional and personal experience using a variety of computers and operating systems as a professional and a personal user.I had no intentions of buying this computer, but I was kinda "forced" into it. Here's why:I purchased the 13" Macbook Pro with retina display for my wife (her old laptop with Windows XP was becoming a nightmare. (I had to be on 24x7 call as in-house admin, to fix any number of daily problems). But there was a rub. Safari uses black fonts on a dark gray background for the toolbar and tabs (I didn't notice this when I was in the store). I expected that there would be a preference option to change the font, color and background. Incredibly enough, there are no such options. Apple support confirmed this. I installed Firefox and while there's a free extension to change colors and font...

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