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Aren't going to be running a hackintosh in a professional environment, you'd have to be an idiot to do that, as half the point would be Apples amazing support. And honestly with both my Arch and Gentoo box's here, the common misconception is that since they're rolling release and that any update can break it at any moment. They've both been running strong and no breaks from any updates ( the Arch machine in nearly 4 years or so now, and the Gentoo one going on 2 ). You just have to know what you're doing to keep them going and how to properly administrate one. Same for a Hackintosh, if you're worried about an update breaking the install, you're doing something wrong, and maybe hackintosh's aren't right for you.
Ehh yeah? I'd only be concerned because I've heard of people who've updated and bricked their system, and heard of a release which hackintosh communities said to avoid because it would brick their system. I'm sure I could do it right, but it's definitely not for me for other reasons. (By brick, I mean "screw OS and need to re-install.")
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the battery alone is a reason not to buy. anyone who uses their battery regularly will see significant degradation after 2 years.

what do you do then? buy a new machine instead of replacing battery for $100-200. this is ridiculous
What you do is replace the battery for $199 which is what Apple has said the price is to replace the battery for the Retina MacBook Pro tongue.gif
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Here is a video on the integrated batteries. The beginning explains a bit of the though process behind making them non removable. After seeing the inside of the MBPR, it does make a bit of sense. At least there is more to it then Apple just going "Hey, lets push 3rd party batteries out of the market and force people to come to us!". I'v been reading on some Mac forums that the topcase and battery are sold as single units. On Macbooks, the topcase is the keyboard, trackpad, and palmrest assembly. If all that is included in battery replacement, that's not such a bad deal.

In any case, I'm considering getting a new MBP every year now after seeing how well the retain their value when sold used. For a ~$200 hit on the cost, you can sell a good condition Macbook and get the newest model. If the average useful lifespan of a laptop is 5 years, and I'm buying a $2000 Macbook, that's $4000 over 10 years and your left needing to upgrade. If you sell/buy every year for a $200 hit, including the original purchase, your still spending $4000 but are left with a 1 year old laptop. It also makes being unable to upgrade or replace the battery myself moot points.
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If you sell/buy every year for a $200 hit, including the original purchase, your still spending $4000 but are left with a 1 year old laptop. It also makes being unable to upgrade or replace the battery myself moot points.

I've actually done that quite a bit. Got nearly full price for my latest MBP on CL, gonna be buying the newer model soon, once I get a little more.
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I've actually done that quite a bit. Got nearly full price for my latest MBP on CL, gonna be buying the newer model soon, once I get a little more.

I'm going to try this with my iPhone this year too. AT&T has often given iPhone owners early upgrades to the next iteration ~1 month after launch. If they do it this year, I could easily sell mine for $250 to Gazelle, negating the bulk of the upgrade cost. Maybe more if I try craigslist.
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The one thing you can upgrade on it, a very expensive proprietary SSD.
I thought it was an msata drive?
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I thought it was an msata drive?

Pinout is SATA but the actual interface is not compatible with anything hitherto available.
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