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- jamesjohnston0
I think the only change to the unibody design would be to remove the optical drive and taper it down like the Macbook Air. But if you need a computer buy it. There will always be a new one around the corner regardless of when you buy one.
- raf0
Previous body style lasted 5 years, from PowerBook G4 in 2003 until the MacBook Pro 2008. Current style has been around for 3 years, that's quite long already.
- mg330
Just wanted to post and say I've been up and running with my new MBP for about 4 days now and I'm blown away by how fast this is compared to my old 2007 version. I got the 128 GB SSD drive, and a new 1TB WD Passport Studio Firewire drive for my external storage. It's pretty wild how near instantaneous some things are with this computer.
- sofakingbanned0
yup! love mine. didn't go for the sad though. baller $_$
- mg330
For anyone who has or may be getting an SSD, this will be your best friend:
http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/05/h…
Provides a walkthrough on how to move the MobileSync backup folder to an external drive to free up space on the SSD. I just did it, it was tricky with Terminal, but got it done. If you do this and run into any issues, send me an email.
- dconstrukt0
mg, what does that mean in english?
was gonna get a new mbp with a 500 gig ssd
- mg330
deconstrukt,
It means that by default, i-devices store their backup in the ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/ on the main hard drive. iTunes does not provide a way of changing this backup location like, say, the iTunes music library can be moved around.
So, the instructions in that link are about how to use Terminal to change the location of that backup, so that you can put it on an external drive to save space on a smaller SSD.
With 500, I doubt you'll care, but I had an iPad backup that was 42GB - moving that and my iphone backup to my external drive was wonderful.