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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by taligent on Friday June 15, 2012 @10:53AM (#4116781)
What you are talking about makes absolutely no sense.

There are completely different chipsets, ports, batteries etc in a MacBook Air versus a MacBook Pro. Most of which have dependencies on each other. So a user can't just spec out a machine with the exception of very specific components.

Hence why they are branded differently.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by Retric on Friday June 15, 2012 @11:03AM (#4116845)
MBA is thin, has a SSD, integrated battery, an no disk drive.

The MB pro is almost as thin, has a SSD, integrated battery, an no disk drive and a better screen.

They killed the old Mack Book Line.

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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by lnanek2 on Friday June 15, 2012 @12:13PM (#4117196)
Not to mention it costs a lot to offer configurability, rather than just ordering countless hordes of a few models from the factories...
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Re:The New MacBook Pro: Unfixable, Unhackable, Untenable by padobson on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:38PM (#4133058)
Apple's supply chains operate on a 6-day turnaround. That means that a MBP that just arrived in the warehouse today will be shipped to a customer no later than a week from today.

That is one of Apple's greatest strengths, and having that strength absolutely allows them to offer configurability.

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