Get a RMBP.

If you are in IT courses, high chance you will change your laptop to a faster speed laptop within 1-2 years time if you are using MBA. It is due to the nature of your course which required you to have a performing laptop.

The RMBP that you are getting is even faster than MBP 17' 3.4 Ghz 2011 edition. 10% faster.

Most likely you will not need to change the laptop for the rest of your study.

Macbook Air is good for mobility. But MBA mobility comes with a price. A reduction in terms of performance. The new RMBP has both, mobility and performance. 2KG for a 15's laptop is considered very light weight already.

The new RMBP is 50% faster compared to MBA. If you are going to use VM a lot, get 16GB ram.

GeekBench

The RMBP with 16GB RAM, 256 GB SSD is RM 6,811.00 (Use Educational Pricing since you are studying)

Educational Pricing (Apple Store)

just got my rmbp from technocrats..... !!

I can see some argument here. Anyway seeing the new RMBP having all parts non-upgradeable, its always wise to max out everything (if you can afford it). I also, will no hesitate to max out the ram if I'm buying one while the SSD upgrade is on other hand, way too expensive.
1) You better have someone to take the delivery on behalf just in case.

2) You can still buy online with student price, but having the address of delivery change to KL.

online store BTO

Good evening from Istanbul. It's 5:50pm here.

Stuck here for 3 nights, it's summer here and freaking 33-35 degrees HOT with dry heat. Not gonna do any sightseeing in this stupid weather, so I've prepped this in the hotel room for the entire duration of the stay.



Retina MacBook Pro, running Diablo 3, StarCraft 2 and Steam games. The silver behemoth is the 6TB Thunderbolt Duo drive feeding 6TB worth of 720p/1080p movies and TV shows via Plex, Retina iPad, Retina iPhone 4S (used to take this pic, which makes me Retinized across all my portable devices), and PSVita.

No moments of boredom here. The only boring time is the time to venture out of the room to get something to eat. Turkish food isn't exactly "delightful".

The reason why it still qualifies as Retina is the fact that the screen pixels aren't discernible from the normal distance of viewing. When it comes to iPhone, you view the screen closer, therefore it needs a greater PPI count. You view the Retina iPad much further than iPhone 4S, and still unable to discern the pixel structure of the screen at normal viewing distance. The same principles applies to the Retina MBP.

In all cases, the Retina definition doesn't apply when you view them closer than their optimum viewing distance. If I put my eyeballs millimeters from the iPhone 4S screen, the Retina doesn't apply anymore. The same with Retina iPad and Retina MBP. Nobody views their Retina devices out of context when it comes to the viewing distance other than the craziest pixel-peepers and optically-challenged people.

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Some ripped from BD collection I have, the rest, you have to be resourceful. Not gonna elaborate on that.

A sample of movies in that 6TB Thunderbolt Duo. A tip of the iceberg compared to the content in the Pegasus Thunderbolt at home.

Yeah!! finally i'm one of the RMBP user. light, faster and clear!! 

I do, high end model with RAM upgrade to 16GB. Ordered at Mac Studio Lowyat on June 18th and they said I have to wait for 4 weeks.

This is an upgrade from my 5 years old MBP.

One aspect that I don't see being mentioned at all is how good the MBP RD speakers are. Sure, I listen most of the time on my K550, but I was surprised how good they sound for a notebook speaker. Separation is great especially when listening to "Hanuman" by Rodrigo Y Gabriela guitar duel.



Been using this all this while with demuxed stereo with TV shows and movies, but it was a pleasant surprise when I fired up my lossless iTunes library and had a listen on notebook speakers alone. Great job, Apple!

*or maybe I've had my expectations tempered by the tinny MBA speakers all this while. Either way, I can get away without using my Jambox now!*

Yes, for real.

I don't have the big Jambox, only have the regular one.

Plus, dont wanna be a douche and blast music loud till the neighbors/next-door hotel room tenants complain. 60% on iTunes and it's plenty loud.

Jambox uses Bluetooth A2DP 1.2 Profile, which means lossy compression and decompression, unlike Kleer. Sure, if you like your bass, Jambox gives thumpy bass, but I'm not a basshead (not anymore).

How it sounds on my Retina Display MacBook Pro.



With and without the Bongiovi DSP iTunes plugin.

Probably not the best example, but you get the idea. Recorded using iPhone 4S.

Yup purchased it at the link previously provided. An investment I didn't regret one bit. It was especially apparent on the MBA coz the speaker is really tiny.

For the 13" MBA, the leather envelope sleeve is a brand from Australia, I can't remember the name. I'll look it up once I get back from Istanbul.

For the iPad, I have three different sleeves/cases from Waterfield. http://sfbags.com/products/ipad-cases/ipad-cases.php .I have the Slip Case, the Smart Case and the Ultimate SleeveCase. You can guess, I'm very enamored by these San Francisco guys, and their products are built with the utmost precision and care. I'll be buying their MBP RD SleeveCase once they are back in production in mid-July.
You're welcome!

For owners of MBP/MBA with SD card slots, this Kickstarter project is pretty interesting.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/134231...nifty-minidrive

It'll add a semi-permanent storage option via SD card slot on your MBA/MBP with the card FLUSH against the side. Go pledge your support at the link to get the project off the ground.