Name: Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" Notebook Computer with Retina Display, 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, 512GB PCIe-Based Flash Storage, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, OS X Yosemite (Mid 2014)
Brand: Apple
SKU: ACMGXC2LLA
Price: 2199.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" Notebook Computer with Retina Display, 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, 512GB PCIe-Based Flash Storage, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, OS X Yosemite (Mid 2014)

Apple MacBook Pro 15.4"

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Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" With Retina Display (Mid 2014)

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Top Rated Gear: Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" Notebook Computer with Retina Display, 2.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, 512GB PCIe-Based Flash Storage, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, OS X Yosemite (Mid 2014) Display Type: LED

For a very long time I was buying Thinkpad T laptops but finally Lenovo succeeded in screwing up keyboard and trackpaddesign  so I had to look for alternative options. Aftier briefly considering Dell XPS13 I choose 15" Macbook Pro. This model gives almost everything I wanted.

It has solid case, excellent trackpad, OK keyboard (not as great as old Thinkpad keyboards but good enough), excellent screen, amazing SSD performance, ability to have Unix and WIndows based environments and overall good ergonomics.

Battery life is great and remaining charge percentage is very accurate.

The only possible complaint is that you have to use nVidia video chip in Windows mode. There are instructions for enabling Intel video on Internet but it is mind boggling in complexity.

Overall it is a great machine for software development. I use it for Java/Scala coding with Eclipse. Windows is running in Bootcamp. VMWare Fusion is installed in OSX but my preference is to select environment during boot and stick with it.

Built-in trackpad is great. My expectation was that I will mostly use Magic Mouse or old Logitech G5 but trackpad is so precise that I do not see any need for a mouse, besides mental attachment.

Screen is sufficiently bright (not too much) and clear. I did not calibrate mine yet. It was excellent with factory settings.

Considering what you get for the money it is amazing value. There are obviously laptops that cost less but you get significanly less in quality of components, materials, design, assembly and so on.

Amount of memory (16GB) and SSD storage (500GB) is sufficient for me but I wish I could upgrade. Unfortunately Apple and industry move in the direction of not replacable memory and storage.

Solid, ergonomic machine with great performance

This is a great system from 2014 and I got a great deal on it from Adorama. The only difference from 2015 model was the force touchpad and the AMD video processor which were not a reason enough to shell out extra $$$ for the latest & greatest.
Setting it up was a snap and OS came pre-loaded with all the apps to get up and running.
Overall a great buy.

Great laptop, good price from Adorama

My consulting company was kind enough to buy a macbook for me for my new project with their client. I have recommended Adorama to snap this $ deal(initially adorama billed more, but later fixed it when I bring it to their notice). No tax for CA and a couple of freebees.. all good for the best machine.

Good macbook for good price.

this is a really good deal on a laptop upgrade I sorely needed. The included disc drive is really helpful for people who want to mount a .iso of windows for parallels. The mouse is easy to hook up, but it does take 2 AA batteries making it a bit heavy. It is also rather large for a portable mouse but overall I like it. 

Shipping was very fast. I ordered a folio protective cover from Amazon prime that same day and they arrived at the same time. 

Also, for the person who complained that it came with Yosemite...it says that in the title ya big goof.