Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display First Look Discussion

[ajreynol]

It's $199 to replace the battery in the rMBP, as I understand it.

Which is - frankly - ridiculous.

considering that my 17" (February) 2011 MBP's battery is still at 98% life...

...I'm not gonna worry about that.

[Pseudorandom]

How many charge cycles is that battery?

The built in li-poly batteries do tend to last a lot longer than normal batteries, but I don't really see 98% after 500-1000 cycles (a year and a half of 1 to 2 cycle/day) being possible. That tells me you either don't use your computer much or enjoy being chained to a wall.

As for the complaints about it being $200 to replace. Unless that doesn't include the battery itself, its actually isn't all that bad. An X220 9 cell direct from Lenovo costs a good $170.

[MSGaldenzi]

Anyone know if the screen has gorilla glass?

[J.R. Nelson]

Nope. It doesn't have extra glass in front of the display at all.

[daydream95]

Eh, its gimmicky to me. I wanted to get a 17 eventhough the've been discont.. I'll stick with that original plan.