Yeah, I think the maximum price point is only for the stupidly rich early adopters right now. Kind of like SUVs used to be ridiculously expensive and were status symbols. I highly doubt there will be many ultra-high-end 17" MBPs out there.
I misread the solid state drive price when I added the options - it's the 128GB that is $600, and the 256GB is $900. So that is a pretty significant up; the 256GB and the 8GB memory upgrades together bring the price up $2100. But that pretty much is the bleeding ass edge right there in terms of laptop tech.
I have to imagine that that much memory and that much disk speed coupled with the new multi-core and parallel processing features in Snow Leopard will make that a scary, scary device. But I probably wouldn't buy one until at least late 2011, when the price will hopefully sink a bit and 10.6 has some kinks worked out. So really the question is: can I live with my current laptop for two more years? I can but hope. I probably ought to buy a protective shell for it anyways, despite its "advanced age" of 15 months...
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I misread the solid state drive price when I added the options - it's the 128GB that is $600, and the 256GB is $900. So that is a pretty significant up; the 256GB and the 8GB memory upgrades together bring the price up $2100. But that pretty much is the bleeding ass edge right there in terms of laptop tech.
I have to imagine that that much memory and that much disk speed coupled with the new multi-core and parallel processing features in Snow Leopard will make that a scary, scary device. But I probably wouldn't buy one until at least late 2011, when the price will hopefully sink a bit and 10.6 has some kinks worked out. So really the question is: can I live with my current laptop for two more years? I can but hope. I probably ought to buy a protective shell for it anyways, despite its "advanced age" of 15 months...