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Apple Quietly Discontinues MacBook Pro 17"

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Apple appears to have quietly discontinued the 17" MacBook Pro today amid the flurry of updates and announcements at WWDC today. Apple's newly updated MacBook Pro product page mentions the new Retina Display-equipped 15" Pro, as well as the new 13" and 15" Pro's, but is silent on the 17".

The 17" PowerBook G4 was first released in January of 2003 and has received a number of updates over the years, including transitions to the Intel-equipped 17" MacBook Pro and receiving an update to the current unibody construction as well. Research analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in April that the 17" MacBook Pro would soon be discontinued due to weak sales.

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Eriden
186 months ago
Totally makes sense from a sales perspective, but sucks for the pros who used the 17" MBP as a primary workhorse.
Score: 32 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Enigmafan420
186 months ago
I disagree with most of you saying too big or too expensive or whatever.

I LOVE MINE. The matte screen option makes it a portable media center. Yeah-it's heavy. But not more so than many Windows machines.

And when I am traveling and want to watch a movie in the hotel, it almost always provides better picture and lower cost (DVDs brought with or Netflix streaming) than any pay per view at the hotel.

A great unit-it will be missed, at least by me :)
Score: 29 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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zapnyc
186 months ago
bah.
I'm usually the guy who opposes the "Apple-is-abandoning-pros" talk.

But the 17" provides vital screen real estate for video and audio editing away from your normal desk locations. I don't want to carry a second monitor around for that.

At least the new powerful MBPs can handle an external monitor if I go that way...
Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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MaskedPhantom
186 months ago
:(
Score: 25 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Grimace
186 months ago
Mac Pro is next...:(
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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Simplicated
186 months ago
Poor 17". I love mine.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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