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I wish they'd come out with more RAM, for the work I do, 32GB would be sweet.

I like macbooks and I'd buy one if I could get one with enough RAM but I'll probably get something bulky and ugly from Dell instead.

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Drifting off-topic, but look at the Thinkpad W series. When I evaluated workstation laptops around a year ago they seemed nicer than the Dells, so I got one for a project and have been happy with it.

http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/laptop/thinkpad/w-series/w...

I don't know how well this carries over to the W series, but the T series are pretty rugged. Drop test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMkSxdR-W0g

You can put 16GB in the newest 17" Macbook Pro's. I have one, and that's what I did. I also swapped the optical drive for a second hard drive, and replaced the primary hard drive with an SSD.

Excuse me for being offtopic, but how did you go about replacing the optical drive with a hard drive?

There are ~$20 drive bay kits. Search Amazon.

http://www.mcetech.com/optibay/

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