Retina MBP - Missing Features

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BigGee42 Author

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Retina MBP - Missing Features

Has anyone else noticed that the new Retina Display MBP no longer has the following:

IR receiver for the Apple Remote

Sleep/Wake Light (although it's hard to tell if this is missing without seeing it up close...)

Battery Indicator Button & lights

Anybody got one yet who can verify?

I don't know about anyone else, but I quite liked the visual indicators so that you could tell whether the MBP successfully entered sleep mode, and see the remaining charge level.

Bummer...

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8GB Ram, 750GB 7200 RPM Hybrid HDD

Posted on Jun 13, 2012 10:34 PM

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Answer 1

Shootist007

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Jun 13, 2012 10:50 PM in response to BigGee42

It's not missing anything. It may not come with those things you listed but that doesn't mean the are missing. They just aren't included in this New model.

When the Unibodies came out they weren't missing a removable battery. The Unibody never came with a removable battery so it couldn't be missing.

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Answer 2

Dec 27, 2012 12:10 AM in response to Shootist007

By your own logic: when unibodies came out they had the indicator lights both for sleep/wake and battery status. Now we have retina with same unibody structure - but the lights are missing! 🙂😉

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Answer 3

Dec 27, 2013 6:07 PM in response to Shootist007

Never came with a removable battery, eh? Would you like to see a picture of my unibody with a removable battery? I'm pretty sure I'm not hallucinating it.

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