13" Retina MacBook Pro October Release

Tons of threads on this already and major consensus is YES!

i say more likely a 13" MBA with retina

the only reason i dont see a 13 rMBP is in order to make the rMBP that much different than and MBA is to have a quad core, detected GPU and 16GB ram and for these specs that would price the 13 rMBP at about $1899 which might be too much for a 13" computer

I think NAY.

The problem is that Apple still hasn't worked out the best way to keep performance up on the 15" Retina MacBook yet... so it'll be a lot worse on a less powerful 13" MacBook.

Plus if it was to be reality, we should have heard more about it by now. It's already September 18.

i dont think they will come out next month as hopeful as I am. I think theyre still working out the kinks

b.tuszkiewicz said:

Looking at the prices of the 15 inch models

I'd say the 13" Retina MacBook Pro prices would look something like this

$1529 Base Low End
2.5 GHz
8 GB RAM
256 GB SSD

UPGRADE OPTIONS
2.7 GHz + $370
16 GB +$200
512 GB +$500
768 GB +$1000


$1850 Base High End*
2.9 GHz
8 GB RAM
512 GB SSD

UPGRADE OPTIONS
3.0 GHz + $270
16 GB +$200
768 GB +$500

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Those prices are ridiculous. Period.

You haven't fully calculated several things. First of all, the increase in SSD memory for the high end model isn't reflected in the price etc. etc.

My guess is that if it's not the MBA with a Retina refresh, the base model (if there is a dedicated GPU) will be basically at the same price of the current 15 inch cMBP or a very similar price.

b.tuszkiewicz said:

Same I'm starting to be less convinced but I'm still hoping.

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That's how Apple has it calculated between the two models of 15" Retina MacBook Pros

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Not to be rude. But you're kidding me right?

15-inch: 2.3 GHz Retina display
2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
256GB flash storage1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Built-in battery (7 hours)2
In Stock
Free Shipping
$2,199.00

15-inch: 2.6 GHz Retina display
2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
512GB flash storage1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
Built-in battery (7 hours)2
In Stock
Free Shipping
$2,799.00

600 dollar difference for the +100 dollar upgrade of the processor and +500 dollar upgrade of the SSD. I'm really not sure what you're talking about.

Somehow my gut feeling says that if the 13 rmbp comes out,
It will be named 13" Retina Macbook with the specs of current 13 mbp plus the retina screen but instead of 500gb it will use 128 gb ssd as base.

Or... you would think they want to sell more Retina 15" MacBook Pro...

There is still no indication of a 13" MacBook at this point. We are already 2/3 past September. If one is indeed in production, Apple should already start shipments from China.

Plus if OS X 10.8.2 is any indication, it still points to Apple being unable to harness the integrated graphics for handling Retina.

Incoming "LG OR SAMSUNG?!?!11one" 13'' rMBP threads ...

b.tuszkiewicz said:

Looking at the prices of the 15 inch models

I'd say the 13" Retina MacBook Pro prices would look something like this

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That doesn't make any sense. It would give the 13" a more powerful range of CPUs than the 15".

Snowshiro said:

That doesn't make any sense. It would give the 13" a more powerful range of CPUs than the 15".

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I'm guessing that those are dual core CPUs he's listing based on the frequencies. The 15" has quad core CPUs.

b.tuszkiewicz said:

Looking at the prices of the 15 inch models

I'd say the 13" Retina MacBook Pro prices would look something like this

$1529 Base Low End
2.5 GHz
8 GB RAM
256 GB SSD

UPGRADE OPTIONS
2.7 GHz + $370
16 GB +$200
512 GB +$500
768 GB +$1000


$1850 Base High End*
2.9 GHz
8 GB RAM
512 GB SSD

UPGRADE OPTIONS
3.0 GHz + $270
16 GB +$200
768 GB +$500

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please go to school or something.

IMHO a 13" rMBP would't make any sense.

Oct 5

News from the Taiwan supply chains say ipad mini & improved ipad 3 will appear on Oct 5, so rMBP may not be on that show