13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Reportedly Still on Track for 4Q 2012 Launch

[KnightWRX]

Now that we know the Oct. 23 date for the iPad Mini unveiling, when the heck is Apple going to break out the refreshed iMacs?

Yes, I know they were having issues with the 27" displays, but what about the others?

Any credible sites out there that shed any light on this? Thanks!

Maybe you guys should stop hoping and start believing the "2013" date :

https://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/11/david-pogue-new-imacs-and-mac-pros-coming-probably-in-2013/

 

[jamesnajera]

You forget that they're using the space that the DVD and hard drives took to make it thinner, that cancels out any extra space for the discrete GPU. It's also not like the optical drive was a serious impediment to a 13" MBP with discrete graphics.


A 13" MBPr will be thinner than the 13"MBP, but I think it will only be as thin as the 15"MBPr. I do not believe that Ivy Bridge is strong enough to drive retina graphics. Also a 13"MBPr will not be tapered like a MBA, so with that said...

I think the following, a 13"MBPr will have a discreet GPU, or it will not come out till Haswell.

 

[Yebubbleman]

You forget that they're using the space that the DVD and hard drives took to make it thinner, that cancels out any extra space for the discrete GPU. It's also not like the optical drive was a serious impediment to a 13" MBP with discrete graphics.


A 13" MBPr will be thinner than the 13"MBP, but I think it will only be as thin as the 15"MBPr. I do not believe that Ivy Bridge is strong enough to drive retina graphics. Also a 13"MBPr will not be tapered like a MBA, so with that said...

I think the following, a 13"MBPr will have a discreet GPU, or it will not come out till Haswell.

You don't know what you're talking about! The Intel HD 4000 as part of Ivy Bridge is more than enough to drive retina screens. The resolution of the 15" retina screen is 2880x1800; do the math and you'll find that number is less than the number of pixels outputted by a 13" non-retina MBP driving two thunderbolt displays, 1280x800 + 2 x (2560x1440), which it can do with no problem at all. The problem is all software; Apple has not coded either OS X or the drivers to handle drawing at such high pixel densities.

 

[Winter Charm]

You mean "discrete", unless you spend most of your time watching porn....

Whoops. I've *always* misspelled that Thanks for correcting me!