Hey guys, can you help me with some advice? I was saving up for a rMBP 13 as my old crappy laptop is freaking me out every single day. Being a law student I dont really need the performance of the Pro, but am just going for the retina display. Now, if one can expect that apple is going to redesign the next generation rMBP and make it look more like the Air, I would wait a little longer. However, waiting until 2016 would be too long. So should I go for the current 2015 rMBP 13 or wait for Skylake and a possible redesign?
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They weren't in the past and but now they are.
They uses to be MXM slotted.
You can use any GPU supported by the nVidia driver on the green side and any supported by Apple on the red side.
Practically no one uses MXM GPUs except some big gaming notebooks usually clevo barebone based.
And the CPUs have gone BGA too which is largely something Intel is responsible of. The U series is BGA only and the H series as well.
It is really just where the entire market is moving. The only thing one can complain is that RAM is soldered because if there is just one memory fault, you have to replace the whole damn expensive logic board. me < had that problem. Seems ridiculous.
But in a few years the memory will be basically integrated on the interposer like the AMD Fury GPU. All APUs (CPU+GPU) will eventually have their memory right there on the silicon and there simply won't even be an option for exchangeable RAM modules for anyone.
And the CPUs have gone BGA too which is largely something Intel is responsible of. The U series is BGA only and the H series as well.
It is really just where the entire market is moving. The only thing one can complain is that RAM is soldered because if there is just one memory fault, you have to replace the whole damn expensive logic board. me < had that problem. Seems ridiculous.
But in a few years the memory will be basically integrated on the interposer like the AMD Fury GPU. All APUs (CPU+GPU) will eventually have their memory right there on the silicon and there simply won't even be an option for exchangeable RAM modules for anyone.
20 seconds could be quite a large processor hike in Photoshop. But if someone genuinely relies on making money with pure CPU core and they can buy a case, spend the time tweaking and over clocking for increased performance and still make that time back over the space of the year with faster encodes then all power to them.
However if they do make so much money from saving small amounts of time in encoding processes its unlikely they'd then waste that time on a forum complaining that the iMac processor can't be overclocked "lulz".
This will likely already be the existing upgrade cycle on most desktop based systems that are built around a more traditional PC build.
the current crop of Intel Desktop CPU's (i5s-i7's @ 88w), even the last couple gens (Ivy, Sandy, Haswell) are really capable CPU's. in normal desktop usage, they're likely not going to show their age even yet. Even in gaming, they're still not the primary bottleneck.
People running these current line of Intel CPU's aren't likely going to be replacing them in the next 3-5 years at least. Though, they'll still likely follow the GPU upgrade paths
This is where the process of using soldered in GPU's, and RAM in a desktop by companies like Apple and other "prebuilts" (apple isn't the only one doing this anymore) is annoying to the few of us. in a desktop like system, there's absolutely no need to go "super thin" and create a system that has complete soldered in parts, EXCEPT, to shorten this cycle by using GPU and RAM iterations to convince you to upgrade and buy a new computer.
most gamers, 1 year from now, when their GPU's can't keep up, will replace just their GPU. But maintain their core system for ~5 years. With this newer ethos of soldering parts, thats now 1-2 years. A much more predictable buying habit and more profit driven madness.
Give me an Apple computer with upgradable GPU (using off the shelf parts), even if it were external box, running OSx, and I'd probably jump on it in a second, Especially if it were laptop based.
I like how you said 10 months but it's actually 8 months... However with this baby that could be equivalent to 10 months based on personal work ethic and of course this marvelous baby (; I love apple:*****
If you are going to wait for the next upgrade, you will wait your whole life. Here is what once some one said. Buy a 2015 rMBP now. if Apple releases a future macbook that you like, sell yours, and pay a few extra $100 and get the new one. Pay your money, not with your life's days. But Apple releases new products in the next 3 months, maybe you should wait this short period... If you have the money,buy now, and upgrade later.
I wonder if the OS can utilise external GPUs to do other tasks like running another OS (parallels) to help the CPU. That would be awesome.
That'll be because the physical hardware & components are designed to cool a Mac running a stock CPU with certain predetermined thresholds.
What do you need to overclock for anyway? Do you want Facebook to open 0.00002 seconds faster? Please don't say gaming because I'll fall off my chair from excessive laughing. No serious gamer should ever think about purchasing a Mac. They are completely the wrong tool for the job.
Thanks I missed that announcement a week or two ago. For those not aware, Moore's law which we know was facing physical constraints with Broadwell has now become a flexible law of manufacturing with Intel going to a 2.5 year tick-tock schedule.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9447/intel-10nm-and-kaby-lake
I know I refuse to edit video in Windows. I tried for a bit and have mostly gone the Hackintosh route like yourself.
So buy a more powerful CPU at the beginning. Having said that, a standard i5 CPU will be good enough the nearly all users. Only a small percentage actually need the small benefits you get with the i7.
Take a look at this if you are really interested:
eGPU through thunderbolt, I've done it to my late 2012 Mac mini:
http://www.villagetronic.com/g4/exp...uctions/188-macbook-vidock-970gtx-oculus-rift
I am going to have to jump on whatever Mac is released soon, my 2010 iMac is really struggling now. I've tried every debugging Yosemite thing I could find but ultimately I have to understand that old tech and new OS do not always play nice together and as much as I'd like her to last another year, the constant fixes and slowdowns are getting more than a bit troubling.
So whatever Mac is released, I hope it's either an iMac or Mac Mini and released before October (May it be late August as iMacs have been released then.
So whatever Mac is released, I hope it's either an iMac or Mac Mini and released before October (May it be late August as iMacs have been released then.
Actually the iGPU has come a long way and is no longer crappy. Plus complaining about Intel's strategic decision to include a GPU on the silicon here on MR will have absolutely no effect.
That's your prerogative, but many people seem to be happy with the iGPU and given Apple's issues with dGPU, I'd much rather get a MBP with only a iGPU. To each his own though
Well, I'm not happy at all with Apple's ultrabook-only offer, so indeed many other people have no problem with such crippled hardware.