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New Macbook Pro 13 specs?
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If there isn't any new product announcements I can definitely see a slight drop in stock value.
Where do you see FW 400 and USB 2.0? Look at the image again (on the original post).
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I find Windows 7 as stable as OSX, in fact for few months last year it given me less issues than the new Lion.
However, I do prefer mac laptop due to the superior touchpad and instant resume from sleep, so still holding hope for a higher resolution 13" mbp.
Sony Vaio's are not crappy. Windows 7 is pretty good too. Windows 8 howeverit doesn't feel like a good time to be considering a platform switch back to Windows.
Tell me about it. If you buy a Windows 7 machine after June 2nd this year you can upgrade to Windows 8 for $15. After using the Consumer preview for 2 months early this year, I'm not even going to wast that much on Windows 8.
You could set up couple of virtual windows for those needs mate.
I think the comparisons to 2011 and this rumour are naive at best.
February 2011 wasn't even a spec bump, it added new technology in thunderbolt. This is well and truly a spec bump, nothing more and nothing else and using a screen resolution which is YEARS out of date while Windows manufacturers ease closer and closer to Apple. Hell most £999 laptops now have x1080 resolution.
Secondly, Apple didn't wait to release the Macbook Pro 2011 at a conference like WWDC. It's a pure and simple spec bump, what purpose does it serve to even wait for WWDC when it could have just been a silent update.
IF (and I don't think it is a 13" pro, more a 13" macbook) this is the 13" pro, then they need to do something pretty special because I can see a lot of wavering buyers forgetting Apple to jump onto the Asus Zenbook Prime which offers a huge resolution increase display, a dedicated GPU all in a ultrabook format.
It would be a god awful move for Apple to try hype this up at WWDC.
February 2011 wasn't even a spec bump, it added new technology in thunderbolt. This is well and truly a spec bump, nothing more and nothing else and using a screen resolution which is YEARS out of date while Windows manufacturers ease closer and closer to Apple. Hell most £999 laptops now have x1080 resolution.
Secondly, Apple didn't wait to release the Macbook Pro 2011 at a conference like WWDC. It's a pure and simple spec bump, what purpose does it serve to even wait for WWDC when it could have just been a silent update.
IF (and I don't think it is a 13" pro, more a 13" macbook) this is the 13" pro, then they need to do something pretty special because I can see a lot of wavering buyers forgetting Apple to jump onto the Asus Zenbook Prime which offers a huge resolution increase display, a dedicated GPU all in a ultrabook format.
It would be a god awful move for Apple to try hype this up at WWDC.
with the greatest respect, nobody knows if this is real...so it proves nothing.
You are incorrect.
I wouldn't want to be the person that had to introduce this to the Apple fanboys at WWDC, would seriously fear for my safety.
I'm waiting for the WWDC next week to make my decision. As much as I would like a MBP, the new Asus Zenbook Prime is pretty sweet and may be a better value and hard to pass up. We shall see soon enough...
Great News!
This is welcome news. A Retina display on the Air would be unnecessary, use too much power, and be too expensive. The whole point of the Air is portability with decent performance and good battery life. We don't need or want
Retina on it!
If this is true, it's a great update by Apple. For those who wanted a redesign...why? There is no logic in this constant desire for "new form factors"...sometimes the existing design is elegant, useful, and efficient. Why change it?
This is welcome news. A Retina display on the Air would be unnecessary, use too much power, and be too expensive. The whole point of the Air is portability with decent performance and good battery life. We don't need or want
Retina on it!
If this is true, it's a great update by Apple. For those who wanted a redesign...why? There is no logic in this constant desire for "new form factors"...sometimes the existing design is elegant, useful, and efficient. Why change it?
I am inclined to agree. However, I do hope the people at apple realise that our goodwill and product loyalty is not infinite, and they cannot continue teasing us with piecemeal upgrades indefinitely.
I was still okay with the 4s saga, since that was my first smartphone. When I see what the competition is doing to one-up one another, I feel Apple definitely needs to step up its game to ensure their hardware remains viable for the coming year.
The new Sharp IZGO displays which are in mass production do 13" displays which use 80% less power than the current Samsung retina displays. I doubt Battery would be such an issue.
You know what would be tragic (again assuming this rumour is true), when someone like HP is the first to introduce the retina display laptops, well and truly taking the thunder away from Apple's really innovative Ivybridge spec bump.
The 4S comparison is a bit meh. The iPhone operates on a tick-tock schedule. The Macbook Pro is stagnating and has been a tick each year. With retina displays in production, it was almost ripe for picking for Apple to do their 'tock' this year.
How else would I be able to differentiate myself from the mere "commoners" with their 2011 models?
I already have that problem with my iPhone 4S, don't want any more serious problems in my life.
adding to the debate (which is real fun btw), out of curiosity what business needs dvd anymore? People buy HD movies online or download them "for free", even film editors upload pre-cuts and stuff online to share with co-workers, backups are done in the cloud or thru the more capable USB devices, small stuff are exchanged with the now super cheap usb keys (you don't burn a dvd for photos or music anymore).
Can you tell me when a dvd solution is better than any other solutions?
If you're really a nostalgic I'd rather go for tape cassettes (we can't make mix tapes anymore
). And please act angry and offended by my post so the others have fun.