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Shipping Estimates on New Retina MacBook Pro Slip to 2-3 Weeks
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I haven't notice a difference when using OSX... Windows 7 seems to make a difference
On my iMac, everything runs perfectly well with both OSX and Windows 7.
On my MacBook Pro, I definitely noticed that it runs hotter with windows 7 installed. I've yet tried vacuuming the vents, though. Perhaps taking a huge vacuum and suck out all the debris might help it run faster and cooler.
As far as speed, I can't really tell you since I've updated the OS 3 times on my machines. The speed might have been affected by the OS more than the hardware.
I can tell you that after all these years, my machines run perfectly well, though. Compared to the Windows machines which I had to replace components here and there quite often, the Mac definitely is worth every penny. My 3 year old HP desktop had to have the video card replaced once after about 6 months and then again after 2 years. I'm good now, though.
On my iMac, everything runs perfectly well with both OSX and Windows 7.
On my MacBook Pro, I definitely noticed that it runs hotter with windows 7 installed. I've yet tried vacuuming the vents, though. Perhaps taking a huge vacuum and suck out all the debris might help it run faster and cooler.
As far as speed, I can't really tell you since I've updated the OS 3 times on my machines. The speed might have been affected by the OS more than the hardware.
I can tell you that after all these years, my machines run perfectly well, though. Compared to the Windows machines which I had to replace components here and there quite often, the Mac definitely is worth every penny. My 3 year old HP desktop had to have the video card replaced once after about 6 months and then again after 2 years. I'm good now, though.
And it is beaten like a bad dog in every way except size by the new MBP.
I like the 12" PB when it came out, and still support one that a family member still uses. But I'd never consider swapping it for this two-year-old 13" MBA.
I'm not seeing too much messages like "Shut up and take my money" in Macbook Retina topics
I guess demand early on is high
I'll be picking up a cheap refurb 11" air, hoping that a 13" retina display mbp comes out next summer
I'll be picking up a cheap refurb 11" air, hoping that a 13" retina display mbp comes out next summer
I'm not seeing too much messages like "Shut up and take my money" in Macbook Retina topics
There's no need to...maybe Apple took already their money
The non-retina models are designed for the common user and rarely do they need more than 8gb
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What about that one random dead pixel.
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Someone tell me about the experience of switching from windows to os x because god damn this laptop is just too sexy for a rash withdrawal from my wallet
If you are pretty good with computers and you can replace your needed apps it's not that hard. I've even done PC to Mac data transfers with the whole migration assistant myself (Ethernet if you can cause wifi is slow)
The best value is the retina...
Which is a ridiculous concept.
If you build a 2.3Ghz Fatbook and want the 256Gig SSD, 8 gigs of ram, and "Hi-res" display...
- $2,500
Same specs on Retinabook
- $2,200
Build a 2.7Ghz 512GB SSD Fatbook w/ "hi-res"
- $3,450
Retinabook (with double the RAM!)
- $3,250
Of course, flash memory is different.
I'm waiting to see if the Fatbook can actually have RAIDed SSDs.
The BTO options have gotten more limited.
For example I would take the 2.7GHz w/ 4GB ram and a 128GB SSD Fatbook (upgrade 3rd party ram and SSD)... But 4GB is limited to the 2.3Ghz.
The idiots on here pleading for 8GB standard got their wish.
Congratulations, you now get to pay their inflated BTO prices...STANDARD
Ok so how about a 2.7 Retinabook w/ 256GB?...
NOPE.
There is only one excuse...
$$$$$
To kill OWC.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
Yawn. These things won't be good until Haswell. Waiting for next year. Thanks for the beta testing, gang.
Perhaps. But the thing that makes this interesting (in my mind) is that this is arguably the first significant improvement on the unibody design since it was released for the MBP in what, 2008. Sure an MBA got some treatment over time, but by and large the unibody process---and more importantly all of the engineering design it takes to make a heat-moving functional computer---has not changed greatly. There is a real beauty in the unibody design, not just in external aesthetics but in all of the technology that was invented to achieve the thinness and heat dissipation qualities of this lightweight and insanely strong/rigid machine.
Don't they charge your card just prior to shipping? So technically, one didn't spend 3K yet...
The question is why they didn't anticipate it. I mean seriously, this is the biggest update to the Macbook Pro in recent years, they had to expect at least a large fraction of the current demand given how many years they've been releasing new products on the market in the past. I'm just pissed that Schiller got me excited with "And the best part is, these are shipping TODAY" - yeah, maybe for about 1,000 people but everyone else is waiting a week or more
it's simple
Because long queues are free advertising.
The question is why they didn't anticipate it. I mean seriously, this is the biggest update to the Macbook Pro in recent years, they had to expect at least a large fraction of the current demand given how many years they've been releasing new products on the market in the past. I'm just pissed that Schiller got me excited with "And the best part is, these are shipping TODAY" - yeah, maybe for about 1,000 people but everyone else is waiting a week or more
Because long queues are free advertising.
Yeah, me telling everyone how much I hate Apple right now. Great advertising there.
Please look more closely at my original post before you flame me; I said a 13" MBP, not just a 13" Apple notebook. I made that distinction intentionally; I'm well aware of the Air and it's a fine machine but I prefer the Pro.
and people claim the economy is bad
Too bad i'm still a student, that retina mbp is still far far away from my budget
LMFAO
For somebody who has this as his signature :
iPhone 4 - 16 GB (5.1) MacBook Pro 5,5 - Lion iPad 2 - 64 GB Wifi (5.1.1 JB) iPhone 4S - 32 GB (5.1.1 JB) iPod Nano - 6th Gen
And I remember a post from you where you said you changed your iPhone 4s from a black one to a white one.
You shouldn't go out clubbing
Oh, you are so poor
.. I too hope that's wrong!
Any info on those new non-retina mbp's RAM true possibilities very welcome!
... yes!!!! As was the case with my new iPad - it said 2 weeks, then shipped in like 2 days.
That's why I am checking the freaking order page about every 5 minutes... even though it says 3-5 weeks for me...
I guess it didn't help I customized it a bit, max. RAM, English keyboard (I am in Asia). Still... it'll all be worth it, whatever, can't wait.
[refreshes order page... still 3-5 weeks... damn....]
Important: The RAM in this laptop is not upgradeable, and neither is the SSD. So better max it out when you order. I imagine that OWC will eventually provide SSD boards for it, so SSDs should be fine. But soldered-on RAM is going to be a PITA to ever upgrade, so get the 16GB.
I don't think it's either good or bad. For every person reading about tight availability and getting interested, there's going to be two who need a laptop now and are going to get something else. Not that there is anything like this.
But I think mainly it has to do with production. Ramping up production for the launch, then scaling down again for running sales is surely what they're doing, but it's not like you can easily go from 10 assembly lines to 1, not for a complex product like this.
People forget that this cutting edge stuff is actually very hard to produce, and Apple is keeping only 2 days or so inventory, so once they've sold off the stockpile they made for launch day, they are restricted in their ability to make more. They've already sold as many as they can possibly make in about 4 weeks running full tilt.
And that's assuming there's no shortages of crucial components, e.g. retina displays which have never been made before in this size and quality.
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Ever though of checking the specs on Apple.com?