Haswell is out? Got this email from newegg today.
http://www.newegg.com/LimitedTimeOf...INTELNEW060213-_-EMC-060213-Index-_-E0A-_-CPU
it is real?
Haswell is out? Got this email from newegg today.
http://www.newegg.com/LimitedTimeOf...INTELNEW060213-_-EMC-060213-Index-_-E0A-_-CPU
Yes, that sounds plausible.
But, I think making the 13inch Retina even slimmer and therefore not allowing longer battery life would be a bad decision.
Having a 13inch Retina MacBook Pro with 10 hours of battery life would be absolutely incredible!
But all that trouble and expense for 1mm? It's really that important?
Here's what I'd love to see... kill the current Macbook Pro, have the retina Macbook Pro replace it and just call it Macbook Pro (we know about the retina by now). Rename the air to Macbook (we know its thin by now), and give it retina. Done. From 3 models to 2, a slimmer line-up, and names that are simpler.
Haswell is out? Got this email from newegg today.
http://www.newegg.com/LimitedTimeOf...INTELNEW060213-_-EMC-060213-Index-_-E0A-_-CPU
I see your point, but the future is thin and not thick. Apple should be in the future as soon as possible.Is there anyone here who feel unnecessarily burdened by the thickness of the current rMBP? As implied in the article, does it feel less "portable" now because it's just too thick "as is"?
Apple has done a great job of spinning "thin" as some kind of important benefit for years now. Every product overhaul gets multiple people predicting how much better it will be when <insert name of Apple product> is thinner.
How do you make these thinner? Something inside has to go. What goes in this case? Probably battery capacity because the new chips are apparently up to about 2X as energy efficient as the existing chips. So, switch to the new chips and have up to 2X the battery life by using the existing battery (and just living with that onerous thickness "as is") or reduce internal space and some weight by cutting the battery down so that Apple can spin a little more battery life than the current model but "look how much thinner we've made it." I know what I would prefer.
I've got a rMBP and think it's plenty thin enough. I'm never thinking how I wish it could be even thinner than it is now. In fact, I wish it was just a little thicker so that certain, important missing ports could be put back in place (rather than using Tbolt adapters). Sure, that's just my opinion and I know not everyone shares it. But still, in our wildest dreams, how much thinner do we really want these to go? There comes a point where it's conceptually so thin that it loses a lot of structural integrity (ala, "I accidentally sat on my iPhone and now it's bent").
IMO, thin has been a good design goal for several years but there is a limit to how thin is thin enough. (Again) IMO, I think we're there, if not past there. Lately, the pursuit of getting to brag about "thinness" has involved stripping tangible hardware functionality out (without prices coming down to reflect that loss of utility). Is this another round of "here we go again"?
yes i would love to see an macbook air 11 retina...it will be best sell this year..
because of it purpose and for it price i think.
but i heard from YOU guys that iMAC with retina displays are coming in 10 days??
Why not integrate the 13-inch Air and the 13-inch Retina?
I'm not entirely sure, but maybe the mobile chips weren't released at the same time as desktop?
You lost me once you said "Analyst".
I'm not entirely sure, but maybe the mobile chips weren't released at the same time as desktop? Yes I think the Air got the ULV chips a week before official release.
I'd rather have the longer battery life than a slightly thinner device. Hope they reduce the price of the MBP-R and upgrade the MBA to retina.
Not quite. In 2009 they changed the original 2008 unibody design for both the 13" and 15" models. 13" became a MacBook Pro (had been just a MacBook) and gained an SD slot and FW 800 and dropped the audio in port, and the 15" traded the ExpressCard slot for an SD slot.
I recovered my username/password and making my first post just to say that if apple discontinues the non rMBP, and keeps the price the same, they'll lose this customer. I was waiting for WWDC to buy a 15" non rMBP but if they discontinue it and keep the price for the rMBP at what it is now, they'll be missing out on a price range for a wide range of customers. What if I want something more powerful than a MacBook Air but not at the ridiculous price point of the rMBP with increased storage and upgradable memory? I don't want to buy a laptop with old tech and I think many don't want to either. They should upgrade the processors one last time and announce that they're discontinuing it. I hope they make the right move
I recovered my username/password and making my first post just to say that if apple discontinues the non rMBP, and keeps the price the same, they'll lose this customer. I was waiting for WWDC to buy a 15" non rMBP but if they discontinue it and keep the price for the rMBP at what it is now, they'll be missing out on a price range for a wide range of customers. What if I want something more powerful than a MacBook Air but not at the ridiculous price point of the rMBP with increased storage and upgradable memory? I don't want to buy a laptop with old tech and I think many don't want to either. They should upgrade the processors one last time and announce that they're discontinuing it. I hope they make the right move