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13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Reportedly Still on Track for 4Q 2012 Launch
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I'm actually ripping some DVDs and Blurays every other day - sadly not with a Mac. But a beast it will be indeed.
iMacs!!!
I've been lurking for months and months. Finally compelled to register in order to beg for updated iMacs!!!
I've been lurking for months and months. Finally compelled to register in order to beg for updated iMacs!!!
Would be wise to get this out well before the holiday season, and announce at the same time as the ipad mini.
Hope the price isn't as ridiculous as the 15".
I'd take a matte display over a retina. Retina + matte would be heaven. Retinas still glare like a mirror.
Hope the price isn't as ridiculous as the 15".
I'd take a matte display over a retina. Retina + matte would be heaven. Retinas still glare like a mirror.
I don't know about that since current pros are not stocked with SSD's. I'm thinking more around $1700 for the base.
Yes, and finally remove the aging cd/dvd drive from all their laptops.
Unfortunately, they need to replace it with improved physical media..Since there are none, it's an epic fail....Lots of people still want control over their physical media and may not want to purchase an apple product 10 or 15 years later so they can view their personal media on the cloud.
Why are you all screaming for a mac pro? you dont need one really anymore...
A 27" is as big as a 1.3u server.
I have a 2u server that holds 4 separate dual xeon servers inside of it...
What if instead of a mac pro, you had:
iMac Pro:
Dual xeon e5-xxxx processors
16 (std) - 32 (max) GB ram
4 TB ports
4 USB 3
2 Internal HDD's/SSD's
Or better yet, the iFarm:
A TB chainable mac mini private cloud, need more resources, plug in another mini!
A 27" is as big as a 1.3u server.
I have a 2u server that holds 4 separate dual xeon servers inside of it...
What if instead of a mac pro, you had:
iMac Pro:
Dual xeon e5-xxxx processors
16 (std) - 32 (max) GB ram
4 TB ports
4 USB 3
2 Internal HDD's/SSD's
Or better yet, the iFarm:
A TB chainable mac mini private cloud, need more resources, plug in another mini!
Well this is nice and all but what about the flacking iMacs and Mac pros :eek
This is starting to get ridiculous
Im predicting the mac pro is phased out and the new mac mini pro takes its place
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Lol well to answer that, the dual xeons would melt the screen off
You know nothing about GPUs. The GPUs are not the problem, the drivers are the problem. See also:
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=15832152#post15832152
Btw, the IGP in the Ivy Bridge CPUs supports 3 displays.
First: 4th-quarter means anytime until end of December. So likely before Christmas, obviously. And likely before black Friday. But the insider states that it won't be at the mini launch. So that means November. It seems odd that Apple would have a product launch in three consecutive months. It is either going to be at the mini launch or not until next year, in my opinion.
Second: On price, I don't see Apple dropping the price on the new 13" Airs. They are firmly locked in at the $1199 starting price point, in my opinion. I also don't see Apple making these same new Airs instantly redundant by pricing the 13" Retina Pros anywhere close to the Air's price point. So you are going to see the Retina's entry price point be somewhere smack in between the 15" price and the 13" air price, giving consumers distinct choices. That means somewhere at least around $1599. They also aren't going to undercut sales of the 15", so they are going to have to cut the 13" entry-level's goodies to make the consumer choose between the 13" and 15" on something other than screen size. So that means the base model will be underpowered compared to the 15". That's pretty pricey for a 13" laptop without all the juice, in my book.
Despite not having the fancy display, that just makes the 13" Air that much more of a good buy for the modest consumer.
Second: On price, I don't see Apple dropping the price on the new 13" Airs. They are firmly locked in at the $1199 starting price point, in my opinion. I also don't see Apple making these same new Airs instantly redundant by pricing the 13" Retina Pros anywhere close to the Air's price point. So you are going to see the Retina's entry price point be somewhere smack in between the 15" price and the 13" air price, giving consumers distinct choices. That means somewhere at least around $1599. They also aren't going to undercut sales of the 15", so they are going to have to cut the 13" entry-level's goodies to make the consumer choose between the 13" and 15" on something other than screen size. So that means the base model will be underpowered compared to the 15". That's pretty pricey for a 13" laptop without all the juice, in my book.
Despite not having the fancy display, that just makes the 13" Air that much more of a good buy for the modest consumer.
This is Fantastic. I have been waiting forever for Apple to put a discrete GPU in a 13inch notebook
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Imagine having to "beg" for updated products......
I know, enthusiasm is so childish....NOT
I like to upgrade without having to solder. That way, I'm not spending $2K on a new computer every 2 years.
Well I'm curious what the weight will be. I'm MacBook Air fan as well, but if the retina is close in weight, I'll buy.
13.3 Inch MBA is 0.11 to 0.68 inch thin and 2.96 pounds
15 Inch Retina MBP is 0.71 inch thin and 4.46 pounds
(FYI 13.3 MBP is 0.95 inch thin and 4.5 pounds)
If they keep a Retina MBA 13.3 inch at 3.5 or lower (e.g. cut 1 pound off of existing 13.3 inch MBP), I think I 'd buy.
I hope not. I'm not a fan of pick your storage capacity now and you're stuck with it. Let us upgrade the damn SSD!
I'm not too convinced that the inability to add items like RAM after the fact is that detrimental. For example, I have a 2008 MacBook and I bought it and installed my own 4GB's of RAM when I purchased it in 2008. Well, it's 2012 and I never utilize all of my RAM save for some heavy editing and such but even then, the RAM is not the bottleneck of my 4 year old machine. If you max it out with the RAM at the time of purchase, there should be no reason that your computer should be obsolete or, more accurately, unable to complete tasks efficiently within say, a 2 year time frame. My MacBook has another couple years in it, if not more, and the bottleneck isn't the RAM. If anything, it's the processors ability to keep up and churn through tasks.