Why do you care, nothing is stopping you from getting the 15" model and leaving the choice to get the 13" to others.
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13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Starts at 128 GB Flash Storage, Mac Mini Goes Quad-Core
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Why do you care, nothing is stopping you from getting the 15" model and leaving the choice to get the 13" to others.
Absolutely. I'm sure the screen looks great, but not enough for me to go with such a small drive.
couldn't agree more. I guess this device is appealing to those who have no knowledge of how to upgrade something as basic as ram. Although I imagine the 13'' rMBP will have soldered ram on the logic board, un-upgradible.
Agreed. Not sure how much of a market there is out there for a 128GB SSD 13" MBP (or rMBP.) There has been a current-generation one on Apple's refurbished section of their online store now for what seems like forever.
Which is the majority of consumers. MacRumors gives people a very skewed perception of what the overall customer base does with their computers.
I'm not saying that the 13" is a good deal...just that most people never have any desire to open up their computer, much less swap out parts.
So the 13" non-retina is $1199 for a non-retina screen, mechanical HD, and 4GB RAM.
A good 128GB SSD is worth about $100 these days. That's for a Samsung 830, which is what Apple is using in it's newer computers (just in a proprietary configuration).
Apple's own pricing puts the 8GB RAM upgrade at $100.
That takes it up to $1399.
A Macbook Air with the same RAM and SSD combo costs $1299.
Is a retina display really worth $300-$400 extra? I'm not sure how well that will work.
A good 128GB SSD is worth about $100 these days. That's for a Samsung 830, which is what Apple is using in it's newer computers (just in a proprietary configuration).
Apple's own pricing puts the 8GB RAM upgrade at $100.
That takes it up to $1399.
A Macbook Air with the same RAM and SSD combo costs $1299.
Is a retina display really worth $300-$400 extra? I'm not sure how well that will work.
The 13" Retina MBP will be SSD. 13" regular MBP will be continue to support a HDD. No different than what they've done with the 15" Retina MBP vs. the 15 MBP.
If I had to guess, I'd say we're probably a couple of years away from retiring the spinning hard drives all together from all Macs.
Is it feasible to drive a 13" rMBP display just from the HD 4000 IGP? Not that it matters to me, I'll only *need* the retina display for a future updated to Lightroom.
Do we know that yet?
That new quad core Mac Mini could be my next computer, with 8GB BTO... Unless there's a 23-24" iMac
That new quad core Mac Mini could be my next computer, with 8GB BTO... Unless there's a 23-24" iMac
Quad core mini and a very capable GPU for under 1k... i'd dig it. We'll see in a few hours!
Now look at how many posts there are that say Apple is becoming a joke, because they are still selling spinning hard drives instead of switching everything to SSD.
To be honest, on my home MBP with 1 TB hard drive, most of the space is used for movies, TV shows, music, audiobooks, and photos. All stuff that isn't there on the Mac I use for work. As a home user, I want 1 TB. As a professional user (that means someone who actually makes his living using a Mac, because that is what "pro" actually means), 128 GB are just fine. I'm using 61 GB right now on my "Pro" Macintosh.
Please wait two hours until you get the actual facts before you start complaining. This may very well be two rumors mixed: One for the starting price assuming 256 GB SSD, one for the actual models starting with 128 GB SSD. Or maybe there is a quad core processor. $1699 for 128GB + 8GB + quad core would be Ok.
No matter what Apple does, people will be complaining. Some complain about the cost of SSD on a Retina MBP, some complain that the MacMini doesn't have one.
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Do you mean things like "A Mercedes with a Yugo (no dedicated graphics card and 128GB SSD) engine"?
If they throw a *decent* graphics chip in the high end mini then I'm in! I would love to use a mini for my photoshop work.
Apple will price it to keep demand equal to how many they can produce. Having a lower price that creates more demand than they can supply, makes little sense.
If they use GT640M with 512MB DDR5 in that, I bet many people will be sold.
However, with GT640M only, I doubt it will appeal to power users.
Here we go again with all the self-professed 'Pro's who need more than 128 GB internal storage. I'm willing to put my hand up as one non-video pro who gets along very nicely with a 128 GB internal SSD, and a multi-TB external drive for archives. Then again, I don't download porn torrents overnight, so perhaps I'm just missing out.