long awaited?! They just came out with the retina macbook pro 15.. im still waiting for the new iMac!!!
Actually it could be an event to focus on education rather than just textbooks. As you might know the 13inch MBP is quite popular among the university students as its small and easy to carry so iPad Mini+iBooks+rMBP 13 perfectly aligns well with the education theme.Is anyone else scratching their heads a little bit with this? It seems a little out of Apple's character to release a whole new product (ok, well, for the most part new) and then say, oh yeah btw here you go, have a laptop too.
If they're going to focus on textbooks it would make sense to launch the smaller iPad (mini, nano, little guy whatever) with some announcements from Pearson, MGH, etc and leave it at that.
But hey, I guess if they toss in a laptop that's cool too.
My guess would be a starting price of $1799 or $1899.
$1500+ for a 13" underpowered laptop with a nice screen...no thanks.
I'll keep my 13" Air
My guess would be a starting price of $1799 or $1899.
$1500+ for a 13" underpowered laptop with a nice screen...no thanks.
I'll keep my 13" Air
Fit a quad core and dedicated GPU in there and you'll have my attention.
If they don't bring back the 17" MBP by next summer, I'm jumping back to Windows. That's about as long as I can keep using my June 2009 MBP17. I like Apple, but the main basis of my brand loyalty was FCP. Now that I've switched to Adobe CS6, I'll buy from whichever manufacturer can give me the most powerful 17" laptop, preferably with a retina screen.
$1500+ for a 13" underpowered laptop with a nice screen...no thanks.
I'll keep my 13" Air
Sony proved quad is possible, but I don't think dedicated gpu would be without either sacrificing battery life, or thinness.
Exactly.It's easier for Apple to just wait for Intel to make a beefier integrated GPU, which we should see in 2013, and a much better version in 2014. The reasons against a dedicated GPU are pretty obvious: takes up space inside the computer reducing the size of the battery and battery life, also uses more power again reducing battery life, requires a more powerful cooling solution, plus it costs more.
After using the integrated GPU on rMBP and finding out how choppy and under performing it is, I think it would be a good idea to pass this IVY bridge and wait for Haswell. The GPU will be twice as fast which is badly needed for retina display.![]()
$1500+ for a 13" underpowered laptop with a nice screen...no thanks.
I'll keep my 13" Air