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13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro to Launch Alongside iPad Mini in October
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She's dead Jim..... if you need such a big screen for a laptop then just buy an external monitor for it,buy it with the money you'll be saving from buying a 15 inch one it's only two inches bigger,and anyways remember its a laptop it's meant to be portable I think 17 inch laptops is just pushing it but that's just me
Two separate events make much more sense.
If they announce the iPad Mini, no one (in the news) is even going to be paying attention to a new laptop.
They'd be better off announcing the laptop a week before...
Gary
If they announce the iPad Mini, no one (in the news) is even going to be paying attention to a new laptop.
They'd be better off announcing the laptop a week before...
Gary
No way Apple does this. 15" is the perfect size for a MacBook Pro. No one wants this. Offering a smaller version of the MacBook Pro would just fragment the market. It would just be a fatter MacBook Air.
It would be unusual to announce two products from different categories together. But I think it's possible for this rumor to be true- Apple could tie them together by presenting them as two more portable, more affordable (crossing fingers) models of two existing products.
(iPad : iPad Mini :: 15" rMBP : 13" rMBP)
And I really hope they release it with a discrete GPU. I have an ancient 15" C2D that I want to replace, but I want the replacement to be at least a passable gaming machine, not the "barely-sometimes-adequate" performance of HD4000 graphics.
No way Apple does this. 15" is the perfect size for a MacBook Pro. No one wants this. Offering a smaller version of the MacBook Pro would just fragment the market. It would just be a fatter MacBook Air.
Great post
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I'd rather have all those extras EXCEPT for the 'retina' display. Its not like I can make out individual pixels anyway, but I *will* notice a performance increase everywhere else.
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Rather than confirming the next iMac or Mac Pro, I'd much rather see Apple publicly confirm they don't care about professionals.
iOS for everyone!
No way Apple does this. 15" is the perfect size for a MacBook Pro. No one wants this. Offering a smaller version of the MacBook Pro would just fragment the market. It would just be a fatter MacBook Air.
I know a ton of people who want this...personally I think 15 is a little too big for my tastes. Apple would be stupid to only give the 15 Retina when they sell WAY more 13 inch laptops.
You don't know the specs yet. Your 13" Air is probably weak since it's an Air, so I wouldn't make any big assumptions.
Yes these are mostly reasonable guesses. But if you configure the existing 13" base model, add in 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, it comes up to $1499. Throwing the premium on for the Retina Display then bumps it up another $1699--just below my estimate. There's three questions here: will it come with 8 GB RAM standard (like the 15"), will it have an i7 processor, and has the price of the display dropped enough to justify a smaller premium for the Retina Display?
My guess is that it will come with 8 GB RAM standard. Apple probably won't include a dedicated GPU in this computer. Having the additional RAM will ensure that this computer isn't prone to the sluggish animations that the 15" has on Intel graphics. I also believe it is likely to have an i7 for general performance reasons. This is supposed to be a high-end professional machine, slightly different than its entry level 13" without Retina Display.
Whether or not this display is come down in price, I have no idea. It may be easier/less expensive for Apple to make 13" displays than 15"; after all, they've been making high-resolution iPhone and iPad displays for a long time now.
= FAIL.
Has apple failed launching a new item yet? It'll be a big seller just like every other apple product.
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.
The big issue with the 15 inch was that the resolution was so high that there was no hardware support for scaling requiring software scaling which caused the choppiness. The 13 inch should have a smaller resolution in comparison and should handle much better.
13" rMBP mostly will include 35Watt CPU like the current gen 13" MBP and add the SSD module, so it will be more powerful than the MBA 13" but it will start at $1499
Mostly Apple will drop the price of 13" MBP to $999 (like FRYS sales every other week),
I am thinking of getting one - 13" MBP (plus monitor) to replace iMac. Already got 240GB SSD.
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because of how Apple priced the SSD upgrades and RAM upgrades.
last 6 months the RAM and SSD priced dropped a lot. you can pick up Samsung 830 256GB SSD for $170 - apple kinda needs to adjust their upgrade pricing.
now $500 for 256GB SSD upgrade, may be for $200.
I think they will readjust the pricing of the entire macbook lineup, may not happen next two months.
may be next year 2013?