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2012 Macbook Pro Redesign

\-V-/ said:
I'd transfer it off now if your drive is clicking... the drive can die at any moment at this point and you may not be able to transfer it off later. Don't wait... back up your stuff while you are still able.
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It gets backed up daily (sometimes more) at this point.

In all fairness it only clicks (packing heads) 20-60 minutes each day. My last final is on Thursday. After that it can tank, and I really don't care.

Just crossing my fingers that 6/6 is the day.
 
rellimie said:
I work in education. I asked for a proposal of 50 MacBook Pros. I received the quote and my sales rep said if I placed the order by 6/6/12 I would receive significant discounts.

Hmmmm....... :)

Hint hint
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He quoted you on the 7th... I think that just means quotes are good for 30 days only. I'll bet he'd give you the same answer every month.
 
Liquinn said:
I'm glad I bought one now, if the new Macbook Pro is amazingly better, I'll live with it. It's such an awesome machine. By then Haswell could be around the corner in say 7 months.
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Kind of blunt? New MacBook pros to release with mountain lion, and support ivy bridge. Hmm seems legit
 
I had not read anything about Haswell chips until I saw it here. Processors that could increase battery life up to 24 hours? I've been waiting for this update to the IB a year and now it turns out that there are new processors thousand times better ready to launch next year??

**** technology!
 
^ Stuff that comes after Haswell will be even better ;–) I know some people that are without decent computer for few years now, cuz of a BS like this... dumb@sses ;-)
 
Right, for the last couple years I've been asking one primary question of new MBPs: what GPU will it have?

This has always been it's weak link, although it has at least moderately improved in recent years, but now I hear that MBP is basically going to become an extension of the MBA series and probably have an integrated GPU?

Is this just a horrible nightmare or is that actually on the cards?
 
Well in 2009 when i bought my MBP they released them on june 8, while Snow Leopard came a few weeks later. So if they could do it then, im pretty sure they can do it now as well. If new macs come in june you will probably get a free upgrade to mountain lion when it comes anyway. And those who buy one after get free download as well. My mbp came with Leopard installed and a Snow Leopard dvd in early september 2009.
 
I think 60 more days could be a lot of time to wait. I can't hold for that long without a new MB ( need to work )...

Hope it's not true.
 
Haswell? We haven't even got Ivy Bridge macs yet...forget about haswell macs till at least winter 2013/early 2014. There's currently no incentive for Intel to push to get haswell out for another year or so. The PC market is contracting and they are focusing on their mobile device chips now.
 
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MrGando said:
I think 60 more days could be a lot of time to wait. I can't hold for that long without a new MB ( need to work )...

Hope it's not true.
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They are waiting for the ivy bridge dual cores to be released in early june which goes in the 13". I would expect a release fairly soon after that otherwise they are going to be missing out on a lot of college people buying, which is a huge market ofc.
 
also with ultrabooks containing ivy bridge coming out in early june, wouldn't apple want to compete with them instead of waiting a whole another month (i.e. July). I am still hoping for May, but most likely june.
 
Yixian said:
Right, for the last couple years I've been asking one primary question of new MBPs: what GPU will it have?

This has always been it's weak link, although it has at least moderately improved in recent years, but now I hear that MBP is basically going to become an extension of the MBA series and probably have an integrated GPU?

Is this just a horrible nightmare or is that actually on the cards?
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This is why I just built a PC rig for gaming.
 
Frankied22 said:
This is why I just built a PC rig for gaming.
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I can't afford that, and I'm not expecting something like a giant Alienware gaming laptop with a 5 minute battery life, just value for money and something worthy of the "Pro" moniker. An integrated GPU is not that.
 
omenatarhuri said:
Retina... probably not quite yet. Here's hoping for May refresh, maybe today? Next week?
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I'm still very skeptical but taking into account Lion and Mountain Lion being retina ready, Ivy Bridge also and sharp mass producing high resolution IGZO displays in a variety of sizes, things are shaping up that way. If not the upcoming refresh then definitely the one after.


Yixian said:
I can't afford that, and I'm not expecting something like a giant Alienware gaming laptop with a 5 minute battery life, just value for money and something worthy of the "Pro" moniker. An integrated GPU is not that.
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The 13" models are most likely going to be the integrated Intel HD 4000. Judging by what cards are in the current 15" and 17" models, if apple go with AMD again, i would guess the new ones are most likely going to have the Radeon HD 7650M at the lower end 15" model and 7770M for the higher and 17".
 
MindsEye said:
The 13" models are most likely going to be the integrated Intel HD 4000. Judging by what cards are in the current 15" and 17" models, if apple go with AMD again, i would guess the new ones are most likely going to have the Radeon HD 7650M at the lower end 15" model and 7770M for the higher and 17".
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Meh that'll do.
 
Yixian said:
I can't afford that, and I'm not expecting something like a giant Alienware gaming laptop with a 5 minute battery life, just value for money and something worthy of the "Pro" moniker. An integrated GPU is not that.
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I built a beastly PC rig on newegg with a 23.6' monitor for just over $1,000.

Now we all know only the 15" 17" MBP's will have discrete graphics. Knowing Apple, the prices will more than likely stay the same or maybe change in some small way. You are looking at over $1800 or over $2200 for the 15"; and you will more than likely want the high end 15" if you will be gaming.

So for about the same price or a tiny bit more you can just get a 13" MBP for your everyday computer/mac needs, and have a custom PC rig for gaming that will play any game you will throw at it perfectly. Also, you got an external monitor for your 13" MBP when you need more real estate or 1080p.
 
Liquinn said:
I'm glad I bought one now, if the new Macbook Pro is amazingly better, I'll live with it. It's such an awesome machine. By then Haswell could be around the corner in say 7 months.
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I talk to a guy in my office building every day that's working on Haswell. He doesn't talk much about the project but It's pretty much apparent that Haswell is not going to be appearing in the next 7 months.
 
mattmikulla said:
I talk to a guy in my office building every day that's working on Haswell. He doesn't talk much about the project but It's pretty much apparent that Haswell is not going to be appearing in the next 7 months.
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Intel is making all these chips. Obviously even if Haswell is ready they won't release it if Ivy Bridge is too new. They'll get the best mileage they can get out of each one of these processors. I don't expect to see Haswell until at least late 2013.

On a different note, these July rummors are pissing me off. I want to buy the damn computers so hurry the fawk up Apple.
 
Hungry&Foolish said:
On a different note, these July rummors are pissing me off. I want to buy the damn computers so hurry the fawk up Apple.
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I am waiting as well, this article was a little uplifting. http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ning_points_to_june_mountain_lion_launch.html[/QUOTE]

This makes sense. The idea that the Macbook Pro will be released at WWDC with Mountain Lion means that Mountain Lion has to be close to finished. What would be the point of releasing the MBP at WWDC after showing a developer preview of the next OS. Either the MPB will be released prior to WWDC, completely separate from the OS release cycle, or Apple is planning on releasing both... If it is the former option of release beforehand, I expect that the new MPB will ship with 10.7.4 - which seems to be almost ready to go...
 
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