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2012 Macbook Pro Redesign
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The new rumors are nice. I hope it releases before the end of July. Do you think Mountain Lion will be a free upgrade? If not, I may wait until August or so and snag the special back to school deal they usually have and get a free ipod touch!
I just hope they keep in discrete graphics, and a high performance card at that.
I just hope they keep in discrete graphics, and a high performance card at that.
My biggest hopes (which I think are fairly realistic)
1. Hi-Res Displays
2. Thinner & lighter w/o lowering CPU and GPU performance
Other hope (but less realistic)
1. Hard drive + SSD combo (the fact that a user would have to manage two separate storage devices leads me to believe that apple would not do this...)
I think there's a decent change we'll see new MBPs in April-May. I don't think they'd wait until Mountain Lion to release them because it seems like that would be around August.
1. Hi-Res Displays
2. Thinner & lighter w/o lowering CPU and GPU performance
Other hope (but less realistic)
1. Hard drive + SSD combo (the fact that a user would have to manage two separate storage devices leads me to believe that apple would not do this...)
I think there's a decent change we'll see new MBPs in April-May. I don't think they'd wait until Mountain Lion to release them because it seems like that would be around August.
Why would they release Mountain Lion with the new MBP's when they can wait a few months and make it an upgrade you have to pay for? That sounds more realistic. I hope they come out by April or May.
Wouldn't be hard, no different then other combo-setups. I still think Apple will either stick with a HDD or hybrid SSD/HDD as SSD prices are still high especially in larger storage amounts, just imagine the price Apple would charge if you want a 500GB drive in your MBP
lol considering their Apple markup and tax they add to their SSDs. I don't think it's cost effective enough yet, and not everyone want a small 120GB drive. A hybrid would be great, small SSD for the OS and other programs so you get the speed and efficiency advantage of SSD, but then have larger HD for all storage of anything else (pictures, videos, works etc). Guess we'll see what happens.
I'm all for a higher res screen, better damn offer a high res antiglare option for the 13" Pro this go around LOL
Intel mobile CPU lineup?
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meld...n-mobilen-Ivy-Bridge-Prozessoren-1446556.html
The clock rates seem a bit low... Anandtech had an earlier post with i7 quad core CPUs that go up to 2.7 GHz base clock speed: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5192/ivy-bridge-mobile-lineup-overview
If apple uses the same pattern as right now, we would have
a 36XX quad core in the base 15'': 2.3 GHz
a 37XX quad core in the upgraded 15'', base 17'': 2.6 GHz
a 38XX quad core i the bto 15'', 17'': 2.7 GHz
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meld...n-mobilen-Ivy-Bridge-Prozessoren-1446556.html
The clock rates seem a bit low... Anandtech had an earlier post with i7 quad core CPUs that go up to 2.7 GHz base clock speed: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5192/ivy-bridge-mobile-lineup-overview
If apple uses the same pattern as right now, we would have
a 36XX quad core in the base 15'': 2.3 GHz
a 37XX quad core in the upgraded 15'', base 17'': 2.6 GHz
a 38XX quad core i the bto 15'', 17'': 2.7 GHz
Yeah we shouldn't get too excited about ivy bridge in terms of performance, it's a minor speed bump nothing more for mobile devices. Seems like Intel have put much of that spare overhead from the die shrink into boost the performance of the onboard GPU. Looking at the benchmarks so far the performance improvement is pretty marginal, little more than the mid cycle frequency bump intel give their cpu's (as they go from xx20 to xx60).
The big thing that will force me down to the Apple store will be the first laptop with a seriously high res screen.
Here are the full tables:
http://vr-zone.com/articles/intel-lets-slip-its-upcoming-ivy-bridge-processors/15088.html
Lower clock speeds mean nothing, because it is different architecture. You should know that.
I'm tempted to buy now as there's always something newer and better around the corner. But I know I'll be gutted when the new mbps come out.
What to do?
Do you need it now, if yes: buy
If not: don't buy
Still it's apparently another 4 months till the release. If you can't wait, buy it, it will still be as good 4 months from now.
Your call.
Well $2000 is a lot to spend and only to find out a new model will be coming out in 5 weeks time (Well, April 8 I thought Ivy Birdge is due out)?
It's a hard choice.
no it isnt, do you need it? buy it, dont need it? dont buy it.
I bought a mbp 2011 13'' just 2 weeks before the airs refreshed, and I would have preferred to buy the 13'' mba, however the c2d on the 2010 mbas was just abysmal in therms of performance, it wouldnt cut it for me. And basically my notebook just died, so I bought it.
What if Apple get rid of the 17" Macbook Pro and trim down the 15" and 13" Macbook Pros at the next refresh? How would I ever get a 17" Macbook Pro with anti-glare through Apple?
Cheers
Well... yes. I was confused by the first link I posted, since it was missing the 37XX and 38XX models, and I remembered seeing those higher clock speeds in the anandtech post.
I'm tempted to buy now as there's always something newer and better around the corner. But I know I'll be gutted when the new mbps come out.
What to do?
It's hard for me, too. I did this exact same thing last year and decided to wait, so I would feel kinda stupid if I ended up getting the same MBP I passed on a year ago.
The one thing I'm holding out for is that if the refresh disappoints yet again, I can at least get the late 2011 for cheaper.
I'm trying to make do with a Mac Mini and VNCing from my Windows PC to my Mini but it's just not quite the same.It's hard for me, too. I did this exact same thing last year and decided to wait, so I would feel kinda stupid if I ended up getting the same MBP I passed on a year ago.
The one thing I'm holding out for is that if the refresh disappoints yet again, I can at least get the late 2011 for cheaper.
Do you think the refresh could happen in April? I guess this is just speculation.
Speculation. And from DigiTimes no less.
While it is possible that, I think that those who don't just believe whatever they read are doubting it.
Personally, I think it's likely that it will be released around Mountain Lion time.
Also, there haven't really been that many rumours regarding these new machines. Few rumours typically means crap rumours that are more guesses or speculation when it comes to Apple. Off the top of my head, the only major rumours that we've heard are the possibility of a MBA-like redesign, which is a little obvious to say the least, and more just predictions, and a potential April release, which we'd have heard a lot more about if that were so.
Not saying it won't happen, but merely that I personally feel it is relatively unlikely.
Whenever the the hardware and software releases are separate but reasonably close, the software has been a free upgrade.
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I thought Ivy Bridge was due out on April 8th 2012 which is 5 weeks tomorrow. I would hate to spend $2k on a 17" MBP only to find out they've been updated 5-6 weeks later.