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2012 Macbook Pro Redesign

I am the kind of person who is superficial about the apperance of gadgets in every two year cycle I update my iPhone for the latest design I would update my imac this year but i cannot update my iMac as yet since it is still under warranty but my Mac book entry 13inch is going to two years and is no longer under warranty I got it up for sale but with all this talk of a redesign to the form factor is it worth losing 600 dollars from my pocket for this update.


Will we see a drastic redesign or something minor such as slighty thinner apperance and maybe the departure of the black frame around the screen for something along the lines of a MacBook air
 
MS has just announced that they are dropping DVD playback completely in Windows 8. They are expecting the PC manufacturers to license the tech and provide the codecs if they want to include it in their computers. Losing the DVD drive does seem more and more likely in the next refresh.
 
Xcallibur said:
I thought that myself until I saw this promo video from Intel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_6kk7ioWuM
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A hyperthreading-enabled core from Intel can support run two threads concurrently without losing track of what it's doing in that the state information for each thread is maintained separately (e.g., there are two sets of registers). However, both threads otherwise share the same on-core resources (decoders, execution units, etc.). Therefore, while the utilization of the core resources (and hence performance) is improved significantly, neither thread runs at the speed it would do if it had all on-core resources to itself. Hence the performance improvement when running multi-threaded applications is often (as already mentioned) "only" around 30% in practice.

Come to think of it, it's a bit like the way it works with us humans. :) Many of us can do two tasks at the same time and finish more quickly than we would have done had we done each task separately, one after the other. However, because we only have one brain/pair of hands/..., we generally won't be as quick to finish the two tasks as two equally fast people who are able to share the same workload among themselves.
 
KohPhiPhi said:
Because it's been years that Apple caters exclusively to consumers instead of professionals. The "Pro" label does not mean "professional" anymore.

Think about the latest Apple's major moves: iPads, iPhones, MBAs, Apple Store, iTunes, etc... they're ALL products created with consumers in mind, not professionals.

So, to sum it up: don't let the "pro" tag fool you. It's not a "professional-orientated" machine anymore. Now a days, both the MBA and the MBP are consumer-orientated machines.
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So, what does the "Pro" stand for now then?? How am I going to be fooled?

I think the MacBook and MacBook Air are quite sufficient for the average consumer market. Furthermore, I doubt Apple would be so shortsighted to totally forget a key audience by dumbing down the MacBook Pro.

I think we would all agree that 'professionals' are consumers too. :rolleyes:
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
Let me start by saying Apple would say they have a lot to look forward to every year. That's just how it goes.

Now the mbp, mba, iPhone, and iMac will all be updated (with at least spec refreshes) this year 100%. They all are updated at LEAST once a year, every year. Mac mini is almost certain to get one, and I predict that either the Mac Pro will be updated or cut completely this year (if it's not updated it'll be nearly 900 days since an update and the sandy bridge processor is ready for it).

Also, the Mac line isn't the same as the iPad/iPhone. Meaning that Apple would never release a new iPad at the same time as an iPhone. It would be pure madness. But I could easily see apple releasing the iMac, mbp, and mba all at the same time. Heck they could even throw in the mini and pro if they wanted. I'm not saying they will, but its feasable. They are all in the right timeframe to launch around WWDC, and mbp and iMac could potentially see redesigns.

If you are worried the iPhone will come out first... don't. It won't happen. iPhone will come out in Sept/Oct and there's no way the mbp refresh could slip past July.
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We're already in May and rumors of the brand-new, redesigned MacBook Pro have simply disappeared. We had some rumors in March, which led everybody to believe that they would be updated as early as April, or June at the latest. However, the last significant rumor is from April 10, according to which supplies of the resellers were allegedly low (and they don't seem to be low anymore). No new rumors since then. No leaked parts. Nothing.

The lack of rumors does not necessarily mean that a new product won't be released. Perhaps they will. But my hopes are fading away. If no rumors emerge soon, I would expect Apple to renew the lines of iMacs, Mac Minis and MacBook Airs before updating the MacBook Pro. The MacBook Pro was the last Mac that received an update; why would it be updated again before every other Mac?

I would predict the following, based on the schedule for release of Ivy Bridge processors:

May 2012 - updated iMac
June 2012 - updated MacBook Air / Mac Mini
August - redesigned MacBook Pro

The iMac hasn't been updated in more than a year. It's about time!

And, if the MacBook Air gets updated after a redesigned, retina MacBook Pro, there would be significant pressure (from consumer expectations) on Apple to put a retina display on the MacBook Air (and Apple may not be willing to do that just now). So it would make sense to update everything else before the MacBook Pro gets a reboot and a retina display.
 
skaertus said:
The MacBook Pro was the last Mac that received an update; why would it be updated again before every other Mac?
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well.... because it is the best selling Mac(by far). I'm not saying that it will happen, but that would make sense.

I do agree with your post though. IF the MBP really is being redesigned soon(but it may not be!! :eek:) then you would think we would hear more rumors, part leaks, etc the month or two leading up to it, but you never know.
 
Keniutek said:
Over or under 4000 posts in this thread before we see a redesign? ;)
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If you get really impatient, just get a steamroller to run over your MacBook Pro, and you will have an "instantly-thinner" redesign to look at.

Well, it might make some people happy...or computer-less!

/badjoke.
 
WardC said:
If you get really impatient, just get a steamroller to run over your MacBook Pro, and you will have an "instantly-thinner" redesign to look at.

Well, it might make some people happy...or computer-less!

/badjoke.
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I don't realy care for a redesign. In fact, i would hate the "air like" design in MBP. I just want to see how will it perform with IB and how many posts we will get ;)
 
Why would Apple update the Macbook Pro first before all other Macs, when that's the Mac they last refreshed?
 
Liquinn said:
Why would Apple update the Macbook Pro first before all other Macs, when that's the Mac they last refreshed?
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Because since 2006, they sell about twice as many laptops as desktops, regardless of the relative age of the last update. When they last update the iMac, even immediately after, MacBook sales exceeded iMac sales by a large margin. Now it would be an error if updating the portables delayed updating desktops by a significant time. But a business always puts it front-sellers first when deciding the order of things.
 
Razzz said:
The last mbp update was not a real update, just a minor spec increase.
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No, it was a real update. Speed of the processors increased, the video cards got an update, and the HDs got bigger. That's an update, a real update, a spec increase, and not a minor one.
 
Apple not releasing their Macbook Pro, and indeed their Macbook Air lines before July would be a huge blow for their sales.
 
I think we have to remember that the computer side of Apple's business is not as massive as the mobile devices. So there really is not a massive demand to leak parts.
 
I think I might just build a gaming rig and grab a refurbished 13" MBP at this point. I'm mostly interested in the GPU increase in the 15" and knowing Apple, it's not going to be anything show stopping. Especially if there is a redesign
 
beowulf70 said:
So, what does the "Pro" stand for now then?? How am I going to be fooled?

I think the MacBook and MacBook Air are quite sufficient for the average consumer market. Furthermore, I doubt Apple would be so shortsighted to totally forget a key audience by dumbing down the MacBook Pro.

I think we would all agree that 'professionals' are consumers too. :rolleyes:
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The MacBook no longer exists.

And the audience you think is key may not be nearly as large, important or key as you think.
 
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