You're calling the most advanced laptop in the world "underwhelming"? No other laptop on the market comes close to what the rMBP has to offer. The only lag I see is when browsing Facebook. If Facebook's performance is all you care about you shouldn't be using a $2,200+ laptop. As for waiting for Haswell, people say this every year: "wait for Processor X to come out, it'll fix all the problems". If you go by this recommendation you'll be waiting your entire life.
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anyone max out their retina mbp?
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As for OP said he is willing to wait for next release. Which is a Rev B product. It is not like he is waiting 4 to 5 variation of the product. But his mind set told him, he will get it next year. And it is good for him; by that time rMBP is more matured product. But for people who can't wait there is no reason to hold on. Ivy bridge is a powerful CPU Im not sure about the GPU against a pixel hungry retina.
Lol you sound like an angry apple fanboy. So typical.
As for the processor, yes, Haswell will be MUCH better. Sandy bridge to IVY bridge was like going from the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 3GS. Ivy Bridge to Haswell will be like going from the iPhone 3G to the iPhone 5. It is a HUGE jump in performance, not just incremental like the Ivy bridge is.
Also how does a laptop "only lag on facebook" lol. That is the most absurd comment i have ever heard. If facebook is lagging UI wise, that is a product of the web browser, which is exactly what I am talking about, and will carry over to other sites.
You can try to justify your purchase all you want. I never said it was not a beautiful machine. But I am going to be laughing next year when you see the power of the Haswell processor, and really how much of a difference it makes.
Just max everything but the hard disk... keep that at 512 and u should be good... No reason to pay 500 extra for 256 more GB... IMHO.
And the computer is fantastic... just make sure urs does not have dead pixels or anything.
And the computer is fantastic... just make sure urs does not have dead pixels or anything.
Quite true. At some point OWC or someone else will make a replacement drive that might go up to 1TB or something. I'd rather wait and spend on that. The original SSD could then go on ebay etc ...
The 512GB and 16GB RAM are not *that* expensive compared to say Dell's upgrades. In fact a 2.6/16GB/512GB rMBP is less costly compared to a similarly spec'ed Dell laptop ...
They said the same thing about sandy -> ivy.
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Ivy was suppose to be 50% faster than Sandy. Haswell is suppose to be 50% faster than Ivy. In reality, it'll be ~10% in real world applications.
This. I think the time has come where the cost to boost the CPU just isn't worth it unless you really need it. And the cost difference is the same on most laptops like Alienware etc so God knows how much Intel is charging for them!
As for the storage, entirely depends on what you need. But it is over a thousand for a terrabyte SSD.
Max out Ram, but not SSD
OK, so I maxed out in RAM and SSD following the same reasoning of not having to upgrade for awhile (one reason I waited until they offered USB 3 as well). Cost me about $4k and although I love it, I have a bit of buyers remorse due to the cost. If you have the money to burn, go ahead and do it, but you are paying a big premium on the SSD, and at the end of the day, there will probably be another innovation in 2 years that will make us want to upgrade in 2 to 3 years rather than the 4 or 5 we are thinking now.
Here is what I would suggest thinking about. Max out the RAM because that is not upgradable. They say the SSD isn't either but with the Macbook Air, places like OWC have offered replacement/upgrade SSDs. So I would get a 256 or 512 SSD and then either upgrade later, or get an external SSD with USB3 or Thunderbolt connectivity for more later if you need it.
OK, so I maxed out in RAM and SSD following the same reasoning of not having to upgrade for awhile (one reason I waited until they offered USB 3 as well). Cost me about $4k and although I love it, I have a bit of buyers remorse due to the cost. If you have the money to burn, go ahead and do it, but you are paying a big premium on the SSD, and at the end of the day, there will probably be another innovation in 2 years that will make us want to upgrade in 2 to 3 years rather than the 4 or 5 we are thinking now.
Here is what I would suggest thinking about. Max out the RAM because that is not upgradable. They say the SSD isn't either but with the Macbook Air, places like OWC have offered replacement/upgrade SSDs. So I would get a 256 or 512 SSD and then either upgrade later, or get an external SSD with USB3 or Thunderbolt connectivity for more later if you need it.
Spoken like a true Apple fanboy, who only looks at what is available soon, not several years ahead. Of course iPhone 5 is going to be great because it will have all the things Apple procrastinated and didn't put out last October!
If you think Haswell is going to be great, by the time it starts getting leaked we'll have Broadwell to look forward to, and it's going to fix all the problems that are introduced by Haswell!
You are not going to win.
I'm going to be laughing all the way to the bank, watching you waste your money on the latest and greatest, only to return it in 30 days after realizing it wasn't all that cracked up to be.
Not true at all. Haswell really isn't going to be as big a jump as you think it is. Ever since mountain lion, my retina has been buttery smooth.
DA POWER OF DA HASWELL!!!!!1111 LOL
I just received my new maxed out Retina MBP and am pretty sure you'd be crying on the way to the bank if you got a glimpse of the balances in mine! Waste is a subjective matter of opinion!
The only issue I have now with the Retina MBP's is trying to figure out what to do with the 2.6/8/512 Retina MBP I purchased to tide me over until this one arrived!
I've already won!
