Don't forget that Haswell will consume much less battery. The tradeoff will deal with that.
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Don't forget that Haswell will consume much less battery. The tradeoff will deal with that.
Guys, we have been doing this for how many years now? Retailers (Best Buy, Amazon) might discount older models since they are now the old models. The Apple Store "might" to the same if you bug them in person. Online? You take your chances in the Refurbished Store.
Video DJ
Hmm, well I guess that will do it.
Back in the day, though, DJs brought crates of records, not to mention often bringing the speakers and other equipment. I knew a few folks who did that and they needed a packed car to do a gig. Slipping a hard drive into a coat pocket wouldn't have been considered a hassle to those folks. (Kids these days have it too easy!!!)
A whopping 10%.
http://wccftech.com/intel-haswell-c...0k-benchmarks-leaked-memory-clocked-3000-mhz/
My hand is starting to reach for my wallet because my MacBook is on its last legs. (no battery, shaky wireless/microphone, no iSight) I want the platform features (802.11ac, more power savings) even if the PCH has sleep errata.
Oh...key..,
What is easier to happen?
A Quad Core Air or a 13" with discrete Gpu...or maybe
a 13" with Quad core and still... no discrete Gpu
a dual Air with just a redesign?
What is easier to happen?
A Quad Core Air or a 13" with discrete Gpu...or maybe
a 13" with Quad core and still...
no discrete Gpua dual Air with just a redesign?
There must be a term in psychology for people who read about some supposed fault, and as soon as they read it, their own devices have that fault as well. If MacRumors created a yellow tinted website, Apple would get thousands of returns
I just dragged the browser window to the bottom of the screen and made your little smiley guy's teeth yellow. I can move it back up and it's like he's getting a whitening treatment!
Those are going to get killed off, since only pros use them, Apple doesn't cater to pros anymore.
Then 1TB probably isn't enough space, and flash is faster than you need. You'll be hauling around a bunch of equipment anyway, so a small pile of 1-3TB USB3 portable drives will fit in.Video DJ
A highly specialized application anyway. Cool, but not big enough demand to push 1TB SSDs out to everyone at low cost. Someday, yes, ...but then you'll be annoyed that your 4K 48fps videos don't fit.
We're not going to see a retina MBA and we're not going to see a redesign. But we WILL see spec bumps at least, and we know Apple will eliminate the cMBP at SOME point. What will they do? Especially given the silence from Cupertino since LAST FREAKING YEAR, I think they'll throw a gamechanger into the mix. And I was just looking at some old articles about a prototype that clued me in.
MacBook series... with 4G LTE built in.
Plenty of room to include the transponder chips for both major carrier types. (In LTE-land, aren't ATT and VZ now using the same hardware anyway?) By definition the device is "unlocked." And all the major carriers now have plans that let you share data and add devices without lock-in on a plan for each specific device. That, and look at the wailing and gnashing in this VERY THREAD about whether you have to have ethernet ports handy or guest wi-fi isn't good enough or you need a hotspot or what have you.
Nope. Not any more, Tim Cook will say. Access anywhere, on the best notebook computers on the market: the MacBooks with LTE.
So that's my prediction.
MacBook series... with 4G LTE built in.
Plenty of room to include the transponder chips for both major carrier types. (In LTE-land, aren't ATT and VZ now using the same hardware anyway?) By definition the device is "unlocked." And all the major carriers now have plans that let you share data and add devices without lock-in on a plan for each specific device. That, and look at the wailing and gnashing in this VERY THREAD about whether you have to have ethernet ports handy or guest wi-fi isn't good enough or you need a hotspot or what have you.
Nope. Not any more, Tim Cook will say. Access anywhere, on the best notebook computers on the market: the MacBooks with LTE.
So that's my prediction.
We will not see a Retina MBA, just as we will not see a Retina iPad Mini. We all want that elusive perfect product, but realistically speaking it's not possible to give the crowd what they want. If you stop dreaming and look at it from a business perspective, it makes complete sense to have MBA at normal resolution at entry-level price, and rMBP as the high-end option. Even IF it would be technically possible to make a Retina MBA with acceptable battery life, they won't do it, they will utilize that technical advancement to make the MBA even thinner and lighter.
BUT - when we get to that point, the rMBP will become thinner and lighter as well, so in some way people might actually get what they want, just not the way they thought: We will get to a point where a rMBP (or something equivalent) is as thin and light as a MBA is today. Which is basically what people want when they say they want a Retina Air, right?
In the same way, we won't see a Retina iPad Mini, we will see a full size Retina iPad as slim and light as the Mini (but obviously bigger due to screen size).
BUT - when we get to that point, the rMBP will become thinner and lighter as well, so in some way people might actually get what they want, just not the way they thought: We will get to a point where a rMBP (or something equivalent) is as thin and light as a MBA is today. Which is basically what people want when they say they want a Retina Air, right?
In the same way, we won't see a Retina iPad Mini, we will see a full size Retina iPad as slim and light as the Mini (but obviously bigger due to screen size).
That's the whole point - I don't want an adaptor, I just want to be able to plug the cable in. And I typically change desks every 3-6 months as I move jobs. I don't wan't to carry a pile of adaptors as it's just stuff to break or loose.
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That and the lack of a matt screen yes! For me the lack of an ethernet port is an oversight and the lack of a matt screen option is just criminal.
I don't like adaptors. Having an adaptor for the ethernet and another for the external monitor just looks messy. And as for the ecosystem Apple need to produce a decent desktop (i.e. a core i7 tower) so I don't have to look elsewhere to meet that need - i.e. a Windows PC. This lighter, thinner stance that Apple is taking doesn't work for me neither do all-in-one appliances with glossy screens.
If I need much storage (VM's) why on earth would I be happier carrying around a flash-based machine AND a portable drive, than just a single machine with a spinning drive, that I can also replace by a big flash when prices drop enough?
go and buy a 1TB 2.5inch thunderbolt (oh, USB3.0 is OK too) extern hard drive
The retina display is more useful for professionals
The retina display is more useful for professionals
I can. They've got a track record of doing what they want, when they want.
Antennagate (iPhone 4)was totally avoidable. Despite Apples tight lipped reputation a reporter at the Wall St Journal wrote about the Apple engineers advising Steve well before it was too late, that the perimeter antenna was not working out. Yet style has been Steve's highest priority & the antenna was his idea, so it shipped anyway.
The public outcry influenced Apple to post employment solicitations, seeking highly skilled antenna specialists. Thus the iPhone 4S was capable of making & holding onto calls.
The public? Apple apologists, excuse makers & followers flooded the forums & claimed no such thing existed. Apple enthusiasts can easily get lost in denial no worries.
I had the hi-res MBP15 matte before my MBA, but I prefer the 'glossy' MBA (PS I do photo editting on a matte NEC 2690WUXi).
I wrote a small post a few years back on this. Basically, the MBA has a single layer of plastic forming part of the display and this is anti-reflection coated.
The matte displays typically don't have any anti-reflection coating and thereby reflect more, just not as much specular reflection.
My annoyance with the normal-glossy MBP is that they put an extra layer of glass in front (i.e. 2 more air-glass interfaces) - without applying any anti-reflection coating. Each air-glass interface adds about 8% reflection.
The new rMBP are a bit better than the normal MBP, as they bond the glass on, thereby reducing 2 air-glass interfaces. But I don't think they apply any anti-reflection coating to the outer surface.
Note: the anti-reflection coatings are what give glasses, camera lenses and the macbook air a slight green or pink hue when turned off and viewed from extreme angles, they reduced reflections from about 8% to <2%