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Apple Launches Retina MacBook Pros with Faster Haswell Processors, More RAM Standard
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Yes but the razer blade goes north of 3k CDN with a maximum 8GB RAM and 512 SSD.
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I'd go with the 13". The form factor and the weight on your shoulders when lugging it to classes/library might make you regret the 15". If in doubt, think of things you'd regularly be doing the go to the fruit stand and try those tasks out to see if you can get away with the smaller screen.
I think apple also offer a 14-day window (at least in the UK) to return your mac, so you could always order the 15" try it out for a few days and return it if you find it too big for a notebook.
My '10 MacBook Pro has a 320GB hardrive and it's my work Machine. With all the apps that I have and around 25GB of photos I currently have around 80GB free (I have no music at all). I have three external hard drives but I do have some files on the machine (the ones I'm working on at a given time). BUT it's safe to say that I have OVER 128GB in apps.
So...no 128GB is not reasonable on a "Pro" Machine...IMO...
The Tech Specs section of the Apple website in the US says the top end model is an i5. I can't get the retail store to load here to see what it says, but the education store also shows an i5.
Yeah, it's also almost a grand more expensive.
The 8 GB 128 GB starts at 2200 and people say Apple charges too much. Nothing about battery life either, you can only imagine the drain of the gpu and quad core. Nice parts buts I don't see why someone would need to game anywhere instead of building a nice rig. I use my 13 rMBP for photo and video editing, can't imagine justifying it in terms of games alone.
here are some users quite familiar with those cpu specs thermal wise so my following question is directed to them:
is it reasonable to assume that apple is able to put discrete graphics into a 13" mbpr? has there ever been one in a 13" apple notebook computer?
is it reasonable to assume that apple is able to put discrete graphics into a 13" mbpr? has there ever been one in a 13" apple notebook computer?
We do similar stuff at my work, but we have ESX servers at our data centre that we can connect to when at clients so show them something we have been working on. This then means we can carry a small laptop or even a tablet to our clients meetings.
I'd go with the 13". The form factor and the weight on your shoulders when lugging it to classes/library might make you regret the 15". If in doubt, think of things you'd regularly be doing the go to the fruit stand and try those tasks out to see if you can get away with the smaller screen.
I think apple also offer a 14-day window (at least in the UK) to return your mac, so you could always order the 15" try it out for a few days and return it if you find it too big for a notebook.
Back in my college days I used to carry around a PowerBook 15' G5 and I thought it was great once you get over the fact that you needed a backpack because you knew you had a workhorse. Whip the thing open and you simply can do so much more. I have since transitioned to a MacBook Pro 15', then my current rMBP 15', and while I lust over the form factor of the 13', the advantage of a much more powerful computer with more real estate to work with outweighs the form factor IMO.
Until the 13' gets a quad core i7 dedicated graphics card, I will be sticking to this model but of course feel free to try before you buy
I'd go with the 13". The form factor and the weight on your shoulders when lugging it to classes/library might make you regret the 15". If in doubt, think of things you'd regularly be doing the go to the fruit stand and try those tasks out to see if you can get away with the smaller screen.
I think apple also offer a 14-day window (at least in the UK) to return your mac, so you could always order the 15" try it out for a few days and return it if you find it too big for a notebook.
There are very few times I wish the graphics were a little more powerful and I am grateful for the greater battery life. I had a 2012 15 rMBP which I promptly sold when the Airs were released and the heat, battery life and weight were a significant detractor from the power of the machine. My wife picks up my laptop mistaking it for her Air until she opens it up to see no wedge.
I admit, I've only seen a rMBP a few times and I was amazed how thin it is compared to the MBP. I've not seen the 15" apart from in the apple store, is it really so much lighter than the old MBP?
If the Air had 16GB RAM and a retina screen I'd be on it like car bonnet.
I'm not ready to buy a new one, yet. I want to wait for DDR4 and new Intel CPU's.
However, if Apple maintains the 16GB memory as standard, then this makes it easier to buy at other retailers that offer discounted pricing below the student discount pricing.
I always wanted to buy a notebook with 16GB of RAM, but before with only 8GB, I was forced to buy through Apple as a CTO.
However, if Apple maintains the 16GB memory as standard, then this makes it easier to buy at other retailers that offer discounted pricing below the student discount pricing.
I always wanted to buy a notebook with 16GB of RAM, but before with only 8GB, I was forced to buy through Apple as a CTO.
Back in my college days I used to carry around a PowerBook 15' G5 and I thought it was great once you get over the fact that you needed a backpack because you knew you had a workhorse. Whip the thing open and you simply can do so much more. I have since transitioned to a MacBook Pro 15', then my current rMBP 15', and while I lust over the form factor of the 13', the advantage of a much more powerful computer with more real estate to work with outweighs the form factor IMO.
Until the 13' gets a quad core i7 dedicated graphics card, I will be sticking to this model but of course feel free to try before you buy
By Skylake the dGPU won't matter anymore and the quad core argument will be moot. Battery life is much better which is a big reason one goes mobile in the first place .
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I heartily concur! Hopefully the Air will go to 8 GB on the high end.
I'd just like to see a radical new design (and yes new colour) in the same way the Mac Pro just got a radical redesign and colour. I held out for the new Mac Pro and I really like it. I've been holding out in the hope they'll do the same with the MBP so I can upgrade. Making it thinner, lighter, retina, whatever does not constitute a new design to me whatever Apple says. Yes maybe it would make more sense to do it when they move to Broadwell processors.
Back in my college days I used to carry around a PowerBook 15' G5 and I thought it was great once you get over the fact that you needed a backpack because you knew you had a workhorse. Whip the thing open and you simply can do so much more. I have since transitioned to a MacBook Pro 15', then my current rMBP 15', and while I lust over the form factor of the 13', the advantage of a much more powerful computer with more real estate to work with outweighs the form factor IMO.
Until the 13' gets a quad core i7 dedicated graphics card, I will be sticking to this model but of course feel free to try before you buy
A quad core and dGPU in the 13"?! Maybe Apple will use the fact that it would be able to fry an egg as a 'feature'?
I'm lucky in that most of my computing power is done an a number crunching server (Dual 32 core CPU, 0.5TB RAM) so can afford to go for form factor over raw power.
I'm a bit concerned about losing some real estate because of my transition from the MBA to rMBP though. I don't really want to chancre the res from 'best for retina'.
Apple has never been interesting in GPU's and it's what pretty much killed them years ago.
More reason to jump on a refurb model if the specs are what you want. I'm itching to jump on a 13" in the refurb store and then went down but about $50.
The current design is only 2 years old. There really is no reason for them to do so. Apple probably has grander designs for Broadwell or Skylake which will bring more substantive improvements and potentially make a more radical redesign more practical. If they made the current version thinner people would be complaining about the battery life.
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At this point it may not be until Skylake when we see a major redesign. Broadwell is delayed but Skylake is supposedly still on time. So we may well see Broadwell Macs in February and Skylake Macs next October in time for the holidays.
Why blame Intel? Are you blaming Apple for not yet having updated the Mac Mini, the TB Display, or last year Apple taking so long to update the Mac Pro? Even better where is the iWatch? Probably not because you would probably justify it as Apple taking the time to get it right. Why not give Intel the same benefit.
I don't think it is any need of a redesign, though.
Anyway, this is a "Plan B" update because Intel didn't get its new CPU out on schedule. Any new features were perhaps tied to a new motherboard design dependent on the new CPU so when the CPU failed to show, the whole thing had to wait.