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Apple Releases New 15-Inch MacBook Pro With Force Touch and $1,999 27-Inch iMac With Retina Display
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Not everyone that buys these needs, or wants to pay for discrete graphics. For some, they simply want a 13" MBP with a bigger screen.[/QUOTE]
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What? Every non 5K iMac in the store now ( the not-so-updated configurations) all have HDDs .
Every historical Intel iMac configuration listed here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_(Intel-based)
has a HDD except for the the initial iMac 5K model
In terms, general iMac configuration trends there is no regression here at all.
The only thing that was quirky as that the 5K model didn't come with this cheaper model in the first place. I suspect Apple wanted a smaller volume and then a bigger ramp later. ( no repeat of the drama when first went to fused-display in iMac. Test new technology production before going max volume. ).
Seems like Apple can't do anything right for anyone on here. People need to realize the industry is slowing down.
Even soldered with lead these AMD GPUs insist on detaching themselves from the motherboard. But I guess Apple learned the lesson. I would make these GPUs socketable...
The smaller the SSD 'cache' the less effective it is going to be. Drop below 10% of what you are trying to cache and not doing a whole lot. Might get faster boot times ( if heavily skew cache to what happens in first 2-4 mins of operation. ), but not going to get a good breadth of the data.
[ Fusion is technically not a pure 'cache' but tiered storage has the same basic underlying factors. If can't move "enough" data to the faster tier then most interactions will be with the slower tier and the performance increases will be marginal. ]
Frankly, a better browsing experience would come if Apple would fix what they they have partially jacked up in discoveryd ( the DNS and network infrastructure daemons ) in software in OS 10.10.
Likewise just not take a huge Apple mark up on the the normal 128GB drives they use for Fusion. 32GB is not being selected because it is more effective. It is being targeted because it is cheaper. 128GB drive don't cost $200. Not even close. If more like a $100 mark up it wouldn't be so much of an issue.
With a much faster GPU and SSD, this new model is going to be much faster in editing applications, especially as Adobe and Apple ramp up GPU support in editing applications.
CPU isn't everything. Despite the complaints of this GPU being AMD, it is going to be much faster than the 750M. And there's no question that the wider SSD bandwidth makes a big difference as well.
How would 4K even scale on a 15 inch in your opinion? How would it translate in usefull resolution workspace if you know what i mean?
Non-retina displays suck ... and then while sucking, they bite, hard.
Source please.
Using force against magic doesn't work.
Efficiency - new architecture that gives more computation power per watt.
Thunderbolt 3.0
DDR4 RAM
Integrated wireless charging technology
Increased instruction set
& much more.
Basically, Skylake =\= iGPU upgradezzzz!!!!1!1!!111!!! Having dGPU doesn't negate the multiple upgrades that will come with Skylake - in fact, depending on Apple's selection in processor design, dGPUs will be further enhanced by Skylake's architecture. Do some reading.
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So what are the specs of the M290 in the new Retina iMac? How does it compare to the M290X? Can't find any details or specs of the M290 online. AMD's site only details the M290X, no trace of any "M290". I thought the M290X was considered bare minimum when it comes to driving the 5K Retina display.
What are you complaining about? Obviously Broadwell is not on the Horizon or they would have waited. If you have inside on info on when Intel will release the Quad Core broadwell chips, please share.
The Razor Blade 14 has 3200x1800 display(Not 4K) and is $2200 starting with 128GB of SATA SSD. The only thing the Razor has on the 15" rMBP is the GPU.
The Dell XPS is $2150 minimum to get the 4K display, and that's with an outdated dGPU, slower processor, and 1TB HDD(w/ 32GB SATA SSD).
Well, 3840x2400 would be scaled 1920x1200. So, all the people that scale to 1920x1200 on the 15" would actually get to benefit. As of now, that scaling is actually working the computer harder than the display is capable of supporting.
The downside is that it would require more power, so shorter battery life. I don't think the tradeoff is worth it unless Apple used IGZO backlighting like the iPads.
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The 750M and this new AMD GPU are both 28nm. The 650M was 28nm too. Amazing, so AMD GPUs are still using the same process as the original rMBP in 2012... I doubt there is a huge performance difference, unfortunately.
As they are continuing to use the same Haswell processors (they even deleted the 5200 and kept the Intel Iris Pro in the marketing materials to confuse people??), this is a very minor update. The only thing that impresses me is the new trackpad.
I think the point the other poster was making in response to your original angry rant was your current MBP is only a year old. Why are you getting so upset just because this update isn't for you? I never understand why people get angry? Makes no sense. It's not like you're losing money or got ripped off. Do you honestly expect outrageous and super amazing changes in a year? And as the other poster asked, do you really need a new MBP after just a year or were you just looking to join the Apple Rant Party here?
I was being sarcastic. It was the poster I replied to that said releasing an iMac with a HDD was a bizarre move.