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Apple to Introduce Third MacBook Line with Retina Display at WWDC?

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Crazy rumours:mad: just popping in every direction!

only if today was monday:), our minds will be at peace!

Till then, Have Fun keeping us on our toes!
 
Apple believes LESS is MORE and MORE is LESS. Just seems with 2 MORE macbooks sandwiched between 2 on each side and taking something from both sides will only blur the distinctions among models that now exists. And then offering a retina display before the other 4 models have it, is ridiculous.

It's hard to believe that this will happen especially knowing it is in Apple's DNA to make products and choices as simple as possible.
 
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RogueWarrior65 said:
I've owned three 17" MBPs and I loathe the thought of having to go back to 15". That being said, if I can hook up a bigger Thunderbolt display, keyboard, & mouse and run the MBP closed, I'd consider it.
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You can now.

Though that's not the point of the 17 inch, I will be disappointed if they kill it, its great while on the road. Like you said going back to a 15 is going to be difficult.
 
Ethernet, Firewire and Optical are just a hindrance to product design. They really need to just go. There's new technology today that comfortably replace these.

Unfortunately not everyone is eager to change so quickly. It'll happen eventually. Maybe when something much newer replaces the new technology, then people will finally let CD's go.

All my friends use the CD-drive argument for choosing the macbook pro. When I ask them what they use the CD drive for, they go blank. It's a psychological thing.
 
I personally would like to see a 15" for the price of a 13" or just a little more expensive. It wouldn't even have to have an discrete graphics card or if it did it wouldn't have to be anything fancy. I would also hope they will give the bottom air more than a paltry 64gig ssd. So long as there is also an affordable model with the OD still in that would be cool too.
 
Why not drop the pro and air, have 4 laptops called MacBook 11,13,15 & 17. All of them have no DVD drive or HDD allowing for a slim design. Specs 11inch model: Retina display, 2 USB 3.0 ports, thundebolt port, i7 undervolted ivy bridge, 128GB+ SSD & 4GB+ ram. 13 inch model: Retina display, 2 USB 3.0 ports, thundebolt port, i5 quad core ivy bridge,SD card reader, ethernet port, FireWire, 128GB+ SSD & 4GB+ ram. 15 inch model: Retina display, 2 USB 3.0 ports, thundebolt port, i7 quad core ivy bridge, 128GB+ SSD & 8GB+ ram. 17 inch model: Retina display, 2 USB 3.0 ports, thundebolt port, i7 quad core ivy bridge, 128GB+ SSD & 8GB+ ram. Also 1080p iSight camera, Bluetooth 4.0, backlit keyboard and maybe even 802.11ac standard across range. Price $999 and up! If apple does this they can take over the world who agrees with me?
 
I see, understand and somewhat agree with your comments guys that it's not gonna happen, but... What if the current MBP will live on as simply Macbook? I can see it happening carrying a lower price tag just as the iPhone 3GS/4 and iPad 2 live on.

Apple has also interest in MAS sales which can be boosted when more people can afford to buy a Mac.
 
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What the report fails to mention that these two new models will be unibody made from cheese, like the moon.

Yeah right, Apple is going to introduce a new line only to get rid of it in a year. That's so Apple-like.
 
CausticPuppy said:
That's just silly.
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kjs862 said:
Apple does a lot of things that don't make technical sense, but they do them anyways for marketing purposes.
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This. And when it releases and is beautiful and shiny everyone doubting (except the few thousand - total - using a 17" MBP) will be giddy.

A 13" with dedicated graphics? I think the end of the world is approaching. Then again, there's been some new rebranded "dedicated" NVIDIA GPUs that are "newer" and use less power, but are worse performance-wise than their predecessors, so could be one of those.
 
FrizzleFryBen said:
My 13" MBA is 1440x800. At 2-2.5 feet when on my lap, I cannot discern one pixel from another.
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No, it's not: it's 1440x900. That extra 100 pixels makes a big difference in usability, especially when most 15" PC laptops are 1366x768 (or the same resolution as the 11" MacBookAir).

As for whether it's a retina display, my calculations say that at 27" viewing distance, each pixel is just slightly under 1 arc minute (the theoretical threshold for Retina). The 11" at 26" is technically a Retina Display, but the same criteria.
 
Welcome to the new iMac - The iPad Pro!!!!!!!!!

Could we have some rumours about the iMac, I'm stuck in a wheelchair with mobility issues, so the last thing I want is a MBA, MBP iPad or iPhone.

Come to think of it, could Apple actually rebrand the iMac line the iPad Pro - perhaps then we'll see some bloody updates!!!!!!
 
The questions is:

Is this a good time to buy or not?
It seems like b*llshit is all up in the air right now. It's a well known fact that early adopters usually suffer the brunt, while the later adopter reap the benefits.

Like most people in the post, I've been sitting on my $2500 for months now waiting for them to release the wretched thing. But should I wait a little longer until Apple have finished their ludicrous machinations?
 
rmwebs said:
I hope we dont see ANOTHER line up of MacBooks
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or at least not a third line with another 13" notebook. I would not mind the return of a line just called "MacBook" if they drop one of the other 13" ones (which they won't, they are selling very well)
 
dennno said:
Ethernet, Firewire and Optical are just a hindrance to product design. They really need to just go. There's new technology today that comfortably replace these.

Unfortunately not everyone is eager to change so quickly. It'll happen eventually. Maybe when something much newer replaces the new technology, then people will finally let CD's go.

All my friends use the CD-drive argument for choosing the macbook pro. When I ask them what they use the CD drive for, they go blank. It's a psychological thing.
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Firewire sometimes; Optical lots; Ethernet never.
 
I don't think the 13" mbp will go, but I do hope that it will get a updated screen equal to the resolution of the air. I was using both today and the air was much nicer to use!
My perfect laptop would be a 13" quad core, with dedicated graphics and a small ssd for apps and os + a large hdd. I can wish cant I?
 
WannaGoMac said:
Doesn't Apple believe in keeping the number of choices low to avoid confusing the consumer?

This would add MORE models, which is precisely what Steve Jobs taught Apple to not do...
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That has always been a myth by most accounts. How many different iPod nano and shuffle color and memory choices are there? (14 nano and 5 shuffle) How many different iPad configurations are there (18 not including the iPad 2)?
 
His claims aren't as crazy as they seem at first glance, they kept the 13" white macbook as a legacy model for quite some time, even gave it a "unibody" redesign. If Apple is branching into three lines, that's exactly what the Pro would be. A legacy model. Something Apple continues to sell, but not heavily advertised or discussed, and silently updated.

Right now Apple is selling "The new iPad" and the "iPad 2". I could see Apple releasing "The new Macbook" and keeping the "Macbook Pro" around until it stops selling well. I doubt any Macbook Pro updates would get much or any airtime at WWDC in this scenario though.
 
odaiwai said:
No, it's not: it's 1440x900. That extra 100 pixels makes a big difference in usability, especially when most 15" PC laptops are 1366x768 (or the same resolution as the 11" MacBookAir).

As for whether it's a retina display, my calculations say that at 27" viewing distance, each pixel is just slightly under 1 arc minute (the theoretical threshold for Retina). The 11" at 26" is technically a Retina Display, but the same criteria.
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I was just about to comment on it. Was anyone else expecting a 13 with a GPU? Would be awesome if true, but I doubt it...
 
Paix247 said:
Wouldn't it make more sense that the new ones would be the Pro machines and then the current 13" (and maybe the 15") MacBook Pro would just drop the Pro?
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they're phasing out the Pro -

why even have a pro anymore if they carry the same specs?

pretty silly if u ask me but if u want to feel awesome u can call it that
 
paradox00 said:
His claims aren't as crazy as they seem at first glance, they kept the 13" white macbook as a legacy model for quite some time, even gave it a "unibody" redesign. If Apple is branching into three lines, that's exactly what the Pro would be. A legacy model. Something Apple continues to sell, but not heavily advertised or discussed, and silently updated.

Right now Apple is selling "The new iPad" and the "iPad 2". I could see Apple releasing "The new Macbook" and keeping the "Macbook Pro" around until it stops selling well.
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I don't know...I mean, they can't go around just slapping "the new" as a prefix to products. It will look stupid.
 
weaponEX said:
Like most people in the post, I've been sitting on my $2500 for months now waiting for them to release the wretched thing. But should I wait a little longer until Apple have finished their ludicrous machinations?
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Well, you'll find out in 4 days I suppose!
 
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