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Early Hands-On Impression and Overview of Retina MacBook Pro

"Where the Air is tapered, this has a constant thickness throughout."

Perfect! Love the Air, but I'm thrilled that the MBP remains "taperless"!:D
 
CmdrLaForge said:
Looks great but besides the retina display I am not sure if its that big of an improvement. Looking at the video - for sure it is thinner but not changing the world type of thinner and of course this can be achieved by dropping the ODD and HDD - not exactly rocket science.
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You can't really go much thinner than the height of the USB port, can you? ;)
 
Renzatic said:
3.541 seconds. 6.423 seconds to flash fry your cods.

You don't want to use this laptop on your lap, that's for sure.
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My Macbook has burned me. Over on Notebookcheck they do thermals at idle and load for the upper/lower case. Some notebooks are scarier though!

They are using the 45W quad cores too! Yikes!
 
love-apple said:
apple doesn't mention anything about the 13 inch ;:mad:
is it coming soon or what!!!!!!!
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If they were offering one, I'm sure they would have mentioned it.

I'm just guessing here, but I would say that the Intel HD4000 isn't powerful enough to drive a high resolution display and there isn't space for discrete graphics.

It's unfortunate too, because I was waiting for the 13" model as well.
 
loderunner said:
Will someone tell the engadget guy to NEVER, EVER, scratch two macbooks against each other like in this video?
I can feel it down my spine!
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I was cringing every time he did that. Most of us with a MBP know that sound and stop whatever we're doing immediately when hearing it.

I too am disappointed with the lack of 17". I switched to 17" in 2010 and told myself I'd never go back. I've never noticed the difference in carrying it (in a slightly bigger case), and enjoy the extra real estate. Oh well, looks like I'm going back to 15.4" one of these days :eek:

I'm sure this has been discussed, but is the anti-glare available? I've had a typical Monday and haven't had a chance to watch the key notes or spend anytime on apple.com yet.
 
One thing I love about the new MacBook Pros is they didn't go 16:9, and the bezels remain small.

The "old" macbook pros with the updated graphics and such are still a good guy, especially the 512mb model. Next update is probably when the old unibody leaves.
 
would anyone buy the non-retina over this even if it's a few hundred cheaper? I don't see why anyone would.
 
bensiddall said:
:apple:Could anyone let me know if they think apple will release a 13" retina MacBook pro eventually or will the 15" model only be available????:apple:
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I think they will eventually, it just isn't happening this year. Maybe the next refresh? Like I said to another poster, I doubt current Intel integrated graphics can handle the resolution, and there isn't space in the 13" model for discrete graphics.
 
Can someone please explain the HDMI out? To me it makes almost no sense.

Edit: Because there are crap tons of morons on this site, why would Apple introduce HDMI on this macbook? Obviously it connects to TV's, I know 3 year olds who could have come up with a more clever response. Why HDMI and not Firewire or Mini DVI, is using an adapter too complicated now?

Second Edit: Your Retina Macbook Pro will have MORE pixels than your HD Tv, by a long shot, so why would I want less pixels and a (Much) larger screen? Convenience of hook up is not a reason either, by now you probably own a slew of adapters and cable options to connect your Mac to a HDTV.
 
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TSE said:
The "old" macbook pros with the updated graphics and such are still a good guy, especially the 512mb model. Next update is probably when the old unibody leaves.
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The old MBP is far better value. For $2100 you get everything on the $2700 Retina with the exception of an SSD and Retina display. Plus more ports, more hard drive storage space and an optical drive.

You pay $600 more for less hardware everywhere else but more pixels.
 
I know it's pointless, but I'm still going to say it.

It would've been a lot more attractive to me at $1799. Something about crossing over the $2000 mark puts a "slow" sign up for me.

Notice I didn't say "no". I said "slow".
 
My beef about the new 15" Pro is:

1)The cost is insane for the low end 15" for $1799. And the $2199 Retina ONLY comes in a 256GB SSD. I have to shell out $600+ for the privilege of getting a larger drive by buying the $2799 model.

2)It's not a pro machine for the price....it's built to be lighter, thinner, and sexier. Those qualities do not define "pro".

3)The Macbook became the Macbook Pro and the Retina Pro is a new model. Talk about mucking around with branding.

4)The $1799 (among others) Pro ships with a VERY weak 4GB of ram and 5400RPM drive. It also tops out at 8GB of ram and can't push 1920x1080. Again, this is labeled a "pro" machine...


All around some fair upgrades and they look nice...but the pricing is way off base...and no, I'm not buying a 13" laptop...those died in 1996.
 
Dying to know if the RAM or SSD is user-upgradable or if it's like the MacBook Air... Does anyone know?
 
Eidorian said:
My Macbook has burned me. Over on Notebookcheck they do thermals at idle and load for the upper/lower case. Some notebooks are scarier though!

They are using the 45W quad cores too! Yikes!
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Yup. I'm willing to bet this thing will get up to 40C easily while using hardware intensive applications. And what about rendering? Or games even? Anything that'll buzz the fans on the relatively spacious iMac worries me here.

It's a nice looking machine, and damn tempting, but before I plunk down the cash, I'm going to want to look at some benchmarks and see how hot this thing gets.

Nostromo said:
What's the problem? Wouldn't you like it to be able to fry eggs on the go? ;)
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NOT MY EGGS! :mad:
 
It looks great, but no ethernet port? and the death of the 17" is still hurting here. The optical drive removal and the SSD's were pretty much as expected, but I think Apple have alienated quite a few folks here today.
 
iScott428 said:
Can someone please explain the HDMI out? To me it makes almost no sense.
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Why not? Apple implements HDCP in their iTunes content and therefore you should be able to lug your bought iTunes content to someone not owning an Apple TV.

Now if anyone here can advice me on some good external BluRay stuff and how to get it to work, I might get one of these...:D
 
upgrading RAM/SSD

mitchleeh said:
Dying to know if the RAM or SSD is user-upgradable or if it's like the MacBook Air... Does anyone know?
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I'm pretty sure both are not upgradable; the demo video on the apple site seem to show that the RAM is soldered directly on the board.
I'm pretty ignorant on SSD, but it looks really squeezed in place, hence don't expect it to be upgradable...
 
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