Dude, it's insanely easy to move things to USB drives.
CDs are dead. It's a good thing.
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Early Hands-On Impression and Overview of Retina MacBook Pro
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Dude, it's insanely easy to move things to USB drives.
CDs are dead. It's a good thing.
I am confused. 5 years of use is too short? And is it broken now and doesn't work anymore to do whatever you were doing this morning before the keynote??
You know there's the Thunderbolt to Ethernet adapter? Should work fine I think, probably no bottlenecks as USB to Ethernet adapter (at list with USB 2).
exactly, you have to be insane to pay 2200 and get no extra workspace - I'm keeping my 17 inch under lock and key.
Wow. How come battery life isn't increasing for any of the models? We have HP offering close to 9 hours on a single charge. :| that's my main concern and I'd gladly give up the retina screen for a 10 hour battery life. My 2009 white MacBook still holds at 6.30. That's 2009.
Because almost every other computer monitor in existance that isnt an Apple Display has HDMI.
Mini DVI isn't as common as HDMI. This allows you a tonne more options to connect to external devices without the need for more adapters. But thanks for insulting everybody who doesn't agree with you.
The images like Website logos and thumbnails on the web will, but the text will look stunning.
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Some still use them, for you and me it maybe dead. But cant really speak for all professionals, but clearly some still want them.
Personally, I've never used my optical drive on my 1yr old MBP, so i hear ya.
Good, my mom has one!
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CDs are useless, but DVDs are good. They're cheap and can hold 4.7GB. Rewritable DVDs cost $1 each if you buy them in a pack.
Neat-o.
But my concern lies in real-world use battery life. Pure Internet usage doesn't count well towards average battery life if you end up using graphic heavy applications.
All those pixels cost something to push.
It's a real shame they didn't transfer some of those "advances" to the regular MBPs... I mean seriously, a new fan, thinner body, etc would be sweet. Valid marketing tactic though -- you want improvements beyond a better display, buy the new device.
Still think the only difference between the two should have been the display resolution though.
But my concern lies in real-world use battery life. Pure Internet usage doesn't count well towards average battery life if you end up using graphic heavy applications.
All those pixels cost something to push.
It's a real shame they didn't transfer some of those "advances" to the regular MBPs... I mean seriously, a new fan, thinner body, etc would be sweet. Valid marketing tactic though -- you want improvements beyond a better display, buy the new device.
Still think the only difference between the two should have been the display resolution though.
Oh please, do not mention that crap HP Mini 1104. It's 10% crap hardware and 90% battery. There is a reason why that puny little machine can go for 9-hours (supposedly)
My 17" MBP still lives. Late 2009 to mid 2013. It can handle it.
Let's see what this looks like when they're ready to discontinue the classic MBP and they've worked out all the kinks.
Let's see what this looks like when they're ready to discontinue the classic MBP and they've worked out all the kinks.
No it doesn't. And I personally wouldn't trust a Kensington lock with a $2.500 laptop. It might be sufficient to secure a mid-priced laptop during a bathroom break in the library, but a high-end notebook that is easily identified as one best stays close to you at all time or at least safely locked away.
I think perhaps he more-so meant to push other display standards like TB or DP. To be honest, I think display port is better video-only protocol.
No 11" or 13" retina?
I don't get it. No 11" or 13" MacBook Pro nor 11" or 13" MacBookAir even with an upgrade to a Retina screen? For those of us that travel, Apple has left us out of the loop. We new are forced to keep our old Mac's, buy a Mac that is to large and cumbersome to carry for months on end and 10,000's of thousands miles ... or consider stepping away from Apple totally.
I don't get it. No 11" or 13" MacBook Pro nor 11" or 13" MacBookAir even with an upgrade to a Retina screen? For those of us that travel, Apple has left us out of the loop. We new are forced to keep our old Mac's, buy a Mac that is to large and cumbersome to carry for months on end and 10,000's of thousands miles ... or consider stepping away from Apple totally.
So the two ivy bridge variants of the new MacBook are: i7-3610qm @ 2.3Ghz and i7-3820qm @ 2.7Ghz, they want another £500 for the latter and and extra 256GB SSD. I think I'll be going for the £1800 model.
According to passmark there is about 1300 points difference between the two CPUs, not enough to warrant another £500 IMO.
They could of chucked in a gt 670m for a bit better gaming performance, I wonder how well Diablo III runs at native res with the gt 650m, that's another thing, as the screen resolution is now a lot higher than 1080p the little 650m won't drive most games at native resolution very well and will need to dropped down to about 1366x768 on some demanding games to run fluently, it's going to make me feel sick dropping resolutions that low lol.
Still, can't wait to order it!
According to passmark there is about 1300 points difference between the two CPUs, not enough to warrant another £500 IMO.
They could of chucked in a gt 670m for a bit better gaming performance, I wonder how well Diablo III runs at native res with the gt 650m, that's another thing, as the screen resolution is now a lot higher than 1080p the little 650m won't drive most games at native resolution very well and will need to dropped down to about 1366x768 on some demanding games to run fluently, it's going to make me feel sick dropping resolutions that low lol.
Still, can't wait to order it!
I would. I am a graphic designer and I can't stand retina displays (yet). The content just isn't there yet... I don't want upscaled mushy low-res web graphics, just because my screen has more pixels and needs to make them larger to be the same size as on a normal res screen :/
EDIT: The only way that could be solves is if the scaling on the retina display is so good, that it beats having the 1680x1050 HiRes option on the "old" one. On the iPad 3 it's an unsolvable problem, since you can't change the screen resolution :/
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LOL, I was thinking exactly the same thing. I was wincing like I was watching somebody get kicked in the nads every time he "scraaapppped" those two Macs against each other. What a dufus!
SSD + RAM soldered on
Just to confirm, flash memory and RAM are both soldered on in the new retina MBP, so forget DIY upgrades post purchase.
It seemed pretty obvious from looking at the components in the videos. Had it confirmed from Apple online in a chat conversation.
It's a bit annoying they don't make it absolutely clear from the configuration pages in the store.
Just to confirm, flash memory and RAM are both soldered on in the new retina MBP, so forget DIY upgrades post purchase.
It seemed pretty obvious from looking at the components in the videos. Had it confirmed from Apple online in a chat conversation.
It's a bit annoying they don't make it absolutely clear from the configuration pages in the store.
No mac pro update + this
. It wouldn't be the first time Apple had genuine heat problems. Look at their discussion boards. People would try to transcode on them. Many found that even plugged into the wall, it would drain their batteries. I still want the computer to be capable of going all out.Yar... Apple has burned me many times. Which ones were scarier?
It is possibly for the TV thing and streaming through the Apple TV box. I realize that the computer has more pixels, but the new pixel count is higher than the content resolution anyway. You'd still get to view it on a larger display, and this allows you to watch it with others. Crowding around a laptop would not be fun. If they went the mini displayport route instead given that thunderbolt chips only support two ports last time I checked, some people would get confused.
You know what annoys me. They went cheap on vram. Adobe's applications suggest 1GB of vram. Many games suggest this too. This shouldn't be an issue on a device that was just updated for the year. At this price range with a new device, these things should not be cutting it so close.
I'm a designer at a media production company - I have yet to use my optical drive this year. I use WiFi instead of plugging-in at the office.
By my yardstick, professionals aren't hurt by these decisions.
It's to get the new thickness. If you look at your existing unibody MBP you'll see that there's already hardly any spare aluminium above & below these ports.
I don't need it today, but I'm coming up on needing a replacement for my 13 inch. I was looking forward to seeing what that would look like. If I get the new one (thereby having to get the 15), it's a thousand dollar difference to upgrade, since I'd get the 13 inch otherwise. Not going to happen. Not a minor price difference. Sad.