You are silly. Hdmi makes sense for 99.99% of the users. Using FireWire or something else none of those people want and then use an adapter is silly. Ease of use is important. It is like you don't even comprehend your own words.
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You are silly. Hdmi makes sense for 99.99% of the users. Using FireWire or something else none of those people want and then use an adapter is silly. Ease of use is important. It is like you don't even comprehend your own words.
There's an external DVD drive available, which does the trick when you do need it once every 5 years. Besides, there're still MacBook Pro models with DVD drives built in, for those who absolutely must have it. DVDs are ridiculously outdated, a single SD card holds many times as much data.
I personally prefer SSD + HDD combo rather than DVD, which is what I have in my 2011 MBP. I'm running numerous VMs (several Windows and Linux virtual machines for software development at work), as well as editing a large amount of my photographs. It is cheaper this way, for the time being, than one enormous SSD.
"Where the Air is tapered, this has a constant thickness throughout."
Perfect! Love the Air, but I'm thrilled that the MBP remains "taperless"!
I think the taper is a bad design choice, I'm glad they decided to leave the form factor along and just shrink the thickness. The MacBook Pro and iPhone 4 are currently the nicest designs Johnny and his team have ever created.
Thanks for the legwork. That's a non-starter for me. 2200 dollars for a laptop with 256 GB. Yikes!
I've looked but is the SSD user upgradeable?
It doesn't seem like the ram is. which is disappointing.
It doesn't seem like the ram is. which is disappointing.
Yea I'll wait for the price to come down, with the hardware they're giving you that's simply not worth the price imo.
While I still happily use my 2008 17" hi res Mbp every day I think their motivations are not that sinister. The biggest issue is likely space and design and a secondary issue of support. Planned obselensce is no higher than third and maybe lower than that.
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.
"forced to keep your old mac"
Yeah i don't think apple is forcing you to do anything. if you followed the rumors this is pretty much what everyone expected.
Pretty much the most idiotic post i've seen today.
Can someone tell me exactly what has been updated on Mac Pros? Thanks
http://gizmodo.com/5917271/the-mac-...nd-of-updated-one-of-its-most-venerable-lines
ITT: People moaning and groaning about features 95% of people don't use but are shocked Apple would drop them.
going to wait
Trying to subdue the Magpie reflex "Oooh, new shiny, faster etc. MBP/MBA..."
I'm very curious about the battery life differences with the retina display and without.
My 2010 iMac and current iPad work just fine so I'll stifle the magpie inside me squawking something fierce.
Trying to subdue the Magpie reflex "Oooh, new shiny, faster etc. MBP/MBA..."
I'm very curious about the battery life differences with the retina display and without.
My 2010 iMac and current iPad work just fine so I'll stifle the magpie inside me squawking something fierce.
Okay I'm seriously missing something here.
The high-end rMBP upped to 16GB RAM is cheaper than the normal 15" MBP upped to 16GB RAM and the same 512GB SSD ... why is there complaining here? The rMBP seems amazing, and finally an HDMI too!
The high-end rMBP upped to 16GB RAM is cheaper than the normal 15" MBP upped to 16GB RAM and the same 512GB SSD ... why is there complaining here? The rMBP seems amazing, and finally an HDMI too!
A Thunderbolt port can be used for Thunderbolt, Firewire* and Ethernet*
But an Ethernet port can only be used for Ethernet...
*Adapter required
Apple will always tell you the SSD is not upgradeable. THey say that for the macbook air. You won't actually know until someone tears it down.
The majority of consumers use HDMI for most of their products now, it's simple to use, no one wants to plug in adapters etc.
It may have a higher resolution now, but with the 4K televisions on the horizon, it won't be higher, HDMI 1.4 has a maximum output resolution of 4096x2160, therefore a massive increase the already massive resolution of the new MacBook.
Your post is is utter nonsense.
People talking about the minimal amount of thickness reduction have no concept of proportion. It is like saying a 4'3" person is almost as tall as a 5'6" person.
Grrr what the hell is it with the glossy screens? I want MATTE, ANTI-GLARE, NON-GLOSSY. What's the point of having extra crisp typography when all you can see is the floor lamp behind you?
Apple have stated the new glossy screen has a 75% reduction in glare, i personally prefer the glossy screen, looks so smart.
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Does anyone know if you can turn the HiDPI mode off? I know you would need a magnifying glass for UI elements, but it could possibly be cool for a few use case scenarios, none of which I can think of now except for the cool factor of seeing a desktop that expansive
It's soldered in. Period. It's not a stand-alone SATA pluggable SSD. Check the Keynote Videos.