Are you going to wait for reviews or order right away? I'm ordering right away, but I'll hold off on selling my rMBP before I try it out. But I am sure it'll handle my usage.
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From 15" rMBP to 12" rMBA. Thank you Apple.
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Are you going to wait for reviews or order right away? I'm ordering right away, but I'll hold off on selling my rMBP before I try it out. But I am sure it'll handle my usage.
Ah, the retina screen. I completely overlooked that part in the decision process.
I don't disagree with anything you've written, but I'm an avid CC user. The retina 13" MBP choked on Audition, InDesign and even PhotoShop on occasion, despite having an i7 dual-core processor and 16GB RAM. I wish I could see how the new rMB would run CC apps anywhere near as effectively as my quad-core MBP, but I can't.
I'd love to order one, but proof is in the performance. Will you let me know how you fare?
I hope you post a review. I'm curious as to how the Core M will handle intensive Photoshop tasks such as stitching.
I wonder this too. And they chose the much more powerful 15" as well. I thought they were being sarcastic.
Anyway, I'm really interested in the MacBook as an iPad replacement. My 15" MBP is docked as a desktop with multiple monitors. I take my iPad with a keyboard cover to school to take notes on.
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And OS X. Big difference.
I know your comment wasn't directed towards me, but I'll be sure to do a review. I don't do Photoshop, but I'll definitely push the Core M. I will buy the 1.3 GHz model as soon as we can order.
I don't know how many of us are going to order right away, but I am. I travel daily so having it ASAP would benefit me.
I'd wait until someone tries the new machine with Photoshop. Might work fine for occasional use; might be unbearable. Try before you buy, or wait for some review or user to address a similar use-case, is my advice.
You're actually, very very right!... It's a mistake to talk about a 12" rMBA. Nobody's giving that kind of description on Apple's side...
1) Apple may be considering to kill the "Air" line (with the non-retina display) by the end of 2015 (or early 2016....).
2) In 2016 we'll surely see the 12" rMB with Haswell and I prophesize there will be a bigger mate with 14" rMB.
3) If above comes out true, the 2016 rMBP line may have a 15" model and a re-incarnated 17" rMB model with Skylake; but the 13" rMBP may be dropped off to give way to that 14" rMB.
We won't ever see a rMB with Haswell because there is no Haswell Core M.
Also, I think you're losing your mind, because the Pro line (Core i-u) won't eb mixed with the Core M.
With video messaging so useful now for business and private use, Apple has gone backwards rather than forward. No reason why they couldn't have made the camera at least 720p if not higher.
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Yepper. Minus the touchscreen.
All I can speak of is my personal experience.
My 15" rMBP can run Photoshop, Illustrator, Safari with many tabs open, Spotify and other software at the same time without ANY hiccups.
I've used Photoshop on my friend 13" rMBP and it ran it completely butter smooth.
Both of these machines had 8GB of RAM which is indeed the main factor while working with software like this.
Now... The new rMB 12" also has 8GB ram and fast SSD. I'm pretty confident that it will run my software well enough while being extremely more portable.
I do recognize the fact that it has noticeably weaker CPU, but the iGPU is pretty much in par with the 13" rMBP.
I don't think it will be a problem for the 12" rMB to run Photoshop or Illustrator.
Only major things I need to find out are if 12" is too limiting, how well the rMB works with extrnal display if needed and does it have heating problems due to fanless design.
Only time will tell.
I also have a 15" rMBP (2012) and the new MB is enticing. After using a 2014 mini for most of my computing lately I'm sure the new MB could handle the majority of my use without a problem. But right now I don't think I could make the move completely as I'm concerned the iGPU and Core M are just too limiting for some of the apps I use and also any type of gaming (I don't do much, but want the option). What concerns me even more though is the lack of even one USB3 port. Perhaps in a few years everything will be USB Type C, but we're not there yet. To have to carry around a dongle just in case I need to us a USB flash drive while at work or traveling would be very annoying.
Even so it's a very tempting machine and would be great for travel. But I'll probably wait until the next revision or so to see where Apple takes it.
Even so it's a very tempting machine and would be great for travel. But I'll probably wait until the next revision or so to see where Apple takes it.
Are you sure about that? MBA has fairly similar specs to 13" rMBP which runs Photoshop and Illustrator very well.
I am basing it on my previous MBA, but I imagine it's specs are still more than the new MB.
From memory it was a 2011 1.8Ghz i7.
The new Macbook is meant to be a portable computer that lets you access to do your stuffs whole you are on the road where portability is a must. You should have another computer as primary which will be your work horse.
If I had to work on the road all the time, I would have an iMac 27" 5k and the new macbook.
If your point is to be able to work anywhere and you only need one machine, the nMB is definitely not for your. My 2cents.
If I had to work on the road all the time, I would have an iMac 27" 5k and the new macbook.
If your point is to be able to work anywhere and you only need one machine, the nMB is definitely not for your. My 2cents.
I completely disagree with that. I've encountered people on MacRumors who use the 11-inch Air as their sole machine!
I'm coming from the 13" rMBP, which was my sole machine without any external monitor. And that'll also be the case with the new MacBook for me. Going down one inch isn't a big deal, and I travel a lot.
The Air is completely different. Mainly because more powerful CPU, TB, USB-A, and SD card reader. I would use a 11" MBA as a primary machine any day, not the 12".
I too feel it should be cheaper. Eventually we will get there in terms of offer today's processing power in a 12" 2lbs Macbook but not now. I'm excited for Apple killing off the ports in terms of driving innovation to promote a complete wireless world but the technology isn't quite there yet.
One day we will be able to connect wirelessly to a 5k 60hz external display or download or upload data to local drives or offsite well over Gigabytes per second.
Most people chose the Pro over the Air because of screen size and performance, NOT the ports. LOL... the term "Pro" should be removed now, and the product lines should be merged. Without dedicated graphics, the difference between the pro and air and macbook are getting fewer and fewer. I say release a 12 and a 15 Macbook, and be done with it. Apple just needs a USB C docking\port dongle, and would solve about every pitfall imaginable with flattening the lineup into a single line.
Though I think there's a little ego that comes into play with a subset of those who buy the "Pro" ... and even if they dropped the name and kept the exact same specs they would feel slighted for not being termed a "Pro" anymore, as if it were in insult to their personal worth.
I could buy an x-ray machine, but that doesn't make me a doctor. But then again, people are blinded by marketing... look at credit cards.... used to be if you had a gold card you had arrived... but now there's platinum, diamond, palladium, titanium... and if you have gold, you're slumming it. People are such sheep when it comes to marketing badges companies use. My personal favorite is "Elite" ... you have a "Platinum Elite" status... you and 12,000,000 other of our customers who signed up for it (aka bought the MacBook "Pro").
Ok, my ranting diatribe is now complete. I need a shower.
Glad to hear - I look forward to it.
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Strange. I run PS on my 11" 2012 MBA all the time and it's never choked. I usually have Lightroom open and running at the same time, processing large RAW files in both. So...either you're speculating or you're having some really bad luck.
The MBA have much more processing power than the Intel Core-M CPU. I can't wait to see benchmark on this. at 4.5w TDP, it's basically a tablet CPU in a laptop...