Haswell rMBP 15 reviewed

[bbbigca]

Here's a short review on the new high-end rMBP 15 w/512GB SSD:

2013 Haswell 15-inch Retina display MacBook Pro Review

In short - it's fast!!

 

[Broadus]

Good first impression review, but I'm waiting to see a good review on the entry-level 15".

 

[pixpixpix]

not a review

That's a nice little blurb but not a review just a reiteration of what's in the box.

 

[TonyHoyle]

That's slow.. this 12 month old office PC gets a geekbench of 12,410 so I'd expect a top of the line macbook to far exceed that. Hopefully better benchmarks will appear later.

 

[TheCakeIsALie]

anything in the i5/i7 era will feel fast if you come from c2d...

 

[UBS28]

That's slow.. this 12 month old office PC gets a geekbench of 12,410 so I'd expect a top of the line macbook to far exceed that. Hopefully better benchmarks will appear later.

I see a 2013 rMBP 2.3 ghz i7 scoring 13,255 in the benchmarks.

http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks

 

[bbbigca]

That's a nice little blurb but not a review just a reiteration of what's in the box.

Well I did run some benchmark, and more content is coming!

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I see a 2013 rMBP 2.3 ghz i7 scoring 13,255 in the benchmarks.

http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks

Hmm that's odd; when I click on that link, apparently that submission is no longer there?

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geek..."Intel Core i7-4960HQ" frequency:2600 bits:32

 

[bbbigca]

Benchmark figures updated

Updated review of new Haswell MacBook Pro, with Tomb Raider benchmark and Windows Experience Index.

 

[neutrino23]

I saw one at the Apple store last night. As quickly as you select something it just happens right away. This was the 2.3GH with 512GB. I'll get one next week after I return from a trip. I currently have a 17 inch i7 from 2010. This new one is hugely more responsive.

 

[iKrivetko]

Comparing the Iris Pro to the 750 would be great. Even better if you could compare native OS X games.

 

[bbbigca]

Comparing the Iris Pro to the 750 would be great. Even better if you could compare native OS X games.

This is interesting; I just tried to download and install the driver for Intel Iris Pro 5200 (I noticed my system was only showing the Nvidia GT 750M in Device Manager), and basically the driver installer refuses to install, as if it doesn't see qualifying hardware.

I will see if I can dig up some Mac games and do a comparison between the two, run them in forced mode.

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I saw one at the Apple store last night. As quickly as you select something it just happens right away. This was the 2.3GH with 512GB. I'll get one next week after I return from a trip. I currently have a 17 inch i7 from 2010. This new one is hugely more responsive.

Yeah, I think it's due to the updated PCIe SSD storage. It's very very very fast.