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MacBook Air and 13" Retina MacBook Pro Updated to Improve Speed and Battery Life
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You seriously think they would kill their high-end laptop? Nope.
Just have to be a bit more patient if you're in the market for one of those, I guess.
Sorry, if I've missed this on the main thread, but with respect to the new multiport on the new MacAirs, it seems as if one can get a splitter so you can use external appliances while you are charging...maybe?
And, with all this talk about thinness, I haven't yet seen anything about weight. If the 12 inch is similar in weight to the 11 in non-Retina version, I might be more inclined to go for the latter; for portability, weight matters more to me, I have to say. I realize that makes me NO FUN AT ALL during new product day!
And, with all this talk about thinness, I haven't yet seen anything about weight. If the 12 inch is similar in weight to the 11 in non-Retina version, I might be more inclined to go for the latter; for portability, weight matters more to me, I have to say. I realize that makes me NO FUN AT ALL during new product day!
Why update the 15" MBP's to only update it again a few months down the line when quad core Broadwells are available? Makes no sense.
What are people's thoughts regarding the 13" MBPr spec bump? Will there be another bump coming later this year, or is this it? I'm particularly surprised that 128 GB is the standard SSD and not 256.
I'd like to upgrade soon, as I'm using a late 2008 MB (aluminum), but I want to make sure I'm getting both the latest technology and most bang for my buck.
I'd like to upgrade soon, as I'm using a late 2008 MB (aluminum), but I want to make sure I'm getting both the latest technology and most bang for my buck.
Thank you, Olly. Now for a side-by-side comparison, when it comes in to my local store. That will help with final decision-making, though I'm currently edging toward the 11" - the port issue is more annoying than I thought it would be. I still don't live an entirely wireless life.
Return it and try out the Force Touch Trackpad. Spec bumps and 1 more hour of battery is worth a trip.
The right broadwell processors aren't there yet probably. They'll get a update soon i think.
Might of already been requested, but has anyone got ahold of the wallpapers on these new MacBooks yet? 
They point is that battery life improvements come, in large part, from new CPUs. New CPUs don't exist yet.
Why update the iMac to add an iSight only to switch its entire CPU architecture three months later?
https://www.macrumors.com/2005/10/12/new-imac-frontrow-and-photobooth-apps/
https://www.macrumors.com/2006/01/10/apple-releases-intel-imac/
For ****s sake, Shiller, you rotund shirt tucker. You had one job. ONE GOD DAMNED JOB. Put a retina display in the existing MacBook Airs. That's all you had to do. Instead, you managed to do everything else but that.
Why do I want a Macbook with weird port connectivity that is somehow underpowered vs my current 2013 Macbook Air? Why do I want do give myself a CPU and speed bump on my current Macbook Air when every other device you put out at that size has retina? What the hell is your problem?! Aaaaaaarrrggghhhhh
Why do I want a Macbook with weird port connectivity that is somehow underpowered vs my current 2013 Macbook Air? Why do I want do give myself a CPU and speed bump on my current Macbook Air when every other device you put out at that size has retina? What the hell is your problem?! Aaaaaaarrrggghhhhh
Didn't they update the 15" when they did not update the 13"? No one smells death, or death doesn't smell like you think it smells. Either or.
The only "complaint" on the 13" Retina MBP is I think space grey would have been cool. The lack of ability for the MacBook to use an external monitor is a no-go for me. The 13" remains my favorite year after year.
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Advice, please...
I've been ready to pull the trigger on a decked out 15" and was waiting for this day with hopes that there would be some kind of upgrade, knowing that the processors aren't ready.
So, for those of you who are more used to this kind of dilemma than I am, would you...
1.) Take the gamble waiting for a new 15" version, knowing that it might not even happen at all this year... the processors are supposed to be ready by end of July, but nobody knows for sure.
2.) Get one of the new 13" versions, fully decked out and save myself a few hundred bucks.
3.) Just buy a fully decked out 15" that is available now and forget today ever happened.
Any advice would be fantastic... thanks!
Advice, please...
I've been ready to pull the trigger on a decked out 15" and was waiting for this day with hopes that there would be some kind of upgrade, knowing that the processors aren't ready.
So, for those of you who are more used to this kind of dilemma than I am, would you...
1.) Take the gamble waiting for a new 15" version, knowing that it might not even happen at all this year... the processors are supposed to be ready by end of July, but nobody knows for sure.
2.) Get one of the new 13" versions, fully decked out and save myself a few hundred bucks.
3.) Just buy a fully decked out 15" that is available now and forget today ever happened.
Any advice would be fantastic... thanks!
Little much "Death of the 15" MBP", eh? The 17" were retired due to poor sales.
makes what sells,nothing more,nothing less----------
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