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Oh, the iPhone 4 (camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS) left at the bar close to Apple's HQ. Gizmodo paid $10K for it.
I know all are skeptical, but who all agrees with this as a wish list?
1) SB i5 option on 13 inch with quad core options on 15 and 17
2) Remove CD and replace with slightly bigger battery on 15 and 17 & dedicated graphics on 13 inch
3) liquid metal casing for looks and radio permeability
4) SSD!!
I think if they can cram all this in the current design, it's well worth to keep it.
1) SB i5 option on 13 inch with quad core options on 15 and 17
2) Remove CD and replace with slightly bigger battery on 15 and 17 & dedicated graphics on 13 inch
3) liquid metal casing for looks and radio permeability
4) SSD!!
I think if they can cram all this in the current design, it's well worth to keep it.
An amazing wish-list. Wonder if it'll come into fruition!
One last thing:
5) Sexy as hell
I've said this during the last five refreshes... BUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTT........
Apple, if you make a 13" with a modern processor and a mid-tier GPU; I will buy it on day one.
Apple, if you make a 13" with a modern processor and a mid-tier GPU; I will buy it on day one.
I know, but just to have standard would be amazing. A buddy of mine got the MBA 13 inch 1.86 C2D and 2GB. He currently has a MBP 13 with 2.66 C2D and 4GB of ram and the air blew it out of the water! The SSD have to be the next step in bottle necking problems on all notebooks.... It would be a huge improvement especially because apple only sicks with the 5000 rpm rotary hard drive.
SSD is by far the most important for me.
Nowadays a better CPU has only a small effect on total performance. Most applications and games have their limits because of the slow HDD's.
I bought a SSD for my toshiba business notebook and the boot time decreased from 17 to 7 secs !!! Furthermore running applications is more smooth and installing programms is double as fast. I have kind of no loading time, when I start Office etc.
Just insane and undervalued in most discussions.
Nowadays a better CPU has only a small effect on total performance. Most applications and games have their limits because of the slow HDD's.
I bought a SSD for my toshiba business notebook and the boot time decreased from 17 to 7 secs !!! Furthermore running applications is more smooth and installing programms is double as fast. I have kind of no loading time, when I start Office etc.
Just insane and undervalued in most discussions.
Yeah, except that people still have large files that they need and big SSDs cost a lot of money. Why should it be the standard? If you need it, order it.
Thats true, but I think if apple makes it standard, then they will design it to save space. Rotary drives are pretty big in comparison and if they make it an option to switch to SSD then they will just make it to take up that space and waste almost half of it! Hopefully apple can make it cheaper for 512GB SSD for others who need it but they do have external...
I just simply don't agree with this. Try converting something high quality from MKV to MP4 in handbrake. I have a 2.4ghz MB unibody with 6GB of ram and PLENTY of space on my HD. I'm not bottlenecking at the HD level or the RAM level....it's ALL about the CPU.
i5 2520M (BTO or top tier 13"), discrete graphics, 128GB SSD, 1440x900 display and I will be completely satisfied. No redesign/LM necessary.
One could make the same argument about MBPs without an optical drive. "Why should that be the standard? If you want one that doesn't have an optical drive, order it."
Because here's the reality. You're both right. People need to store large files that don't require the speeds of SSD. Operating systems and applications don't perform any better with newer processors, but the SSD brings out the true performance of the machine. An option to include both drive types would be ideal and a MUCH better solution than going with a MacBook Air-type of form factor and negating any possibility of large drives. Thus, if they keep the current MacBook Pro form factor (as I figure they will), the next logical step is to allow another option...configurations with SSD/HDD combinations, or SSD/Optical, or HDD/Optical.
The reality that some people seem not to understand is that large storage SSD is not and will not be a reality for years to come - that's why it's not practical for the MBP to go to an Air form factor. Those that want that will argue that external drives and external opticals are the way to go. For me, the fact that my 17" even has to use a VGA dongle annoys me. I understand the reason for it, but it still annoys me.
I hope they pull the optical for an additional HD option to co-exist with the SSD. I know this can be done aftermarket but it would be cool to get it BTO rather than spending an extra $200 or so aftermarket.
Sorry but that is just un-true. When you have a hard drive running at 5400 rpm like apple, thats the fastest you can move data off of it. Loading times include getting the drive up to speed and physically moving the reading needle to specific points on the disk. When you have SSD you don't have to worry about any of this. The information is instantly there, making the clocking speeds on the CPU actually usable. I guarantee if you go to your local apple store right now and ask for any 2 MBPs that are the exact same except for SSD drive and run any comparison, the SSD model will run AT LEAST 2x faster.
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I could live with an external SD if I thereby could get a decent 1 gb dedicated GPU.
I could live with an external SD if I thereby could get a decent 1 gb dedicated GPU.
that would go with the "pro" aspect of the line. I would love that for the 15 and 17, but for the 13 they have to put a good SB processor (i5) for threading and turbo, with a discrete GPU. It's simply not worth the 1500 when it can't last more than 3 years...
Be careful throwing words like "illegal" around.
It is not criminal or illegal to offer money for photos of an unreleased prototype. It may be against Apple's wishes, but it is most definitely NOT illegal.