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New Photos of 13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Show Battery Layout, Ports, and More [Updated]

theuserjohnny said:
My bad the article on the 15inch MBA was on the other Mac website!

http://9to5mac.com/2011/11/19/apple-scrapped-15-inch-macbook-air-for-2010-rebuilding-it-for-2012/
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Thanks lol, ironically I found it at the same time as you posted it.

This is probably, greatly in fact the 15" rMBP though lol. I think I will have to close my hope for the 15" Air and just think it like this:

The 15" rMBP will eventually have the thinness and weight of an "Air" 10 years from now lol.

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wditters said:
*If* the Air goes Retina, then yes it will increase in thickness. I doubt that by next year they will have found new ways to shave another 1-2 millimetres off a Retina screen's thickness. Then again, I can see the point of Retina on a rMBP, but I can perfectly live with an Air w/o Retina, its main raison d'être being its thinness and not its screen quality ....
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I too can live without a rMBA.. But would be tempted to jumpship to a retina Mac product. Guess it's just one of the luxuries Apple and technology spoiled us with..
 
Hell0W0rld said:
I just want some surprises to be left over for the actual event. Is that really so much to ask for?
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Sure you want surprises. But you want 'em NOW! That's why you are here in the first place. You even bothered to comment on that *rumour*. You want it! We know you want it! NOW!

;)
 
15" macbook pro has the image retention problem and i presume the same problem will be with the 13" models. I really dont think retina display is something apple needed to come up with. I would want to see a better gpu than a different display. retina or non retina Apple needs to revamp the whole processor stuff
 
Inte gpu is good and infact very good but still not enough when it comes to 2560x1600 or 1440 resolution...just not there yet :cool:
 
faroZ06 said:
Brod00d, my $1000 Mac Pro with the $80 display is better than the best MBPR.

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Have you tried Mountain Lion? It can do everything that Snow Leopard can do and more except for emulating PPC processors with Rosetta (infuriating how they got rid of Rosetta). You don't have to use the new stuff if you don't like it, but there's nothing to hate about the iOS features in it. They're all pretty useful except for dictation. The Notification Center is like Growl but way better and built-in.
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I'm talking about the custom being more powerful -.-
 
No dGPU = Not Pro

It really boils down to this, if you are a user who doesn't see the need -or much less the requirement- for a dedicated GPU, then you are NOT a Pro user and do not need an actual pro device; the Macbook Air is more suitable.

For professionals/gamers who actually run serious programs and multiple applications at the same time, having a dGPU is very very desirable option and if Apple leaves this out of their $1600+ 13" laptop range I am part of that demographic who will skip this one.

I think their decision to include the dGPU will more importantly reflect the overall direction and leadership decisions that are now being made at Apple.

If they leave the dGPU out they will have made a product that is considerably less attractive to real professionals and offers very little benefit over the 13" Air. If they do include the dGPU, then the 13" will be beyond any reasonable doubt the best 13" on the market and professionals will have very little reason to complain about anything.
 
nfineon said:
It really boils down to this, if you are a user who doesn't see the need -or much less the requirement- for a dedicated GPU, then you are NOT a Pro user and do not need an actual pro device; the Macbook Air is more suitable.

For professionals/gamers who actually run serious programs and multiple applications at the same time, having a dGPU is very very desirable option and if Apple leaves this out of their $1600+ 13" laptop range I am part of that demographic who will skip this one.

I think their decision to include the dGPU will more importantly reflect the overall direction and leadership decisions that are now being made at Apple.

If they leave the dGPU out they will have made a product that is considerably less attractive to real professionals and offers very little benefit over the 13" Air. If they do include the dGPU, then the 13" will be beyond any reasonable doubt the best 13" on the market and professionals will have very little reason to complain about anything.
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:eek: Nothing to complain about?! Can't let that happen now can we?
 
nfineon said:
It really boils down to this, if you are a user who doesn't see the need -or much less the requirement- for a dedicated GPU, then you are NOT a Pro user and do not need an actual pro device; the Macbook Air is more suitable.
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For me, its a bigger screen.... I hate 13 inch.. Too small.... And i'm no professional. I've used one several times, and just coudn t get used to it.
 
nfineon said:
For professionals/gamers who actually run serious programs and multiple applications at the same time, having a dGPU is very very desirable option and if Apple leaves this out of their $1600+ 13" laptop range I am part of that demographic who will skip this one.
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If you remove the "gamers" part of the equation, very few pros actually need a discrete GPU as the Intel GPU is good enough for pretty much any task outside of complex 3D rendering.
 
I'm just a casual user, but I still want IPS & high DPI screen, as it's what I stare at for a long time, better viewing angle and more clarity of text will be much appreciate, I hope the price isn't too high though. I'll upgrade from my 13" Air regardless when they refresh it with Haswell next year.
 
0092762 said:
If you remove the "gamers" part of the equation, very few pros actually need a discrete GPU as the Intel GPU is good enough for pretty much any task outside of complex 3D rendering.
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So, the discrete GPU is not required then? Or is just "a coincidence" that it kicks in for external use?
 
Mother

F#CK this thing if it doesn't have USB 3.0. Thunderbolt is almost absolutely nowhere, and we'd all like faster data transfer speeds. You're lagging behind in some respects, Apple, and your arrogance is showing. :mad:
 
OK, where's the repro then? Aren't they include EarPods, are they? </irony>
 
chuuchhackz said:
F#CK this thing if it doesn't have USB 3.0. Thunderbolt is almost absolutely nowhere, and we'd all like faster data transfer speeds. You're lagging behind in some respects, Apple, and your arrogance is showing. :mad:
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Umm, you saw in the photos there's 2 USB ports? Every Mac updated in the last few months has migrated from 2.0 to 3.0 spec ports, including the revised 13", all the Airs and all both lines of 15" MBPs.

I think it's *highly* unlikely they wouldn't update both the ports to 3.0 ...
 
chuuchhackz said:
F#CK this thing if it doesn't have USB 3.0. Thunderbolt is almost absolutely nowhere, and we'd all like faster data transfer speeds. You're lagging behind in some respects, Apple, and your arrogance is showing. :mad:
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There's no chance it WON'T have USB 3.0. You realize all MBPs have it now, right?
 
D.T. said:
Umm, you saw in the photos there's 2 USB ports? Every Mac updated in the last few months has migrated from 2.0 to 3.0 spec ports, including the revised 13", all the Airs and all both lines of 15" MBPs.

I think it's *highly* unlikely they wouldn't update both the ports to 3.0 ...
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Yeah, all current Apple notebooks has usb3. It would be very odd if they decided to downgrade to usb2 for this particular high end 13" model.
 
bushido said:
tell me about it, i see people run windows XP on their macbook pro at uni, it breaks my heart a little
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I'm afraid that is shear stupidity. I can understand people dual booting a Mac with something like Windows 7, but dual booting with something as old as the earth and a complete eye sore...?
 
nfineon said:
If they leave the dGPU out they will have made a product that is considerably less attractive to real professionals and offers very little benefit over the 13" Air. If they do include the dGPU, then the 13" will be beyond any reasonable doubt the best 13" on the market and professionals will have very little reason to complain about anything.
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Which professionals want a 13" laptop? Stamp collectors who like to look at pictures of stamps in 1:1 scale, one at a time? If you work in video, graphic design or audio/music these dinky screen sizes are useless. You spend more time scrolling and collapsing/expanding dozens of tool panels than you do on creation. Creative pros need 13" laptops like demolition crews need ping-pong sized wrecking balls. Besides, Apple abandoned that demographic long ago, the minute they had secured this demographic:

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/05/21/kristen-wiig/two-******s_458.jpg
 
bushido said:
tell me about it, i see people run windows XP on their macbook pro at uni, it breaks my heart a little
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Only a little? I go through through roof on this.

Its utter stupidity...... Its one thing using a Mac as a Mac, in addition to Windows (Bootcamp), but with the intention of BUYING a Mac and more importantly keeping it, just to run Windows alone with no intention of ever using OS X at all, its just nuts

you may as well as saved the $$$ and got what you actually payed the money for.


No excuses for "i changed my mind" thats what the Apple Store is for, and the 14-day return period when you buy online.


croooow said:
what does the "c" in cMPB mean (I think you meant "cMBP")
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Or rMBP.
 
Anuba said:
Which professionals want a 13" laptop? Stamp collectors who like to look at pictures of stamps in 1:1 scale, one at a time? If you work in video, graphic design or audio/music these dinky screen sizes are useless.
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I'm a developer that currently has a 13" MBP and I typically use it with my 30" LCD connected. But I use the 13" screen when I take the laptop with me.



See, I could use a dedicated gfx card for any work that requires it... As things stand now, I have no choice but to want to get a 15" rMBP eventually.
 
subsonix said:
People with portability in mind, a lot of them requested a smaller size when the 12" model was discontinued. (judged by forum traffic at the time)
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Hm. I wish I understood the mindset of a creative pro who sacrifices precious livelihood-earning workspace for the minuscule difference in portability between a 13" rMBP and a 15" one (as if the rMBP 15" was a bundle of bricks). It's like decapitating yourself to save shampoo. Oh well.
 
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