New rMBP To Feature More Than Just New Processor

This couldn't have gone in the Waiting for Haswell Mega-thread?

 

Probably a combination of waiting for inventory to get used up, and waiting to make a splash for x-mas shopping.

 

some people have been waiting since April...

the new Retina better fly, have lasers, and cure cancer so as to not dissapoint

 

This rumor is about two months old and probably accounts for part of the wait (if it's true of course):

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/26...-high-end-haswell-processors-for-macbook-pro/

It must take time to build up enough inventory of these processors.

At this late time Apple might be waiting for Mavericks but since it's hard to say how close Mavericks is to GM that's difficult to say too. But if Apple is going more for performance upgrades with Haswell compared to the MB Airs where battery life was the priority, then Mavericks might be necessary to get the extra battery life Apple is likely going to tout.

It's been such a long wait that I wouldn't rule anything out, even a 17" rMBP or different colors/finishes to the rMBP's even though IMO these are not likely.

 

If you want to know what the next MBP will be, look at what Samsung is about to release. Lately those little guys have been coming out with things before Apple i.e.color phones.

 

Probably Thunderbolt 2. That's my guess anyway.

 

My guess is they need both mavericks and Haswell combined to each the battery life they want. I doubt we will see TB2 yet as IIRC it is not supported natively yet.

 

i mean the last macbook pro came out the same time last year so it's not shocking

 

I think the only thing holding up the release of Haswell rMBPs is the accumulation of sufficient numbers of suitable Haswell processors.

The feature improvements I expect to see are:
- Haswell CPUs (definitely)
- 802.11ac (definitely)
- PCIe SSD (definitely)
- 1080p FaceTime camera (probably)
- Thunderbolt 2 (maybe)

 

I don't agree with the logic of the opening post.

Reason is because Apple is waiting to officially announce their best selling computer device in the MBP?

That too, the new design is just a year old. Seriously... what can they change or improve? Maybe they'll add an ethernet port due to the backlash. But that's about it.

 

An Ethernet port would require making the rMBPs thicker. I would be astonished if Apple were to do that.

 

Yea you're right.

Maybe it will come with another usb port?

 

I think you're right for the Haswell, 802,11AC and PCIe SSD which would be a definite upgrade. However, by looking at the new Haswell iMac, I can't see 1080p is happening. I think the new camera will be improved in low light just like the new iPhone 5C & 5S. Thunderbolt 2 isn't on the new iMac as well so...

Surprise us!

 

This is the only commentary...

This commentary alone, I treat as the bible and prophecy for anything this red juicy fruit company attempts to push out, check this out:

http://youtu.be/GpH4hrV38J0?t=37s


The message behind it we can all get right? They keep putting things out a little behind every other PC company and yet so many of us sit at the edge of our seats drooling at anti-climatic releases for the past 6 years.

I'm waiting for 2025 Oct. personally..

^_^

 

OP, could you imagine the wattage a 17 rMBP would consume?

 

I'm expecting new price points or Apple just wants to demonstrate Mavericks on at least 1 new machine they are releasing.

 

The power consumption of the display would scale with its area. The space available for the battery would scale similarly, so I don't see any problem there.

 

i don't think the iMac is a 'pro' product, the mac pro and the macbook pro are 'pro' products, thus i believe they will have thunderbolt 2 so they can take advantage of possibly a 4k cinema display to come along side the mac pro

also hdmi 2.0 was released on sep 4 which also might be a reason for the delays so the 'pro' product can connect to a 4k monitor at 60fps

also i read an article that at the time of the air release intel had not manufactured many quad core chips yet.

it makes sense for them to stick to their update schedule that falls in october

and mavericks will help them push their 'improved battery' claims further for the presentation

so i think the above are the real reasons why there is a delay, i highly doubt IZGO or fingerprint or ext...

 

sorry to ask ..but the CPU on the iMacs aren't better than macbook pros?
the dGPU on the iMACS aren't better than macbook pros?
the Ram on the imacs isn't better than macbook pros?

so imac is not a PRO product because is call simple iMAC and not iMAC PRO

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i really hope they put a choice on macbook pro 15"

base model with Iris Pro
high model with 755M

and maybe a 17" macbook with 775M

 

if you want to compare a laptop to an imac then you might consider the imac 'pro'

but in reality the imac is normal desktop, the mac pro is pro desktop (designed for people who do intensive stuff)

the mba/cmbp are normal laptop, the rmbp is pro laptop (designed for people who do intensive stuff)

the chances that someone with an imac would purchase a 4k monitor is much lower in comparison to a person with a rmbp purchasing a 4k monitor (and actually needing it to run at 60Hz vs the 30Hz TB1 can do)