can someone confirm from memory whether or not when you click store and see the NEW icons that it was only on the iPad and Apple TV? I recall those being on some of the macs too. Apple usually leaves that NEW icon on even when it's not "new"
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Yeh Apple will bore us to death by trying to explain how adding USB 3.0 will make the thick & ugly MacBook Pros the 'leading edge' of Notebook computers!
I'm hoping this doesn't mean that the new "thin" macbook pro's are getting ultra book level graphic cards and not 15" notebook class graphic cards
Totally called no resign.
I'll go as far as to say there will be NO major changes to any of the MacBooks. Sandy Bridge, that's it. Maybe USB 3.0. Otherwise things will stay exactly the same.
Calling it now: No retina tomorrow.
I'll go as far as to say there will be NO major changes to any of the MacBooks. Sandy Bridge, that's it. Maybe USB 3.0. Otherwise things will stay exactly the same.
Calling it now: No retina tomorrow.
I am prepared for disappointment.
And for my quad core 15" to retain a bit more value thru this update.
...One thing that never gets mentioned much is how the fancy quad core config eats through a full battery in about 2 hrs.
And for my quad core 15" to retain a bit more value thru this update.
...One thing that never gets mentioned much is how the fancy quad core config eats through a full battery in about 2 hrs.
Basically, this. Who knows what tomorrow will bring but people need to learn to bridle their expectations. Most of these "analysts" just throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks. They rarely have any more info than we do and sites like this and others need things to post in order to maintain traffic/interest so they report the conjecture.
It's all a part of the dance so don't get so emotionally invested that you're devestated when 90% of it turns out to be bulls@!t.
If there is USB 3.0 then there is Ivy Bridge. Even if there wasn't USB 3.0, they'll still be upgraded to Ivy Bridge. (Apple always uses the newest offerings from Intel.)
We'll see about your call. If there are no Retina displays, then why all the new software to support it?
Makes sense
Schedule-wise, it doesn't make the best sense to redesign the model for Ivy Bridge, which is just a minor tweak to the existing Sandy Bridge. Haswell is supposed to bring thinner designs and Apple doesn't want to redesign the MBP twice in two years, why not wait until Haswell is released for the redesign?
Schedule-wise, it doesn't make the best sense to redesign the model for Ivy Bridge, which is just a minor tweak to the existing Sandy Bridge. Haswell is supposed to bring thinner designs and Apple doesn't want to redesign the MBP twice in two years, why not wait until Haswell is released for the redesign?
Please Apple; please make the optical drive, FW, and Ethernet disappear. Vast majority of the users have not used any of these features for years. Please don't make us having to carry around these monstrosities for several more years. They have already outlived their useful life by quite some time now, and should be living on borrowed time....
I think people got excited at the idea that Apple had initiated a "controlled leak" because of sites like Bloomberg reporting on it. At least that's why I believed these rumors to be more credible than normal.
Can we call it what the rest of the industry calls it already? HiDPI.
HiDPI will likely come tomorrow, as many other vendors already have it, but as I mentioned before, battery is a concern with the newer chipset, and with the extra juice needed on the GPU, I wasn't expecting a redesign. Wait for the Intel 'tock' next year.
HiDPI will likely come tomorrow, as many other vendors already have it, but as I mentioned before, battery is a concern with the newer chipset, and with the extra juice needed on the GPU, I wasn't expecting a redesign. Wait for the Intel 'tock' next year.
I wouldn't hold my breath. Apple still ships a notebook with 512MB GPU VRAM today. Heck they were shipping one with 256MB as recent as last year. 1GB is all you're getting and you must love it.
It would be so funny if tomorrow's keynote was:
1. Massive overhaul of iOS with stunning new streamlined UI and a raft a new features that blows everything else out of the water.
2. Massive leap forward with OSX and the announcement that they have started development on the next big OS to replace OSX.
3. Redesigned MBP and iMac.
4. Spec bumps for MBA, Mac Mini and Mac Pro.
5. One More Thing - new iPhone.
All available today.
1. Massive overhaul of iOS with stunning new streamlined UI and a raft a new features that blows everything else out of the water.
2. Massive leap forward with OSX and the announcement that they have started development on the next big OS to replace OSX.
3. Redesigned MBP and iMac.
4. Spec bumps for MBA, Mac Mini and Mac Pro.
5. One More Thing - new iPhone.
All available today.
I'd be very happy if there's no redesign. The current MBP form factor is what I want.
All I want to be added is Ivy Bridge, USB3, SATA3 ports that work well with SATA3 SSDs and possibly a Retina display. I already have a SATA3 SSD ready to put into the new MBP. I would like to keep the optical drive and the ethernet port is essential. I wouldn't mind losing firewire though but that'd still be nice to have.
All I want to be added is Ivy Bridge, USB3, SATA3 ports that work well with SATA3 SSDs and possibly a Retina display. I already have a SATA3 SSD ready to put into the new MBP. I would like to keep the optical drive and the ethernet port is essential. I wouldn't mind losing firewire though but that'd still be nice to have.
I totally agree. Going from 2" to <1" mattered to me. Going from .68 to .53 or whatever the numbers are these days really doesn't matter as much to me as thermal performance and inclusion of multiple ports/drives.
Man, only one mention of CS6 in this whole thread. As a pro video user, the switch to nVidia is huge. If I can load one of these up with at least 16GBs of faster RAM, have Thunderbolt AND USB 3.0, an onboard SSD or two and an nVidia GPU, suddenly Raytracing in AE CS6 is looking a lot more appealing.
I gave up the MacBook Pro and have been using the MacBook Air and iMac duo for a few years now and really think they compliment each other very well.
I think I'll skip MBP this year and just get a Mini when they update it, to complement my 2010 13" Air, which has been an awesome road warrior for 18 months now. Not much I've seen that is compelling enough to shell out $2K for the new MBP. If we see 15" MBP with Nvidia and Retina, then I'll reconsider.
Ha. For iPhone and iPad yes. But NOT work 2 year out on notebook. You just hear that about iPhone and make up conclusion about notebook. Is not smart.
Apple, please make a new MBP that I can fapple about.
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Here's hoping that all of the MBP's get the "retina" display and not just the rumoured thinner one.
I used FW and optical drive today. I used Ethernet cable on Friday at work. In all three cases I used them in ways for which there is no alternative. At my 1000+ person workplace (DoD) there are no plans to transition to wifi, and we are not allowed to use thumb drives - external sharing of large files is strictly by optical media or via the cloud. Not saying that we are the rule, but there are tens of thousands of users for whom omission of ethernet or optical would be absolute deal-breakers.
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WTF? Based on what? I freelance and work onsite doing motion graphics for a myriad of clients and use all 3 features daily. Most clients have a locked down wireless network that is too slow to dump 200 GBs of video files and firewire drives are still HUGE. I use my optical drive a lot less but I'm getting the impression there aren't so many pro users chiming in.