Photos of Claimed New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Logic Board Show NVIDIA GT 650M, Retained Layout

mattkilla420 said:
i really hope you are right and they do have a thinner/lighter design. once the mac mini got the odd dropped, i had no reason to doubt that apple would also drop the odd on their macbooks.
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I can see another scenario. In the past Apple has been hesitant to add too much choice to their lineup. Considering the number of people buying Macs, that made a lot of sense. Today there are a lot more people interested in these computers, making it plausible to expand the lineup a little bit.

Here's the scenario:

Portables:

MacBook Air: 11" & 13". Same wedge design, eventually getting thinner. Upgraded internals, integrated GPU, retina display

MacBook: 15" to start, perhaps adding 13" later. As thin as the Air at it's thickest point. No ODD, FW800, Ethernet-but has dedicated GPU, fast processor, SSD, retina display, built in RAM. Marketed as the full-powered notebook of choice for consumers.

MacBook Pro: 15", maybe 17". Upgraded internals, retina display, retains legacy ports. Configurable 'til you're blue in the face.

Desktops:

Mac Mini: Retains same design, upgraded internally as tech allows. Ivy Bridge will support retina display monitors.

iMac: Possible thinner, chinless redesign. Retina display, Ditches legacy ports, maybe retains ethernet. Marketed as the desktop of choice for consumers.

Mac Pro: Probably retains existing design, internals upgraded appropriately, retains legacy ports. All GPU options support retina resolutions. Configurable 'til you're blue in the face.

It used to be a desktop and a portable for consumers, and a desktop and a portable for pros. The market has changed, the "Prosumer" is now a major force in the market and Apple's market share has grown to the point that it can offer some choice. They understand that pros are less concerned with having the flashiest toys and are more concerned with all their stuff continuing to work. They also know that they can't just abandon that market, there's a lot of value in the fact that creative professionals choose Macs, it's a hell of an endorsement. Doing it this way would allow for innovation on the consumer front, while not alienating pros.

...Or maybe it's 2:30 AM and I need some sleep.
 
wikus said:
That pretty much puts all the rumors of a macbook pro redesign to rest. Looks like the optical drive will continue to be used.

Glad I didn't do anything with my 15" Sandybridge MacBook Pro, I had plans of selling and upgrading but now theres even less incentive to do so.
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Well, if the ODD stays, bump it to Blu-ray! :D
 
Mak47 said:
Mac Pro: Probably retains existing design, internals upgraded appropriately, retains legacy ports. All GPU options support retina resolutions. Configurable 'til you're blue in the face.



...Or maybe it's 2:30 AM and I need some sleep.
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The Pro Tower is getting a new look...smaller and sleeker...no ODD in them.

...Or maybe it's 2:34 AM and I need some sleep :p
 
appleguy123 said:
Looks like all the hopes of a redesign are unfounded. We didn't really have any solid evidence for it anyways. Just analysts and wishes.
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This is proof the Macbook Pro won't be talked about in the WWDC keynote. Anything that is not a major re-design will just get a brief mention elsewhere or just a silent update on the website.
 
marcusj0015 said:
Why do you care about CUDA? No offense, but NVIDIA has deprecated it (AFAIK) and OpenCL is comperable... Idgi.
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Hmm, let's see...Adobe CS6 video is accelerated by it, maybe? It's like there are professionals who need a "pro" version of a MacBook. How weird.
 
I seriously hope this is not true! If there's no redesign with the new macbook pro's tomorrow Apple will disappoint a loooot of people who have been waiting and saving for it!
 
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and the disappointment begins:cool:

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And so we begin the 5 Stages of Apple Product Announcement Grief:

1) Denial-"The rumors of xxx are true, I know it! Apple wouldn't do JUST a spec upgrade! Thy owe us!"

2) Anger-"What?! A spec upgrade?? No xxx or yyy?! What the &$@# are they doing?? Steve would NEVER have let this happen!"

3) Bargaining-"Ok, ok, so this new leak looks real...but...maybe they'll STILL introduce xxx as 'one more thing' or there will be another line to incorporate xxx. There's no way all the rumors COULDN'T be true!"

4) Depression-"Um...ok, 30 seconds left in the keynote. Any time now. ...where's one more thing? ... Oh gosh...that's it. They didn't introduce xxx. Now what an I going to do? I've already been using it in my mind for the two weeks since the rumor came out."

5) Acceptance-Well, they didn't introduce xxx. But that's ok. We really didn't need it anyway. In fact, yeah, that would have been stupid to do. Now, where's my credit card? I need an incremental upgrade..."
 
marcusj0015 said:
Actually CS6 only uses OpenCL...

Not the best article, but it illustrates my point.

http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprot...ug-fixes-and-improved-opencl-performance.html
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No, not really.

http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprot...y-playback-engine-and-adobe-premiere-pro.html

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marcusj0015 said:
Actually CS6 only uses OpenCL...

Not the best article, but it illustrates my point.

http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprot...ug-fixes-and-improved-opencl-performance.html
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marcusj0015 said:
-_- Apple may not use OpenGL 4.2 or even 4.1, but still.

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Link?
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...in regards to After Effects...

http://blogs.adobe.com/toddkopriva/2012/05/gpu-cuda-opengl-features-in-after-effects-cs6.html
 
redesign or not
I just want RETINA DISPLAY

my 5 year old MBP is dying....... I dont think I can wait for another version.
For the Sandy Bridge one, everyone is saying: There is a redesign. None.
Now, there are rumors about having a redesign, but some sources claim otherwise...

sigh.

Just give me the retina display and my credit card is ready
 
Will see tomorrow .... I'm happy with my MBP october 2011 . But if theres a retina display macbook, I'll sell this one on craigslist lol
 
Boe11 said:
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.
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Exactly. I'm not sure why folk are expecting so much hardware stuff from a developer's conference.

And you are so right about the analysts just slinging crap at the wall. One fella said that there was a 50% chance that Apple would introduce new Macbooks. That's not an analysis; that's just a guess.
And I really loved the guy who said, "I've looked at the evidence, read the reports, analysed the data and I believe it can go one of three ways: Apple will retina displays at the WWDC, or they will introduce them after the WWDC, or they will not introduce them at all."

I think this 'doubling down' on secrecy is really working; no one really has a clue what's going on. Later on today, some analyst will put up a crowing web page saying that they called it, but there's been so much finger-in-the-air guesswork going on that someone is bound to have got something right.
 
What's all the hype about a retina display?

The display on my 5 year old MBP seems to be fine. I'm a professional photographer and can see all the detail I need (and I would have thought if anyone needs detail it would be the likes of me). I've got an iPhone 4s (which I think has one) and haven't noticed any difference between it and my iPhone 3! Maybe I'm just going blind in my old age or perhaps when I actually see a images on a retina display I will be convinced - but in the meantime if anyone can explain the practical differences I would be interested!
 
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