Kind of funny and sad at the same time. The rMBP with Iris Pro, a quad core Haswell, and 16GB of RAM would be the perfect computer. I hope that's what we are going to get in two to three months. Retina is not eye candy to me.
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Pricing Leak Suggests MacBook Air Release at WWDC, Retina MacBook Pro Update Shipping Later?
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Kind of funny and sad at the same time. The rMBP with Iris Pro, a quad core Haswell, and 16GB of RAM would be the perfect computer. I hope that's what we are going to get in two to three months. Retina is not eye candy to me.
Offering backward compatibility and moving into the future are contradictory.
For example, when Apple made the move to Intel chips, OS X contained code for both PowerPC and Intel chips. Then in OS X Lion, Apple removed support for PowerPC, which removed about HALF of the operating system size. This was a major improvement. Code was faster as it didn't have to go down different paths for each processor.
Microsoft can never have as tight code as Apple if they are offering so much backwards compatibility. There are trade-offs to everything, and I prefer Apple's thought process.
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I don't understand why they still have MBP and MBAs since they have basically taken the "pro" specs out of the MBP and have basically turned it into a MBA. The only difference between the two lines seems to be Retina and the MBA has a "slope" design and may be a centimeter "thinner."
I don't understand why they still have MBP and MBAs since they have basically taken the "pro" specs out of the MBP and have basically turned it into a MBA. The only difference between the two lines seems to be Retina and the MBA has a "slope" design and may be a centimeter "thinner."
They are two different products. I don't need a MBA, I can't live without my MBP
Why do you want to get new computers if all you will run on them is 10-20 year old software?
Hope the Macbook Air gets a higher resolution screen size. I'm not talking about Retina. But hopefully a 1080p screen at least..
Definitely!
It would be an instant buy for me if the laptop could get 3G/4G wireless signals like my iPad. It's the main reason I use my iPad on the road, I can surf the web where-ever I am, and for only a $10 fee to my family share plan. It's far more expensive for typical laptop cellular plans.
i assume wifi ac will only work if the router transmits 802.11.ac? prob be a while before everything gets upgraded
I do think Apple would kill off the 15" cMBP while keep making 13" cMBP for students, Apple can't miss the education market.
After I get used to 1080p phones I also have to agree that I can't stand for non-Retina displays anymore.
After I get used to 1080p phones I also have to agree that I can't stand for non-Retina displays anymore.
yes a connector ... exactly. the thing you never have with you when you actually need it ...
glad my rmbp has hdmi built in now even though i havent used it yet lol but its good to have the option if necessarythe macbook air isnt supposed to be a top-notched laptop tho ... its what the white MacBook used to be. the starter model to get people hooked on mac for a "cheaper" price doing basic things while surfing the newyork times page at starbucks
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But in that case people wouldn't add an iPhone to their purchase...
An ultraportable without 3G/LTE support is questionable design. Sucks the power out of your iPhone faster than anything else.
yes a connector ... exactly. the thing you never have with you when you actually need it ...
the macbook air isnt supposed to be a top-notched laptop tho ... its what the white MacBook used to be. the starter model to get people hooked on mac for a "cheaper" price doing basic things while surfing the newyork times page at starbucks
But the original MBA was meant to be an ultra portable. It was thin and light and you had to pay a lot of money for it. Since then it had been demoted to being the entry model
Retina on the Air will probably never happen.
The whole idea of the Air is that it used different components to optimise for size and weight - so no DVD drive, SSD storage, integrated graphics. Against the old MBPs, that made a huge difference.
If you add a Retina display to the MBA, you've just exactly described the 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
13" MBA:
Height: 0.11-0.68 inch (0.3-1.7 cm)
Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 2.96 pounds (1.35 kg)
13" rMBP (difference to MBA):
Height: 0.75 inch (1.9 cm) +10%
Width: 12.35 inches (31.4 cm) -3%
Depth: 8.62 inches (21.9 cm) -3%
Weight: 3.57 pounds (1.62 kg) +20%
The MBP doesn't taper like the MBA does, likely to include a larger battery. It's also got another 300g in weight, again likely due to the larger battery or increased backlighting or whatever.
The point is that the entire reason for the MBA existing is that it's more portable than the MBP. As we can see, it's not really that much more portable that it warrants another line. With a couple of hardware revisions the difference is going to reduce even further.
So the only remaining reason the MBA has to keep existing is its lower cost. If it were to include a Retina display, it would likely have to bulk up a little and the price would increase. It would just be exactly the same as the 13" rMBP.
i need an MBA. the last one a purchased was a lemon.. vertical lines of the screen that would not go away... got my $ back and I've been waiting with money to burn....
However, when the power of the chips and displays goes down, retina may happen on the 11inch model and 13MBA/13rMBP would be merged into a single model
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I want to order the 15rMBP once the back to school promotion starts
I want to use it to write my phd thesis
Please do not delay until August, my thesis would be finished by then
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I want to order the 15rMBP once the back to school promotion starts
I want to use it to write my phd thesis
Please do not delay until August, my thesis would be finished by then
Haswell provides a much better standby time, but not full-power-working time
If the new models come with IGZO display, battery life can be much longer'
If the new models come with IGZO display, battery life can be much longer'
