$2199 starting price...oh man!![]()
$2199 starting price...oh man!![]()
Does it still have the DVD drive or did they remove it?
Holy Crap Sticks Apple!!! But I think they could have given the current gen MB Pro better graphics if they've managed to squeeze the 650m into the new thin model!
Still... oh and they should have also included 802.11 AC wireless... but man that's a nice looking machine.
Please for the love of all things holy, 802.11ac isn't a ratified final standard and its uses are so niche and obscure that right now it is techno marketing buzz rather than a real world useful technology.
802.1N wasn't finalised either for OVER a year when Apple started using it! So your argument is bogus on that one plus Netgear and others have started using it in CONSUMER devices!
If your going to drop ethernet on a machine starting from $2200 then you should include the latest wireless.
Looks like I'll be passing on this one. It looks great but I can't spend that kind of money right now.$2199 starting price...oh man!![]()
If this new MacBook Pro has the RAM soldered on the motherboard, forget that. I will NOT pay outragious prices on RAM from Apple. Old MBP, here I come!
How about rubbing two brain cells together and reading up on 802.11ac given that it is using the 5Ghz frequency - and we all know how 'wonderful' the coverage is with that. Btw, I'm connected to my router right now at 450Mbps, why the hell do I need anything faster at the moment? you seem to be hyped on believing you *MUST* have the bleeding edge technology or your life won't be complete!
How about you step off!! Bring your head out of the clouds...... facts are facts, 802.11n was NOT finalised for ages and ALL the manufacturers were using it. And in my book, if your going to drop GIGABIT ethernet from a machine, charge a lot for it, but NOT implement the replacement wireless technology which other manufactures ARE using and that includes laptops, then it's not good enough.
can anyone confirm is the RAM also soldered too?
From the pictures of the Logic Board everything looks soldered in...including the SSD chips.
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List me 6 laptops from big name mainstream vendors that are using 802.11ac already.
There's absolutely no reason why these pro machines shouldn't carry a hard disk as well for the bulk of the file storage. All the more so when the optical is gone
If apple only have ssds in there they are going to be SHAMELESS once AGAIN, and they are going to be doing it for just one REASON that is to PROFIT OBSCENELY from the buyers because the bulk of their HIGH MARGINS is made from their deals in flash storage.![]()
Priced for idiots. Nobody will pay that price JUST for a retina screen that has ZERO impact on your usage or productivity.
consumers will buy the new retina macbook marketing triumph and buy the laptop whatsoever.
i think as far as professionals go a lot will depend on whether the ram or/and ssd are user replaceable (from the looks of it they are not but still we should wait and see)
8GB are ok for now but in 2-3 years time they won't be.