Retina MacBook Pro Arriving with Up to 16 GB RAM and 768 GB SSD

[blow45]

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.

 

[Rocketman]

This may be the true desktop replacement portable with that much capacity and speed. Pricey, but that is because of so much solid state memory.

I remind readers i used to post about how my Mac+ under ramdrive mode was faster than pretty much any Mac (within its limitations) till the 9600 came out. Solid state is magical stuff speed wise.

You forget the price you paid about 10 minutes after you work with it.

Rocketman

Check this link on the new PB ports!

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/14998052/

 

[zzLZHzz]

Uhh...no USB 3? What year is it again?

Don't want to jump to conclusions, but I really hope these include faster I/O.

thunderbolt is way faster than usb3.0 and you could get 3.0 from thunderbolt.
that being said, i would support there will be at least one usb 3.0 port

 

[MauerFan]

Would you benefit from dedicated graphics? Four cores? A ******** of RAM?

If this is strictly for school work, Microsoft Office, and lets face it, Facebook, really don't require much processing grunt... a 13" Air would already be overkill in terms of power.

I guess you're right. I also do a lot with baseball statistics, so I might try and find a way to make a database since Mac's version of office doesn't carry Access.

 

[Dainin]

Impressive to see how everyone already responds as if they absolutely "need" the top of the line with retina, 16GB ram and 786GB SSD.

I can truly understand that simply with this newsposting, all your current laptops have stopped working magically which *requires* you to upgrade.

Zipper on my backpack broke last weekend and my MacBook pro made a hasty connection between the concrete and my MagSafe port. I've been going crazy the last week and waiting with my credit card out for the announcements today.

 

[Santabean2000]

768gb = 256gb blade + 512gb 2,5"

Just what I was thinking; MBA SSD goes MBP.

But I don't think the Blade or mSata run at Sata 3? They only run at Sata 2 speeds? Aaahhhh, my head is going to explode hahaha....

Apple bump. Easy enough I suspect.

Should be interesting.

 

[apolloa]

Engadget seems like it will have a VERY good Live Blog of the event here:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/apple-wwdc-2012-liveblog/

Mac Rumors hasn't put one up yet right?

 

[wizard]

Baloney!

As to the new rumored retina machines with the SSDs, as an Apple investor you should recognize the huge risk Apple is taking here. The traditional MBPs will stay around just like the Mac Books did when the new AIRs arrived. After sales are established and production confidence is raised the old style MBPs will go away.

Beyond that it is one extra freaken model line buddy. It isn't a big deal and in this case will likely lead to huge sales.

As an AAPL investor, I don't like what I'm hearing lately. Three different lines of macbooks, rumors of an iPad mini - this kind of balkanization is exactly what drove Apple to near-bankruptcy in the 90's. With the MacBook Pro/Air, you serve two different needs - portability/affordability in one, and features/expandability in the other. How do you market the retina display line separately from the MacBook pro?

Oh let's see maybe it will have a retina screen.

Both address the same group of consumers.

So do the AIRs, especially if the rumored spec increases are true.

If they insist on keeping the traditional Macbook Pro, make the retina display a high-end option, rather than making another line entirely.

Dave

All I can say is I'm glad you don't run the company! Frankly you don't understand why Apple was in the condition it was all those years ago when Steve took over nor why he had to so drastically trim the product line. Today Apple is to large to support itself on such thin product lines. They really need hardware that appeals to more and more users.

 

[dukebound85]

Engadget seems like it will have a VERY good Live Blog of the event here:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/11/apple-wwdc-2012-liveblog/

Mac Rumors hasn't put one up yet right?

here is macrumors

http://www.macrumorslive.com/

 

[MIDI_EVIL]

The crazy thing is the current model accepts just as much storage and RAM, for almost half the price... why is everyone so excited?

 

[lilo777]

This may be the true desktop replacement portable with that much capacity and speed. Pricey, but that is because of so much solid state memory.

I remind readers i used to post about how my Mac+ under ramdrive mode was faster than pretty much any Mac (within its limitations) till the 9600 came out. Solid state is magical stuff speed wise.

You forget the price you paid about 10 minutes after you work with it.

Rocketman

This would be a very weird way to design a desktop replacement laptop. Those replace computers ON THE DESK TOP. In general, they do not have to be very light for they get rarely moved. This would be a very expensive way to replace a desktop computer

 

[xdxdaustin]

As nice as that sounds there will be no way I can afford that. I can't even afford a 768 gb SSD by itself right now

I think your in good company with just about everyone lol so I wouldn't worry about it

 

[lilo777]

The crazy thing is the current model accepts just as much storage and RAM, for almost half the price... why is everyone so excited?

Most people here are Apple shareholders. They salivate at the thought of increased profits.

 

[tido2012]

Lol...problem solved

Then there is only one thing you must do. Sell your shares. Preferably today, right?

 

[mirko.meschini]

The crazy thing is the current model accepts just as much storage and RAM, for almost half the price... why is everyone so excited?

the current accept even more, 512+512!

 

[nomad411]

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2 Girls, 1 Cup, and a new MacBook Pro?

 

[guzhogi]

I haven't seen a 768, closest I've seen was 720. Newegg actually offers one up to 1tb.

I haven't that before. Thanks for the heads-up. I've seen the PCIe drives, but not regular SSD drives at those capacities.

Could be two SSDs

512+256

Maybe goodbye to the optical drive

Definitely possible, but when Apple sells multiple drives in a computer (like the iMac) it would say something like "256 GB + 512 GB SSDs".

I know, it doesn't make any sense :L

Yes, 768 sounds fishy.

Nice to know that others find it weird, too.

 

[KnightWRX]

There's an incredibly huge chance that those naysayers are in fact wrong, yourself included.

They wouldn't be announcing it at such an event otherwise.

I think a lot of folks are failing to account for the Hi-res 15" option. I really, really don't think Retina is coming this round.

 

[Piggie]

Why do not they think about anti-glare beside retina display ??

There probably would be no point in matt and retina, the rough surface finish of the matt screen scatters the light coming from pixels anyway

Even the 27" Dell monitor has trouble and moans from people as the roughness of the screen actually blocks the detail of the individual pixels (smudging them together)

On a much smaller macbook screen Retina and Matt would probably be a waste of time as you are destroying the quality you have just got.

 

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[joepunk]

If these are thin like the air the RAM may be soldered to the logic board and not upgradable...

Yeah, buuut with a sealed laptop without the ability to upgrade on your own for cheaper, you've got to pay the big bucks up front. The Air is not user-upgradable for example and if the new MBPros go the same form factor, we may lose the ability to upgrade those too!

Yea, I know.

 

[guzhogi]

thunderbolt is way faster than usb3.0 and you could get 3.0 from thunderbolt.
that being said, i would support there will be at least one usb 3.0 port

It will take a while before Thunderbolt becomes totally widespread. TB may be faster, but USB 3 is everywhere so it would be a little stupid to ignore it. Besides, if Macs get updated to Ivy Bridge, it has a USB 3 controller built-in, correct? How difficult would it be for Apple to change the USB 2 ports it has now to 3?

 

[rovex]

I think a lot of folks are failing to account for the Hi-res 15" option. I really, really don't think Retina is coming this round.

I said to myself beforehand that we will either see a resdesign or Retina. It looks to be the latter, and there's no other reason for them to make a MBP announcement at WWDC unless they didn't have something fresh in store for us, that's the least we can gather.

Now I can't say with certainty whether Retina will be standard or BTO, we'll find out soon enough.

 

[paradox00]

So in that regards I would imagine the SSD is built on a printed circuit card sort of like the AIRs. The difference here is that the cards are likely larger and hopefully interface over PCI-Express. As to storage size Apple can pretty much implement any size they want. The actual storage will be spread across multiple flash chips anyways.

Why would Apple source different components for different products when they can keep the same one for the greatest supply line efficiency? The Macbook Air SSD does interface over PCI-Express too, so I'm not sure what you're looking for.

Exactly! Let's just hope that Apple is using a standard format card that can be sourced on the secondary market.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Express

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I said to myself beforehand that we will either see a resdesign or Retina. It looks to be the latter, and there's no other reason for them to make a MBP announcement at WWDC if they didn't have something fresh in store for us, that's the least we can gather.

Now I can't say with certainty whether Retina will be standard or BTO, we'll found out soon enough.

Umm... the rumours are for a redesigned model with a retina display plus the old Macbook Pro model with no retina.

We will find out soon enough though.

 

[Dave00]

Then there is only one thing you must do. Sell your shares. Preferably today, right?

Nope, never sell shares right before or after an announcement. You have to look to the long-term. They are still basically printing money, and a P:E of 13 in a growing company is crazy cheap. But, these kinds of things are storm clouds on the horizon. The more you see, the more you better get your umbrella.