Apple was by no means the first to exclude the ODD from a laptop. Ultraportables had been around for years before apple released the Air without ODD's.
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Apple was by no means the first to exclude the ODD from a laptop. Ultraportables had been around for years before apple released the Air without ODD's.
I'm fairly certain they were just netbooks. If not, do you have an example? CBF looking.
The toshiba protege series for example, they were ultraportables,lacking ODD, in the same price range as the Air when it was first introduced ($1500-2000). And if I'm not mistaken they've also been around longer than the Aus EEE PC 700.
Those old utraportables however suffered from the same issues as the first air did, they were very expensive and the low-voltage processors at the time were not powerful enough.
I wasn't solely picking out Apple. I am fully aware that every big corporate company and their cronies are tax dodging. No need to jump to Apples defence.
I hope they don't bump up the price. Macs are expensive enough as it is... Either way though, I'm sure they'll sell like hotcakes! hi-res hotcakes...
Truth is, if we think we need a new MBP with a retina display and need to pay more, we will pay...
If we don't, we won't.
Simple.
If we don't, we won't.
Simple.
What are you talking about? The rich and well to do are doing just fine. Sure there is massive unemployment in Europe, but it is mainly the working class and they don't buy a lot of Macs. In the US, same situation though unemployment is lower and the rich are even richer. Apple will sell plenty of these.
Please let the memory be 500gb minimum
Not gonna happen. If they go SSD, the storage options will not impress.
You could always use the crippled iCloud service.
Of course the cost is going to be absorbed by the consumer. This is literally the price we pay for a leading edge technology until it becomes a defacto feature within the market and the competition. Being such a beneficial feature it makes news like this but really this is no different than any other trend changing gadget which is introduced into the mainstream by a company dedicated to pushing the art of making something state of the art.
This is basic capitalism - and be thankful it's a quality innovation this time, often the same principles apply to crap, useless "new" features or technologies that miss the mark.
This is basic capitalism - and be thankful it's a quality innovation this time, often the same principles apply to crap, useless "new" features or technologies that miss the mark.
Please let the memory be 500gb minimum
Learn the difference between memory and hard drive space.
I doubt Apple will eat the cost of the Retina display. My guess is they'll have an Ivy Bridge version with standard display at the current price, with the Retina option for $200 more.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a small SSD for the OS and apps, supported by a large HDD for mass storage. Speed and space.
Someone quoted the Razor being made first. It wasn't.
As for the Sony X505...why did it take till almost 2012 for the ODD to start being removed from devices? Because Sony's X505 is a niche product/one of many of laptops from Sony
Now if Sony took the PS3, which is their biggest named item and decided to ship it without a blu-ray player and decided that all games would be DL only, THAT would be innovative because they are taking a big risk with a main product that defines them.
I was wondering what it would take to drive me back to Windows. Reducing the hard drive sizes at the time I'm having trouble keeping space on a 500 gig might tempt me.
it would be great if there was no price increase
the iPad stayed the same price, it would be nice of Apple to keep the MBPs the same price.
Nice and actually happening? We'll see.
the iPad stayed the same price, it would be nice of Apple to keep the MBPs the same price.
Nice and actually happening? We'll see.
And I guess my reaction is because I don't care at all about a retina display. I have a iPhone 4, my wife has a 3Gs, and when I look at her phone I don't recoil in shock and horror or anything. I don't mind the improvement but it's not a reason for me to upgrade. I'm waiting on the new MacBooks because I want newer processors and increased storage space. Display is fine as is.
They (Adobe) don't have to go through the app store (although they just did with Lightroom) and they don't have to use optical media either. Many people (myself included) download and install their software (which they call ESD). Yes, CS6 Design Premium is only a 4.78GB download. Purchasing a single HD movie on iTunes can result in a larger download than that (example: Star Trek is 4.24GB just for the 720p HD file, then there's the SD version and the Extras).
Well there should not be any extra costs apple is prolly getting huge margin from mbp's already. That 100$ can easily vanish into the margins, plus it should be cheaper to assemble the whole laptop without dvd, even thought the dvd drive prolly costs only 1-5 dollars to make, without it the internal layout will be much much more simple.
I kinda hope they will use traditional hdd's, im pretty sure they will be easier to replace.. if its apple's own brand ssd's its not going to be same value.
Other manufacturers are just around the corner with their "retina" displays, so it would make sense for apple to charge extra now that they still can, especially after reading this forum many people would love to pay more margins
I kinda hope they will use traditional hdd's, im pretty sure they will be easier to replace.. if its apple's own brand ssd's its not going to be same value.
Other manufacturers are just around the corner with their "retina" displays, so it would make sense for apple to charge extra now that they still can, especially after reading this forum many people would love to pay more margins
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I'm hoping for the ODD to be ditched, and the extra space to be used for a blade-style SSD like the Air (for OS and apps) as well as extra space for battery and graphics.
I'm also hoping the cooling fan/vents are refined....Not everyone uses their LAPTOP on a perfectly flat desk. Something about scorching air being vented into my thighs because I don't have my LAPTOP on a perfectly level surface just seems stupid to me. And about half of my macbooks seemed to have a faulty flow rate anyway; even with the fans screaming, hot air only trickled out of some while it blasted out of others.
I'm also hoping the cooling fan/vents are refined....Not everyone uses their LAPTOP on a perfectly flat desk. Something about scorching air being vented into my thighs because I don't have my LAPTOP on a perfectly level surface just seems stupid to me. And about half of my macbooks seemed to have a faulty flow rate anyway; even with the fans screaming, hot air only trickled out of some while it blasted out of others.
I did post in the other thread in the MB Pro section on here, but if you measure the height of the ethernet port it is 1cm, and a drive like the Vertex 4 is 9.3mm, so it could very well be if they drop the ethernet port for a thinner design it also drops support for standard 2.5" drives and move to mSata or Blade SSD exclusively.
Otherwise again what's the point in dropping ethernet if the computer is going to be thick enough to support something else the same height.
Otherwise again what's the point in dropping ethernet if the computer is going to be thick enough to support something else the same height.
Yup ...they'll probably move to 7mm HDD drives which are 500GB right now
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/11/wd-7mm-scorpio-blue/
Which limits what SSD you can use. No OCZ drive will fit for one! Samsung and Crucial will, Intel will.
But it's a shame as OCZ won't fit, also people with existing SSD's may find they won't fit in a 7mm standard.
Nope I am still not convinced Apple will drop the ethernet port, we shall see but I'm not convinced by this 'rumour'.
That just seems strange. Do you always prepend "tax dodging" before every company name in everyday speech?I wasn't solely picking out Apple. I am fully aware that every big corporate company and their cronies are tax dodging. No need to jump to Apples defence.
"Oh, tax dodging Best Buy is having a sale on tax dodging Dell Latitude laptop today."