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Slimmer 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pros Reportedly in Production
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Hey Guys!
I'm very new to the releases of MacBooks, I've actually never followed one. I only have experience from the iPhones and iPads. Now to my question. How do they announce their laptops? Do they do it the same way as they do with the phones or is it just an update in the store?
I'm very new to the releases of MacBooks, I've actually never followed one. I only have experience from the iPhones and iPads. Now to my question. How do they announce their laptops? Do they do it the same way as they do with the phones or is it just an update in the store?
I'm disappointed as it may mean that a refresh to Ivy Bridge may not occur in summer.
I've been saving my pennies just for a newer model but I'm not so sure I want to drop 2k on a laptop that uses a chipset that will be replaced in a couple of months.
I've been saving my pennies just for a newer model but I'm not so sure I want to drop 2k on a laptop that uses a chipset that will be replaced in a couple of months.
I believe there was a rumor about two days ago hinting that a certain OEM forced Intel to delay the Ivy Bridge launch because they ordered a majority of their supplies, especially the low-voltage ones.
they will probably have Ivy Bridge, they will probably have intel backing them up with early adoption of the newest chipsets (like last year with second gen Sandy Bridge)
Stef
They do a press release, all of the usual tech magazines and web sites run articles about what's changed or improved. On the Apple website the latest product to be updated usually gets the homepage for a while and a 'new' badge appears next to the updated items on the store page. Nothing close to the fanfare involved with the release of a new iPhone or iPad. iOS is now 70% of Apple's profits and the public are much more excited to hear about new iOS products than they are about updates to the older lines.
I think customers have become accustomed to a level of quality in MBP's and expect that they'll have the latest greatest features with every update.
If there is a complete redesign of the MBP there will be quite a bit more fanfare, so this update might get more press coverage than usual.
Thanks for the answer!
So there's not going to be any way to know when they reveal it, like we did with the iPad for example?
In this day and age real adults who want to use one computer for all their work and happen to work on graphics intensive programs need powerful discreet graphics... preferably pro versions and not gaming versions.
What would create the perfect solution would be a thunderbolt dock that added pro graphics, variety of ports and maybe even an optical drive allowing the burning of dvd's for clients.
That way the bulk of the graphics work is done at the desk connected to the dock while the laptop remains ultra portable for travel and meetings.
The interesting thing is that originally laptops was all-in-one devices while desktops were modular ones. Apple would invert this logic making modular laptops (MBA plus TBolt add-ons) and all-in-one desktops (iMac).
As a Musician and Audio Engineer, I would be sad to see the ODD go; however, the amount of use my disk drive sees has been decreasing dramatically over the past few years. Hopefully Apple puts something of use in its place, maybe more USB ports, larger battery, an SSD drive. I would love to have at least 3 usb ports on my 13", in the studio and on stage I have to use a USB hub to accomodate my needed external devices, which is far from ideal. Also, I want to see the models come straight out of the box with at least 8gbs of ram.
An SSD doesn't necessarily drive the price up. A 16-32GB 'cache' SSD could be used to speed up a 500GB drive. ( a much higher cache percentage than the 4GB hybrid drives that are out). Once resistriced to not being the primary storage drive the cost of the SSD could be made the same as the cost of the ODD that it replacing. So net price change isn't necessarily up.
The issue is putting components that are more highly valued by a wider set of users. Not expensive components versus less expensive ones and turning it into "do I value it more to pay more" issue. Keep the costs the same and it is much easier to see what people put a higher value on between two items they are being asked to buy.
The "vital" aspect is relative to individuals. It is the aggregate value appeal that will drive inclusion or not. Making people buy components they don't want also has issues. So far there is nothing concrete to suggest that the ODD goes out and only "nothingness"/"thinness" goes in.
And yet they still cling to FireWire even though I haven't used a single device with FireWire in five years.
Funny that.
Not really since TB isn't restricted to laptops. iMacs are just as modular capable as MBA. Perhaps bigger building blocks but just as modular.
For instance, if add a TB display to an iMac it will then have two Ethernet ports and dual FW800 controllers. While not quite as a big a jump as from zero to one, it is still a jump. For example someone with a FW800 disk drive and a audio digitizing device can put them on separate buses to maximize real-time throughput with equipment they already own.
I still need an optical disc drive. Having said that - I would prefer an external one in exchange for a lighter computer or one that has a larger battery and runs longer.
What I really hope is completely clear to Apple that they must offer a Pro notebook with the most recent and powerful notebook CPUs and GPUs. Otherwise the geeks would start shopping elsewhere. Even so the Geeks are only a 10% fraction of the buyers, they are usually the ones that influent a lot of people - the main part of the remaining 90%
What I really hope is completely clear to Apple that they must offer a Pro notebook with the most recent and powerful notebook CPUs and GPUs. Otherwise the geeks would start shopping elsewhere. Even so the Geeks are only a 10% fraction of the buyers, they are usually the ones that influent a lot of people - the main part of the remaining 90%
Display support
It is my understanding Intel integrated graphics 4000 style will address up to three monitors. If the model with the graphics card also does this, we may see some monitor intensive applications be able to use smaller Powerbook 13 and 15 to drive them either all at once or headlessly. That is what I will be looking for.
Rocketman
It is my understanding Intel integrated graphics 4000 style will address up to three monitors. If the model with the graphics card also does this, we may see some monitor intensive applications be able to use smaller Powerbook 13 and 15 to drive them either all at once or headlessly. That is what I will be looking for.
Rocketman
Make a better iPad
Seriously folks, make your own higher pixel-density iPad if you don't like the iPad 3's retina display. Otherwise get over it, 'cause the display looks freakin amazing. They could call it a poopy pooper mcpooperson display, and I would still buy it - "retina" sounds much better though.
Seriously folks, make your own higher pixel-density iPad if you don't like the iPad 3's retina display. Otherwise get over it, 'cause the display looks freakin amazing. They could call it a poopy pooper mcpooperson display, and I would still buy it - "retina" sounds much better though.
Just because you haven't you think that means that nobody has? My primary external storage is Firewire, as well as that of many others.And yet they still cling to FireWire even though I haven't used a single device with FireWire in five years.
Funny that.
And yet they still cling to FireWire even though I haven't used a single device with FireWire in five years.
Funny that.
I use FireWire almost everyday.
I can see them very well they are little lighting colorfull dots over all your sceen
Again, its the TERM and the perception of its meaning that bothers mean. Jobs compared the iphone retina display to a book, basically 300dpi implying it'd be 300dpi or more (since the human eye cant see past that). Now you have the iPad thats LESS than 300dpi and the term *still applies* even if they had that math formula.. it doesnt mean anything because its been voided by their inconsistency. So... its marketing BS.
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And yet they still cling to FireWire even though I haven't used a single device with FireWire in five years.
Funny that.
Dont worry, Firewire will have a new companion on the 'failed' list soon; Thunderbolt.
1+ year later and still barely any devices available and even the scarce choice is overwhelmingly overpriced. Once USB 3.0 comes out for MacBooks, TB is going to be dead; noone is going to want to buy new connections just to use TB, noone is going to ditch all their old peripherals for the TB (one because its pointless and two because there are no peripherals anyway!), etc. etc.
The flash drives cost more, and the app store,is a good choice for you as somebody haveing money, but not to me, paying always for every download!
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Yeah you are right, a pro machine need ODD and all ports and all things a real macbook pro lastly have!