Dual core (13 inch) vs quad core (15 inch)
why is the 13 inch model faster than the 15 inch model, i'm talking about non retina here.
why is the 13 inch model faster than the 15 inch model, i'm talking about non retina here.
hate to burst your bubble, but the momentus xt is NOT the fastest notebook hdd. I know i know, I thought so too. but when my hdd started faiing i started doing some research, initially planning on an xt myself (i currently have the 7200 rpm momentus) and saw this http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/advanced-format-1tb-hard-drive,3046-12.html
looks like for MOST test the WD scorpio black is the fastest hdd. of course these tests don't do much with the whole caching ability of the xt. in addition you can see that normal r/w is slower for the xt, and it actually uses up a ton of power the most out of all the hdd in that review even at idle! (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/advanced-format-1tb-hard-drive,3046-11.html) its a really long article, but i suggest you take a gander and read the whole article, it was eye opening for me. you may end up trading in the xt for something else ???
You aren't going to be happy then. Every single product outside of the MacPro tower will move closer and closer towards their planned-obsolescence model. It makes business sense for them. They get more money out of the consumer if they are forced to buy a new product sooner. Probably something like 90% of Apple's customer base does not upgrade the internal components anyway. You are seeing it on the software side as well (no Siri on the iPhone 4, new sleep app for ML). It's obvious that their strategy is form over function and status over affordability.
While the Vengeance Ram is 1.5 volts like last years model....I'm not an expert by any means but wouldn't this pose a problem for a mid 2012 MBP?..
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Yes you can do 16GB on this MBP and if they ever come out with single 16GB chips, it will let you go to 32GB of RAM and perhaps further from what i was told.
Does anyone know if the Optibay Drive fits in the new 2012 model? My finger is on the "order" button for the new mbp 15". But I'd also like to put the existing HDD in the optical bay and get a 256gb SSD as a system disk.
There's no information on the MCETech website so far.
You may even be able to do 32gb back to the sandy bridge 2011s. The chipset supports it, and other brand sandy bridge machines can go to 32gb.
but, the price of 16gb SO-DIMMs at the moment is fairly prohibitive for the purposes of experimentation... and 16gb is enough for most - at that point your workload is likely disk IO bound anyway.
Yes, you are correct, Sandy Bridge will support 32GB and beyond from what I was told (providing that chips this big are ever made)
Have you made your choice yet? I haven't manage to see a rMBP yet (an errant two-year old and DIY precluded a trip to an Apple Store), but I've ordered a 2.6GHz cMBP with anti-glare HiRes.[snip] ...Good luck with your purchase!!!
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14130876#post14130876
...gives you the correct answer.
Does anyone know if the Optibay Drive fits in the new 2012 model? My finger is on the "order" button for the new mbp 15". But I'd also like to put the existing HDD in the optical bay and get a 256gb SSD as a system disk.
There's no information on the MCETech website so far.
i currently own a late 2011 MBP 2.0Ghz the standard model. Would any of you say it would be worth it to sell it and upgrade to the 2012 model?
Yes. Runs much cooler, has USB 3.0 and is much faster than the 2011 model.i currently own a late 2011 MBP 2.0Ghz the standard model. Would any of you say it would be worth it to sell it and upgrade to the 2012 model?
Does anyone know if the Optibay Drive fits in the new 2012 model? My finger is on the "order" button for the new mbp 15". But I'd also like to put the existing HDD in the optical bay and get a 256gb SSD as a system disk.
There's no information on the MCETech website so far.
Have you made your choice yet? I haven't manage to see a rMBP yet (an errant two-year old and DIY precluded a trip to an Apple Store), but I've ordered a 2.6GHz cMBP with anti-glare HiRes.
The pros and cons of the new rMBP were - for me - so closely matched that I would almost certainly have been happy with either machine. In the end it came down to the true anti-glare and - to a lesser extent - the expandibility of the cMBP. The fact that I already have a good SSD means I won't miss out on the SSD speediness of the rMBP, whilst the possibility of running two SSDs in RAID 0 and potentially upgrading to 32GB is an added bonus.
Realistically, I don't think you can go wrong with either of these MBPs. Good luck with making your decision.
Can anyone tell me if the new 2012 regular MBPs (non retina) have the newer style screws like the retina uses or if they use regular phillips head? Ordered a new MBP 15 and want to swap to an SSD/RAM and need to know if I need the special screw driver to remove the bottom panel.
Thanks!
4. USB ports on both sides, separated from each other