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Waiting for Anand's Haswell rMBP Review Megathread
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While it's kind of disappointing, I can understand why Anand may have ended up skipping the review. Pretty much everything you need to know about the 2013 rMBP can be obtained by combining the 2012 rMBP review with the Haswell MBA review and the separate Iris Pro review. The form factor, screen, connectivity, etc. haven't changed and the internal changes are all essentially present in the MBA refresh. Major power efficiency gains, super-fast SSD, Iris Pro. Not sure what else there is to say beyond a discussion of Apple's move towards iGPU-only systems.
What about the Iris (non-Pro)? As far as I remember, it has not been reviewed in any configuration. I also care about any improvements on UI lag which Anand had assumed in 2012 that it would be obviated with new OS and/or new CPU and/or new GPU-- all three aspects have been updated since then.
It's simply not needed, none of those reviews are.
You decide what you personally want and need in a computer, make your choice and get to work, not waste time living life for some Internet Gear Review Hero's opinion.
I made my selection months ago to get the i7 13"/16GB/1TB, a perfect choice, so productive and portable...
At this point, anyone's opinion or so called "review" of my machine would be of no value to me whatsoever...
You decide what you personally want and need in a computer, make your choice and get to work, not waste time living life for some Internet Gear Review Hero's opinion.
I made my selection months ago to get the i7 13"/16GB/1TB, a perfect choice, so productive and portable...
At this point, anyone's opinion or so called "review" of my machine would be of no value to me whatsoever...
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Thanks, Britta.
Some of us are interested in technology for technology's sake, not simply because we want to produce our TPS reports more efficiently. I read Anandtech's reviews of many products I would never even consider buying simply because following the development of consumer technology is one of my primary interests. You don't see me coming to a thread discussing whatever you're interested in and telling you it's pointless, do you?
I had stated this but apparently have to stress this again (this time more comprehensively) because some people have the habit of not understanding.
I cannot really comprehend why some people assume that the sole reason folks following this thread is because they would be basing their buying decision on Anand's review. What is the basis of your assumption?? Do you read people's minds? For the sake of the argument even if we assume that most even all of the folks waiting for this review wait in order to make their buying decision, then I would say: 1) why don't you mind your own business? 2) if you cannot help and want to poke your nose, don't you think that you guys have made your point enough to the extent that restating it would not change the minds of these people?? After all this thread contains lots of posts from people who are saying or implying that ppl don't need a person's review to buy this product. You've made your "point" many times. Is that "point" taken?? I suppose some have taken some not, but restating the same point again and again would not change the view of the people who has not taken that point.
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Congrats on your decision but have you ever thought that not everybody might be as tech-savvy as you to make a decision and/or have insight on guessing future directions for relative future proofing and therefore would like to read a very reliable guy's review which may shed light on these aspects?
I cannot really comprehend why some people assume that the sole reason folks following this thread is because they would be basing their buying decision on Anand's review. What is the basis of your assumption?? Do you read people's minds? For the sake of the argument even if we assume that most even all of the folks waiting for this review wait in order to make their buying decision, then I would say: 1) why don't you mind your own business? 2) if you cannot help and want to poke your nose, don't you think that you guys have made your point enough to the extent that restating it would not change the minds of these people?? After all this thread contains lots of posts from people who are saying or implying that ppl don't need a person's review to buy this product. You've made your "point" many times. Is that "point" taken?? I suppose some have taken some not, but restating the same point again and again would not change the view of the people who has not taken that point.
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Congrats on your decision but have you ever thought that not everybody might be as tech-savvy as you to make a decision and/or have insight on guessing future directions for relative future proofing and therefore would like to read a very reliable guy's review which may shed light on these aspects?
BS. Buying a laptop (or anything) purely based on specs is stupid. We all know that specs only tell part of the truth. I want to know about possible problems and features that can't be figured out just looking at the specs. Anand usually gives good reviews and finds important things. Sadly something happened this time and we got no review.
Is his statement "possible, issue of time, I wanted to do one focusing on Apples A7 RT" made in reply to the question "Hows that Macbook Pro review coming?" (Jeez, twitter is not user friendly; under the same conversation questions from different subjects are asked and answered).
If that is the case, then, if something is "possible", then it may very well be "not possible" in which we would be witnessing an evolution from promises to deception: first there was a specific time frame (before the holidays), then "writing in tandem with Mac Pro", then rescheduled to post-CES, then rescheduled to "still working on it because I got flu in CES", and now "possible".
I don't see how an article "focusing on Apple's A7 RT" would have anything to do with the rMBP review.
Me neither. Apparently he has started disregarding posts on twitter conversations regarding rMBP.
What is this "godly review" going to do at this point? The 2013 rMBP has been out for 4-5 months. I think we all know it's advancements and shortcomings by now.
Waiting for Anand's Haswell rMBP Review Megathread
The Review is going to come out this month, because
2014= 2+0+1+4 = 7
Minus the months the rMBP is out:
7-4 = 3
Thus Half Life 3 is confirmed. Review of the rMBP is confirmed.
Thank you for your attention.
The Review is going to come out this month, because
2014= 2+0+1+4 = 7
Minus the months the rMBP is out:
7-4 = 3
Thus Half Life 3 is confirmed. Review of the rMBP is confirmed.
Thank you for your attention.
hmm, I found there weren't alot of reviews of the Iris pro in a RMBP.
From what I have read an RMBP Iris pro only is good for day to day work, and photo editing, keeping in mind the better battery life also good opencl support.
the 750 one is better for video & games, and has worse battery life also better for cuda.
I would like to know more about the evolution of the Iris Pro. How fast will it be outdated or limited? To my understanding, it will have trouble working in higher resolutions and on 4K displays?
At least there is something you read on Iris pro. AFAIK, there is none on Iris.
This, plus UI lag issues are also relevant for Iris.
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