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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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Don't worry about the MBAs. I can assure you they won't update them for the second time within 2 months..
Where are your numbers from? You can click on my profile and look at my posts in this thread, where i posted a few (mostly german) real world tests and some information about retina screen power draw and battery sizes. Iris 5200 pro consumes slightly less than a 4700hq+750m combo. But 47w TDP doesn't mean 47w power consumption: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/intel-iris-pro-5200-grafik-im-test/6/ Unless they switch to IGZO the main problem with battery life is the retina screen.
This debate about iGPU vs. dGPU is really starting to overheat with a possible upcoming release. It's just a computer and Apple doesn't care some people win a forum war. I really like to go back to compare test and benchmarks and not insulting people for their opinion.
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I've been checking MacRumors every day for the last few weeks leading up to today for some sort of news on leaks for a new MBP... just gotta hope Apple pull something out of the bag today other than new iPhones :|
It would be great if the new rMBP:s shows up on the keynote, but a small part of me hope they don't just to see how far we can push this thread 
Also, a question, how important is a discrete graphics card for a amateur photographer like me? I use Aperture to do a bit of editing of my raw files.
Does apps like Aperture and Photoshop benefit from discrete graphics in the same way as 3D modeling software like Maya and Cinema 4d does?
Also, a question, how important is a discrete graphics card for a amateur photographer like me? I use Aperture to do a bit of editing of my raw files.
Does apps like Aperture and Photoshop benefit from discrete graphics in the same way as 3D modeling software like Maya and Cinema 4d does?
No leaked part numbers
It seems pretty bleak for today. But if the news does turn out to be good it will be that much more of a pleasant surprise.No, it would be quite the other way around for the me. If I later wanted to a Haswell rMBP rather than an Ivy Bridge rMBP (which I doubt), then I would buy the former and sell the latter. The only thing I would regret would be having lived a month (or more) without a Mac.
I'm quite ready to buy an Ivy Bridge rMBP in early October if that is all that will be available during my trip to the States. I will have no regrets.
No no of course not. Tim Cook says they've "doubled down" on secrecy, meaning that it's such a secret not even he knows when they're coming out.
Little excited for the next 6-7h, but probably deeply disappointed for at least the next 30 days.
I bought an Air some days ago, but I just did it for the OS, don't like the design. The black frame around the screen the (r)MBP have looks ways better and the biggest feature for me --> optical out!
I bought an Air some days ago, but I just did it for the OS, don't like the design. The black frame around the screen the (r)MBP have looks ways better and the biggest feature for me --> optical out!
There will be NO MBP updates tomorrow.
October is more likely.
Don't get your hopes up, people. It's not happening!
October is more likely.
Don't get your hopes up, people. It's not happening!
Fixed. Some of us want all the pixels. Since apple gimped the air with a low res screen, rMBP is the only mac option.
I need a rMBP for my master thesis. I've to run 2-3 VMs at the same time so I need 16GB ram. If the haswell rMBP will not be announced today I have to face a hard problem.
1) Buy a haswell Air with less performance and use it for 1-2 months until the rMBP will be released > the resale price will be much higher i guess cause of haswell architecture
2) Buy a current rMBP and use that for 1-2 monts until the rMBP will be released > lower resale price
3) Buy a current rMBP and use that one until the next refresh (broadwell?)
hard decision .. :/
1) Buy a haswell Air with less performance and use it for 1-2 months until the rMBP will be released > the resale price will be much higher i guess cause of haswell architecture
2) Buy a current rMBP and use that for 1-2 monts until the rMBP will be released > lower resale price
3) Buy a current rMBP and use that one until the next refresh (broadwell?)
hard decision .. :/
Yeah we need our god damn retina screens
And perhaps we like the feeling of owning something with the "pro" moniker in it's name But seriously, it's not his place to question the decisions we have thought long and hard about, and if we've decided we want a retina MacBook Pro, you can bet that we've compared all other options and decided that the rmbp is the best option for our personal needs. Well nowI've just spoken for everyone else
Man, will this thread be busy today!
Taking bets as to whether we hit 7000 posts before tomorrow ...
I'll participate in that bet. 7000 posts for the win.
I have exactly the same problem, but for me it's the bachelor thesis.
Apple really has to release upgraded MacBooks.
so what's the plan?
Perhaps Apple got a special order of thunderbolt 2 chips and has been stockpiling them for all the new Macs, so they would be in stock for September/October. Also, when do you expect the new iMac and new Mac Mini to come out, as you haven't allotted any time there for the October event. Perhaps you think they'll release it in November, or December, or January, or February, and so on. Do you expect a thunderbolt 2 display as well at the October event, or some time later?
There won't be a pro event while new iPads are coming in october too. And I'm sure we will also hear some news about TB2 today at Intels IDF2013 which will go on parallel at the moscone center 46 miles away from apple. So its imo not very unlikely to see some mac news from apple too.
e: btw. the first intel keynote at 9AM will be held by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich with the topic "Mobilizing Intel" - maybe just a little hope for a rMBP refresh. Otherwise..maybe its all just ******** D:
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