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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread

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When the MBP comes out, what kind of hard case shell will you guys get? Lots of good and bad reviews for all of the brands, so not sure which is actually good. Incipio? Speck?
 
Cocola said:
When the MBP comes out, what kind of hard case shell will you guys get? Lots of good and bad reviews for all of the brands, so not sure which is actually good. Incipio? Speck?
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Why not just get a cheap impact-resistant sleeve and be done with it? I really don't have much faith in those shells, and they all seem to add as many scratches as they prevent.
 
October Event:

- Minified Retina iPad
- Retinafied iPad Mini
- Mavericks with Dual Screen Mode
- MacPro with TB2
- Two Retina (4K) Cinema Displays hooked via TB2 to MacPro
- rMBP with TB2, hooked up to rDisplay, running Mavericks Dual Screen Mode

Seems like a Retina / Dual-Screen focused event to me.
 
other-other said:
October Event:

- Minified Retina iPad
- Retinafied iPad Mini
- Mavericks with Dual Screen Mode
- MacPro with TB2
- Two Retina (4K) Cinema Displays hooked via TB2 to MacPro
- rMBP with TB2, hooked up to rDisplay, running Mavericks Dual Screen Mode

Seems like a Retina / Dual-Screen focused event to me.
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I heard Oct 15 is the date of the Event, but I do hope that new Macbook Pros will be announced.:)

See this link: http://www.gottabemobile.com/2013/09/16/new-macbook-pro-imac-ipad-5-ipad-mini-rumored-october-15th/
 
zOlid said:
Or maybe just maybe, Apple is getting priority on the Haswell cpus and their demand creates a shortage for everyone else :)
*Refuses to believe anything else*
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I'm right there beside you with my head in the sand too :p

Trying to wait patiently but this thread just adds to it! hehe
 
other-other said:
October Event:

- Minified Retina iPad
- Retinafied iPad Mini
- Mavericks with Dual Screen Mode
- MacPro with TB2
- Two Retina (4K) Cinema Displays hooked via TB2 to MacPro
- rMBP with TB2, hooked up to rDisplay, running Mavericks Dual Screen Mode

Seems like a Retina / Dual-Screen focused event to me.
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New Thunderbolt Displays would be interesting. But is anyone actually expecting them to come out soon? I can see it being updated for Thunderbolt 2, but not 4K at this point.
 
I can't take it
 

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PDFierro said:
New Thunderbolt Displays would be interesting. But is anyone actually expecting them to come out soon? I can see it being updated for Thunderbolt 2, but not 4K at this point.
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I think there is a good chance that Apple might release a 4K display at the same time they release the Mac Pro. BTW, Thunderbolt 2 is not strictly required to use a 4K display, but Thunderbolt 2 allows a faster refresh rate and a more pleasant 4K viewing experience for video and games.
 
If the 13 inch rMBP really gets Thunderbolt 2 i could at least excuse the lack of Iris Pro because could hook up an external GPU to it. I of course know you can do that already with existing thunderbolt but with TB2 you can use more heavy duty GPUs and overall it makes more sense
 
could this be the most anticipated apple notebook release ever?

I purchased my 2008 alum macbook a few weeks after release in november 08, 6 months later apple revised them, changed the name to macbook pro, added new features including a internal battery and standard backlit keys. I was very upset at my obsolete 6 month old mac. Since then I learned my lesson, never buy 1st revision apple products. This is why I have been waiting for this 2nd revision macbook pro. I will definitely get the 15inch. So thats my story.
 
I am really hoping the gap between 13 and 15 hardware gets a little closer. Been using a 13 inch air for past few years, upgrading to either 13 or 15. My last pro was 17 inches. I know weight wise, 15 isn't to big of a jump. But just size and feel wise. Is it THAT noticeable?

Also, a lot of people are saying Iris will be comparable to 650m, what about 750m? what if it's 750M 1/2 GB?
 
mcarling said:
No, I do not see the microarchitecture cycles as more innovative than the process shrink cycles. I used to work at Intel writing circuit simulation software for the CPU designers, so I may have a biased perspective. The process shrink cycles are where we get to put more transistors into each CPU and that allows for more cores, bigger cache sizes, more execution units, etc. In my biased view, that's more important than the microarchitecture revisions.


Not necessarily. Three years and five years seem to be just about as common as four years.


No, minor upgrades occur as required. There is no roadmap.


If they don't happen with the Haswell release, then I guess the likelihood for Broadwell would be:
Thunderbolt 2: highly likely
16GB BTO option for 13" rMBP: highly likely
Quad-core 13" rMBP: likely
USB 3.1: possible
IGZO: possible
different resolution: unlikely
17" rMBP: possible
other form factor change: unlikely
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I know it's a bit early:D, but this sounds like a big update to me.
 
srusty05 said:
Also, a lot of people are saying Iris will be comparable to 650m, what about 750m? what if it's 750M 1/2 GB?
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The gaming benchmarks I've seen for the 750M suggest it's marginally better than the 650M in most cases, while the Iris Pro 5200 is marginally worse.

Take that for what it's worth, but I don't think we'll be seeing a massive improvement in 3D graphics/gaming performance this gen if those are the options for iGPU/dGPU.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-750M.90245.0.html
 
I'm still not sure if I should get a decent refurb or wait till the Haswell rMBP, I really need a new computer though if rumours prove to be correct we'll have new rMBPs within the next month or two?

Not sure if I can wait...
 
Cocola said:
When the MBP comes out, what kind of hard case shell will you guys get? Lots of good and bad reviews for all of the brands, so not sure which is actually good. Incipio? Speck?
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I don't think I would get any cases, it would just hide the excellent design of the rmbp.
 
hova said:
If the 13 inch rMBP really gets Thunderbolt 2 i could at least excuse the lack of Iris Pro because could hook up an external GPU to it. I of course know you can do that already with existing thunderbolt but with TB2 you can use more heavy duty GPUs and overall it makes more sense
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Is this true? Will the system recognise it and behave as if it is an internal gpu? So you can pay for example the latest games by putting a desktop card?
 
jz- said:
http://9to5mac.com/2013/09/25/can-apple-announce-the-rest-of-2013s-products-in-just-one-event/

9to5Mac speculating that there could be two events, with Macs coming in November :(

They also say that there's "Secret Mac-related hardware that nobody knows about coming as soon as late 2013", which I guess could be the 4K TB2 Display?

Also, it's looking like Mac Minis might not be updated this year.
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I couldn't think of anything else that would describe "Secret Mac-related hardware" besides a 4K Display. Unless it was an external GPU hooked up through thunderbolt, but I feel like we're way too early for that. Maybe in 3 more years.

Granted people have made make-shift ones, but those don't really count
 
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