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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread

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mcarling said:
Have you tested that? I doubt most people could see a difference. Given the current cost of 13" and 15" Retina displays, I would not want Apple to make that switch anytime soon. It would be better to continue production of the current already awesome Retina displays and drive the costs down.
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Agreed, but I think I'd be able to tell the difference :D But that's irrelevant right now. I'd love a native 3360x2100 15" rMBP to make it like the old high res 1680x1050 cMBP's but it's not going to happen so soon.

All kinds of technology have to catch up with the current displays including batteries and graphics. Yields on the displays have to improve too. Once the current density retina displays become common, run of the mill (inexpensive), then higher density displays will almost certainly be developed.
 
Rick-ITA said:
Jesus!

rMBP has the highest resolution in the market and you want more?

Let's hope for a quick update and a slight price cut instead.

And, as for the 13", I'm happy with 1200x800. Letters are too small with the MBA resolution.
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False, Samsung ativ book 9 plus have highter résolution and pixel density (3200x1800 for a 13inch)
 
A few questions for those with prior experience of MBP launches...

Are they hard to get hold of on launch day or soon after launch day (as is currently the case with the iPhone 5s?)

Is there usually a delay between announcement and availability? If so, how long is it typically?

I will be withdrawing money from my savings to purchase the new rMBP and don't want to take it out too soon.

Thanks
 
*~Kim~* said:
A few questions for those with prior experience of MBP launches...

Are they hard to get hold of on launch day or soon after launch day (as is currently the case with the iPhone 5s?)

Is there usually a delay between announcement and availability?
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In the current case, I expect immediate availability with supply more or less keeping up with demand.
 
Here's to hoping that there won't be a silent refresh in 3 days..
..or 10 days..
..or a "by the way" mention in 17 days..

There must be more to the Haswell rMBP than to the Airs and iMacs!
 
GSPice said:
Here's to hoping that there won't be a silent refresh in 3 days..
..or 10 days..
..or a "by the way" mention in 17 days..

There must be more to the Haswell rMBP than to the Airs and iMacs!
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I very much hope for a silent update in 3 days. There seems to be very little chance for the Haswell MBP update to be substantially different from that of the MBA and iMac. The one plausible exception would be Thunderbolt 2 and even that looks unlikely.
 
GSPice said:
Here's to hoping that there won't be a silent refresh in 3 days..
..or 10 days..
..or a "by the way" mention in 17 days..

There must be more to the Haswell rMBP than to the Airs and iMacs!
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I also hope so, but I don't know what it could be. TB2, yes. Or maybe IGZO. But none of those are completely revolutionary, in my opinion. They're both evolutionary in regard to current technology.
 
It hasn't. been the first time i read for some new speculations and it's coming to being repetitive too the fact of see a rMBP dark grey mate colour (as same as the Mac Pro for define the Pro line in Apple's product)

it would be awesome a new design and didnt waiting at all, a huge impact on the market and i think could be very welcome between all users
also it sounds like the return to old times with the macbook black (anynone remembered it?)

what do you thinks guys!?
 
Quu said:
I disagree. The working area is too small. It needs to have an effective working area of at-least 1680x1050 minimum and I'd prefer 1920x1200. Other manufacturers have been shipping 1080p panels in their 15" notebooks for literally 4-5 years. Apple whilst shipping a 2880x1800 panel is only giving us an effective working area of 1440x900 which is the correct resolution for a 13" notebook in my opinion.

To say the current setup is perfect is plainly ridiculous, it can always be improved I'd say the current setup is good not perfect and if it was 4K then it'd be great but still not perfection, there is always more ways to improve the notebook and perfect would convey it's already topped out.
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Taking into account that the display has such a high resolution for the screen size, to my eyes, it is pretty close to perfect. Obviously other aspects of the machine can be improved, but the display will be very difficult to top (at least in the next couple of years). I'd prefer it if Apple focused on performance rather than another bump in resolution.
 
Blue Sun said:
Taking into account that the display has such a high resolution for the screen size, to my eyes, it is pretty close to perfect. Obviously other aspects of the machine can be improved, but the display will be very difficult to top (at least in the next couple of years). I'd prefer it if Apple focused on performance rather than another bump in resolution.
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Exactly. While a 4K res may bring Apple another tagline ("World's first 4K computer"), it's overkill right now, just as 1080p is overkill on a 5 inch phone.
 
B... said:
Exactly. While a 4K res may bring Apple another tagline ("World's first 4K computer"), it's overkill right now, just as 1080p is overkill on a 5 inch phone.
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I agree with you that it is overkill, but IGZO is thinner and uses way less energy. The manufacturing may be way more stable than current. Its a new selling point. 4k is on everyone lips, and its future ready.

I agree that is maybe a 2% chance it will happen, but never disregard it just because someone means it unreasonable, or doesnt have 16:10 etc..
 

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Another question:

What do we expect in terms of the pricing of the new models? The same as the current gen, or have the prices of new MacBook Pros been gradually increasing with each launch like the iPhones?
 
An off topic comment on the Ars Technica article, which mentions:

This isn't true of the low-end iMac that we're reviewing, which is actually a bit more interesting than its more powerful cousins: it uses Intel's integrated Iris Pro 5200 GPU, which makes it the first iMac to use integrated graphics since the low-end 2009 iMac and the first iMac ever to use one of Intel's integrated graphics.
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There was a time where the 2006 iMac had a ****** GMA 950 model, so this isn't the first time we're seeing intel integrated in an iMac.
 
*~Kim~* said:
Another question:

What do we expect in terms of the pricing of the new models? The same as the current gen, or have the prices of new MacBook Pros been gradually increasing with each launch like the iPhones?
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In my opinion, they will remain the same.
 
yangchewren said:
An off topic comment on the Ars Technica article, which mentions:



There was a time where the 2006 iMac had a ****** GMA 950 model, so this isn't the first time we're seeing intel integrated in an iMac.
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I don't know if you have difficulties reading, but it clearly says it is the first one with integrated GPU since the 2009 iMac ;-)

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Ohh... Just saw what they wrote afterwards... Strange.. "First since 2009" then 5 words later: "first evaah".

I can see your point.
 
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