Of course - I hope I didn't seem to imply that? A new, faster port won't be the single reason for an event, but its certainly been part of event material.
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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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Of course - I hope I didn't seem to imply that? A new, faster port won't be the single reason for an event, but its certainly been part of event material.
My machine is my main tool for fairly intensive design and animation work, so it tends to be worth it to stay relatively current.
I'm torn on whether I should wait for haswell, or for something beyond it. I have a 2011 mbp which was an amazing step up from the 2008 mbp i had previously. But the performance increases in the past few years (at least on paper) seem to be quite incremental.
So on the one hand, Haswell isn't going to give me the performance doubling I've experienced with previous upgrades. But on the other hand, I haven't heard much to suggest that the recent focus on battery life and igpu performance is going to change anytime soon. So if its going to be a while yet before laptop chips double the 2011 mbp's performance, I might as well jump on board and at least enjoy the retina screen.
Is anyone facing a similar conundrum?
I'm torn on whether I should wait for haswell, or for something beyond it. I have a 2011 mbp which was an amazing step up from the 2008 mbp i had previously. But the performance increases in the past few years (at least on paper) seem to be quite incremental.
So on the one hand, Haswell isn't going to give me the performance doubling I've experienced with previous upgrades. But on the other hand, I haven't heard much to suggest that the recent focus on battery life and igpu performance is going to change anytime soon. So if its going to be a while yet before laptop chips double the 2011 mbp's performance, I might as well jump on board and at least enjoy the retina screen.
Is anyone facing a similar conundrum?
I have to admit, there is a bunch of people out there who is much more frustrated and perhaps has been waiting much longer than Haswell rMBP waiters- the retina iPad Mini Crowd.
A distant shout out to the ipod Classic hopefuls too. The most hopeful people you'll see walking the earth.
A distant shout out to the ipod Classic hopefuls too. The most hopeful people you'll see walking the earth.
I think the longer wait has been for the iPad 5. A lighter/thinner full-sized iPad that is Mini-like. When the 4th-gen iPad came out last year, many people skipped that to wait on what they knew were coming a year later.
True, true. I won't mention Mac pro *doh* guys cause they at least know what to expect.
I already said this. IGZO would increase battery life. Higher resolution, and also likely to drastically increase battery life. Everytime the screen is static (not moving) the screen is not being "actively" powered. It simply displays the same image. Therefore theoretically it increases battery life substantially.
I have no doubt apple would be able to get IGZO (4K or not) in 16:10
i think all this dgpu talk is kind of confusing becuase i just feel like unless apple literally redesigns the macbook pro, what's the point of takin gout the dgpu? all the stuff is there. If I were Apple, I'd give the customers the option of a dgpu and actually work with nvidia to squeeze more performance out of their parts
Taken directly from that article:
Sharp won’t have its new 4K2K IGZO panels ready in time for an Intel Haswell update this year – the company expects mass production to kick off in February 2014 – but could be in the pipeline for sometime in the new year.
Hi! I'm not actively waiting as my 2007 is just fine, but I like to know I can get a replacement if needed.
Still waiting on the late-2013 rMBP!!!
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OSX Mavericks to drop Oct. 16th. Heard it here first
Wonder if this is any indication of the rMBPs to follow soon
Brian Maxwell @igmbrian
OSX Mavericks to drop Oct. 16th. Heard it here first
Wonder if this is any indication of the rMBPs to follow soon
That should be interesting.... We know the Mac Pro should be there, but what will the Mac Pro be using for a display?
Oh wow. That makes things better. I think most of us were thinking the 24th here.
I guess I could see a silent release tomorrow or next week, unless the iPad event is going to be on the 15th.
where did he get this oct 16th date from? source? could be just speculation like everyone else.. isnt the event suppose to be the 15th not the 16th?
I was looking more towards the 24th as well...but now this information above is spreading on twitter, so we never know.....
Hmm event and then release the products the following day? Think I could live with that.
THe event and the release are two different things. I dont know his source, I just listen to their podcasts weekly. He posted this on twitter. Go to his twitter page or hell tweet him. The Event is to announce products, no necessarily the announcement that Mavericks is being released. SO the event can still be on Oct 15th and Apple then turnaround and release OS X Mavericks on the 16th. iOS 7 was not released on the day of the Media event.
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HAHA! Exactly...again, just a rumor floating around out there........take it for what its worth
Thats what I was thinking.....isnt the next DP/GM due tomorrow? It will be 2 weeks from the last DP, which was 8
Well if the 24th, I was wondering how things would work. An event on the 15th and then Mavericks on the 24th just didn't make much sense.
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