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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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Well, I plan to be around then. (And preferably not pecking away at a 27" iPad or, flapping my arms at who-knows-what tech they come up with).
Dude, I was an Apple hater but living in denial. Saw my brother-in-law's whitebook many years ago and marveled at the engineering and construction. First laptop I ever saw that didn't creak when you opened the display and you could do it with one hand. Never looked back.
Apple isn't that 'exclusive' brand anymore it used to be. Nowadays it's quite normal that you have an iPhone if not a MacBook and/or iPad. Everybody just picks up a brand to be somebody. More like, all my friends have an iPhone so now I need to have one 'haswell'. ;-)
As do I, but I'm not sure if it's because I miss being younger or because it was a "simpler" time.
Yeah, I know. Look at how many people who have an iPhone/iPad but are running Windows.
But in the past few years, it's becoming increasingly more and more about the ecosystem. So I think this will change again.
I do agree with you on that, only the 'die-hard' Apple lovers will stick to the brand. Still I don't think it is a bad thing that Apple allows their users to use Windows on their Macs.
I think I just prefer it for being a simpler time. Because I'm still that kind of user today.
I expect the screens to be identical between the Ivy Bridge and Haswell rMBPs. Mavericks will run on both, so that's not an issue. I expect the big improvements to be battery life (due to Haswell), 802.11ac, PCIe SSD, and a 1080p FaceTime camera. At least the 13" model will also get much faster graphics performance.
I just opened Terminal app on both my 2010 15" MBP at 1680x1050 and my 2013 15" rMBP at 1920x1200. The type looks dramatically better with the rMBP at 1920x1200. It's at least as easy to read (for my eyes) despite being smaller.
I wrote a few times that I would be departing the States on the 7th of October and would buy before that.I'm surprised you already bought your MBP. I thought you were going to wait with the rest of us.
But European prices are a bitch so I can understand.
I'm leaving the States next year. If I was in his position, I most definitely would have bought when I had to. But since I can wait, I definitely am.
Here's to the 15th or 22nd.
Cool, I still actually haven't seen a retina display properly. I'm saving that experience until I get my own rMBP. That's really great to know though. People say that text is a little hard to read at 1920x1200 resolution so I was a little concerned. But then, I'm a guy who stares at 11pt font on the terminal pretty much all day. Of course, if Apple uses an IGZO display, it will be much better.
Yeah I know, I just wanted to comment on it anyways.
Yup--that pretty much echoes the experience I had auditioning Logic on the rMBP at that resolution setting. It really is a night and day difference to my eyes. Can't go back to a sub-retina display. Just can't.
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If your eyesight is good, you shouldn't find text particularly hard to read at that resolution. The bottleneck at that setting is the user's vision, as opposed to the fidelity of the display.
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Haha, I know I'm being a typical 90's kid in saying that, but, nevertheless, I do miss the late 90's/ early 2000's. My first Mac OS I used extensively was OS 9, which I absolutely loved. Those colored iMacs kicked booty at my elementary school, and they were still there when I had to visit back in 2008.
Anyways, I've decided I'm gonna go ahead and pull the trigger on getting an Ivy Bridge rMBP. I'd have to...erm...wait a few months after the release anyway, and my Dell laptop from 2009 is on its last legs.
That new dell looks so tempting in the specs and price. If only windows 8 didn't suck. All we can do now is wait and see what apple does. ModMyi website said they confirmed the iPad Keynote day for the 22nd. So I guess that makes it +1 week of waiting. #
Ha! "A simpler time..."
Try NO cellphones, NO pagers, and heck, no answering machines! Prior to the 90s, you could quite literally "get away from it all" just by going outside. And somehow, work still got done. Amazing, innit?
FWIW, my first real PC (not counting my older brother's hand-me-down ZX-80) had a 52MB hard drive, which was just about enough space for MS-DOS and "Wing Commander 2"--a state-of-the-art gaming rig ca. 1990.
I keep wishing I could take Grand Theft Auto 5 back in time to show the 14-year-old version of myself what was in store... just to see the look on my pimply, slack-jawed, awe-struck face.
the event on the 22nd?
http://modmyi.com/content/12383-mmi-exclusive-ipad-5-coming-10-22-sale-11-11.html
http://modmyi.com/content/12383-mmi-exclusive-ipad-5-coming-10-22-sale-11-11.html
Bummer for Apple about the retina iPad minis.
Those things would sell like hotcakes over the holidays, but it's looking like all the workers-rights violations in the world won't be enough to fill the First World's stockings with them this season.
I say this as an absolute hypocrite, of course, since I kinda want one myself.
Bummer for Apple about the retina iPad minis.
Those things would sell like hotcakes over the holidays, but it's looking like all the workers-rights violations in the world won't be enough to fill the First World's stockings with them this season.
I say this as an absolute hypocrite, of course, since I kinda want one myself.
accept for november 11th availability does not sound right.. i was thinking more november 1st a week after the event.. that was the case for the iphones.
I'm thinking similarly, but I'll be getting the Haswell update, and passing that on to my other half when IGZO MBP is released.
I think those days are over. Other than banks, most retailers are in full swing.
a 10/22 announcement with a pre-order period seems plausible as does 11/11 for the retail fronts. Also, Black Friday is a week later this year.
Agreed. Maybe Apple is having trouble ramping up for production for the iPad 5 as well. I can definitely see the iPad mini 2 being delayed until March or so, but who knows.
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