One day more!
One day more of speculation!
We will nip it in the bud!
We'll be ready for these laptops!
They will light themselves with IGZO!
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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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^^ So much win.
Well we're sure there's going to be a keynote next week but we're not that sure they'll show it there.
I already spent half my semester using a 2006 MBP with a dead battery I really don't want to wait another 4 months :/
Your logic is inverted on so many different levels. Wow.
On your (A) point, no company wants to do "OK." Most companies aim to do greatspecifically, to maximize shareholder value, something Apple has done quite well, even in spite of the recent stock price pullback. Per my original post, there's a world of difference between a manufacturer that controls a market and one that's just a smaller player in basically a commodity market. Apple is in the position of the former; most of the examples cited of manufacturers "pre-announcing" are in the latter. Moreover, there are lots of manufacturers that don't pre-announce, and they do "OK" too, to use your rather low standard.
On your (B) point, do you have any evidence to suggest what fraction of consumers would do this? More to the point, why would a halfway intelligent manufacturer who controls their market (i.e., isn't competing in the commoditized PC space, which is really what makes the difference) even present that as an option? Put another way, if PC manufacturer A pre-announces, they are not necessarily cannibalizing from sales today, but rather some fraction of sales today *AND* some faction of competitors' sales today.
On your final point, you refer to the term "research" in your last sentence, but that's implies something proactive. The whole point of advertisement is to push something in front of consumer and induce a reactive action.
Wow bro. You're mad.
On your first paragraph, see my response to ScubaCindi above.
On your second paragraph, I was responding to the toddler-like temper tantrum that set the whole thing off.
On the refurb thing, all I did was say that you can't tell the difference. Because you can't. If you can demonstrate otherwise, please, by all means do so. That whole point was entirely orthogonal to this discussion. I don't see in any event what being a "fan boy" would have to do with it, either. I just said they're a good deal, especially right now..'cuz they are. If your panties are in such a wad that you have to have the new white box today, then knock yourself out. I'm sure Apple or the third-party reseller you use will be delighted to have those additional profit margin dollars. It's not by accident that Apple's margins have exceeded that of the rest of the PC industry. Hint: it goes back to the commodity vs not-a-commodity discussion above.
I am, in fact, for "real." I'm sorry if my logic and my top-tier MBA education are upsetting to you. Actually, I lied—I'm not. Petulant children should not be indulged in their fantasies and tirades.
Some appear to have reading comprehension problems. I'm not going to belabor my OPINION. We can't all be brilliant it seems.
Rumors point to a 12inch macbook retina
http://feedly.com/k/GO9AAt
According to him, the new Retina Display MacBook will come with design. He predicts the device to ship with a 12-inch screen (but portable as 11 inch MacBook air), a Retina Display, a small weight profile, a new structure made of clamshell, an Intel chipset and a price tag that is below the current notebook offerings from Cupertino. And he expects it to ship in the second or third quarter of 2013.
http://feedly.com/k/GO9AAt
According to him, the new Retina Display MacBook will come with design. He predicts the device to ship with a 12-inch screen (but portable as 11 inch MacBook air), a Retina Display, a small weight profile, a new structure made of clamshell, an Intel chipset and a price tag that is below the current notebook offerings from Cupertino. And he expects it to ship in the second or third quarter of 2013.
Am i the only one here who still hopes that apple wont discontinuing the non retina Model? I Really DO need and want a matte screen and do not wanna spend 2000 for an outdated machine.
Yes, that they are going to have an event that might announce the rMBP as a small part of it. What a useful indication...
That should read second or third quarter of 2014. The site you linked to made a typo in their re-interpretation of the 9to5mac article on the report.
Such is the state of the tech-blogging industry. Not only are 95% of them regurgitating what other sites have reported, but they're not even getting the essential facts right that are right there in the original articles.
Am i the only one here who still hopes that apple wont discontinuing the non retina Model? I Really DO need and want a matte screen and do not wanna spend 2000 for an outdated machine.
While I'm hoping for an upgradable mac, I really don't see how they can keep the old macbook pro AND upgrade to pci express SSDs at the same time... Even if they upgrade the cmbp it will end up being much slower than the rmbp. PCI-E > SATA
Am i the only one here who still hopes that apple wont discontinuing the non retina Model? I Really DO need and want a matte screen and do not wanna spend 2000 for an outdated machine.
I'm also one who's potentially wanting to have a matte screen for a change..oh well I guess you can't have both (Haswell and matte screen
).Am i the only one here who still hopes that apple wont discontinuing the non retina Model? I Really DO need and want a matte screen and do not wanna spend 2000 for an outdated machine.
shouldn't your solution be a matte retina display?
Not much of a solution. . . something that has never existed on rMBP and almost certainly will continue to not exist after the refresh.
Are the majority of people on here going for the 15" model?
I've only read a few 13" comments.
I've only read a few 13" comments.
I'll go for 13". After all, I want a portable device, not a big, hot and heavy brick.
I too am going for a 13"
Hopeful specs:
13" rMBP - I7 Haswell, 16gb of ram, at least 512gb SSD
Earlier I asked if there will be a quad core 13" and the response was no. Are the only limitations in a 13" for a quad space and heat? Or am I totally off target?
There is absolutely no refurbished macbooks in the UK store anymore. A sign? Or more likely a misplace hope
i feel like if i'm going to drop this much money, it's going to be my primary computer. i think 13" is too small to be a primary computer
Yes. The "only" limitations are heat and power consumption. The quads simply use too much power for the small 13" chassis.
I would think the big limitation is the space. Does anyone have a picture of the inside of a current gen 15" quad core machine vs a current 13" dual core? I would like to see the difference in logic boards.
I myself would get the buy the 15" for its specs, however its size is just a bit to big for my current use.
The 15inch is thin and light. If you think its a big, hot, and heavy brick you have some more pressing issues than when the haswell macs release. LOL.
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