GT 750M simply for its dedicated memory.
I was thinking the same
I don't use CAD programs, but I think you will get better performance whit a dGPU than whit iGPU...
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I was thinking the same
I don't use CAD programs, but I think you will get better performance whit a dGPU than whit iGPU...
I swear people only see what they want to see. The first line in that article below yet people choose to completely ignore it.
...sitting here in the classroom, everybody is programming SQL queries, just me that's reading this thread instead...
(...glad that I'm the teacher...
HAHAHAHAHA
Some people will drop dead a week from today - right about this time.
With the recent announcement that Apple is combining their Retina MacBook Pro and MacBook Air product lines, is there any reason not to wait until those combo-tops are released?
Source: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1653641/
Source: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1653641/
Judging from past history of these events, any chance the new rMBP is available in-store the same day of the annoucement???
I swear people only see what they want to see. The first line in that article below yet people choose to completely ignore it.
I genuinely think their source is legit, as I said a few pages ago that same source told them Apple was going to release new iPod Touch back in May and 3 days later Apple released them
OMG... I love this site. How funny/pathetic are we, AM I? 9 months waiting for a laptop so I can DO WORK and waste my time watching Youtube videos. My word, I could have had a baby in that time...A HUMAN BABY
Even if it's released on the 24th, I'll wait another week until my BTO is shipped, spend my entire weekend converting to Mac from PC, drink like crazy when frustrated because I've never used mac before, give my dell the side-eye and loving nudge, and if all else fails, pack my dell as I leave town for the week with the MBP on my bed.
... all this at a cost of $3,500.
You know those guys at Apple are laughing at us.
Even worse, you know Jobs is farting in his grave at the minions he left behind.
F my life.
Even if it's released on the 24th, I'll wait another week until my BTO is shipped, spend my entire weekend converting to Mac from PC, drink like crazy when frustrated because I've never used mac before, give my dell the side-eye and loving nudge, and if all else fails, pack my dell as I leave town for the week with the MBP on my bed.
... all this at a cost of $3,500.
You know those guys at Apple are laughing at us.
Even worse, you know Jobs is farting in his grave at the minions he left behind.
F my life.
GT 750M simply for its dedicated memory.
indeed. Not only is the Iris Pro slower than a 750M, but you also loose a gig of ram.
We got them in our store last year when the rMBP was first announced. They came in during the announcement actually
Iris Pro doesn't make sense in the $2000+ range.
There has to be a dedicated GPU in order to claim higher better performance
but an integrated GPU powerful enough to also claim better battery life.
So here's what I'm thinking
For the base, at just $1799 replacing the current 'fat' 15" MacBook Pro
Intel Core i7 4750HQ at 2Ghz
Iris Pro 5200
For the 'better' model replacing the current $2199 price point
The price could even be lower but that's anyone to speculate.
Intel Core i7 4850HQ at 2.3Ghz
Iris Pro 5200 + dGPU (GT/GTX class GPU)
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I didn't even mention the storage or memory here.
People will argue what's the use of Iris Pro 5200 when you have a dedicated GPU and also incur higher cost?
First of all, Iris Pro 5200 =/= GT 650M
Second, Apple can still claim better battery life with greater iGPU performance.
Third, if you need the power, you still have the dGPU.
Fourth, for the base model, removing the dGPU saves cost bringing the ability to bring the rMBP 15 to a lower price point but maintain the near performance of the previous gen by using Iris Pro.
Fifth, consistency. You claim 12 hours battery life for all rMBPs. You expect the same for all models. Since Apple calculates the battery using iGPU, the iGPU has to be equal performance. You can't expect the more expensive model with worse iGPU performance?
Make sense?
There has to be a dedicated GPU in order to claim higher better performance
but an integrated GPU powerful enough to also claim better battery life.
So here's what I'm thinking
For the base, at just $1799 replacing the current 'fat' 15" MacBook Pro
Intel Core i7 4750HQ at 2Ghz
Iris Pro 5200
For the 'better' model replacing the current $2199 price point
The price could even be lower but that's anyone to speculate.
Intel Core i7 4850HQ at 2.3Ghz
Iris Pro 5200 + dGPU (GT/GTX class GPU)
.
I didn't even mention the storage or memory here.
People will argue what's the use of Iris Pro 5200 when you have a dedicated GPU and also incur higher cost?
First of all, Iris Pro 5200 =/= GT 650M
Second, Apple can still claim better battery life with greater iGPU performance.
Third, if you need the power, you still have the dGPU.
Fourth, for the base model, removing the dGPU saves cost bringing the ability to bring the rMBP 15 to a lower price point but maintain the near performance of the previous gen by using Iris Pro.
Fifth, consistency. You claim 12 hours battery life for all rMBPs. You expect the same for all models. Since Apple calculates the battery using iGPU, the iGPU has to be equal performance. You can't expect the more expensive model with worse iGPU performance?
Make sense?
How about this thought... it's not a MacBook event.
why do you wish so much a non macbook release?
honestly, i can stand haters....
Makes sense somewhat yes. But I do think the prices will be a bit higher.
Since the rMBP is coming so late and the Mac Pro is all about 4K and ThunderBolt 2 I can't shake the feeling the rMBP will have TB2 as well and might be able to output to one or two 4K screens as well. I don't think this is possible without a dGPU. The current rMBP can drive it's own screen and 2 Thunderbolt displays with the 650m (although I don't know how well).
Well there are people here with rMBPs. And there are people who, for any reasons, stopped to waiting and bought an MBA.
All of them are desperatly hoping for Haswell new rMBP NOT to be released in a week from now.
And all of them will be punished
All of them are desperatly hoping for Haswell new rMBP NOT to be released in a week from now.
And all of them will be punished
LOL...I'm not a hater, I'm a pessimist. You know. expect the worst, hope for the best. I've been waiting since February! My Dell laptop is being held together with butterfly clips (just look at my profile). I have my Apple fund constantly growing, hoping to be spent.
I've waited so long and believed so many rumors that I won't believe anything without proof.
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Well there are people here with rMBPs.
All of them are desperatly hoping for Haswell new rMBP NOT to be released in a week from now.
And all of them will be punished
I love this part... hope I can laugh at those people next week, but I fear I might end up crying in the corner.
Well there are people here with rMBPs. And there are people who, for any reasons, stopped to waiting and bought an MBA.
All of them are desperatly hoping for Haswell new rMBP NOT to be released in a week from now.
And all of them will be punished
In my mind, that way of thinking (people who don't want a release) is sooooooooo sadly.
You've got to be happpy with what you actually got and never look the others goods. A short life will have people who think in that way.
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