I should, but I we'll have to wait for the actual tests. App Nap is probably the biggest improvement, but it won't help maximum battery life. It will only help you if you keep prefer keeping apps in the background to closing them. The various App improvements will depend on how they were already performing compared to their competition. For instance, I have my doubts that iTunes is a very power efficient app. I don't know about Safari, but at least it should make long battery life more easily achievable for most Mac users. Timer Coalescing is already being used by Windows 7 and 8 without any astonishing results. I've been looking around at some forums for beta results. The impression I have is that will be some improvement, but it's hard to say without someone taking their time to set up rigorous test conditions.
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I should, but I we'll have to wait for the actual tests. App Nap is probably the biggest improvement, but it won't help maximum battery life. It will only help you if you keep prefer keeping apps in the background to closing them. The various App improvements will depend on how they were already performing compared to their competition. For instance, I have my doubts that iTunes is a very power efficient app. I don't know about Safari, but at least it should make long battery life more easily achievable for most Mac users. Timer Coalescing is already being used by Windows 7 and 8 without any astonishing results. I've been looking around at some forums for beta results. The impression I have is that will be some improvement, but it's hard to say without someone taking their time to set up rigorous test conditions.
Well, now you're into semantics. It could still be the highest resolution on a notebook depending on how you define "notebook".
Besides. Apple makes notebooks used by pros (It says so in the name) which is an entirely different class of machine compared to everyone else.
Better question: Will anyone without a pair of calipers notice if it does?
Here's the opposing perspective for you:
My mid-2009 MBP came with 2gb of RAM. That amount served me just fine until maybe six months ago when I decided to make some upgrades to my MBP. I wasn't considering a replacement then and wanted to be able to get Mountain Lion or the then unnamed Mavericks. Snow Leopard is starting to show it's limitations for me (iCloud support, mainly). So I picked up 8gb of RAM on sale knowing I would need more than 2 gb for the OS upgrade.
Honestly 4gb would have been enough. Before my laptop decided to stop booting every other day I was barely using 4gb while using Chrome and MS Word. I might have iTunes open as well. I don't use virtual machines or any of the other "pro" software that others here do. I use iPhoto for managing the pictures on my iPhone, and I've used iMovie once to edit an iPhone video I recorded.
Of course there are two ways to interpret this: either my RAM needs are double what I originally had or 2gb more than what I had.
For myself I think 8gb will be fine for a while since I used 2gb for so long. With Mavericks moving toward better memory management I don't expect to need more for a while.
So unless you use a lot of those "pro" programs, I would think 8gb would be fine for everyday use. But it's your call. Only you know what your needs are.
Apparently the XPS 15 has a 105mmx80mm touchpad. This is slightly larger than the 105mmx76mm touchpad on the rMBP. The XPS 15 touchpad has a horizontal resolution of 1273 dpi, and a vertical resolution of 1217 dpi. Does anyone have these numbers for the rMBP?
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-prod...laptop/xps-15-9530_Reference Guide2_en-us.pdf
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-prod...laptop/xps-15-9530_Reference Guide2_en-us.pdf
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LOL! So who's Darth Vadar? Tim Cook?
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I personally think the 13" is best on the lap. The 15" can be too big
I'll throw my opinion in, since I had the same question a few weeks ago. I bought both the 13" and 15" retina Macbooks, and at first I thought I was going to choose the 13" because it just feels nice and lighter. However, after using them both for 2 weeks, I found the extra screen size of the 15" was much better. I'll be getting a 15" Haswell, hopefully ordering it next week!
I have no idea. IMO this Dell touchpad will still be finicky and frustrating to use compared to the Mac. It's all in the drivers and software.
750M should not be an unreachable expectation as it is in Dell's XPS 15 now. If you are not expecting the 750M, you are probably somehow not confident that Apple will put the best into this Haswell refresh...
IGZO should not either, Dell's already got it in their product... unless the quality looks worse than IPS, which all the "washed outness" are just unsupported opinion, fact is Dell is using them in their top of the line XPS. Supply would be the only other issue, but as Dell, a company that sold MORE during the back to school sale is incorporating IGZO in their top of the line and has released them as of October 18th, there are certainly no "supply" issues. You could argue that the XPS 15 ships on the 11th, which might mean IGZO supplies are low, but then again, Apple doesn't always release their products day of announcement either.
Exactly how high the battery life turns out to be is the only uncertain part, but it should be significantly better if Apple wants the Pro to sell.
I agree the 15" has a better screen size. But 13" wins on the lap.
I'm going to buy the base 15" with 16GB
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question to the more seasoned apple veterans: whats the expected time between the (most probable) presentation this tuesday and the actual availablity in the shops? i really need a new mbp as my old one is dying and i cant wait much longer cause i really need this for work.
thanks!
question to the more seasoned apple veterans: whats the expected time between the (most probable) presentation this tuesday and the actual availablity in the shops? i really need a new mbp as my old one is dying and i cant wait much longer cause i really need this for work.
thanks!
If its the "heat" that bothers you, maybe the new Haswell will run cooler, if not... then maybe the Broadwell next year...
Under load the Haswell has proven to be even hotter, at idle they are both cool.
Any reason why you aren't thinking the same day like they did with the air? I really want to creep around in the mall Tuesday just in case.
great, thanks. i was afraid tuesday's gonna be like "hey heres the new MBP - available end of november"
Nice info to know, didn't know the size of the touchpad was as big as the rMBP.
But like others said, it's also very important how responsive the trackpad and OS are. I will be honest with you (warning: not trying to bash Dell/Windows): the trackpad on the XPS 13 could be a lot better. It's certainly usable, but you will be annoyed by it for sure. Multi touch and gestures work half of the time and sometimes the trackpad (or windows) don't seem to work. Usually pressing the windows button to go into metro and back fixes this freeze.
Before buying my XPS 13 I read a lot of reviews. You can search for them, but most will say the trackpad isn't so great. I know this could be totally different on the XPS 15, but again be aware. It's not just a Dell thing, most windows laptops have pretty poor trackpads compared to what MacBook's have. And I have a feeling Windows itself has something to do with it.
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I personally think the 13" is best on the lap. The 15" can be too big
"My 15" was too big and hot for my lap, so I bought a 13"
Might work as a pick-up line.
I hope it's available same day so I can order during my lunch break for store pickup and get it that evening! The MBA was available same day as was the rMBP last year, I believe. I don't think my 2009 was, but I didn't get it the first day it was available.
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