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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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Is anybody reading about the plane crash that just happened? Due to the proximity of the crash to the presentation location I wouldn't be surprised if they postponed it or else it could be considered to be bad taste. Who knows how this may affect flights right now too. I know I'm an awful person for worrying about the event and not about the loss of life but whatever.
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1968/1968-1 - 0018.html
It happened in 1968 so I think we are okay
OMG WE WON'T GET OUR rMBPS TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!
But seriously there's absolutely nothing on anybody the major news sites. That's an awful thing to troll about when there is already so much tragedy in the world.
Mods if this turns out to be somehow true, you can delete this comment.
Edit: Started writing this before the bogus link was posted. Darn trolls.
We know IGZO has great battery life saving properties. If IGZO displays are equal to or greater to the existing IPS panel, then they should stick it in and announce it tomorrow. There is no way Apple could possibly let Dell and their new XPS 15 have exclusive access to the display. Apple with their keen negotiating skills, engineering of products that "can only be accomplished with Apple engineering", $$$$$, and Tim Cook as master of the supply chain, there is NO WAY Apple could have possibly "missed" the IGZO train and is holding out until 2014 for its release.
Its one thing for an iPad or iPhone to hold out on an upgrade for another year because they are that much better than their competitors, but were talking about the Retina Macbook Pro here, marketed as "The highest resolution notebook in the world". Were talking about losing to Dell here, starting with back to school sales and now this release of the XPS 15 on October 18. Apple is way behind. Unless they want to fall even further behind as more and more PC manufacturers starting with Dell, they need this update.
If Apple doesn't upgrade the display, they may as well take Retina out of the name... Of course none of this applies if IGZO turns out to have worse display quality than IPS, which should mean that Dell sales should go down... but it seems highly unlikely.
Apple needs to do announce this tomorrow if it really is the best display in the market now and not wait till 2014. They have had over 6 months to incorporate it. Dell engineering can, Apple engineering should too... unless Apple is really wanting to fall behind. Maybe even have some exclusive deal with Sharp to have an even better screen than what the Dell XPS got.
Im afraid Apple is not innovative nowadays and in a post Jobs era Apple can easily fall behind Dell. My guess is that Apple wont release these IGZO panels until 2014 and still claim they have the best panels.
Im afraid Apple under Cook has lost it.
Also its not about if they can do it but about if they want to do it or simply are too much into ipad/iphone to care enough about Macs these days.
Im afraid Apple under Cook has lost it.
Also its not about if they can do it but about if they want to do it or simply are too much into ipad/iphone to care enough about Macs these days.
Meanwhile, Apple is raking in money hand over fist while "not being innovative".
You can't take a joke either it seems. If you jibe someone and act all surprised when u get some back. And it's only funny if the other person finds it funny too. It's like me saying your other half is ugly, oh jk lol. It's like trolling someone then saying calm down, why u mad?
No offence, then say something offensive... y'see how that works
It has become pretty disappointing I agree. I think Cook needs a wwjd bracelet ASAP.
Sorry about the news article - I really need to look at the dates more
You can't take a joke either it seems. If you jibe someone and act all surprised when u get some back. And it's only funny if the other person finds it funny too. It's like me saying your other half is ugly, oh jk lol. It's like trolling someone then saying calm down, why u mad?
No offence, then say something offensive... y'see how that works
Honestly, I couldn't tell you were joking or an angry ninja. Your tone was hostile and I assumed you were just another person on sh*tmaddening sauce - oh well. I can take as well as I give - It's all good.
You're the outlier
Me and my entire sports crazy country. Don't get me wrong, I've tried. Bored me to tears. I know that billions of people around the globe are crazy about it, but nil-nil doesn't work for most Americans. We need scoring
It's hard to take you seriously when you make statements like the bolded ones.
This is eery. Not even a leak. Of anything. We're assuming because it's a safe bet that they'll have Haswell, 802.11ac, and PCI-e SSDs but everything's still a giant mystery.
IGZO?
Space gray color change?
Thinner?
Like seriously, does anyone ever remember it even being this quiet before a release? Even when it's one of those spec bump Tuesdays where the store goes down & an hour later there's new product on there?
I recall SKU leaks & configurations in the past the night before.
I remember a picture of a thunderbolt port which we knew was lightpeak. And no one believed the specs on the photographed box.
It's Wayyy too quiet. It's all iPads all the time now... Maybe not many people care as much about MacBook Pros?
IGZO?
Space gray color change?
Thinner?
Like seriously, does anyone ever remember it even being this quiet before a release? Even when it's one of those spec bump Tuesdays where the store goes down & an hour later there's new product on there?
I recall SKU leaks & configurations in the past the night before.
I remember a picture of a thunderbolt port which we knew was lightpeak. And no one believed the specs on the photographed box.
It's Wayyy too quiet. It's all iPads all the time now... Maybe not many people care as much about MacBook Pros?
This is eery. Not even a leak. Of anything. We're assuming because it's a safe bet that they'll have Haswell, 802.11ac, and PCI-e SSDs but everything's still a giant mystery.
IGZO?
Space gray color change?
Thinner?
Like seriously, does anyone ever remember it even being this quiet before a release? Even when it's one of those spec bump Tuesdays where the store goes down & an hour later there's new product on there?
I recall SKU leaks & configurations in the past the night before.
I remember a picture of a thunderbolt port which we knew was lightpeak. And no one believed the specs on the photographed box.
It's Wayyy too quiet. It's all iPads all the time now... Maybe not many people care as much about MacBook Pros?
I have a feeling we are going to see something big tomorrow.
It's like they found the minimum amount of work they have to do to keep shareholders happy and are sticking with it.
I think there is like there is a balance between pushing out innovative awesome new tech for the customer and making money. I think the passion at Apple is flowing into the latter.
Not having IGZO will certainly be a disappointment for me and will speak volumes about this. The iWatch lagging behind instead of being at the forefront also says something too about direction.
Read my lips...there will be no IGZO or redesign this time around - as much as I'd like there to be.
Do you have some great new insider info and not just the same rumors everyone's heard?
Haswell iMacs? or are you only talking about MBP? the February model was pretty unexpected. maybe a prediction or two a couple months ahead, but nothing concrete leading up to the refresh. (yes, it's true that that barely counted, but updates that barely count have SKUs too)
Yeah the Haswell iMacs were a surprise too. Like the whole double down on secrecy thing applies to Macs but not to iPhones & iPads it seems.
Late 2008 Leaks
The night before the 2008 unibody's were released...
5:18p
https://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/13/macbook-and-macbook-pro-part-numbers-and-prices-899-macbook/
8:14p
https://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/13/macbook-pro-photo-no-mouse-buttons/
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I forgot that these Late 2008 had both an iGPU and a dGPU. User switchable with a logout defined by a better battery life or better performance setting in sys. pref.
The night before the 2008 unibody's were released...
5:18p
https://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/13/macbook-and-macbook-pro-part-numbers-and-prices-899-macbook/
8:14p
https://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/13/macbook-pro-photo-no-mouse-buttons/
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I forgot that these Late 2008 had both an iGPU and a dGPU. User switchable with a logout defined by a better battery life or better performance setting in sys. pref.
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