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Waiting for Haswell MBP Mega Thread
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So I want exactly this:
Base model without dGPU ($1999) + 2,3Ghz + 16GB Ram + 512GB flash = $2599
What do I do? Wait and pray? ... Do I call their support?
Dude, something seems wrong with that price.
The 13" rMBP with 2.8 GHz i7/16/512 is a list price of $2199. I assume the EDU discount is $200, which means you are paying $436.37 in taxes?
I hope that you are quoting non-US pricing, or bought AppleCare and didn't include it. Even if you did include AppleCare, your taxes would be 187.37.
In any case, congrats! That's the same config I'm going to order!
Boggles the mind that this is only marginally less than the 15"/2.3GHz/16GB/512GB model ($2,449.00 + tax, edu price) in Canada.
I upgrade my laptop every year, so for me that isn't a concern. But to each his own.
Iris pro can handle 4k movies, outperforms the GT650....i think it'll do just fine. Do you really think they would release a laptop that couldn't even support its own display
The HD4000 handles it fine for everyday tasks, so the Iris Pro 5200 certainly should do the same.
the 4000 could so that would be suprising
and what in the HELL did they do to that spare space in the 15" no gpu version. It pisses me off to have a empty space in my notebook.
Because you're getting it for "free." BTO the low-end's processor, RAM, and SSD, and boom, you arrive at the same price.
You get everything you wanted. You just don't get a discount on top of them and, instead, you get a free extra feature. It's really not anything to complain about.
Empty space?? Oh, you mean your "iStashBox"? Awesome feature. I've always wanted a laptop with a secret compartment in it...
Nooo, that had more to do with the software than the hardware. The HD 4000 runs just fine for most everyday tasks under Mavericks.
You are right. Paying this much. You need to be sure to buy in the perfect timing. No pushing hardware to limitation like last time. It would be great. There was lagging performance problem with last gen.
I don't want a dGPU because it is annoying to switch GPU all the time. I don't know if it functions the same way my current Acer laptop does, but if it does it keeps switching GPU every single time I plug in and out my charger. And it CAN NOT be fixed. I swear. I am done having to deal with 2 GPUs, same way I am done using Crossfire GPU on stationary PC (witch does not work on windowed mode...).
I expect the same specs without a dGPU to cost way less than -50$ too.
The Macbook Pro is a long way off the Mac Pro in many ways, but there isn't much point for Apple to move to 1833 when DDR4 is probably coming next year.
I'm actually trying to decide whether or not to go all-in with the 2.6GHz processor (i.e. on the 15"/16/512 config).
I realize this is the de facto "Apple idiot tax" considering the very modest performance gains, but hey, this is a once-in-five-years purchase after all...
I realize this is the de facto "Apple idiot tax" considering the very modest performance gains, but hey, this is a once-in-five-years purchase after all...
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