I thought about getting the 13 pro that was just updated. My photography is mostly for my own benefit, I don't upload a lot to the web, mostly just do my own prints and things.
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Warming-up for the all-new redesigned retina 2014 (2015?) MacBook Air
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I thought about getting the 13 pro that was just updated. My photography is mostly for my own benefit, I don't upload a lot to the web, mostly just do my own prints and things.
Lots of good things: keyboard, trackpad, and so on. But then Apple spoils it all by doing something stupid as putting just one port and a Core M processor.
To be fair, though, we've had rumors about this for months now. Nobody can be that shocked.
Got ya so there still isnt a MacBook Air that is 12 inch and has a retina screen.
It is basically still the 11 and the 13 with updated specs and then this new 12inch macbook.
Review say yes, it is. I'm hoping when this laptop is released we'll hear that it's not, and that Apple has worked some magic to make it all okay, but I'm not too optimistic.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-core-m-5y70-broadwell-tested-benchmarked/
I've mixed reviews on Core M from the Yoga 3 Pro reviews, albeit it running Windows.
I'm curious as to what kind of reviews this will get. I expect it to be fast and snappy just like any other MacBook, but in terms of power, I want to see what it's really capable of.
I want to see it run a VM. If it can do that well, I'm in. But as I said upthread, I'm not super optimistic.
What a surprise! Just as I posted last summer, the Airs continue as-are with spec bumps. I hate to say I told you so ... but I did. Several times.
Yeah I just quickly skimmed through that article you posted, I'm definitely not as optimistic after reading that.
Same, no fan means having to throttle in order to keep temps in check, which means drops or limited performance.
Cinebench R10 64Bit MT:
rMB 12" base: <9000 (YOGA 3 Pro with Core M-5Y70 scores 8939)
MBA 13" i5 2013: 10076
To be fair, I'am actually surprised that the difference isn't THAT big. It turnes out there was very little progress from 2011 with U CPUs in terms of processing power. i5 back from 2011 equals current Core M.
Granted of course, throttling is not accounted for as these test were ran on active cooled notebooks, which rMB isn't, so it should score less than YOGA 3.
rMB 12" base: <9000 (YOGA 3 Pro with Core M-5Y70 scores 8939)
MBA 13" i5 2013: 10076
To be fair, I'am actually surprised that the difference isn't THAT big. It turnes out there was very little progress from 2011 with U CPUs in terms of processing power. i5 back from 2011 equals current Core M.
Granted of course, throttling is not accounted for as these test were ran on active cooled notebooks, which rMB isn't, so it should score less than YOGA 3.
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After reading those studies it's decided it will be the air or MacBook pro 13 for me. If I'm upgrading to 500ssd it seems the pro is the way to go right?
I think they only thing people can be shocked by is the fact that Apple managed to stretch roughly 30 minutes of content into an extremely awkward 1.5 hour keynote.
I'm disappointed...
Well, I really got disappointed, after seeing the battery life of the "refreshed" 11" & 13" MBAs (switching to Broadwell from Haswell). Both generations have the same screen, practically the same logic board (Broadwell is pin-to-pin compatible with Haswell...) plus other hardware and the same battery ratings.
Earlier (either in this thread or somewhere else in MacRumors Forums) the member nicked "mortek" had made out a very logical estimation for the Broadwell refresh and had arrived to the conclusion it may be minimum 13 hrs. (if not a bit more) for the 13" MBA refresh. Well, there are all reasons to believe this estimation, but Apple is still indicating/announcing 12 hrs.!...
What the heck?
Well, I really got disappointed, after seeing the battery life of the "refreshed" 11" & 13" MBAs (switching to Broadwell from Haswell). Both generations have the same screen, practically the same logic board (Broadwell is pin-to-pin compatible with Haswell...) plus other hardware and the same battery ratings.
Earlier (either in this thread or somewhere else in MacRumors Forums) the member nicked "mortek" had made out a very logical estimation for the Broadwell refresh and had arrived to the conclusion it may be minimum 13 hrs. (if not a bit more) for the 13" MBA refresh. Well, there are all reasons to believe this estimation, but Apple is still indicating/announcing 12 hrs.!...
What the heck?
Well, this new rMB makes me curious. How will the one-port thing work in real life ? What's the performance going to be ? How about heat ? Basically, how did they do it and how much did they have to compromise to do it ?
Anyway, I'm curious, and I'll eargerly wait until I can put my hands on it and see how it feels, and how it behaves. The reopening of the Apple Store has almost alleviated my primary concerns and questions - there will be a BTO option to upgrade the processor without upgrading the disk space, so I'm hoping the 1.3 with 256Gb will be in the middle price range between the base and high end models. Probably a good middle option if the first reviews say the CPU sucks.
The dimensions are good, roughly the same footprint as the 11" - it's just a tad narrower and a tad deeper.
The keyboard and trackpad sound awesome, although it's anedoctical at his point, but I'm curious how they can make them better than they already are.
As for the rest, well I suppose I fall right inside their target - I don't need any port, I want an ultraportable, ultra light retina, OSX laptop, and I'm not going to do any heavy photoshop, video editing, gaming or hyperspace calculus on it, since it won't be my main computer.
It's funny to see all the speculations and dead-end opinions from everybody, when nobody has actually seen the machine, as always. Reminds me of the rMBP launch in 2012. It was going to be the end of Apple (again), there was no way this machine could have any kind of acceptable performances, ...
Anyway, I'm curious, and I'll eargerly wait until I can put my hands on it and see how it feels, and how it behaves. The reopening of the Apple Store has almost alleviated my primary concerns and questions - there will be a BTO option to upgrade the processor without upgrading the disk space, so I'm hoping the 1.3 with 256Gb will be in the middle price range between the base and high end models. Probably a good middle option if the first reviews say the CPU sucks.
The dimensions are good, roughly the same footprint as the 11" - it's just a tad narrower and a tad deeper.
The keyboard and trackpad sound awesome, although it's anedoctical at his point, but I'm curious how they can make them better than they already are.
As for the rest, well I suppose I fall right inside their target - I don't need any port, I want an ultraportable, ultra light retina, OSX laptop, and I'm not going to do any heavy photoshop, video editing, gaming or hyperspace calculus on it, since it won't be my main computer.
It's funny to see all the speculations and dead-end opinions from everybody, when nobody has actually seen the machine, as always. Reminds me of the rMBP launch in 2012. It was going to be the end of Apple (again), there was no way this machine could have any kind of acceptable performances, ...
Yeah so the only reason why the Air is still in the lineup is the performance advantage and the port selection. Given though that Apple was gushing about how the new MacBook is the future of notebooks though they clearly want people to make that transition sooner or later. Remember when we went nuts about the limited port selection of the original MBA?
I suppose this was their plan after all, 'Air' being just a placeholder name for their new philosophy of thin-and-light everything. There's no reason the iPad needs to retain it's 'Air' title either, it's their standard bearer and biggest tablet currently.
I suppose this was their plan after all, 'Air' being just a placeholder name for their new philosophy of thin-and-light everything. There's no reason the iPad needs to retain it's 'Air' title either, it's their standard bearer and biggest tablet currently.
To be more accurate- the storage speeds-but lets face it thats what were are using much of the time.
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They basically screwed over the whole world with pricing. Apple tax for anyone not living in the US.
Well, I really got disappointed, after seeing the battery life of the "refreshed" 11" & 13" MBAs (switching to Broadwell from Haswell). Both generations have the same screen, practically the same logic board (Broadwell is pin-to-pin compatible with Haswell...) plus other hardware and the same battery ratings.
Earlier (either in this thread or somewhere else in MacRumors Forums) the member nicked "mortek" had made out a very logical estimation for the Broadwell refresh and had arrived to the conclusion it may be minimum 13 hrs. (if not a bit more) for the 13" MBA refresh. Well, there are all reasons to believe this estimation, but Apple is still indicating/announcing 12 hrs.!...
What the heck?
I guess Apple will not make any effort to advertise the Air since it wants to replace it with the new MacBook in the future. The winding down of the Air has just began. It will decease until it dies, just like the non-retina Pro.