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What'll the all new 2012 MBPs look like?
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I am wondering what new case material we might see. Carbon fiber just got a bump down in probability for me when I found out is isn't recyclable. Not that I personally care, but Apple's squarely on the political-correctness bandwagon.
Maybe Liquidmetal?
Here's a mockup of a black Liquidmetal MBP.
Yummy!
WHY do people assume that the so called "liquidmetal" alloy is dark or black in color? It is the same chrome-silver shade as steel or aluminum.
That's true. But have they done so by making more room for the battery? They've used the available room a little more efficiently, have increased the capacity and made the system architecture a little less power hungry. I don't think they've really added more space for the battery with any device ever, or can you think of one such instance?
I love when people list "liquidmetal" as the most anticipated feature of the 2012 MBP. PEOPLE, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE F THAT MEANS.
Possibly a Retina display. Standard 256GB SSD, 8GB memory, USB 3.0. Longer battery life (12+ hours) gained from use of SSD instead of HDD. Elimination of the Optidrive (or make it optional). Dual SDXC card slots. Standard two year warranty.
Options: 2nd SSD in the Optibay. Larger Primary SSD.
Options: 2nd SSD in the Optibay. Larger Primary SSD.
Ideally, a 128GB+ SSD for OS X and applications.
On top of that, I'd want a larger resolution, slightly better battery life (8-10 hours) or as good as Apple can make it and ideally, improvements/solutions to cooling/fan noise.
An optional second HDD instead of the Superdrive would be a fantastic option.
I'd upgrade the RAM to 8GB myself then.
On top of that, I'd want a larger resolution, slightly better battery life (8-10 hours) or as good as Apple can make it and ideally, improvements/solutions to cooling/fan noise.
An optional second HDD instead of the Superdrive would be a fantastic option.
I'd upgrade the RAM to 8GB myself then.
More battery life is always nice but that won't show. The more efficient the whole thing becomes they will likely slim it down and shrink the battery.
What has to come is higher res screen at least as an option. Some insanly high res screen would be nice too so everybody can decide what he wants to run at. Will not be worth the price for years though.
New tech isn't around the corner either, but I would love to see TMOS screens. 600 nits max birghtness, infinite contrast, RGB LED like gamut.
More ports or some decent dock thingy that for LAN ports and stuff. I usually only need an ethernet port at home and wouldn't mind a dock for most of the stuff i have. Hopefully non Apple companies will provide this stuff.
The notbeook itself needs 1 or 2 USB 3.0 ports. thunderbolt is nice but it will never be as cheap and for sticks and stuff nobody wants to use a adapter. This will definitely come as the next Intel Chipset brings USB 3.0 support. Would be ridiculous not to offer them.
Ivy Bridge will run cooler and that will either give us cooler current design or a new one that is slimmer. Maybe it will be the dawn of hybrid SSD/HDD RAID solutions like in the current Z68 with Intel. Maybe with an extra place to put some small SSD like the Intel 310. Flash soldered on the logic board wouldn't be too smart as this hybrid RAID is cheap and fast but still worse than a big SSD and thus it needs to be somewhat optional.
As a short list of the new possible killer features.
TMOS high res screen (less likely)
Intel Smart Response support with small SSD. (fairly likely)
I wouldn't list a new design as a killer feature as it would probably be 16:9 and I as many others dislike 16:9 very much.
What has to come is higher res screen at least as an option. Some insanly high res screen would be nice too so everybody can decide what he wants to run at. Will not be worth the price for years though.
New tech isn't around the corner either, but I would love to see TMOS screens. 600 nits max birghtness, infinite contrast, RGB LED like gamut.
More ports or some decent dock thingy that for LAN ports and stuff. I usually only need an ethernet port at home and wouldn't mind a dock for most of the stuff i have. Hopefully non Apple companies will provide this stuff.
The notbeook itself needs 1 or 2 USB 3.0 ports. thunderbolt is nice but it will never be as cheap and for sticks and stuff nobody wants to use a adapter. This will definitely come as the next Intel Chipset brings USB 3.0 support. Would be ridiculous not to offer them.
Ivy Bridge will run cooler and that will either give us cooler current design or a new one that is slimmer. Maybe it will be the dawn of hybrid SSD/HDD RAID solutions like in the current Z68 with Intel. Maybe with an extra place to put some small SSD like the Intel 310. Flash soldered on the logic board wouldn't be too smart as this hybrid RAID is cheap and fast but still worse than a big SSD and thus it needs to be somewhat optional.
As a short list of the new possible killer features.
TMOS high res screen (less likely)
Intel Smart Response support with small SSD. (fairly likely)
I wouldn't list a new design as a killer feature as it would probably be 16:9 and I as many others dislike 16:9 very much.
As long as it doesn't look like this:
Of course, this could be the next iMac as well..
It's fun to speculate, but only Apple knows.
But the last I'd read, it'll still have a TN panel but an OLED showing the logo on the cover:
http://www.symbianoasis.com/2011/03/next-gen-mbps-to-use-oled-apple-logo.html
(I don't expect to see RGB LED yet... it'd be nice if they would... but 2013 seems a more reasonable estimate. Looking back, I can see why they waited a year for quad-core i7 CPUs to be used. Sandy Bridge is far nicer to battery life than its predecessor... by far. RGB LED will be more cost-effective for Apple by then, too.)
Of course, this could be the next iMac as well..
It's fun to speculate, but only Apple knows.
But the last I'd read, it'll still have a TN panel but an OLED showing the logo on the cover:
http://www.symbianoasis.com/2011/03/next-gen-mbps-to-use-oled-apple-logo.html
(I don't expect to see RGB LED yet... it'd be nice if they would... but 2013 seems a more reasonable estimate. Looking back, I can see why they waited a year for quad-core i7 CPUs to be used. Sandy Bridge is far nicer to battery life than its predecessor... by far. RGB LED will be more cost-effective for Apple by then, too.)
I think the Retina display is a done deal. Same goes for USB 3.0.
SSD technology is advancing very quickly and more and more manufacturers are getting in the game. The price per GB of storage will continue to fall making SSD's the norm (especially in laptops). Electromechanical HDD's will probably be obsolete in 5 years.
The next generation Macbook Pros will probably have a base price closer to $1500 for the 13 inch models. Apple will never stop increasing the base price of their products. They will look for new ways to charge the consumer more money for technology improvements even though the cost of manufacturing their products continues to fall. It's just good business.
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I plan on living for a long long time still. We are talking 2012 Macbook Refresh.. not 2013 (which does not exist on the Mayan calendar which ends on 21 December 2012)..
Well none the less, it means you should buy a MBP now instead of waiting on the redesign. Imagine buying a $3,000 system only to have the world end a month after. Talk about a terrible value!!!
If you consider the recent OLED patents that Apple has been awarded the above just might be true.
no kidding. And yes, the option to not have an optical drive but an additional HDD or SSD that could be put into a RAID configuration with the main drive. Which should (duh) be an SSD.
I'd be disappointed if there wasn't at least one more thunderbolt port and no, they won't get rid of firewire800 yet.
and USB 2.0 ports will be changed to USB 3.0
Even though I don't mind glossy displays, matte display option across the MBP line would be welcome.