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So today was the WWDC at Apple and they have finally announced the new MBP with Retina display. Looks an impressive spec and has an SSD rather the conventional HD. Looks like the standard MBP will continue along side for the time being with some performance upgrades.

Im a little disappointed that Mountain Lion was not released, think we have another month to wait.
 
pretty buzzed for the new software :D
 
Hmm... I love high res screens and whilst the Retina display is high res, it's £1800 :(

I see they've moved to Nvidia though which can only be good for Premier Pro use. They also seem to have an implementation of Optimus technology. Nice to see Apple finally catching up with PCs ;) :D

Nice specs, nice machine.
 
It looks like a good machine, not impressed with the non expand ability of the ssd or the ram though..:eek:

And where we're the iMac updates :rant: I have cash to spend on a 27" !!!!
 
1st thought was WOW. Looks amazing. But then what do I use my MacBook for? Web and email which doesn't really matter about having retina, same with office type apps, video editing and photo editing not fussed as dont really use it to watch video or pics (either watch on iPad or iPhone, or print).

Suppose the question is, when will retina become the normal display (like hd is now for TV) and when will ssd replace HD?
 
I thought the same Simon. I use a 27" iMac for editing and the MBP for browsing so the retina display is wasted on me..... Plus I don't have a spare 2k
 
I'm very tempted by this...Just need to sit down for the £3K but then again that is £600 in VAT doing my bit for the country and financial crisis :)

Damn that resolution/density is more than my current 30" screen....So tempted...
 
digitalfailure said:
It looks like a good machine, not impressed with the non expand ability of the ssd or the ram though..:eek:

And where we're the iMac updates :rant: I have cash to spend on a 27" !!!!
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Yep - was hoping for a new iMac. Was all set to go Mac (from pc) but now reconsidering when I read somewhere 2013 for iMac refresh...
 
cambsno said:
1st thought was WOW. Looks amazing. But then what do I use my MacBook for? Web and email which doesn't really matter about having retina, same with office type apps, video editing and photo editing not fussed as dont really use it to watch video or pics (either watch on iPad or iPhone, or print).
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Hmm this....I just got rid of my 2010 Macbook Pro and was thinking of upgrading, but for what I use it for (browsing Flash content, light photo editing on holiday etc.), I'll be better off spending half the money on an Ivybridge ultrabook.
 
what i wonder is how would 1:1 zoomed in photos look?

would that mean if you don't have 20:20 vision, you'd be screwed?
 
This is the first update they've done on MacBooks that's tempted me to upgrade my old 2008 unibody.

I don't think I will (or should that read I hope I don't) upgrade as its still running along quite nicely but even the upper 13 is sounding quite nice.

I did notice that Mountain Lion lists the 2008 as a minimum requirement now so I guess this will be my last OS update and then time to upgrade maybe
 
Have the killed off the 17 inch? No room for a desktop for me, so a 17" laptop is a great solution.
 
dejongj said:
I'm very tempted by this...Just need to sit down for the £3K but then again that is £600 in VAT doing my bit for the country and financial crisis :)

Damn that resolution/density is more than my current 30" screen....So tempted...
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I'm glad that the fully configured price held me back from hitting that buy button.

I now understand enough to confuse me about the useable desktop space with this screen. It seems that it is more retina and less available space. Meaning that although it is a 2880x1800 panel the effective desktop space is that of a 1440x900 panel used in 1:1 mapping. It is possible to reduce the "quality" by creating more space with the equivalent of a 1920x1200 desktop. However that is what I had on my 10 year old dell Inspiron 9100 laptop and it's 15.4 inch screen.

I was hoping for more space than my 30" screen at 2560x1600.

I think I am going to hold out until it is clear how it can work in combination with mountain lion.
 
neil_g said:
ethernet via a £25 thunderbolt addon.. wtf.
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Woo Hoo finally an affordable thunderbolt device. (that was sarcasm by the way)

So, let me get this right, you can either have Ethernet, or you can have an external monitor, hmmm.

To be honest, and Neil, I think we've already discussed in another thread from a while back, a good majority of people simply wouldn't know what Ethernet is these days, so for what IMO is a pimped up MacBook air it's not going to be a problem for 90% of the users.
 
Slaphead said:
To be honest, and Neil, I think we've already discussed in another thread from a while back, a good majority of people simply wouldn't know what Ethernet is these days
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I think a lot do, but won't feel the need for it unless they're starting to stream full HD movies (and then only after the kids complain about the constant pauses!).
 
Slaphead said:
Woo Hoo finally an affordable thunderbolt device. (that was sarcasm by the way)

So, let me get this right, you can either have Ethernet, or you can have an external monitor, hmmm.

To be honest, and Neil, I think we've already discussed in another thread from a while back, a good majority of people simply wouldn't know what Ethernet is these days, so for what IMO is a pimped up MacBook air it's not going to be a problem for 90% of the users.
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I think there are 2 tb ports from the pics. But yes we've mentioned Ethernet previously, I think apple are going too far by removing it to be honest, it's supposed to be a professional device.

We need to order some more MacBooks but it certainly won't be these.
 
Slaphead said:
Woo Hoo finally an affordable thunderbolt device. (that was sarcasm by the way)

So, let me get this right, you can either have Ethernet, or you can have an external monitor, hmmm.

To be honest, and Neil, I think we've already discussed in another thread from a while back, a good majority of people simply wouldn't know what Ethernet is these days, so for what IMO is a pimped up MacBook air it's not going to be a problem for 90% of the users.
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And, I assume, if you have a thunderbolt display, like at you desk at home/office you could leave the adapter with network cable plugged in there :)
 
dejongj said:
And, I assume, if you have a thunderbolt display, like at you desk at home/office you could leave the adapter with network cable plugged in there :)
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Yes you are absolutely correct, but what if you've actually bought a decent monitor. Sorry, but IMO the monitor offerings from Apple are pretty dismal in comparison to what others offer at an equivalent price.
 
Slaphead said:
Yes you are absolutely correct, but what if you've actually bought a decent monitor. Sorry, but IMO the monitor offerings from Apple are pretty dismal in comparison to what others offer at an equivalent price.
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Fair enough, which other thunderbolt monitor do you recommend?
 
Slaphead said:
To be honest, and Neil, I think we've already discussed in another thread from a while back, a good majority of people simply wouldn't know what Ethernet is these days,
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Agreed apart from those about to buy a 1D X, Just as Canon put ethernet in a camera for excellent tethered shooting Apple take it off.
 
dejongj said:
And, I assume, if you have a thunderbolt display, like at you desk at home/office you could leave the adapter with network cable plugged in there :)
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No need to, the apple tb display has a built in Ethernet port already. And USB + FireWire ports. And a webcam and audio. All from one TB cable.

I use my MBP Ethernet only when troubleshooting networks, and I bought a USB Ethernet adapter for the MBA which has never been used. Not mourning the loss myself, I'd rather take the thin form factor. I think the new laptop is thinner than a rj45 connector which would make it impossible to incorporate a mechanically sound port.
 
Slaphead said:
Woo Hoo finally an affordable thunderbolt device. (that was sarcasm by the way)

So, let me get this right, you can either have Ethernet, or you can have an external monitor, hmmm.

To be honest, and Neil, I think we've already discussed in another thread from a while back, a good majority of people simply wouldn't know what Ethernet is these days, so for what IMO is a pimped up MacBook air it's not going to be a problem for 90% of the users.
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Note the next post :D

vaizki said:
No need to, the apple tb display has a built in Ethernet port already. And USB + FireWire ports. And a webcam and audio. All from one TB cable.

I use my MBP Ethernet only when troubleshooting networks, and I bought a USB Ethernet adapter for the MBA which has never been used. Not mourning the loss myself, I'd rather take the thin form factor. I think the new laptop is thinner than a rj45 connector which would make it impossible to incorporate a mechanically sound port.
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Cheers, well there you go then the original concern raised is not valid...Unless you are using that much better alternative tb monitor which may not have it ;)
 
That's not too bad then if the thunderbolt displays have all of that, we've got two new ones in a box that I haven't even looked at let to be fair. They are horrible screens to work on though (don't ask why we have some, office politics..).

Still a pain if your reasonably mobile between sites, it's another connector to lose in the depths of your bag. I thought we'd got away from Ethernet dongles on laptops in the early 2000s.
 
I thought all modern offices have wifi these days. :p

Even where I am a lot on il3 and il4 we have it. Not on il5 though as that is fibre to end point connections in the desktop. Beside moveable equipment isn't allowed.
 
yes they do, but a potentially saturated wifi AP during peak hours vs a gigabit ethernet is a no brainer. especially for large medai files which these machines will be aimed at. :D
 
dejongj said:
Cheers, well there you go then the original concern raised is not valid...
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Well... at £1800 for the retina display version, perhaps I wouldn't want a TB external monitor. So yes, the original point is just the same.

I tend to plug our laptops into a spare ethernet point if I'm doing anything that requires large files to be moved around. None of our (now 5) laptops have an external display - they all have an ethernet port though.
 
neil_g said:
yes they do, but a potentially saturated wifi AP during peak hours vs a gigabit ethernet is a no brainer. especially for large medai files which these machines will be aimed at. :D
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I could quote you for a good corporate Aruba controlled solution to overcome those problems :)

But yes I am not denying ofcourse that for certain applications you can't but gigabit or faster :)
 
arad85 said:
Well... at £1800 for the retina display version, perhaps I wouldn't want a TB external monitor. So yes, the original point is just the same.

I tend to plug our laptops into a spare ethernet point if I'm doing anything that requires large files to be moved around. None of our (now 5) laptops have an external display - they all have an ethernet port though.
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I hear what you are saying but the point made was that you can't use Ethernet and thunderbolt display at the same time ;)
 
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