I've been waiting for the smaller MBA screen to be upgrdaded - was hoping it to be retina and larger (cut down on the wasted bezel space... maybe 12" or so).
I'd imagine/hope the Macbook line may end up as:
11" MBA (keep the cheapest model)
12" rMBP (same chassis as 11" MBA but retina and larger screen)
14" rMBP (13" chassis with enlarged retina screen)
16" rMPB (15" chassis with enlarged retina screen).
that's it. No DVD. 4 models (ignoring cpu/ram setups) instead of current 6.
Waiting for 15" MacBook Air. Retina display not needed, just more and bigger screen with less weight & cost than MacBook Pro.
I used to the think there was a good chance that Apple would offer a 15" MacBook Air. However, the release of the thin and light Retina MacBook Pro has dashed any such hopes.
On the other hand, the Retina MacBook Air is just a question of timing and will depend primarily on yields. My guess is that, with the introduction of Haswell processors, Apple will drop the old heavy and thick MacBook Pro with optical brick and offer the MacBook Air with a choice of the current displays (either at the same price or $100 cheaper than current models) or Retina displays (at a premium price).
When they add retina to the MBA, I'm not sure what justification remains for the 13" MBP to remain a separate product.
In the 15" model, you get a faster processor, more RAM capacity, and discrete GPU. You don't get the discrete GPU in the 13", so I'm not sure there's much reason for continuing a separate line in that size.
Compared to a 13" Retina MacBook Air, the 13" Retina MacBook Pro will have a much faster processor, probably 16GB (by then) versus 8GB of RAM, more ports, and longer battery life.
I've been waiting for the smaller MBA screen to be upgrdaded - was hoping it to be retina and larger (cut down on the wasted bezel space... maybe 12" or so).
The biggest fallacy here is that bezel space is wasted. I'm aware that some countries have different size conventions when it comes to things like 14" notebooks.
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I've been waiting for the smaller MBA screen to be upgrdaded - was hoping it to be retina and larger (cut down on the wasted bezel space... maybe 12" or so).
I'd imagine/hope the Macbook line may end up as:
11" MBA (keep the cheapest model)
12" rMBP (same chassis as 11" MBA but retina and larger screen)
14" rMBP (13" chassis with enlarged retina screen)
16" rMPB (15" chassis with enlarged retina screen).
that's it. No DVD. 4 models (ignoring cpu/ram setups) instead of current 6.
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Originally Posted by Phil Sukalewski
Waiting for 15" MacBook Air. Retina display not needed, just more and bigger screen with less weight & cost than MacBook Pro.
I used to the think there was a good chance that Apple would offer a 15" MacBook Air. However, the release of the thin and light Retina MacBook Pro has dashed any such hopes.
On the other hand, the Retina MacBook Air is just a question of timing and will depend primarily on yields. My guess is that, with the introduction of Haswell processors, Apple will drop the old heavy and thick MacBook Pro with optical brick and offer the MacBook Air with a choice of the current displays (either at the same price or $100 cheaper than current models) or Retina displays (at a premium price).
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Originally Posted by jragosta
When they add retina to the MBA, I'm not sure what justification remains for the 13" MBP to remain a separate product.
In the 15" model, you get a faster processor, more RAM capacity, and discrete GPU. You don't get the discrete GPU in the 13", so I'm not sure there's much reason for continuing a separate line in that size.
Compared to a 13" Retina MacBook Air, the 13" Retina MacBook Pro will have a much faster processor, probably 16GB (by then) versus 8GB of RAM, more ports, and longer battery life.
Originally Posted by cjcoops
I'd imagine/hope the Macbook line may end up as:
11" MBA (keep the cheapest model)
12" rMBP (same chassis as 11" MBA but retina and larger screen)
14" rMBP (13" chassis with enlarged retina screen)
16" rMPB (15" chassis with enlarged retina screen).
Why in the world would they change sizes when they already have retina displays at the existing sizes? Why have an 11" and a 12"?
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Originally Posted by cjcoops
I've been waiting for the smaller MBA screen to be upgrdaded - was hoping it to be retina and larger (cut down on the wasted bezel space... maybe 12" or so).
The biggest fallacy here is that bezel space is wasted. I'm aware that some countries have different size conventions when it comes to things like 14" notebooks.