The quads would not only include the 5100, but allow an option for the Iris Pro 5200 with that eDRAM cache which makes the same GPU dramatically faster. There are quads in the right TDP, as I said. It is a possibility, I think it's just a matter of who would shoulder the costs. I'd like it there as a BTO option, at least, since Haswell won't have much better CPU performance than IVB core for core clock for clock, the only way to raise performance is adding more cores or higher clocks.
I agree with you 100%. It'll be interesting to see what Apple's move is especially with how it relates to the mini as well (based on the 13" and 15" MBP) because whereas before it was a case on whether I bought an iMac or a Mac mini, it is now a case of whether I buy a Mac mini or nothing at all this year.
I want non-retina for optical drive and ability to add space... If they do away with it I guess I would have waited around for nothing. I want the better battery life and new OS.
I want non-retina for optical drive and ability to add space... If they do away with it I guess I would have waited around for nothing. I want the better battery life and new OS.
Make your concerns known at Apple! If you say nothing you get nothing.
I want non-retina for optical drive and ability to add space... If they do away with it I guess I would have waited around for nothing. I want the better battery life and new OS.
Buy a $25 external ODD and get used to the future of all computing.
Buy a $25 external ODD and get used to the future of all computing.
If people are still buying the old ones or they can't get the newer ones down far enough in price at the desired margins, you will just see another round. There's nothing wrong with it. The only thing I truly hated about optical drives was the amount of extra physical garbage they created. I hate wasteful use of materials.
If people are still buying the old ones or they can't get the newer ones down far enough in price at the desired margins, you will just see another round. There's nothing wrong with it. The only thing I truly hated about optical drives was the amount of extra physical garbage they created. I hate wasteful use of materials.
Before the most recent redesign, I always thought the AirPort and Time Capsule could do to have a built-in ODD option, that way people could... what did they call it... Remote Disc share the drive to a computer that didn't have one. They were both the perfect shape for one, and the slot could have been hidden in the recess on each.
But since that never happened and the redesign couldn't fit a disc in it if its circuits depended on it, that tells me ODD use is even lower than I imagined.
But since that never happened and the redesign couldn't fit a disc in it if its circuits depended on it, that tells me ODD use is even lower than I imagined.
I'm not sure I would read into it that much. I haven't personally used it in quite a long time, but I don't like to turn that into data.
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I agree with you 100%. It'll be interesting to see what Apple's move is especially with how it relates to the mini as well (based on the 13" and 15" MBP) because whereas before it was a case on whether I bought an iMac or a Mac mini, it is now a case of whether I buy a Mac mini or nothing at all this year.
Make your concerns known at Apple! If you say nothing you get nothing.
Buy a $25 external ODD and get used to the future of all computing.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Buy a $25 external ODD and get used to the future of all computing.
If people are still buying the old ones or they can't get the newer ones down far enough in price at the desired margins, you will just see another round. There's nothing wrong with it. The only thing I truly hated about optical drives was the amount of extra physical garbage they created. I hate wasteful use of materials.
Before the most recent redesign, I always thought the AirPort and Time Capsule could do to have a built-in ODD option, that way people could... what did they call it... Remote Disc share the drive to a computer that didn't have one. They were both the perfect shape for one, and the slot could have been hidden in the recess on each.
But since that never happened and the redesign couldn't fit a disc in it if its circuits depended on it, that tells me ODD use is even lower than I imagined.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
But since that never happened and the redesign couldn't fit a disc in it if its circuits depended on it, that tells me ODD use is even lower than I imagined.
I'm not sure I would read into it that much. I haven't personally used it in quite a long time, but I don't like to turn that into data.