Sure. But it is also good to know the specifications of what paid for when purchasing.
You need to know the specifications of the device you are buying, just not the specifications of every component in the device. Early reviews fill in the details of what to expect with benchmarks of each of the subsystems. You are buying the computer, not a collection of components. Like any other product you also judge a product revision within the history previous revisions and previous products from that product (failure rate high - or low; build quality good or bad or excellent). Just because the teardown indicates Toshiba parts, it does not mean that later in the cycle it could not be another manufacturer - it just has to live up to benchmarks that the company has stated were its selling points (i.e. SSD 50% or so faster than last version; or significantly faster). Do you go out and demand that the toaster manufacturer tell you exacltly how they heat and maintain the grill in the toaster to x degrees.... no, you only know it toasts toast and from reviews it is consistent based on setting.... and from previous models or current models it's failure rate is low. You also are aware of how long the warrantee is for, and if there is an extended warrantee or you are going to self-insure the product after the base warrantee is over.
The obvious change to the SSD subsystem is that the SSD controller handling the chips is accessing the chips in parallel rather than being limited by a lower speed by accessing data synchronously from one chip then the other. The how is not important though, what most customers want to know is how fast on average and how long the device will last on average. They don't want technical schematics of something they cannot fix or change anyway.
Yes, but it is not the same to have 1x or 2x (RAID 0) the probability of failure. That and only that is what is missing here.
Or, how about no MacBook Air at all? Just fanless MacBook 12" plus 14", and fanfull MacBook Pro 14" plus 16", the latter powerful enough to drive the ever-imaginary 5K external Thunderbolt Display. If Intel can't do that maybe AMD can. The 14" size commonality can work as part of the up-sell.
Agreed. Bin the "Air" moniker; we all get it now. And "Retina" too. Two laptop lines that share a 14" size, one consumer oriented and the other more powerful to do the heavy lifting, with a modest weight and thickness penalty.
Agreed. Bin the "Air" moniker; we all get it now. And "Retina" too. Two laptop lines that share a 14" size, one consumer oriented and the other more powerful to do the heavy lifting, with a modest weight and thickness penalty.
Fair argument. Certainly bin the Retina moniker.
I don't remember Apple referring to retina in it's moniker, it is more the tech industry writers that were referring to it that way.
I don't remember Apple referring to retina in it's moniker, it is more the tech industry writers that were referring to it that way.
They do for MacBook Pro
A 7-word product name.
No the name of the product line is the Macbook Pro, the "with Regina display" is a sub-classification and not part of the product line name. "Macbook Pro®" is the registered trademark. It is a way for their website/catalogue to distinguish between Macbook Pro devices "with Retina" and those without. Once the "classic" (really old) one is finally dropped that "with Retina" will no longer be needed as a sub-classification.
Update: Sorry Jony, I made a mistake on the plural of "Macbook Pro" and corrected it to Macbook Pro devices
I wouldn't in a million years edit a FCP project on a 12" display. I even find a 13" display small for watching films on. That's more of why I think Apple should move to 14" and 16" models now that's it's obvious the 12" models are here to stay.
rMBA 14" (thinner with with new ports and narrow bezel)
rMBP 16" (where the Pro name really belongs in the Mac notebook lineup; thinner plus narrow bezel etc.)
A simpler layout for the Mac notebook lineup that consumers would actually remember and understand.
And over the next couple of years kill off the non-Retina notebooks, move the prices down and faze out the use of Retina everywhere but the tech specs and keynote bullet point presentations.
MacBook = 12" MacBook Air = 14" MacBook Pro = 16"
All Retina, each one slighter thicker, more powerful and with more ports than the last. All 16" model should include dedicated graphics along with integrated graphics. And MacBook should start at $999 at current RAM and HD sizes.
The Macbook Pro is about Mobility & Performance. A 12 inch form factor does add Portability to the list. If you're serious about Productivity, you ought to hook the Macbook Pro to a 20+ inch display.
I cannot imagine a pro doing all of his work on a 16, 15 or 14 inch screen.
>:x
That's good for you, but the question is — could you? If you can't work on a FCP project because the screen is too small, that's a weakness of you, the operator, instead of a weakness of the machine. Workflows can be 3-dimensional. On my 13.3" screen, I'm just as, if not more productive than my work colleagues when they have much larger screens. Why? Because I can switch between applications (working with depth of the OS) instead of spreading things horizontally and vertically. Of course, I'm not a video editor, so the smaller screen is probably a drawback with the large, sophisticated interface that FCP has.
Really depends on what you are doing. I do enjoy and I am more productive using a multi-screen set up, But if you are in the field or traveling, while constraining, the screen real estate is secondary to the ability of the machine to process and render the project. The 12" doesn't seem to do well in the horsepower department. If you are doing any type of serious film work, you are probably not traveling extremely light to begin with and would be better served by investing in a 15" MBP. If, on the other hand, I was a writer or blogger I would probably want the 12" Macbook or an iPad Pro with keyboard.
That is definitely true, you might even have a huge array of drives to store the project since the raw footage (4K or HD) from multiple cameras are unlikely to fit on a single small SSD
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A 7-word product name in the latter.
— What computer do you own?
— Me? 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display.
— Pardon?
Update: Sorry Jony, I made a mistake on the plural of "Macbook Pro" and corrected it to Macbook Pro devices