** The Official WWDC 2012 Thread **

Logsi said:
Am I crazy to be buying a 15" top spec normal MacBook pro?

Should I get the base retina?
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The main reason I am getting it is because of the screen. I am not a huge fan of OS X (don't shoot me peeps) :)

Apart from the screen they are fairly similar but the pro has CD drive / ethernet etc on board and normal HDD. If they are the only differences then yes I would get the base retina.
 
martink said:
Nice one Izi ;)

I was tempted by the base retina, but need a big HDD.
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Just curious do you know if the SSDs can be changed in the retina?

256gb is fine for my needs - I don't carry movies etc around with me, just put them on an external if needs be.
 
I can't help seeing the retina as just a giant MacBook Air. It's to all intents and purposes non-upgradeable once purchased which is borderline insane for an £1800 machine. All my previous Macs have had more RAM and a bigger HDD installed at some point.

I'm still glad I got a late-2011 when I could.


Izi said:
Just curious do you know if the SSDs can be changed in the retina?
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Likely. The MacBook Air has a blade-type fitted, it's likely to be similar in the R-MBP. That said Apple changed the proprietary connector again for the new machines. OWC in the US have an upgrade range for the old-blade type.
 
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MagicBoy said:
I can't help seeing the retina as just a giant MacBook Air. It's to all intents and purposes non-upgradeable once purchased which is borderline insane for an £1800 machine. All my previous Macs have had more RAM and a bigger HDD installed at some point.

I'm still glad I got a late-2011 when I could.




Likely. The MacBook Air has a blade-type fitted, it's likely to be similar in the R-MBP. That said Apple changed the proprietary connector again for the new machines. OWC in the US have an upgrade range for the old-blade type.
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Yeah, just read another thread here and it will most likely be once manufacturers build them.

I went for 16GB ram because I will be using the machine for development so will need to fire UP VMs at times.
 
MagicBoy said:
That really doesn't hold up. The i5 is virtually identical to the i7, it's just missing hyper threading (generally pointless) and a bit of L3 cache. Factor out the faster clock speeds and the difference is hardly measurable for the vast majority of tasks.

A more accurate example would be :
i5 at full power for 6.0 seconds = heat for longer
i7 at full power doing full job 5.8 seconds = less heat

Oh, and the standard warranty is 12 months unless you buy AppleCare
*apart from education customers.
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a lot of benchmarks showing up that the i7 is miles ahead of the i5. But like anything i feel unless you are a power user and want an ultra portable i5 will suit most.
 
lamboman said:
How're you finding performance? Anandtech says that performance on the 4S seems to be better with Safari, but how are you finding it generally?
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Now you mention it, safari seems much faster than before. Full screen feature in landscape makes browsing full websites much much easier and it is easily possible to read standard text without zooming it which is always good :)

I would say everything else seems about the same as before apart from the app store and iTunes. They both seem to have their moments :confused:
 
I was comparing 2011 against 2012 and also the 11inch.

The i7 is making quite abit of difference in the 11inch compared to the 13inch.

Speculation surrounding battery, at 1.6 = 14 w , at 2.0 = 14w (Per intel spec) and a whole 0.6GHZ faster speed step which makes it a whirlwind device with the new SSD. If you need it course! Joe bloggs surfing the net, nah LOL

11inch macbook air i7 = 7004
11 inch macbook air i5 = 5770

eek
 
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That's not comparing like with like. The new i7 is undoubtably quicker, but that's down to the change in architecture, not fact that it's an i7.
 
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