** The Official WWDC 2012 Thread **
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Soldato
iPhone - there's an app for that.
New MBP - there's an adaptor for that.
New MBP - there's an adaptor for that.
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That is a good thing though.
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I just saw a picture of the new Retina Macbook - I don't like the new magsafe power cable - I liked the slim-line L shaped one better
aw diddums
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Not when it's £25 for an adapter to get something as basic as a NIC!
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Apple are taking a pragmatic approach to pushing laptops forward. If you are whinging about not having various ports then you are missing the point. Are you happy that they have got rid of the superdrive? Plenty won't be.
Its a great machine that is massive overkill for 90% of the people who buy it. If you want all the ports, dvd drive etc, get another laptop. I would have been hugely disappointed if they had just bumped the speed and kept the superdrive.
Its a great machine that is massive overkill for 90% of the people who buy it. If you want all the ports, dvd drive etc, get another laptop. I would have been hugely disappointed if they had just bumped the speed and kept the superdrive.
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So you like the fact a laptop you'd keep for 2/3 years doesn't have the ability to change the memory or the HD?
Every computer I've ever had, be it laptop or desktop, has had a HD and a memory change in the 3 year stints I keep the machines.
I'd prefer the retina display, same thickness, removed superdrive and bigger battery + heatsinks etc for a faster, longer lasting machine.
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My point was that you can't please everyone. They can only make it that thin by putting the SSD and memory on the board. You wan't something slightly different to everyone else.
If it isn't any use to you then thats a shame but they have sacrificed certain things to give you more in other areas.
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Where is the limit? What do they sacrifice next?
The Air should be thin and light, the Pro should be a powerhouse.
(I put money on the Retina Pro being slower clocked on the GPU and doesn't Turboboost as much as the normal 15")
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I don't get the fuss - the weight and size saving is far more useful than the ability to ugrade the ram... and storage wise, everything is going cloud / local server based so nobody needs huge SSD's.
Even 8GB will run anything and nothing is going to really change that for the forseeable future.
Even 8GB will run anything and nothing is going to really change that for the forseeable future.
So get the normal 15" and stop complaining...
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Not much use if he wants the Retina display.
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Like was said in the keynote, this is what Apple sees as the future of computing. If you need a NIC, but want ethernet, get an adapter. There are two Thunderbolt ports on and HDMI, it so it won't stop the use of a second screen.
Although I doubt it actually does, it wouldn't surprise me to see a 802.11ac compatible wifi chip in this thing. A bit like with some of the MacBooks which had 802.11n retroactively enabled.
Ethernet may be fast, but wireless is getting faster and more reliable by the year. Cables are dead for networking.
So he has to make a choice then.
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The adaptor is the NIC. Thunderbolt is essentially an external PCIe 4x lane combined with DisplayPort.
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The Pro is a powerhouse.
But hang on, I thought Apple was all about not having any choice! /s