The Official WWDC 2012 Thread

Phate · 16 Jun 2012 at 18:51

pingwing said:
But not with a phone camera, we want high resolution as its the apple forum!

Phate we are all immensely jealous/excited

Hah, Ok I'll bust out the SLR for you

You do know its just an iMac...right? (admittedly it will be quite literally THE highest spec one they do, but hey!)

DO I post pics when it arrives? or once I've dismantled it to fit the hard drive and ram kit?

(if it's the latter it'll be a about a further week wait!)

Marky · 16 Jun 2012 at 18:58

Phate said:
Hah, Ok I'll bust out the SLR for you

You do know its just an iMac...right? (admittedly it will be quite literally THE highest spec one they do, but hey!)

DO I post pics when it arrives? or once I've dismantled it to fit the hard drive and ram kit? (if it's the latter it'll be a about a further week wait!)

Ahh yeah I forgot you went with the iMac in the end

Still pics are always nice of your final setup

Deleted member 77746 · 16 Jun 2012 at 19:00

Marky said:
Ahh yeah I forgot you went with the iMac in the end

Still pics are always nice of your final setup

Thought it was a MBPRD

aw never mind.

Phate · 16 Jun 2012 at 19:05

Marky said:
Ahh yeah I forgot you went with the iMac in the end

Still pics are always nice of your final setup

mrbell1984 said:
Thought it was a MBPRD aw never mind.

hahaha I thought that might be have been the case!

To be honest if they released one in a 13" form then I would have ordered one of those too (worst I have a few quid post, EVAH) - despite the 15" being nice and light and practically the same weight as my 2008 Ali Macbook...15" is just too big for me to carry around, I'm used to 13"

Plus for what I use my Macbook for, IE just web browsing in the front room and nothing major...it would have been a bit overkill, spec wise.

So yeah, I'm waiting for the 13"

pingwing · 16 Jun 2012 at 19:39

Awww had it in my mind it was a mbprd but iMac pics are needed

JackRegan · 16 Jun 2012 at 19:49

After all the hype I've now had time to look a little closer at the updates and I find myself being somewhat dissapointed.

I currently have a 2010 13" MBP. I've upgraded the RAM to 8gig and replaced the mechanical hard drive with a 256gb SSD. Now whilst I'm happy with it I do find the 1280x800 resolution limiting at times so was considering an upgrade.

The 13" atfer the uodate still has a 1280x800 resolution and no quad core cpu so hardly worth the upgrade for me.

The 15" MBP with retina display on first glance looks to be a thing of beauty. However after looking a little closer I find the hard drive, memory and battery are now not user changable. Then there is the display which seems to be one whole unit which includes the iSight Camera, WiFi antennas, and Bluetooth antennas. Costly too replace should any of those go wrong without Applecare.

Speccing one with 16gb of RAM, ethenet adaptor and Applecare will set you back over £2250, upgrade the cpu and ssd and it's nearly £3500 :eek:

A high price to pay bearing in mind you could get you a iMac and iPad and change for that price!!

Jack

Deleted member 77746 · 16 Jun 2012 at 20:24

Phate said:
hahaha I thought that might be have been the case!

To be honest if they released one in a 13" form then I would have ordered one of those too (worst I have a few quid post, EVAH) - despite the 15" being nice and light and practically the same weight as my 2008 Ali Macbook...15" is just too big for me to carry around, I'm used to 13"

Plus for what I use my Macbook for, IE just web browsing in the front room and nothing major...it would have been a bit overkill, spec wise.

So yeah, I'm waiting for the 13"

15" is too big for me too so going to wait to see if there is a 13" out next.

Phate · 16 Jun 2012 at 20:43

mrbell1984 said:
15" is too big for me too so going to wait to see if there is a 13" out next.

They'll do it, it's just a matter of time

TheGamingGeneral · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:41

Has apple explained why they dropped the 17'' macbook pro?

LordSplodge · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:51

GeneralD said:
Has apple explained why they dropped the 17'' macbook pro?

No*. They don't need to as it is clear as day that the 15" MBP RD is a valid replacement.

* Apple don't explain why they discontinue anything anyway...

MagicBoy · 16 Jun 2012 at 21:54

Not officially. It was selling a tiny amount compared to the rest of the range, and still falling.

JackRegan · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:27

GeneralD said:
Has apple explained why they dropped the 17'' macbook pro?

After seeing the price of the 15" retina display, imagine what Apple would have had to charge for a 17" model.

It wasn't a big seller before, nevermind if it was priced over £3500 for instance.

spudbynight · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:53

Pretty happy with my i7 27" iMac so far.

Some issues - it doesn't like my network for a start. Overall very good....

Robbo · 16 Jun 2012 at 22:56

To order, or not to order.

:mad:

pingwing · 16 Jun 2012 at 23:12

Go onnnnn

(I want one despite having minimal reason to own one...)

SiriusB · 17 Jun 2012 at 00:56

Robbo said:
<comparison pic>

To order, or not to order.

Apparently the first screenshot was taken mid-sneeze...

barrierfreeman · 17 Jun 2012 at 10:28

Has apple explained why they dropped the 17'' macbook pro?

An Apple rep in John Lewis told me they were selling a ridiculousness low amount.

....he also told me, when I asked why the Macbooks were glued down on the display, that without measuring, he knew all the Macbooks on display would be 12cm from the edge of the desk, and the reason they were stuck down was so the proles wouldn't put them back down in an slapdash fashion.

Stuff you learn...

bloodiedathame · 17 Jun 2012 at 10:33

I'm still reeling that the battery, RAM and HDD are all glued in (not to mention adapter fiasco). And what happened to the space from the Superdrive?

Have a guess what I changed in my 2008 MBP. No, don't guess I'll tell ya. Firstly the RAM, secondly the HDD, thirdly the battery, 4thly removed superdrive and fitted an SSD. Total cost of no more than £300 over the four years I've had it. Greedy Apple ****'s. They are only gluing stuff in to make themselves more profit and further dumbing down their user base. Sigh.

Deleted member 77746 · 17 Jun 2012 at 10:50

Retina is an amazing technology. Puts displays at their best.

JackRegan · 17 Jun 2012 at 10:53

bloodiedathame said:
......Have a guess what I changed in my 2008 MBP. No, don't guess I'll tell ya. Firstly the RAM, secondly the HDD, thirdly the battery, 4thly removed superdrive and fitted an SSD. Total cost of no more than £300 over the four years I've had it. Greedy Apple ****'s. They are only gluing stuff in to make themselves more profit and further dumbing down their user base. Sigh.

Thats pretty much what I've done, based on keeping it for 3 years. Maybe Apple are targeting this market to upgrade more often in this new design?

Jack

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