VanquishUK
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That Mac Pro video was really cool to watch
I love watching the building process of all their products. Interesting stuff.
That Mac Pro video was really cool to watch
Only a good option if you're looking for the cheapest retina Macbook possible.
The $1499 version is a much better buy with 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM. Or, add 4GB of ram to the base model and pay $1399, still not bad. Poor people that get the base model in stores and are stuck with 4GB forever.
Are the updated macbook pros suppose to be in store today?
I plan to get this exact configuration for video editing. Could you tell me how it handles things? Thanks.Picked up the $1499 13" rMBP at the Peabody, MA Apple Store.
Putting it through the paces now with some adobe premiere action.
I plan to get this exact configuration for video editing. Could you tell me how it handles things? Thanks.
I plan to get this exact configuration for video editing. Could you tell me how it handles things? Thanks.
Now I'm disappointed. This morning when I placed my order online there were no rMBP in my local store and they didn't know when they would get them. At the time, I thought I'd just cancel the online order if they got them in the store and go pick one up there. This afternoon they are now in the store and I'd like to go get one, but I can't cancel my order. I even called Apple directly and they can't cancel it out, only create a return. I don't want to hassle with a return, so I'll be patient and wait. I need the laptop for next weekend, and this won't give me a lot of time to get it ready before I leave town.
I should also note that I've done the order online, then cancel and go pick-up in store option in the past and it worked fine. *grumble*
Did you customize it at all? Why not just buy it in store, then return the one you bought online in store later at your convenience? Unless you live far away from the Store, it doesn't seem like that bad of a hassle. Give you a week of play time with it too.
Not to be a jerk, but you brought this upon yourself by not doing your research beforehand.Really disappointing, only about 10% faster than my 2013 base model 13" Macbook air.
I was hoping it could replace the windows laptop I used for editing, sadly I will have to stick with what I got or go with the 15". Really not interested in that, the 15" rMBP I had was always running super slow and hot.
And in that case to get dedicated graphics, like my y410p we are talking $2600+
The early 2013 one is $60 more. Worth it?If you're looking for a MacBook for video editing, you basically have two options.
1. Last year's 15" Retina MBP with the 650M for $1600, refurbished
2. This year's 15" Retina MBP for $2400.
I didn't have a chance to post here, but i do have some thoughts on the iPad stuff.
The iPad 2 is still alive, while I love my iPad 2 and understand the bigger margins for Apple, why not upgrade it and have it be the main non-retina display iPad? The 512 MB of ram is anemic, and they should at least put an A6 inside instead of the A5 that's now 3 years old. The $400 iPad mini with retina is Apple trying to increase its margins since they realized that the iPad mini is as much a iPad replacement as the Air. It also makes sense since the CPU and GPU jumped forward three generations. The previous mini was basically an iPad 2, the new mini is basically an iPad Air (or the 5).
I'm convinced that they didn't upgrade it (or keep the iPad 3 or 4) because they wanted to kill the X line of SOCs (A5X and A6X). Those were frankenstein SOC's created to support retina before they could create the smaller more power efficient A7 that could drive retina displays easily. The X's had large die's, were more power hungry and got hotter under load. iPad 3 and 4 were stop gaps, the iPad Air is the real step up for the line.
That said, they could have upgraded the iPad 2 and iPad mini to A6, but they probably thought it wasn't worth the trouble as A5 can power the standard displays just fine.
Yeah, the announcement of the A7 in the IPhone 5s, iPad Air, and iPad Mini 2 pretty much confirmed that the "x" line is dead. Maybe there will be differences in how they clock the CPU and GPU, system RAM speed and amount, but the base CPU and GPU is identical and it shows that the technology has moved far enough to support "retina" across the board with a basic chip.
The air is the first 64 bit chip, and I do believe that the air is the first in another huge jump for CPU and GPU power since the chips don't need to be modified much to give huge performance and power the high resolution displays.
I'm really interested in seeing the benchmarks of the Air, mini retina and iPhone 5s. I wonder if they're run at different clocks. Should be interesting when Anadtech gets their hands on these things.
Apple's always been stingy with ram which I sometimes hate. iPad's run really well on devices with lower ram, but for stuff like web browsing with lots of tabs, ram does make a huge difference. I'm expecting 1gb ram on the Air and retina mini. I'm secretly hoping for 2.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
32GB tablet for $155 can do whatever an iPad can do. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
32GB tablet for $155 can do whatever an iPad can do. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
32GB tablet for $155 can do whatever an iPad can do. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
Oh AWESOME! $157 for a tablet with no apps made by a company that's going to be gone in a few years running an OS they don't even support anymore!http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
64GB tablet for $157 can do whatever a 64GB iPad can do for $700. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
64GB tablet for $157 can do whatever a 64GB iPad can do for $700. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
64GB tablet for $157 can do whatever a 64GB iPad can do for $700. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
CPU experts, I have an old i7 860 2.8ghz in my desktop at home, are any of the new i5 CPUs in the MacBook 13" faster than this?
I can't seem to find the exact model types of any of the new Macbook CPUs, do Apple keep them secret?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
64GB tablet for $157 can do whatever a 64GB iPad can do for $700. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
My mom actually has one of these; she wanted a small tablet with decent Flash playback for some online college courses she's taking and thanks to nobody on earth wanting a Playbook they're pretty damned cheap for a Flash-functional tablet. It's pretty good for that, but beyond... Eh. App support isn't that great, screen is inferior, build quality is ok, but it's obviously a different tier of product.
:lol okhttp://www.amazon.com/dp/B004UL34VW/?tag=neogaf0e-20
64GB tablet for $157 can do whatever a 64GB iPad can do for $700. Inferior screen? Sure. Slower? Yes. But with that price difference, I am confused how you can be satisfied getting so raped by a company.
:lol ok
I love paying $155 for pieces of shit too.
So many bullshit posts about how there are plenty of amazing STUNNING cheap as fuck tablets out there.
The iPad is easily the best tablet out there. If you can afford, nothing comes close. If you're on a very tight budget the N7 is ok but I would rather buy nothing over the N7. And yes, I tried one. Scrolling around a PDF was laughable. Chrome was pretty shitty too and the narrow screen + huge bezel is an awful combination.
If I buy some tech, I want it to work well and be enjoyable. I want quality build. I want a quality smooth OS. I want a huge range of apps. I want awesome dev support. I totally agree iPad prices aren't for everyone but dont come talking about how a piece of shit tablet can compete.
so there would be a single 64 bit wide memory channel at 1333 Mhz where as the previous A6X had a 128 bit wide 1066 Mhz (roughly 1.6 times faster)...Unless the A7 in this uses a different bus width, it would be more bandwidth constrained, significantly more so.
One day people may learn it's not just about the specs.
Everything about iOS devices is simply delightful. Easy, fun to use. And to top it off I value the ecosystem a lot - all the iCloud and mac integration make for a pretty profound user experience for me.
Like I said earlier in the thread during the conference. The iPad 2 is sold on places like QVC and HSN to clueless customers at premium prices with junk accessories.
Seriously look at this shit.
Apple iPad 2 16GB WiFi with Color Keyboard Case & Accessories $639
Apple iPad 2 16GB Wi-Fi Tablet with Deluxe iPadStarter Kit $639
This is why Apple is still making them. These aren't back stock like people were joking, they are still making them in the factories.
Yep, if you go all in with Apple the experience across devices is nothing short of amazing. Download an app at work on my iPhone, iPad version is already on my iPad at home. There's dozens of examples of this kind of integration and I use all of them almost daily
But you can do this on Android too. In fact, Android does one better where all you need to do is log into the Play store from any browser in the world, and you can push the app to your device. No need to bring up any special software or a need to do it from your device. I can browse the web, see a recommendation, and simply click on it to push to your phone.
God that's beautiful.
Mini or air?
A6X uses LPDDR2 and A7 uses LPDDR3 so there's moving from a double pumped bus to a quad pumped bus.