This isn't all that surprising. Basically everyone is going to be rolling out 802.11ac hardware with Haswell, so I'd certainly expect Apple to do so too.
As for a 13" MBA with a 2560 retina display, don't wish too hard or you'll pop a blood vessel.:| The technology is there, but it's the same general problem that you see everywhere else with HiDPI displays: it takes one heck of a backlight. For the MBP it's not so bad, but 50Wh on a MBA isn't going to cut it if Apple wants to maintain their current battery life.
Well, it may be that they will drop the optical drive from the Pro. It would still be bigger than a Retina Air, but a lot smaller than the current Pro.
Not much wrong with it. I just momentarily forgot about that model, despite the fact I just played with one last week.What's wrong with the existing 13" rMBP? It already has a smaller footprint than the 13" MacBook Pro/Air, and is somewhere in between them in terms of thickness and weight. Or do you just want the wedge shape?
Not much wrong with it. I just momentarily forgot about that model, despite the fact I just played with one last week.
That's pretty much what I want, but with 802.11ac, although better graphics is preferable.
However, I would also expect the rest of the Pro line to lose the optical drive too.
That would be a deal killer for me.putting in the 1440*900 display from the Air
So everyone knew it was gonna be in 10.8.4 then? We knew it was coming sooner rather than later, but it's always good to have real confirmation.Wow, what a shocker! /sarcasm
I'd upgrade. Maybe not this year, but perhaps next year. I really like my Airport Extreme and would buy the 802.11ac version. It's kinda annoying having to plug in Ethernet to transfer large files.Too bad nothing runs on 802.11ac. Only your home network, if drop 2 bills on a router.
So everyone knew it was gonna be in 10.8.4 then? We knew it was coming sooner rather than later, but it's always good to have real confirmation.
I'd upgrade. Maybe not this year, but perhaps next year. I really like my Airport Extreme and would buy the 802.11ac version. It's kinda annoying having to plug in Ethernet to transfer large files.
Haha, I wasn't beating on you man (thanks for the news btw), I was just saying what a shocker that developers are working on it...
Honestly, you'll still plug in ethernet if you care about your file transfer. Wireless will always be wireless. It gets faster, but almost never more reliable...
Can you do file transfers over Thunerbolt? That would be the real way to go to saturate those SSDs, 10Gb/s full-duplex, suck on that ethernet. Plus with the new chip next year, that moves up to 20Gb/s full-duplex.
Yea sure, but external thunderbolt storage devices cost their weight in gold.
It's very useful for large file transfers on a local network.802.11ac basically looks like a higher bandwidth wifi network, right? that's really not needed at all.
I'll be glad when they make a 13" Pro that's actually pro. I'm looking at you, quad core and discrete graphics. Though I guess it's a holdover from when they axed the non-Pro line.
I'd doubt you'll ever see either in the 13" Pro, simply because there isn't any space for a cooling solution anymore. Apple hasn't had "dedicated" graphics in its 13" laptops since they switched to Intel and that was 7 years ago and they were anemic at best.
Besides, Haswell GT3e shows some decent performance here: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6600/...rformance-compared-to-nvidias-geforce-gt-650m
As for quad-core, maybe die shrinks will eventually get power consumption under control to fit in a 13" slim chassis, but even still there needs to be something for Apple to get you to upgrade to the 15".