May 25th, 2013, 08:29 AM | #16 |
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No worries! It absolutely needs a refresh though...!
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May 25th, 2013, 10:25 AM | #17 |
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May 26th, 2013, 10:30 PM | #18 |
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Aren't they getting ready to refresh the MBPs in weeks, like as early as June 11? I've got a mid 2010 MBP that's needing to be replaced but I figured I could limp through until then. Or use my Mac Pro desktop.
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May 28th, 2013, 06:50 PM | #19 |
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June 11 is target date. Found a 2012 macbook non retina 2.3, 500 gig drive open box for 1488.00 at best buy. Buy it or wait to june 11?
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May 28th, 2013, 08:54 PM | #20 |
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It's expected that the new generation of Intel processors will be announced soon but that doesn't mean that anything will be delivered before the fall or later. The speed improvements are expected to be decent, (possibly 10% processor improvemnt and 40% graphics improvement in MacBooks and iMac, all rumors right now) but until somebody gets to do some real world tests it's hard to say if it's worth the wait if you need a computer upgrade right now.
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May 29th, 2013, 05:10 AM | #21 |
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Thanks for the info!
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May 29th, 2013, 07:16 AM | #22 |
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I'm hearing the most noticeable improvement Haswell chips will be battery life. Some say up to 50% (but under what circumstances). Apple might make additional changes though.
I can make some wild guesses (not even spotted on rumor sites). Maybe two Thunderbolt ports on non Retina MBP for example. |
May 30th, 2013, 04:55 AM | #23 |
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Picked up last open box 15inch non-retina for 1369.00 yesterday. So much much faster than mac mini. got 256 sad & 16 gigs ram ordered. So far so good.
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June 16th, 2013, 12:56 PM | #24 |
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Hey Charlie - Looks like you really scored!
On another note, everybody keeps fixating on computer speed and that's certainly one thing to consider. But considering the holistic picture that includes operating system, peripheral, application, and security updates, the Apple system is much easier to work with. My PC is a total pain to do updates with because it seemed there was always one problem after another. |
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