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Retina MacBook Pro Updates Reportedly Due Tuesday, July 29: Minor Haswell CPU Updates Expected
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Looking like a company desperatly searching through the parts bin in the hope of coming up with something that might attract new business.
Erm. No. It's Intel refreshing the CPU range.
I'm seeing the same on the Canadian store. But I also noticed a slight decrease in the refurb prices.
Like I said already, 200MHz really isn't that much of a difference. If thats the only change compare to the machine you bought recently, I wouldn't bother making the trip to return it. However, if the RAM has been increased for the model you bought, then it might be worth considering a exchange if you are within Apple's 14 day return policy.
Your point being what. The only offering Apple is able to make is a minor upgrade by one of their component manufacturers.
If that's all it takes to whet your appetite then your more easily pleased as a consumer than I. For most people a minor speed bump will make almost zero impact on their computing needs.
Broadwell got delayed. Deal with it. In the meantime Apple have installed the best Intel have to offer, and decreased some prices.
You'd rather they'd left the range alone so you could rant about no updates, Broadwell being delayed and higher prices?
Personally I'm very happy with the update. Before this update, I felt that the base model with only 4 gb was very behind on its time when most $700-800 laptops out there came with 8 gb ram. It's a good upgrade.
Absolutely not - I'm more than happy with my mid-2011 iMac. It's yet to break sweat and will stay current for many more years to come.
I'm probably not the type of consumer Apple likes i.e. I can think for myself and don't get swept along by all the hype Apple loves so much.
It's one of the reasons they have become so successful. Just look at the queues when there's a product launch. They are masters at the product psychology and the younger you are the easier you fall for it.
Don't get me wrong, I think Apple make a good product but I'm way past the age where my head get's turned by the latest bit of tech.
Me either. I was perfectly happy with my 2011 MBP. Shame the GPU was made out of chocolate!
Indeed. Mine has melted down twice. Now I'm about 3 months out of Apple care, and thinking it will give up the ghost again before next year's supposed broadwell redesign, and I'll end up buying a new machine 15 days before they release the new ones.
So I very well may give in and get a loaded 15" now. Will take some getting used to the smaller display, though...
So, you're anyway not in the market for a replacement laptop but you're unhappy about this minor update? What a strange attitude to have.
I agree with your general philosophy - I don't understand why people always need the latest tech. Hardware is so far ahead of what most software needs these days that it's just unnecessary, and I think a lot of the time people buy a new laptop when all they needed to do was wipe the HDD and reinstall the OS of the old one (I understand that this can speed up even Mac OS, but maybe I'm wrong).
For this update, though, it's not as if Apple have made a big thing out of it. It's only been mentioned in the geek press. If you looked at their website you'd only tell it's just been updated if you knew what you're looking at.
I'm quite happy it's at least received some sort of update, considering nothing much else is available from the hardware vendors at the moment. I've been looking at replacing my creaking Core2 Duo PC that I built in 2006 for a while now, but finances got in the way and then we were nearing the time when Apple were expected to refresh their Macbooks. At least now I know I'm safe to buy either the late 2013 model a bit cheaper, or the slightly faster 2014 model, without fearing that they'll release a major upgrade six weeks later. That's not because I want the latest for the sake of having the latest, but because I want my hard earned cash to get me something that has as much life in it as possible.