Intel releases Ivy Bridge: New Mac models coming soon?

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 02:16 PM

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 03:49 PM

I bought the 27" iMac Intel all maxed out at i7, etc. and LOVE it. I use Photoshop and a gazillion other programs and the thing never slows down. I'm in computer heaven and could care less about the Ivy Bridge itineration at this point.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 04:11 PM

I'm in the market for a maxed-out 17" MacBook Pro and I've been waiting to see if a more powerful one would be announced. What the heck is Apple thinking? (Assuming that the rumors are correct). I need a powerful computer with a large screen for large photo editing and other things, yet they're planning to orphan the 2 most powerful computers they sell (and I own one of each). My Mac Pro won't even be able to run Mountain Lion from what I've read. I need the cores, the drive capacity and the fast video, and they seem to think vanilla suits everyone. Not a good plan to keep me as a customer, even though I HATE Windows.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 05:00 PM

We hope Apple doesn't abandon the Mac Pro, but the long silence is not reassuring.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 05:55 PM

@ agaleotti - I bought a maxed out 21.5" iMac and agree with you - pretty hard to improve on. But, if they came out with a air-esque 15"er, that might be enough to get me to go back to portable.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 07:54 PM

With this:

http://eshop.macsale..._Accelsior/RAID

Mac Pros are still relevant.

Eric

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 10:30 PM

Interesting to see how this pans out, doesn't look very good so far though.
The new mac line pretty much tells the tale of how Mr. Cook sees the company.
All ipads and hipster portables with no thought for increasingly irrelevant pro users?

I thought Apple was waiting for the new Xeons, then the new Geforces, but no.
There's some hope left they were waiting for desktop parts, 8-core i7 in miditower
would be sufficient for most users and a whole lot cheaper than a xeon based thing.

But even that would leave the more pro video editors hanging.
(assuming they havent all switched over yet)

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Posted 23 April 2012 - 11:09 PM

roadkill97006, on 23 April 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

The MacBook Pro is not going to be retired. There may be a 15" MBA, but that won't have anything to do with the MBP plans. Expect to see a new MBP--that is decidedly PRO-- 15" and possibly a 13" as well, within the next 60 days.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 06:14 AM

I'm surprised that the new generation of processors is going to use the Core i7 and Core i5 nomenclature. Won't it be difficult for non-expert users to know whether they're getting Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge?

I also share the concern of many posters that Apple has lost interest in most of the Mac line. I think the idea that processors are all pretty fast now so we don't need to get the latest one is still wrong. Although I never edit video, I've found every Mac I've ever owned to be too slow when switching between multiple programs.

I think a top-of-the-line iMac would do me fine as regards performance, but I've long since left all-in-ones behind me. I'd love to see a more powerful Mini and a more powerful MacBook Pro.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:50 AM

Sandy Bridge Xeons did ship, but the Ivy Bridge Xeons are only a couple of months away, which adds several improved features over the Sandy Bridge, since it has already been a while, it doesn't seem to make sense to rush out Sandy Bridge Xeons now.

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:50 AM

roadkill97006, on 23 April 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

The rumours are from one "Analyst" who hasn't been right yet (or if he was, I missed it, and is more of a shotgun approach)

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 08:52 AM

rlav, on 24 April 2012 - 06:14 AM, said:

Same as before Sandy Bridge, there were Core i3/i5/i7 models. Other specs in the system usually help identify which model it is (the newest, or the previous)

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 02:49 PM

if only the iMac had a professional monitor. they REALLY need to talk to professional users. I REALLY need a new mac pro. To use with my EIZO monitors...

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Posted 24 April 2012 - 03:22 PM

rlav, on 24 April 2012 - 06:14 AM, said:

I also share the concern of many posters that Apple has lost interest in most of the Mac line. I think the idea that processors are all pretty fast now so we don't need to get the latest one is still wrong. Although I never edit video, I've found every Mac I've ever owned to be too slow when switching between multiple programs.

Really? Unless I'm just running a ton of professional apps which take serious resources, I've never had a problem switching back and forth between programs (which is something I do all the time).

That said, even if you do experience problems, Macs tend to already have higher-end processors so I'm not sure what you expect them to do.