In the wake of WWDC 2012: zhelezyachnye news
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
June 11 opened a conference for developers - WWDC. It started with keynouta where Apple announced the updated Macbook Pro, told me about the next version of iOS or Mountain Lion. Then the developers were awarded the best Mac- and iOS-applications. But first things first.
Apple updated its line significantly Macbook Air ultra-portable computers. Machines are now using the new processors Intel Ivy Bridge (Core i5 in the basic version and Core i7 - maximum). Integrated graphics system has become faster by 60 percent - the result of HD Graphics 3000 on the replacements HD Graphics 4000.
However, the most interesting thing in the new Macbook Air is hiding in the maximum configuration. Consumers can now buy a laptop with 8GB of RAM (used to be a limit of 4 GB) and SSD-drive with 512 GB. By the way the disk itself become twice as fast - Apple says about the reading speed of 500 megabytes per second.
New Macbook Air equipped with two USB ports 3. 3 USB standard provides data transfer rate is 10 times higher than its predecessor - USB 2. An important detail: USB-connector in the Macbook Air - the universal. Many competitors have implemented support for USB 3 offer separate connections for USB 2 and USB 3. This is inconvenient, it is necessary to remember which of them supports the second-generation standard, and what - the third. Epplovskoe decision in its own very elegant - you simply connect an external device, without thinking about the standards.
Thunderbolt port has been saved. It delivers twice the performance than USB 3. However, manufacturers are not active until the periphery it is embedded in their equipment.
Apple has also improved the built-in webcam: video calls will now be performed with the image quality HD Ready (720p).
Increase battery life, or retina-display in the Macbook Air, we have not waited. The cost of Macbook Air is almost unchanged. Under 11 "model will cost US $ 999, the senior - $ 1,099. For younger model with a screen 13 "will have to pay $ 1199 for the senior - $ 1,499.
A similar update received and Macbook Pro. MBP likewise now use processors based on Ivy Bridge architecture. 13-inch model is supplied with chip Core i5 2.5GHz (proaprgeydit possible to Core i7) and an integrated graphics HD Graphics 4000 system. Screen resolution is the same - 1280 x 800 pixels. Looks such equipment is not too attractive.
15-inch Macbook Pro are equipped with quad-core Core i7 processor with a frequency of 2.3GHz (base model) or 2.6GHz (older version). Graphic System offers 512MB of memory in the younger version and 1GB - in the older (discrete card GeForce GT 650M). The screen resolution remains the same - 1440 x 900 pixels (1680 x 1050 - for a matte screen model).
Macbook Pro still equipped with a hard disk 500 GB (rotational speed 5400RPM). The maximum configuration can be replaced on the HDD disk larger volume (1TB) or SSD (512 GB).
Just as the Macbook Air, Macbook Pro received 2 USB 3 (universal connector, suitable for USB 2). In addition, there was a HDMI port - you can display images on a TV, for example.
MBP on the prices remained the same. The base 13-inch model (dual-core Intel Core i5 processor with a frequency of 2.5GHz, 4GB RAM, disk 500 GB, graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 system) will cost 1199 dollars. The older version (dual-core Intel Core i7 with a frequency of 2.9GHz, 8GB of RAM, a 750 GB drive) costs $ 1,499.
Younger 15 dyuyovaya model (quad Intel Core i7 with frequency 2.3 GHz, four GB of RAM, 500GB disk, integrated graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M discrete card with 512MB) worth $ 1,799. Next (quad Intel Core i7 with frequency 2.6 GHz, 8GB RAM disk 750 GB integrated NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics system and discrete cards with 1GB) will be more expensive - to $ 2199.
Main Apple saved up for dessert - Macbook Pro with Retina display. The most anticipated new product and the best of the existing notebooks. Luxury display with a resolution of 2880 x 1800 pixels, made by IPS-technology (finally!). According to the number of pixels of the laptop has overtaken even the iMac! Display - this is what is particularly proud to Apple. He still glossy (richer colors), but the glare was reduced by 75% - believe 4 times.
The thickness of the body - like Macbook Air, 0.71 inch (18 mm). True MBP body is not narrowed, as implemented in the Air.
New Macbook Pro with Retina display is working on the control of OS X Lion, OS but seriously finalized - Apple developers rewrote most of the software to provide support for Retina-display: Mail, Safari, iMovie, iPhoto, Aperture, Final Cut.
MBP with retina-display to learn two USB 2 / USB 3, HDMI-port, two Thunderbolt-port.
Apple also put emphasis on the fact that the new MBP is involved just two microphones. Previously it resorted to such a reception unless the mobile phone manufacturers. It can be expected to improve the quality of Internet telephony. MBP also uses advanced stereo. Promised a phenomenal sound.
In general, Macbook Pro with Retina display is not worthy of a separate review, but a whole series of articles. Far too many non-trivial ideas incorporated.
The price of Macbook Pro with retina-screen starts with $ 2,200. For the money the buyer will receive a car with a quad-core Intel Core i7, 8GB of RAM, SSD-drive capacity of 256 GB, Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics system and a discrete card NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (1 GB). The older model will cost $ 2,800. For this impressive sum you get a laptop with Intel Core i7 2.6 GHz processor, 8 GB of RAM, SSD-drive capacity of 512 GB. It is worth noting that Apple to order can significantly improve the packaging - you can upgrade the processor (up to Core i & 2.7GHz), memory (up to 16 GB of RAM), memory (up to 768 GB SSD). In this configuration the price of the laptop easy steps over the mark of $ 3749. All prices are relevant to the United States. How many queries white and gray dealers in Russia, one can only guess.
And updated Mac Pro. However, an update to be so odd that developers and other demanding users immediately lashed out at Apple. The main thing that has changed - it's processor. Apple still uses the CPU of two years ago, just a little faster. Transition to the new Xeon E5 has not happened. Support for Thunderbolt and USB 3 is not there. RAM unless doubled.
how notes Marco Arment, Instapaper author, this update - this is a good way to kill the product.
Criticism of the "new» Mac Pro was so aggressive that Apple removed the postscript New to the product page. Tim Cook, Apple head, promised that a major upgrade of Mac Pro will be held in 2013.