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“What Would Make the Next Gen MacBook Pro?” On Monday, Phil Schiller addressed the WWDC audience with the question he posed to the Apple engineering team, many months ago.
The answer, of course, is the entirely new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I knew I wanted one before I even heard what it was as it sat on the pedestal under a velvety black shroud! Oh Apple, you slay me (along with an audience of developers).
Obviously its name, “15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display,” lets you know what Apple thinks is its most endearing feature, and in fact there has never been a notebook display like this before. The resolution is 2880 by 1800 which is 5.1 million pixels! That’s 3 million more than an HDTV. Oh my word, I can’t wait to see it in person.
It’s more svelte, too. Weighing in at 4.46 pounds and only .71 inch thick. (Is there a word for svelter?) Apple was able to shave more than a pound off the non-Retina Display MBP. This was achieved by not including an optical drive and moving to all flash storage. This puts the MBP w/RD at the same weight as the 13-inch MBP. Pretty good, eh?
So what about all the other stuff? The MBP w/RD sports two USB 3.0 ports, two Thunderbolt ports, and HDMI port set it apart from its peers. Bluetooth, FaceTime, and SDXC slot are still there. Did you notice that Ethernet isn’t there? You’ll need to add an Ethernet to Thunderbolt adapter to connect to wires.
What’s all this going to cost? Prices will start at $2,199 for the basic configuration of:
* 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
* Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
* 8GB 1600MHz memory
* 256GB flash storage
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
* Built-in battery (7 hours)
“*See it here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80927/at_tt
And $2,799 for the 2.6GHz configuration:
* 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
* Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
* 8GB 1600MHz memory
* 512GB flash storage
* Intel HD Graphics 4000
* NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
* Built-in battery (7 hours)
“*See it here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80928/at_tt
This is the first new Mac since Steve passed away and I really, really missed hearing “oh yeah, just one more thing…”
Steve, they did you proud.
We will keep you posted regarding when they will be in stock, though from our reports (and Apple’s own website), it looks to be just a couple of weeks.
The current incarnations of the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro got some processor speed bumps on Monday during the first day of WWDC, as well as upgrades to storage capacity and memory. Read on for the breakdown of features, though I just want to mention that all are IN STOCK!
*MacBook Air*
Both the 11-inch and 13-inch models are being kept, and they now include up to 512GB flash storage, 60% faster graphics and up to 8GB RAM. They feature 2.0GHz i7 Ivy Bridge processors and USB 3.0 ports (backwards-compatible to USB 2.0).
View the “*11-inch MacBook Air here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80921/at_kb $1.099.99
View the “*13-inch MacBook Air here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80922/at_kb $1,199.99
View the “*13-inch MacBook Air here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80923/at_kb $1,499.99
*MacBook Pro*
The 13″ MacBook Pro includes an Ivy Bridge dual-core i7 processor, available up to 2.9GHz. Pricing remains the same at $1,199 and $1,499.
View the $1,199.99 “*13-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80919/at_kb
View the $1,499.99 “*13-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80924/at_kb
The 15″ MacBook Pro model includes an Ivy Bridge quad-core i7 up to 2.7GHz, a 1GB GeForce GT 650M discrete graphics card, a standard 8GB of 1600 MHz memory, and USB 3.0/2.0 ports. Pricing remains the same at $1,799 and $2,199.
View the $1,799.99 “*15-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80925/at_kb
View the $2,199.99 “*15-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/80926/at_kb
The 17-inch MacBook Pro has been quietly discontinued, and we will be selling through our remaining stock.
View the current “*17-inch MacBook Pro here.*”:http://www.smalldog.com/product/79330/at_kb
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At Monday’s WWDC keynote, Scott Forstall went through all of the features that the newly-announced iOS 6 will have. Ready for it? I’ll go over the highlights here.
*Siri*
She’s getting a big upgrade, as our helpful assistant will graduate out of beta mode in iOS 6. Among the biggest upgrades:
* iPad availability is coming!
* Yahoo! integration for sports updates and news (Baseball, Football, Basketball, etc.)
* Detailed restaurant information, including pricing, menus, ratings and reservations (via Open Table)
* More sophisticated movie information, such as Rotten Tomato ratings integration, trailers, keywords (his example was “movies with Scarlett Johansson”)
* Launch apps by voice
* Tweet by voice
* “Eyes Free” mode and integration with the steering in certain automobiles (Honda, Audi, GM, BMW, to name a few)
* More languages
*Facebook*
Looks like we can’t escape it–Apple and Facebook aren’t going anywhere! To the hold-outs, here’s what’s in store:
* Built in to the iOS
* Universal sign-in keeps you logged in through Settings menu
* Sharing of photos, links, games (from Game Center), iTunes content, Maps
*Phone*
You mean to say that we should actually still use the iPhone as a…phone?
* Additional in-app options, such as Do Not Disturb, Remind Me Later, Reply with Message for those times you can’t (or don’t want to) answer a call
* VIP tagging of your most important contacts
* Two calls in a row will be sent through in the event of an emergency (I should be careful with this one)
*FaceTime*
Video chatting got some much-needed upgrades.
* Now available over cellular instead of just Wi-Fi
* Unifying phone number and Apple ID, plus Messages (for chat across IM and SMS/MMS)
*Photo Stream*
* Photo Stream sharing
* For Mac, Apple TV and web
*New Safari*
* New iCloud tabs that will show you your iCloud info across all linked devices
* Offline reading list
* Will work only in Mountain Lion and iOS 6
*Mail*
* VIPs–contacts that you can designate as ‘very important people’
* Two added inboxes: VIP inbox and flagged inbox
* Add photos from your device (finally!)
* Support for password-protected Office files
*Maps*
* Yelp! integration
* Turn-by-turn navigation
* 3D mode
* Siri integration
* Apple-specific cartography
* 100 million local businesses listed
…and a lot more, including Guided Access, the mobile Universal Access controls, Passbook, and more. “*Read the full set of features on our blog, Barkings!*”:http://blog.smalldog.com/article/ios-6-coming-this-falland-with-more-siri/
It will launch in the fall and will be available for iPhone 4, 4S, 3GS, iPad 3 and newer and iPod touch (4G).
_Dear Friends,_
It is a beautiful summer day here in the Green Mountains and I rode my motorcycle to work today, as I had some errands to do around the area, including “*Small Dog Speaks,*”:http://www.smalldog.com/sdspeaks our weekly radio show on WDEV radio. We are having some fun with the show and have visions of it being the next “*Car Talk,*”:http://www.cartalk.com/ except with technology and dogs! My co-host is “*Rebecca,*”:http://www.smalldog.com/rebecca and it is a good thing because she can answer the toughest questions from our listeners (all 3 of them!).
The announcements from Apple this week were the topic of discussion around the office and on the radio show. Certainly the star of the show was the new MacBook Pro with Retina display which I’ll be testing as soon as we get it (soon!), but I really think that the software announcements were even more outstanding. iOS6, coming this fall, will bring turn-by-turn navigation in Apple’s new Maps program (with some help from TomTom, among others) as well as enhanced Siri features, Facebook integration throughout and Passbook. I really like the new phone features that give you more options than Answer and Ignore when a call comes in.
Mountain Lion, the next Mac OS (v10.8), will be released in July and will be available as a download for only $19.99 from the App Store. For those of you who are buying Macs now, you will qualify for a free upgrade to Mountain Lion. My favorite feature of this new OS is AirPlay mirroring. It is something that you very well may find yourself using.
I had to prepare for a presentation a couple of weeks ago that involved a lot of photos and video clips. With Dawn’s help, we built a Keynote presentation, and I wanted to use my TV at home to practice. While you can stream Keynote presentations from your iPad to your Apple TV, you cannot do that with your Mac. With a huge Keynote file it was not feasible to move it to the iPad, so I ended up having to use a cable. Not any more!
Once Mountain Lion is available, you will have the capability to wirelessly stream anything on your Mac to your TV and all you have to have is an Apple TV. I have a feeling we will be selling a lot more Apple TVs once Mountain Lion is roaming.