Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4745656 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:08:44 +0200 Received: by obbta14 with SMTP id ta14so382700obb.28 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:11:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=IIqwgi4vqMaUpU/48rE5vT9u8nZ2iYEmEwSV4FU7vb8=; b=rbq8bgoHGFDGCgU4i8EV4DvO0uJbrgpH5WVafFs4VUB6Q5bKoycUPoFxu7pskEv3SX lUCHfG981XoZSXOUJOV2GnO+NwRoBSjJVZhbGvOJRf4TmE9XAVjexvsjrABZLwmgCf9U WfW9HUVcHQHKLmWXxdnj57Y2UQNeOM4xZSq3oPpj9osT7wggbSpLvRZEhTCYrQtkv9hP 9xIrWP+HUa+2i/+8xiz+buTyAEHB4NGnwpCVRCIqghTBgWbGNBZh5tURMoo8WVreaRcW oq9IoG/HLfl8LYKz7uWa+thYBTocr8mkPcLHlq/BEkzYOGVZlzItnU/MYDI8W3KwfQeE FuSQ== Received: by 10.182.114.97 with SMTP id jf1mr8883442obb.59.1339603884714; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:11:24 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.199.41 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 09:10:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Teddy Gage Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:10:44 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] NEW Apple Macbook Pro 15" just announced - with kepler GPU To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=f46d0444edf1b0297d04c25cd5c2 --f46d0444edf1b0297d04c25cd5c2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 ...and it looks like the news from the new MBP is not all good after all. Looks like I got sucked into the hype. Doesn't mean I'd kick one out of bed, but it's looking less sexy by the minute. http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/13/retina-mpb-ifit-teardown/ - Battery is glued to the housing. Not replaceable. I had the battery in my 2009 mbp nearly explode. this is not good. - bottom-of-the-barrel hynix ram. non-replaceable. I've had my fair share of RAM issues. if it's faulty you're S.O.L. Also once you pick your amount at the store, you're locked into it. not cool. I just recently upgraded my 2010 mbp to max ram, it gave the system new legs. - Samsung-made SSD. I didn't know samsung made SSDs. All SSDs are not created equal. Will look at performance. Also non-replaceable. Max storage is 760 GB. That's way less than a 2011 or even 2010 with upgrades (removing optical drive, adding 1.5 tb 2.5 drives etc) - display is glued to the casing. Again, that's going to be a $1200 repair. More than 90% of laptops cost these days all in all, this thing is looking more like a disposable camera and less like a $2100 laptop you could rely on for five years. On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Brendan Bolles wrote: > On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:20 PM, scott.aelist wrote: > > > i'm working on one right now. It takes a bit of getting used to, but > I've been doing it for a couple years now. In fact this was the reason I > didn't opt for a macbook, because they only went up to 1440. I can't > imagine trying to work in AE at such low rez. > > > Cool, it looks like with the retina display they'll let you scale the UI > how you want. Although I guess it maxes out at the 1920x1200 equivalent, > not letting you masochists go all the way to 2880x1800, although I bet > someone will probably figure out how to hack it. > > > http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/12/a-closer-look-at-the-new-macbook-pros-retina-display/ > > > Brendan > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --f46d0444edf1b0297d04c25cd5c2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ...and it looks like the news from the new MBP is not all good after all. L= ooks like I got sucked into the hype. Doesn't mean I'd kick one out= of bed, but it's looking less sexy by the minute.

http://www.enga= dget.com/2012/06/13/retina-mpb-ifit-teardown/

- Battery is glued to the housing. Not replaceable. I had the battery i= n my 2009 mbp nearly explode. this is not good.

- bottom-of-the-barr= el hynix ram. non-replaceable. I've had my fair share of RAM issues. if= it's faulty you're S.O.L. Also once you pick your amount at the st= ore, you're locked into it. not cool. I just recently upgraded my 2010 = mbp to max ram, it gave the system new legs.

- Samsung-made SSD. I didn't know samsung made SSDs. All SSDs are n= ot created equal. Will look at performance. Also non-replaceable. Max stora= ge is 760 GB. That's way less than a 2011 or even 2010 with upgrades (r= emoving optical drive, adding 1.5 tb 2.5 drives etc)

- display is glued to the casing. Again, that's going to be a $1200= repair. More than 90% of laptops cost these days

all in all, this t= hing is looking more like a disposable camera and less like a $2100 laptop = you could rely on for five years.

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Brendan Bol= les <brendan@fnordware.com> wrote:
On Jun 12, 2012, at 12:20 PM, scott.aelist wrote:

> i'm working on one right now. It takes a bit of getting used to, b= ut I've been doing it for a couple years now. In fact this was the reas= on I didn't opt for a macbook, because they only went up to 1440. I can= 't imagine trying to work in AE at such low rez.


Cool, it looks like with the retina display they'll let you scale= the UI how you want. =A0Although I guess it maxes out at the 1920x1200 equ= ivalent, not letting you masochists go all the way to 2880x1800, although I= bet someone will probably figure out how to hack it.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/= 06/12/a-closer-look-at-the-new-macbook-pros-retina-display/


Brendan


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