Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-19 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks Peter for that. Agree with your logic there. I'm warming towards the Retina! Regards Pete On 19/08/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 16/08/2013, at 11:44 AM, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks Daniel, yes i like the 27

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-18 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 16/08/2013, at 11:44 AM, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Thanks Daniel, yes i like the 27 Thunderbolt displays. i have an iTunes library around 220GB and photos 50GB, so 256GB no good for me and no doubt they will get bigger not smaller. Do you feel that the extra cost of

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-17 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks for the link Ronni, I am certainly undecided at this point. I will check them both in the shop (Retina and non-retina) and that may help sway me. I am off to the USA/Canada in Sept/October and when I return hopefully the Haswell business is released by then or soon after. Either way I

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete I'm still not sold on the Retina machines just yet. I'm waiting for the new versions and more things to be developed to take full advantage of it all. (And the true Retina resolution does run slightly lower then the normal resolution, though it can go higher). The Retina machines don't

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-16 Thread Peter Crisp
Ok Daniel, thanks for that lengthy email there. I was not aware till then that the MBP retina didn't have ethernet. That's odd but I suppose it's because of customer feedback. When I think about it my wife's 2013 MBP 13 non retina which has ethernet, the ethernet port never actually gets

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete No worries on that. You can get Thunderbolt to Ethernet and Thunderbolt to Firewire adapters (which aren't overly expensive),…but yes, best to look at all the options and weigh up which features you want and which suits. ;o) Hope it all helps. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Peter, I use and find this website is very good to check details and comparisons between models. You might find it helpful: What are all the differences between the 13-Inch Late 2012 Retina Display MacBook Pro models and the regular Mid-2012 13-Inch MacBook Pro and MacBook Air? Which is

17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Ronda Brown
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Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Brian Risbey
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Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Ronda Brown
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Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
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Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Chape
MacBook Pro range launch. How I wish with every bone in my body that this actually occurs Please please Apple announce a new 17 MacBook Pro with Retina Display... This year! Make Ronni Happy!!! /Begin Quote Reports: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Brian Risbey
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Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Daniel Kerr
that this actually occurs Please please Apple announce a new 17 MacBook Pro with Retina Display... This year! Make Ronni Happy!!! /Begin Quote Reports: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh http://www.highlightpress.com/reports-17-inch-retina-macbook-pro-revival-with-2013

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
! Make Ronni Happy!!! /Begin Quote Reports: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh http://www.highlightpress.com/reports-17-inch-retina-macbook-pro-revival-with-2013-haswell-refresh/3480/djohnson It’s become something of a given that Apple will launch a 2013 Retina

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Daniel Kerr
: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh http://www.highlightpress.com/reports-17-inch-retina-macbook-pro-revival-with-2013-haswell-refresh/3480/djohnson It’s become something of a given that Apple will launch a 2013 Retina MacBook Pro range sometime this year, complete

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks Daniel, yes i like the 27 Thunderbolt displays. i have an iTunes library around 220GB and photos 50GB, so 256GB no good for me and no doubt they will get bigger not smaller. Do you feel that the extra cost of the retina is worth it over the non-retina MBP in 13. I always wondered why

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
that this actually occurs Please please Apple announce a new 17 MacBook Pro with Retina Display... This year! Make Ronni Happy!!! /Begin Quote Reports: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh http://www.highlightpress.com/reports-17-inch-retina-macbook-pro-revival-with-2013