MacBookPro 15″ rumors from supposedly reliable sources

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Craig Seeman] “Yes, I want more connectivity with more powerful peripherals on my laptop.”

So do I.

If you already have an Ethernet cable dangling out of your laptop, you could certainly have a usb3 version of this:

https://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/MC704ZM/A

[Andrew Richards]

[Joseph W. Bourke] “You may want to keep an eye on the offerings at MonoPrice. They have a huge assortment of cables and adapters, and seem to be right on the curve as far as technology goes:”

I always shop MonoPrice first for cables and adapters and whatnot. Quality commodity cables for what they should actually cost. Love it! They are great for building racks with right-sized cable lengths and even have 50/125 fiber and Cat6a now. They tend to skew home theater or IT-centric in their products, but their selection is always expanding and the prices are just so great.

I was doing a big build and they noticed how much I was spending with them and proactively upgraded my account for volume discounts even on items I wasn’t buying in large quantities. Great company!

But the products you linked are really just Mini DisplayPort adapters (which they have been selling since before Thunderbolt hit the market- I have a set myself). They just label them Thunderbolt for the sake of consumer discovery.

Best,
Andy

[David Lawrence]

[Jeremy Garchow] “If you already have an Ethernet cable dangling out of your laptop, you could certainly have a usb3 version of this:

https://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/MC704ZM/A“

From the Apple store description:

Easily connect your MacBook Air computer to an Ethernet network with the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter. Small and light, it connects to the USB 2.0 port of your MacBook Air and provides an RJ-45 connector that supports 10/100BASE-T performance

I need Gigabit, 100BASE-T doesn’t cut it. Ethernet is the one thing in this possible new laptop that I’d really miss.

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[Andrew Richards]

[David Lawrence] “I need Gigabit, 100BASE-T doesn’t cut it. Ethernet is the one thing in this possible new laptop that I’d really miss.”

Jeremy was saying USB3 would provide enough bandwidth to support a GigE USB NIC along the same form-factor lines as the existing 100BASE USB2 model.

Best,
Andy

[Jeremy Garchow]

[David Lawrence] “I need Gigabit, 100BASE-T doesn’t cut it. Ethernet is the one thing in this possible new laptop that I’d really miss.”

That’s why I said a usb3 version.

Usb3 is 5Gbps.

Usb2 is 480Mbps.

Gigabit is impossible on usb2.

[David Lawrence]

[Andrew Richards] “Jeremy was saying USB3 would provide enough bandwidth to support a GigE USB NIC along the same form-factor lines as the existing 100BASE USB2 model.”

Ah, missed that about USB3. All good. Though I’ll still grumble about blowing that port on a dongle.

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[Craig Seeman]

More tidbits
Bloomberg reports, etc.
https://9to5mac.com/2012/05/14/bloomberg-reiterates-apple-to-unveil-new-thinner-macbook-pro-at-wwdc/
and
Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-14/apple-said-to-prepare-thinner-mac-laptops-sporting-intel-chips.html
and
https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/05/14/apple_to_debut_thinner_retina_display_macbook_pros_at_wwdc.html

It sure does seem like a controlled leak (from Apple) for June WWDC.
iMac only a Minor design change (no iMacPro)?
13″ MBP also mentioned but not 17″

[Herb Sevush]

[Craig Seeman] “It sure does seem like a controlled leak (from Apple) for June WWDC.”

Wait, I thought Apple never leaks anything? And no hint about a new Mac Pro. Can we say R.I P.?

Herb Sevush
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[Walter Soyka]

[Herb Sevush] “Wait, I thought Apple never leaks anything? And no hint about a new Mac Pro. Can we say R.I P.?”

Nah, leaks to whip up a frenzy among consumers who will buy it anyway are cool.

It’s roadmaps for pros to help them plan their purchases that are verboten.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
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[Tim Wilson]

[Walter Soyka] “Nah, leaks to whip up a frenzy among consumers who will buy it anyway are cool.”

Well, in a LITTLE fairness, the 15″ MBP is a pretty nifty pro machine. I spent years going to FCP groups all over the world, and I saw many hundreds of people build their editing trades around them.

After all, the one aspect of FCP that I think of as truly revolutionary from the beginning is that you could do serious work on a laptop. Hence the mild irony of “no tower = no love for pros” meme. Apple invented an editing ecosystem that didn’t need any towers, and pushed it further than anyone else.

Hence also my thinking that Apple nurturing FCP primarily to sell hardware is…I was going to say “nonsense,” but let’s say “not in evidence.”

Agreeing with your point though that Apple is as canny as any company ever has been about controlled leaks….and this close to WWDC, they’re not exactly leaks as much as sneak previews….

Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
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