MacBook Pro 13"

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jinkster

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2,235 posts

155 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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I'm wanting a new MacBook Pro 13". Does anyone know when the new one will come out. The didn't change too much last time. I'm hoping for Quad Core processor.

Ynox

1,702 posts

178 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Also want a quad core with 16gb RAM in a 13" form factor.

Sadly I can't see it happening - it'll dilute sales of the 15" ones.

Got a 15" MBP for my work machine and it's not *that* much bigger than my 13" MBA really in the grand scheme of things. Probably the best bet if you want quad core...

elliotff

174 posts

139 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I upgraded the RAM to 16Gb, added an SSD and swapped the DVD drive for a second hard drive.

I do sometimes regret not getting the 13' as the screen resolution is better.....


Vaud

50,283 posts

154 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Here is a detailed product life cycle analysis to let you guess. For obvious reasons they don't give much warning of new releases and history isn't always a great guide, but this is a reasonable indicator:

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac

jinkster

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2,235 posts

155 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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I've got a Mid 2012 and upgraded to 8GB RAM. Its running quite slow with Yosemite and takes a good 5 mins to startup and shutdown. I bought a nice camera that shoots 4k video and it really struggles with that.

Digitalize

2,850 posts

134 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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You'll be waiting a while, only recently bumped as there's just no new CPU's to go in them, and probably won't be until at least the end of the year.

Vaud

50,283 posts

154 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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jinkster said:
I've got a Mid 2012 and upgraded to 8GB RAM. Its running quite slow with Yosemite and takes a good 5 mins to startup and shutdown. I bought a nice camera that shoots 4k video and it really struggles with that.
Mines a 2011 and is fine - but has an SSD - for startup / shutdown, that is.

megaphone

10,690 posts

250 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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jinkster said:
I've got a Mid 2012 and upgraded to 8GB RAM. Its running quite slow with Yosemite and takes a good 5 mins to startup and shutdown. I bought a nice camera that shoots 4k video and it really struggles with that.
There must be something wrong, I have a similar set up and mine is a good as when it was new.

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Definitely something wrong!
Out of interest, I just booted mine and timed it, 28 seconds to get to the desktop, which included approx 4 seconds to type in my password.
Ive got a 15" early 2011 MBP 2ghz i7 with 8GB RAM and an SSD plus a 2nd SSD in the drive bay running Yosemite

Vaud

50,283 posts

154 months

Tuesday 30th June 2015
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jinkster said:
I've got a Mid 2012 and upgraded to 8GB RAM. Its running quite slow with Yosemite and takes a good 5 mins to startup and shutdown. I bought a nice camera that shoots 4k video and it really struggles with that.
djdest said:
Definitely something wrong!
Out of interest, I just booted mine and timed it, 28 seconds to get to the desktop, which included approx 4 seconds to type in my password.
Ive got a 15" early 2011 MBP 2ghz i7 with 8GB RAM and an SSD plus a 2nd SSD in the drive bay running Yosemite
About 22 secs for mine.

jinkster, have you tried the usual suspects - disk check, etc? Are you opening files / apps over a network connection? Multiple external drives?

jinkster

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2,235 posts

155 months

Friday 3rd July 2015
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No opening of files over internet connection. I don't have a SSD. Just the standard 500GB HDD. Ran the disk checkers, turned off all startup items. I think an SSD would improve it a lot but I don't really want to spend the money on an older laptop. Id rather buy something newer.

Vaud

50,283 posts

154 months

Saturday 4th July 2015
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Is it dumping any system files to the 500gb in the caddy? That should be running on the same speed bus as the main SSD.

Have you tried a fresh install of Yosemite to the SSD? Have you checked the SSD - in may be reaching end of life?

pavka007

522 posts

128 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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jinkster said:
No opening of files over internet connection. I don't have a SSD. Just the standard 500GB HDD. Ran the disk checkers, turned off all startup items. I think an SSD would improve it a lot but I don't really want to spend the money on an older laptop. Id rather buy something newer.
Let me get this correct: You are willing to spend 1300+ quid on a new one instead of 100+ for a new SSD drive for your "old" one?
I have as my home machine 24" /2008 iMac with only 4gb ram and 4 months old 256SSD running Yosemite and it starts for 28 sec including password typing......
Just my 2 cents.....

Troubleatmill

10,210 posts

158 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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pavka007 said:
jinkster said:
No opening of files over internet connection. I don't have a SSD. Just the standard 500GB HDD. Ran the disk checkers, turned off all startup items. I think an SSD would improve it a lot but I don't really want to spend the money on an older laptop. Id rather buy something newer.
Let me get this correct: You are willing to spend 1300+ quid on a new one instead of 100+ for a new SSD drive for your "old" one?
I have as my home machine 24" /2008 iMac with only 4gb ram and 4 months old 256SSD running Yosemite and it starts for 28 sec including password typing......
Just my 2 cents.....
Go to www.crucial.com
Download their scanning tool.

If you can upgrade the memory - get the most you can.

Get an SSD

Come back to us if you have are performance problems. ( You won't have )

sooty61

686 posts

170 months

Sunday 5th July 2015
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elliotff said:
I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro. I upgraded the RAM to 16Gb, added an SSD and swapped the DVD drive for a second hard drive.

I do sometimes regret not getting the 13' as the screen resolution is better.....

I did exactly the same - I bought mine about a year ago as they were still selling them and I had just upgraded my 2008 15" MBP to an SSD and then it died. I sacrificed resolution for flexibility and haven't regretted it. The latest 10.10.4 OSX seems to make it fly.