MacBook Pro 13"
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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...
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...
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
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac
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.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.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.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
jinkster, have you tried the usual suspects - disk check, etc? Are you opening files / apps over a network connection? Multiple external drives?
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.....
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.....
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 )
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.I do sometimes regret not getting the 13' as the screen resolution is better.....
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