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Apple held it's latest event yesterday and while it was titled, "We've got a little more to show you" it was obviously a clever play on words as they have a lot to talk about.
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Here's a little recap and my thoughts on what Apple has to show us.
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13" MacBook Pro Retina
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13" Macbook Pro #1 selling Mac
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13" Macbook Pro with Retina Display
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0.75" thin
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20% thinner
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3.5 lbs
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MagS
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Retina Display, 13.3" 2550 X 1600 at 227ppi
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Intel dual-core i5 or i7
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Intel HD 4000 Graphics
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720p FaceTime HD camera
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up to 7 hours battery
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MagSafe 2, 2 x Thunderbolt, 2x USB 3, HDMI, SDXC card slot, Headphone, dual mics (no audio in)
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Available now
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$1,699 - Dual-core 2.5 GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB Flash
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$1,999 - Dual-core 2.5 GHz i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB Flash
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Great entry level for a retina display notebook and a nice compliment to the 15" Retina Macbook Pro
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$500 more than the base 13" MacBook Pro (non-retrina)
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With the Retina you're getting double the RAM and that display
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You get less storage, 128GB Flash, vs 500GB HDD
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The non-retina also has Gigabit Ethernet, Firewire 800, and a SuperDrive
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But no HDMI port on the non-Retina
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A 13" Macbook Air can be configured with a 2.0GHz dual-core i7 and 8GB of RAM for $1,699.00
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That will double the storage of the Retina Macbook Pro (256GB Flash)
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Air doesn't have Retina, but is same pixel resolution as a 15" Macbook Pro 1440 x 900
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One less Thunderbolt Port and no HDMI port
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Mac mini
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New processors
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Dual-Core Intel i5 at 2.5Ghz
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Quad-core Intel i7 at 2.6GHz
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Updated Intel HD 4000 Graphics
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500GB or 1TB 5,400 RPM hard drive
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1TB Fusion Drive option
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4GB RAM, upgradeable to 16GB (2-slots)
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Gigabit Ethernet, Firewire 800, HDMI, Thunderbolt, 4 x USB 3, SDXC card slot, optical
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802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0
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Available now
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Nice bump up for the Mini which was long over due for an update
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iMac
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Super thin
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edge to edge glass
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5 mm thin, 80% thinner
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still has chin
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Friction stir welding
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5 mm thinner display
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laminating display to glass, removes 2mm
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anti-reflective coating, 75% less reflection
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Does round out in the back significantly
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27" 2560 x 1640, 21" 1920x1080
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Graphics, discreet NVIDA GeForce processors
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21" NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M or 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
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27" NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX graphics processor with 1GB of GDDR5 memory
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27" can configure up to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX with 2GB of GDDR5 memory.
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Removed optical drive
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up to 8 lbs, lighter
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Apple Fusion Drive (Hybrid)
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128GB flash
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1TB or 3TB HDD
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It's NOT a RAID.
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Disk Utility will see both the Flash and HHD drives
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OS X Mountain Lion "marries" them at the OS level presenting one drive to the user and apps
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It then watches and moves stuff based on use so the things you use most frequently are on Flash
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Writes are done to fast Flash storage first
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Up 768 GB Flash, up to 3TB hard drive
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21" 1TB 5,400 RPM HD (standard), config with up to 1TB Fusion Drive
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27" 1TB 7,200 RPM HD (standard), config with up to 3TB Fusion Drive or 768GB Flash
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8GB RAM (standard)
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2 slots in 21" model, up to 16GB RAM
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4 slots in 27" model, up to 32GB RAM
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FaceTime HD camera
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Gigabit Ethernet, 2x Thunderbolt, 4x USB 3, SDXC Card Slot, Headphone, Dual mics (no audio in)
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802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0
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Pricing
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$1,299 - 21.5" Screen, 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
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$1,499 - 21.5" Screen, 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
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$1,799 - 27" Screen, 2.9GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 512MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 660M
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$1,999 - 27" Screen, 3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 675MX
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Ship in November 21" and 27" in December
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I tired to see what it would take to configure a mini with specs (RAM, Processor, etc.) as close to a 27" iMac as possible, and purchasing a 3rd party 27" display, BYOKM, to see if I could save money.
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$1,250 - 2.6GHz Quad-Core i7, 8GB RAM, 1TB (5,400 RPM), Intel HD 4400 GPU, 27" LCD display ($250)
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$1,799 - 2.9GHz Quad-Core i5, 8GB RAM, 1TB HD (7,200 RPM), NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M with 512MB RAM
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Mini gives you Firewire 800 and HDMI out, but one less Thunderbolt than the new iMac
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Save about $500 bucks, but getting lower quality display and not all in one design, or discreet GPU.
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For another $250 you could add a 1TB Fusion Drive to the Mini, increasing HD performance. Don;t know upgrade pricing for the iMac yet, but would expect it to be similar
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iPad with Retina Display (4th Generation)
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Adds new A6x processor
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2x CPU and GPU performance
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Quad-core graphics
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ArsTechnica may a good guess at specs and thinks two A6 ARM cores running at 1.5GHz with four PowerVR SGX543 cores running at 500MHz.
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Wider LTE support, seems to be the same or similar to the iPhone 5
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Lightning connector
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Pricing remains the same
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Pre-orders October 26th, on sale November 2nd.
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Should new iPad owners be upset?
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New iPad (3rd gen) has been out for 8 months
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Nice rev for the 4th gen iPad, but nothing earth shattering
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For recent new iPad (3rd generation) purchasers you may want to try Apple's 14-day return window. They've even been know to extend it to 30-days if the iPad is in good condition
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iPad mini
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7.9" screen
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Extremely narrow bezel
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iOS will detect and reject presses that are holds on the edge
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Width is 5.3" and Apple says you can hold in one hand
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May depend on hand size
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iPhone 5 is 4.87", so hold one hand in landscape and then imagine 0.50" wider
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1024 x 768 at 163 ppi
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A5 Dual-core processor
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1.2MP 720p FaceTime HD camera
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5MP iSight Camera
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LTE Wireless
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Lightning connector
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802.11 dual band Wi-Fi, LTE Wireless, Bluetooth 4.0
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10 hour battery life
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All aluminum and glass design.
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White/Silver or Black/Slate
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Chamfered edges like the iPhone 5
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$329 for 16GB, orders start Friday 10/26 and ships November 2nd.
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Conclusions
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Is this a sign that Apple has altered their product release cycles?
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Is Apple returning to more product options? Seems to be more overlap in the Notebook lines especially.
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