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The Aug 5th, 2012 benchmark score for a MacBookPro13,2 was spotted Friday, and is the second appearance of the unreleased model designated by the ambiguous identifier "MacBook Pro 10,2" (it first appeared in benchmarks in June).
The profile of the machine accompanying the Geekbench scores includes the same Intel Core i7-3520M Ivy Bridge processor clocked at 2.9 gigahertz as the earlier sighting, but indicates the notebook was outfitted with 8GB of RAM and is running a newer, yet unreleased build of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.1.
The "10,2" model designation makes it distinct from the existing 13 and 15-inch MacBook Pro 9,x models Apple released in June and instead associates it with the slim new 15-inch Retina Display model Apple internally designates as its "MacBook Pro 10,1" model.
Given that Apple canceled its 17 inch offering (apparently due to limited sales, as analyst Ming-Chi Kuo with KGI Securities correctly predicted in April), this would strongly suggest the new model will be the rumored 13 inch version of the Retina Display MacBook Pro.
The appearance of 8GB of RAM is also noteworthy because the new design of the Retina Display MacBook Pro solders its memory chips directly to the logic board (below, highlighted in green) rather than offering user-upgradable sockets. The previous appearance of this new 13 inch model only indicated 4GB of RAM.
The unreleased new MacBook Pro model joins a new iMac and Mac Pro model designation that were recently discovered, with the new iMac similarly appearing in Geekbench results.
John Poole of Primate Labs, which developed the Geekbench software and maintains user submitted scores, told AppleInsider that a number of factors can be used to verify the credibility of benchmarks, including the OS version number, the processor model and its reported motherboard and BIOS strings, all of which appear to be legitimate on the new model.
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My mother's in the market for a laptop. Still.
When the retina 15" came out, she wanted one until she asked me about a retina 13". I told her, 'we think October'. Now she won't leave me alone about it.
Not that she knows she's even going to get one of those yet! It's just smart to have all four options on the table before you make your decision. Well, that's what I told her, at least.
the dvd drived was responsible for a much bigger unusable volume for other components than it was on the 15inch. i expect apple to do at least one of the following (besides 8gb ram minimum and ssd): - quad core; - dedicated graphics (650m); --- for me best option - much bigger battery. they have more 30% free space than the regular 13. it has everything to be a hot seller, i just hope they price it so good as they did with the 15.
Would they really put a 650M into the 13" rMBP? 512 MB maybe for 2560x1600?
[quote name="pedromartins" url="/t/151864/geekbench-score-again-leaks-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro-model-now-with-8gb#post_2166454"]the dvd drived was responsible for a much bigger unusable volume for other components than it was on the 15inch. [/Quote] Yep a perfect example of where deletion of the internal optical could be considered a good thing. [Quote] i expect apple to do at least one of the following (besides 8gb ram minimum and ssd): - quad core; [/Quote] Yes, in this day and age calling a dual core machine a Pro computer is a bit foolish. I would even consider a dual core machine. [Quote] - dedicated graphics (650m); --- for me best option [/Quote] I still prefer AMD myself. Frankly I wonder how AMD screwed up their relationship with Apple here. [Quote] - much bigger battery. [/Quote] This is the tough one. Putting a really good GPU into the 13" will be a stretch as I believe it will take all of the space freed by the optical. This because the GPU will need a fan and lots of RAM. [Quote] they have more 30% free space than the regular 13. it has everything to be a hot seller, [/Quote] The potential is certainly there! [Quote] i just hope they price it so good as they did with the 15.[/quote] Err I'm not thrilled by the price of the 15" rMBP. I'm especially not thrilled by the cost of the SSD upgrades. Then again I'm not in the market for a new machine this year so maybe those prices will normalize as screen production matures.
[quote name="Winter" url="/t/151864/geekbench-score-again-leaks-13-inch-retina-macbook-pro-model-now-with-8gb#post_2166484"]Would they really put a 650M into the 13" rMBP? 512 MB maybe for 2560x1600?[/quote] I'm not up to speed on NVidias latest chips but I will be blunt and say that they need a GPU that can do the job. The last thing they need to do is to put a GPU in the machine that results in a very noticeable performance regression. However power is a big problem for such a machine, so they will need to look closely at the chips available to get the best possible performance in a given power envelope. As to GPU RAM, in anything called a Pro computer these days 1GB of RAM should be the minimal amount on hand. I'd rather have more video RAM even if it and the GPU where a bit slower. More RAM just means OpenCL is more viable for a wider array of uses. The other problem is apps are now stating that 512MB is a minimal configuration for GPU RAM. All of this is contingent upon maintaining good battery life. In that regard Ivy Bridge can help out some. The problem is you really need a quad core in this machine so you end up loosing some of the advantage of Ivy Bridge. In the end it is a classical sort of engineering problem where you have to blance many factors to achieve a goal.