apple WWDC 2012: new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air Update, iOS6 & other world control

[fridayblues]

Apple WWDC 2012 Keynote Round-Up

Chris Burns, Jun 11th 2012 Discuss [7]

Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference 2012 has started off with a bang with no less than a brand new MacBook Pro 2012 line with Retina display, iOS 6, and several secret updates to hardware now live in the Apple Store online. This event has released a whole wave of updates in the Apple universe and to help you keep them all straight, we’ve got a guide which lies here below. This guide will show you what you’ll be getting on your current-wave hardware for software upgrades and will also inform you on what it will mean to upgrade to the newest hardware this summer!


iOS 6

First for you mobile-minded folk out there, it’s time to get real about the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system iOS 6. This upgrade is available for developers today but will be coming later this summer for everyday average users. You’ll find Guided Access to be one of the brand new abilities of iOS 6 with UI-disabling features coming with it. Another new app is Passbook, complete with your cards and tickets for movies, airplanes, coffee shops, and more.

You’ll be doing a whole lot more Photo Stream sharing with iOS 6 as well as FaceTime over cellular on the fly! Of course Apple wouldn’t have started any of this without first telling us about how amazing iOS 5 has been and how widely it’s been adopted thus far – the same goes for the iTunes App Store – explosive!



Facebook Integration

Perhaps one of the most important distinctions iOS 6 will have from its predecessors is the fact that it has deep Facebook integration. This integration will spill over to OS X Mountain Lion as well, but it’ll be extremely noticeable here in the mobile operating system world first and foremost.


Apple Maps

Apple has truly come on in a big way with their Google-Maps-ending Apple Maps software which includes turn-by-turn navigation, 3D viewing of buildings, and a whole lot more. This will without a doubt give Google a run for its money – even if Google did make a valiant pre-release effort this past week.

Siri

The personal assistant known as Siri will be coming to several new countries around the world and will also be pushed to the iPad 3, aka the iPad 3rd Gen with Retina display. Siri will also be upgraded to include several new features including sports scores very soon.

MacBook Air

The MacBook Air lineup has been refreshed with 3rd Generation Intel Core processors, both of them i5 or i7 Ivy Bridge. This upgrade also has you gaining a USB 3.0 port (which of course is also backwards-compatible with USB 2.0), a Facetime camera with a new 720p quality to it, and 8GB of RAM inside with 512GB of flash storage. These ultra-thin, ultra-light models will continue to be the most portable notebooks in the Apple range.

MacBook Pro 2012 refresh

Keep it all straight and notice this: there is a MacBook Pro 2012 refresh lineup as well as a brand new MacBook Pro model with Retina Display. We’ll go ahead and call this refresh the “classic” MacBook Pro while the Retina version is one section down. This Classic refresh includes Intel Ivy Bridge processors, for starters, keeping the optical drive that was rumored to be dropped, and comes in at a price that’s slightly cheaper than the Retina model as well: 13-inch for $1,199 or 15-inch for $1,799.


New MacBook Pro with Retina display

The New MacBook Pro with Retina display brings not only a high-definition display that’s to be envied by all your past-generation MacBooks, but upgraded hardware all around as well. There are new air vents at the sides of this device, there’s a new thinner “MagSafe 2″ port for power, and you’ve got both a thinner and lighter notebook than any MacBook Pro before. It can even roll out with Diablo III with no trouble at all, imagine that! This notebook sits between the MacBook Pro 2012 refresh and the MacBook Air for thickness and offers a slightly more powerful option for those of you looking for the sweetest notebook on the block.



We’ve had our own eyes-on look at the Next-Gen MacBook Pro with Retina quality display under a glass case thus far and will see it much closer up soon enough.


Meanwhile you can order this notebook starting today and starting at $2199 – with upgraded models adding on several hundred dollars to that price.



OS X Mountain Lion software and Applications

While there weren’t too many things in OS X Mountain Lion today that we hadn’t seen before in our own hands-on preview, we did see a swath of new options that will have the whole hardware range looking mighty good when they’re upgraded this summer. This upgrade will include AirPlay Mirroring and 1080p streaming to TV as well as integration with the thus-far mobile-only Game Center ecosystem.



For your web browsing needs you’ll be checking out the brand new Safari complete with Unified Search, iCloud Tabs, and Tab View as well. The application and software integration known as Power Nap was revealed as an always-active bit of silent-doer for tasks you’d otherwise have to do while your computer is fully awake.



Apple has also brought on a tiny bit of Siri (though it’s not quite called that yet) to OS X Mountain Lion with Dictation and iCloud integration will be larger than ever, and not just in your browser window this time around.



You’ll be able to pick up Mountain Lion for just $19.99 USD in July if you feel so inclined – and if you’ve purchased one of the devices revealed today, you’ll be getting the upgrade for free – 200 features and counting, so they say!

[fridayblues]

WWDC 2012: New MacBook Pro Is Sexy, Thin, and High Res

oday at the WWDC keynote, Phil Schiller announced a brand new MacBook Pro. It is pure sex.

Phil Schiller:
The next gen MBP is 0.71-inches thin — you see the difference. It’s 25% thinner, a dramatic amount. It’s about as thin as a MacBook Air.

It weighs only 4.46 pounds, and it has a 15.4″ screen. It is incredibly thin, but the best feature is the pixel density. Its resolution is 2880 x 1880. That is 5,184,000 pixels. It’s the best display on a notebook that has ever existed. Truly, it is magical to see a display with 220 pixels per inch.

You aren’t going to deal with tiny windows, though. Apple’s own apps are getting updated to take advantage of the HIDPI mode, but non high-res apps will get pixel doubled. You don’t want that.

It comes with an SD card slot, HDMI output, Thunderbolt, two USB 3.0 slots, 802.11N wireless, a backlit keyboard, Bluetooth 4.0, and MagSafe 2.0 — thinner than ever.

You’ll notice that Ethernet and Firewire aren’t included. You’ll need a Thunderbolt adaptor if you want to use Firewire 800 or Gigabit ethernet.

This sexy beast isn’t going to be cheap, though. If you want a taste of the future, you’re going to need to drop $2,199 just to start. For that, you get 8 GB of RAM, a GeForce GT 650M video card with 1 GB of Ram, and a 2.3 GHz quad-core i7 processor. Available today.

In other news, the old style MacBook Pro 13″ and 15″ will remain available with an updated processor and video card as well as USB 3.0. $1,799 for the 13″, and $2,199 for the 15″.

[ein]

Look at that. An HDMI port. Better late than never, I guess.

[KrisnaMalik]

Wala pa ring iPhone5? Ma-irelease kaya nila this year ang iPhone5? I'm still waiting tho. Btw, kailan magiging available ang iOS 6 dito sa Pinas?

[subsonicsky]

Look at that. An HDMI port. Better late than never, I guess.

And USB 3.

[fridayblues]

apple taking over the world:

> 499 Million accounts
> 650 T apps
> 225 T apps just for ipad
> 130 Billion downloads
> $5 Billion paid to app developers
> 120 apple stores, 150 soon

[subsonicsky]

fridayblues: Any personal thoughts on why Apple has been successful all these years? Was it their correct use of technology?

[ryan_gwapo]

grabe ang ganda ng bagong mac book pro with retina display. Kailangan pagipunan

[ein]

fridayblues: Any personal thoughts on why Apple has been successful all these years? Was it their correct use of technology?

A combination of tech, marketing, and cult following.

Lest I forget, SJ should be in the equation, too.

[subsonicsky]

^ Oh, you mean about how Steve Jobs is a great marketing genius, and how techie people will never understand that Apple is as much a marketing company as it is a technology company?

[fridayblues]

the FACT is apple has revolutionized and led much of the world of technology in many aspects since the time it was first launched until now. apple was and is still the tech company that other tech companies and the whole industry in fact are trying to copy, match or exceed. many of the new innovatns that apple had launched are still leading in the industry.

there is no other tech company, hardware manufacturer that has changed so much of the tech world as apple has.

there are many but the latest one is the ipad. the ipad has once again changed the tech world and consumer habits. many here, the so called tech experts, if you back read have said the ipad wil not succeed. they didnt even believe apple will launch one.

but apple did launch the ipad and it is a wild success. now all the other tech compnies are launching their own tablets but most have them so far have failed to match the product superiority and consumer preference on the ipad.

the ipad has also changed the whole computer industry. the sales of PCs have declined slightly to flat while the sales of ipads and the tablet continue to zoom ahead in growth year to year.

the ipad is fulfilling the promise of being the pc killer.

it has actually killed the netbook. it also moved the whole industry to follow the steps of apple coming out with thinner laptops, thus the untrathin laptops.

with the success of the ipad and the change it is doing to our lives, sll tech companies are now developing eir own tablets.

apple is the recognized leader in technology and technology innovaton. it is the only company whom consumers have embraced completely and other tech companies are desperately trying to emulate.

add to that of course is that apple is considered to be one of the best marketers in the world in this generatn and the next.

[subsonicsky]

I have an iPad and I do agree that it's pretty darn useful. I used to lug around a ThinkPad X series in the old days (it was the lightest back then), but that has been replaced by the iPad.

many here, the so called tech experts, if you back read have said the ipad wil not succeed.

Do you know where I can start backreading?

[ein]

the iapd is fulfilling the promise of being the pc killer.

Fanboyism alert. Is that you, antenna?

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/...d.php?t=425525

Whose promise, btw?

[fridayblues]

this one is one of the self proclaimed tech experts here who probably said the ipad will not succeed. in fact this tech expert has probably posted here anything apple will not succeed. lol

and also cannot accept that apple is wildly succcessful. lol

Fanboyism alert. Is that you, antenna?

http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/...d.php?t=425525

Whose promise, btw?

[fridayblues]

x

I have an iPad and I do agree that it's pretty darn useful. I used to lug around a ThinkPad X series in the old days (it was the lightest back then), but that has been replaced by the iPad.


Do you know where I can start backreading?

here is one self proclaimed tech expert who said the ipad will not kill the netbook.

the tech expert also said the ipad wont be launched.

Confirmed? More like "confirmed rumor."

It's not confirmed until Apple makes an official announcement.

Good luck killing the netbooks.



And Apple added the un-safe "MagSafe", unibody aluminum, multitouch trackpad to Macs and it's also still basically the same product, too.

What did I miss?

[mac326]

iOS ang Ipad at hindi Mac OS.

PC Killer?


Worldwide Market Share as of May 2012

• Windows 93%
• Mac OS 6%
  
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  netmrketshare
  

[fridayblues]

PC Killer?


Worldwide Market Share as of May 2012

• Windows 93%
• Mac OS 6%

Mac OS Lion nga hindi makaporma sa Vista

• Windows XP 44.85%
• Windows 7 40.51%
• Windows Vista 6.88%
• Mac OS X 10.7 2.82%

http://i50.tinypic.com/2gwrv29.jpg

netmrketshare

you should look at shipments of pcs, not OS used in the internet. the worldwide shipments of pcs have slightly declined to flat while the sales of tablets have grown.

the tablet is a very new product, its total sales cannot be much more than the pc, yet.

aside from the tablet, the sales of pcs are being stunted by the wild growth of smartphones which more and more peoe use for the internet and less of the pc.

tech analyts are talking about the "post pc era" already. that term is a synonim to "pc killer".

[mac326]

fridayblues said the ipad is a pc killer. you replied with a chart comparing the market share of osx and windows 7. troll

compare orange to orange.

windows 7, XP, Vista - designed for laptop, desktop
Mac OS X - designed for laptop, desktop

iOS - is a mobile OS if you do not know yet

[ein]

this one is one of the self proclaimed tech experts here who probably said the ipad will not succeed. in fact this tech expert has probably posted here anything apple will not succeed. lol

and also cannot accept that ple is wildly succcessful. lol

Ah antenna, you've never changed.

"Self-proclaimed tech expert"? When did I ever claim/proclaim myself as such? lol

And where did you also get the idea (that you seem to already assume as fact) that the iPad alone killed netbooks? Are you high?

And again I ask, when you said "the iapd is fulfilling the promise of being the pc killer," whose promise are you referring to here? Yours?

[fridayblues]

fridayblues: Any personal thoughts on why Apple has been successful all these years? Was it their correct use of technology?

there are many, but i would put 3 as the most important :

1. apples's obsession with coming out with superior products - products that are unique and better than what is in the market. that is as unique and as superior as they can make it. products that is different than anything in the market.

2. superior design - simple, functional and easy to use and looks damn good.

3. building an eco system around their products and services as part of their strategy which includes making their own software (OS) through hardware and after sales experience.