No idea, I'm currently using uTorrent to download on my pc, it takes really little RAM.

From which integrated graphics card? Is the new Intel HD4000 superior than the old 15-inch (2010-2011) discrete cards? I'm not even going to consider the base 15-inch model since I might as well get the Retina. Still, I can't afford to add another thousand for it. Has anyone here used a 13-inch Macbook Pro for engineering?

Won't be so soon. Perhaps they will make a 13" Air Retina Display first as the Air comes with standard higher-res than the MBP 13". 
I've used my 2011 MBA 13" for photoshop before, and the speed is very acceptable. The new ultra-low voltage Core i5 processors are quite fast actually.
The MBA 13"'s 1.3 KG weight is just perfect. My rMBP is actually quite taxing on my shoulders, although not as bad as my 2011 MBP 15".
Most engineering students can make do with even a sub-RM2k laptop. Your 13" MBP will do just fine. Only upgrade if you budget permits, but it is never a necessity.

classic MBP gives you much more disk space, lower price, kensington lock slot, built-in disc drive, breathing-light for standby, external battery meter, ethernet port.

those are actually quite good features which are missing on the Air and rMBP.

so you don't have to worry, there's always a market for the classic MBP now.
Yup. And IIANM, most engineering software is windows based. But of course most students nowadays prefer to use Mac, which is good if they have the budget - but definitely not a must. And yes bigger screen would be good for engineering diagrams - so perhaps a rMBP or a 15" windows laptop if budget is limited.

MBA lighter and bigger reso yes but I'm also considering SSD for MBP. I'm still not convinced that 2.9ghz is almost identical to 1.8ghz.

Last time, only design graduated student will use mac as their workhorse. Nowadays, every field will find an excuse to use a mac for work. Fancy it?

Guys, I can't seem to find the 2011 MBP thread so looks like I'll have to post my query here... Anyway, I just checked my Storage under the About This Mac > More Info link, and there seems to be a significant chunk of space taken up by "Others"...

What exactly does this comprise of? And can it also be removed or at least partially deleted in order to free up some additional real estate space in the MBP?

anyone know how to redeem the mountain lion?

almost end of the month but still no mountain lion

Wow hopefully we need to claim the free ML can do it instantly and no need wait for their "processing" again haha

anyone facing yellowish with their rmbp ?


left side is the rmbp with yellowish and left is the normal which is no yellowish 

Please... Release Mountain Lion TODAY!!! This will be my bestest present ever!!!!

do u know how long it take to replace from AASP ?

Yay, now this is something us MacBook users can look forward to... If I'm not wrong, it'll cost USD20.00 ya?

As Apple's earlier habits, it should be out by 12 midnight sharp tonight right?

Can't wait to install it to my RMBP. Hopefully it will really fix the lag as mentioned by others. 

Retina macbook pro user please post some performance feedback after using ML !

Hi guys, congrats to all for the the joy of new user experiences in OSX ML. Which means if someone booked one mbp/mba/mbprd now, it will be shipping with new OSX ML?

How do I make a fresh reboot on my macbook like in windows? I just opened 16 desktop and I thought that restarting it would make it back to 1 desktop.. but it remained as 16. I did untick the box when restarting

Yeah I did that lol... Even for the Safari.. It sort of saved my session... is this how mac were designed?