They had to remove it to obtain the level of slimness similar to the MBA.

Just received my MBP 13" 2012.

I thought it supposed to be around 25% slimmer?

Or is it only apply to retina macbook 15" ?

LOL you people are so obsessed with it.

any latest news on 13' macbook pro retina display

That's what I thought. But rMBP is too big to be carried around. Plus adding another RM1.7k is costly! The Air's processor is too low for me. Is the integrated graphic card really that bad?

I came from a integrated graphics card windows computer and really found it to be under perform. But you might want to consider the 2kg is spread on a bigger area so it is somehow nicer to carry and bigger screen estate for design. If not you gotta wait for the next apple conference to see what they announce

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?

The way I see it right now 

MacBook Pro 13-inch : Might as well get an Air!
Macbook Pro 15-inch : Might as well get the Retina!

those sub-RM2k laptop is better than 13" MBP, it has a dedicated graphics and maybe a quad core processor sometimes

For an engineering student. I'm not going to use it for the sole purpose as a working engineer. I have my desktop for that.
With a budget of RM4.5k, would you recommend the 13-inch i7 model? Or should I get 13-inch i5 and upgrade to 3rd party RAM and SSD).

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?

how to install win 7 via boot cam without dvd-room on rmbp ?

I haven't owned a Mac, and I wish to have one. I already have a Windows desktop.
I heard 3D CAD softwares like Maya, Solidworks etc. ran on worse integrated graphics with a good enough result.
That being said, I'm wondering if anyone has ever tried running any of these softwares with a 13-inch Macbook before? I think 3D modelling applications don't use a lot of GPU power, it's mostly CPU.

I will buy.

Thinkpad W530 costs $3699 SGD (RM 9100) with following spec:

2.6 Ghz ivy bridge
8GB RAM
500GB Hitachi 7200rpm
Nvidia Quattro K2000m

The price reaches RM11k if you upgrade ram to 16gb and ssd. Thinkpad is a very reliable notebook. It is widely used in engineering fields. W700 costs RM17k when it was released 3 years ago. Those who purchased the notebook are from large enterprise. NASA crews are using IBM Thinkpad for years.

Don't argue with me as I use Thinkpad, Alienware, MBP, Latitude before. MBP is easy to use with the assistance of command key, apple script, multi-touch trackpad. It is vulnerable. My mbp broke down twice in 6 months.

Cause: connector between mainboard and hdd socket malfunction

MBP 13" 2011 model. I sold it two months ago.

I order a MBPRD. The parcel will reaches my house in these few days. Thinkpad and MBP are good machine. The build quality and ease of use are unbeatable

its going to be this thursday morning.
for sure 

Apple announced that ML will be released on 25/07 which means we will have it on thursday!

Good tool for your studies ! Welcome to the Retina club 

receive my mbp last night. so far so good

I notice that remaining battery life status is not configurable, in other words, percentage and battery icon only. The remaining  time in hours and minutes format is removed from MBPRD

Does anyone here know to enable this?

never really noticed this, hours can be seen when you click it

is it looked gay if a guy carries a 11" macbook air around? i knw the question sounds weird...lol. going to buy macbook air, i like portability..not buying a tablet coz i prefer a laptop that can perform basic computer work..