Just pick one up used next year for way less. I bought my 2018 MacBook Pro 6 core 512GB 560X early this year for $1700 secondhand. Like new with some warranty left, eBay for the win.
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16-inch MacBook Pro Announcement Expected by Tomorrow
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Just pick one up used next year for way less. I bought my 2018 MacBook Pro 6 core 512GB 560X early this year for $1700 secondhand. Like new with some warranty left, eBay for the win.
That machine started at $1999 without a GPU and $2399 with one, so it’s not like the pricing would be “3-4 times as much”.
To be fair, basically every other company on the planet does the same thing. (I wish they'd all stop - you can have the extra penny or nickel, or $5 on big purchases, just round the number up to what it really is and stop playing that game.)
Probably Coffee Lake R. Apple lately has been more slow than others to adopt new Intel processors. The 13” MacBook Pro is on Coffee Lake R, while competing Windows devices are on Ice Lake.
It'd be funny if they replaced the 3.5mm headphone jack with a Lightning connector, just to hear the cries of anguish.
The 13-inch might move to Comet Lake-U. Ice Lake simply isn’t available in volume.
Maybe by Tiger Lake, Intel will unify the line-up towards 10nm, but it looks like that’ll have to wait until 2021.
The other possibility is that it is more than a minor update, and they would have liked to have held an event for it, but everything they do has been running way behind this fall (like all the OS's coming out of the oven a month or two early), and they just couldn't manage it, so we get a press-release release of it instead.
The AMD 560X is barely a "pro" GPU in 2019, surely Vega needs to be the base option for the i9 15'
I have never liked typing on the Apple Smart Keyboard Folio I got for my iPad. It feels like I’m typing on a piece of wood. On the other hand, the keyboard on my 2013 MacBook Pro is wonderful!
Not sure it would be that funny, but then I never find trolling that funny.
Looking forward to seeing what this thing looks like. Likely the last AMD64 machine I buy.
Anything is possible, but all Apple is doing is offering a new screen size option in the same chassis. There is no major revision here.
All the leaks and rumors are saying this is not a new design. They are using basically the same chassis with a larger screen, or rather, reducing the bezels to provide a larger screen.
This could be the last Mac laptop launched with an Intel processor.
Apple plans to announce its widely rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro this week, according to a tweet from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.
In another tweet, Gurman suggested the announcement will be made by Wednesday. The news would likely be shared in the form of a press release on the Apple Newsroom and would also likely coincide with early hands-on impressions of the 16-inch MacBook Pro from select media outlets and YouTube channels.
9to5Mac recently reported that Apple appears to be holding private press briefings of some kind at its luxury loft mansion in New York City this week, likely to facilitate those 16-inch MacBook Pro first impressions. Multiple out-of-town tech reporters have tweeted that they are in or headed to New York City over the last few days.
Rumors suggest the 16-inch MacBook Pro will feature slimmer bezels around the display, a more reliable scissor switch keyboard, a standalone Touch ID sensor, and possibly a much-requested physical Esc key. Pricing is unknown, but would likely be higher than the $2,799 high-end 15-inch MacBook Pro.
For what it's worth, 15-inch MacBook Pro models with AMD Radeon Pro Vega graphics options became available to order on the Wednesday of this week a year ago, along with a (PRODUCT)RED version of the Apple Watch Sport Loop. Apple also launched its annual holiday gift guide on the same day.
After rampant rumors, supply chain clues, and leaked imagery from macOS Catalina, the 16-inch MacBook Pro might be 24 hours or less away.
Article Link: 16-inch MacBook Pro Announcement Expected by Tomorrow
Basically, buy this or belt up for transition.
It’s good to keep in mind that eGPU options work great with Thunderbolt 3 Macs. I picked up a Razer Core X for $200, then a used Vega 56 for $200. It works incredibly well for Windows gaming and for Mac pro applications, I hook it up to my 27” 4K display. I rarely need full GPU power on the go, and a Vega 20 option would have been more expensive and far less powerful than my eGPU - not to mention non-upgradable.
I'd love to upgrade, but my early 2015 RMBP still works perfectly fine. Even the battery is still good. I simply don't need it.
