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16-Inch MacBook Pro Debuts With New Magic Keyboard, Physical Esc Key, Up to 64GB of RAM, and More
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Honestly, the chances of Apple putting anything other than top-shelf NAND in their flagship laptop is close to nil. Why would they want to save a few bucks just to ruin the good press they knew this laptop would bag?
well, original 2018 was 3200$ for 4TB.…ly expensive.
$2400.Holy crap.
and it came with a 4y old graphic chip.
That's what I'm hoping for. It's replacing my Late 2013 with 750m and 16gb ram.
I usually try to do a longer refresh cycle.
This is what I'm counting on. I can now pickup a lightly used one for a fraction of the cost.
Dell is 21 days, HP 30 days, Lenovo 30 days
A new design with new GPU means we are all beta testers. Some things you'll find in two weeks, but others might take longer (e.g. T2-chip crashes, Vega-like-flickering, keyboard failure, etc.)
Seems reasonable to wait a day or two since November 14 is usually the beginning of holiday returns...
The i7 is still a very good CPU. If you wait a few weeks you can probably pickup a used i9 for the same price.
Great, ordered! Finally an upgrade for my ageing 2012 non-retina. Now it just needs to be delivered before that one dies...
2.3 i9 8-core, 64 Gb RAM, 2 Tb SSD 550M. £3879.
2.3 i9 8-core, 64 Gb RAM, 2 Tb SSD 550M. £3879.
A more common sense approach is to not buy it the moment it's released and wait a few weeks for feedback before splashing 2.5-6+ grand on new tech.
Depends on your definition of 'reasonable'.
2018 15 inch, 512 GB, 16 GB RAM. Radeon Pro 555X. Mint condition. Original packaging. This is not a for sale thread but PM me an offer.
No thanks, I'm looking for a 2019 i9. I think those prices will go down a few hundred from where they are now.
A step in the right direction for the 16-inch MBP and let’s hope Apple can be more proactive in fixing its mistake instead of launching the keyboard replacement program.
Well it is impossible to please evryone, and the once that feel let down becorse the feater they wanted was not added/ their pet hate was not fixed will complain
Back to the future. I have a mid-2012 MBP Retina (i7, 16GB Ram, 512GB ssd) which still works perfectly. Now it seems I can upgrade to a 16" machine and get a keyboard that (may) be as good as my old one, a slightly bigger screen, better speakers (which I don't need), a battery that lasts longer (which I don't need), I can buy dongles for all my USB-A extras, and I can pay $2500 or so (including the dongles). I guess I'm not the person the new machine is intended for. Is it really that much better than the 7 1/2 year old MBPR? Not for me, at least.
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Ah, no good point. But I don't have a discount because I don't live in the US. I just used their store because my store doesn't show any prices beyond the base configs. But a quick extrapolation shows that for me it'd be about a 6% 'over' (~$400 more) charge, if their upgrades use the same exchange rate as the base config is.
I was looking at the following:
- 2.6GHz 6-core 9th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz
- 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
- AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 4GB of GDDR6 memory
- 512GB SSD storage
Wasn't sure if there is a day to day difference in noticeable performance with the i9 over the i7.
Why? Do you require more than 40Gbps for ethernet?
Because high-end camera's often don't use any form of SD, or when they do it's in addition to a faster alternative format.
Ok, ok... I have to admit that I was too suspicious (I’m a bit too obsessed about SSDs longevity) and despite those silly fears, this is a great value for a great machine. I’m waiting for a 14” MacBook Pro or even better, a MacBook Air with this new Magic Keyboard, base 256GB and a newer, more capable CPU/GPU.
