It sounds like the briefings are today. I don't expect any news today.
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16-Inch MacBook Pro Production Reportedly Underway as Launch Timing Remains Uncertain
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This article is basically the Macrumors version of "bump". This is the most over-reported story in a while. No new information in-- 6 weeks? But they keep publishing a "it's still coming... sometime" article at least once a week.
Note to self: don't click any more "16'' MBP rumored to be coming soon" articles.
Note to self: don't click any more "16'' MBP rumored to be coming soon" articles.
I was strident today would be the announce date. Wrong with egg on my face 
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Nah. I thought it would be today also, but looks like a nope!
I was strident today would be the announce date. Wrong with egg on my face
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Nah. I thought it would be today also, but looks like a nope!
Why do you think you are wrong? Could very well be announced in an hour at their typical time. Or could be the next two days.
It's possible. I think the briefings and the announcement for the Airpods Pro was the same day.
It is possible that 12PM or 1PM EST will net an announcement, so don’t throw in the towel just yet. Tuesday’s are their normal release days, but tomorrow is just as real a possibility too.I was strident today would be the announce date. Wrong with egg on my face
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Nah. I thought it would be today also, but looks like a nope!
Seriously? That's your biggest worry. Won't the components be one-year-old anyway, after a year of ownership? And then two-years-old, and three and four...because most Apple users keep their Macs for several years. Case in point: TheAllMighty's post. I have a 2010 MBP that runs great! Also have a 2015 MBP, and wife has a 2014 Air. All run fabulous with years-old components. I'm just saying, I'd be more worried about the keyboard than I would one-year-old components.
I'm on my 2016 MBP waiting for an upgrade. I'm on the go a lot, run multiple servers, developing, designing, animations, ML, and all kind of accounting work for my startup. I need at least 32GB memory and 1TB drive to make it performant. I can upgrade now with the current lineup, but with the rumored 16" it's worth the wait for me.
I'm so busy that even giving my laptop back to to fix the keyboard issue is not even an option due to its 24-48 day return time. I almost have a presentation or development work on a daily basis. So, I'm waiting to purchase the new one when it comes out and give them my current one to fix and hopefully sell right after.
If no announcements made this or next week, then I'll most likely just upgrade to whatever current lineup at the moment.
I'm so busy that even giving my laptop back to to fix the keyboard issue is not even an option due to its 24-48 day return time. I almost have a presentation or development work on a daily basis. So, I'm waiting to purchase the new one when it comes out and give them my current one to fix and hopefully sell right after.
If no announcements made this or next week, then I'll most likely just upgrade to whatever current lineup at the moment.
I was strident today would be the announce date. Wrong with egg on my face
Nah. I thought it would be today also, but looks like a nope!
Keep the faith! Bloomberg tech reporter Mark Gurman says definitively that the 16" is coming this week. He claims review embargoes lift tomorrow, and the announcement is either today after the briefing or tomorrow.
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He's usually pretty plugged in so I'm thinking this is really happening. I can't wait!
I can’t decide if I’m excited anymore or not.
I have this feeling that whatever enthusiasm I have for the announcement and ultimate release will be completely killed by some absolutely insane starting price point
I have this feeling that whatever enthusiasm I have for the announcement and ultimate release will be completely killed by some absolutely insane starting price point
They could, but they wouldn’t put images in a macOS release if they didn’t think at some point that the hardware was close to release.
You know, I did not take into account that yesterday was a United States holiday. Perhaps that moved the schedule back a day. Okay, I feel better after reading those tweets.
With chrome you don't even need a nefarious website to imitate a G5 PM booting up (arguably louder than a jet engine IMO
)You mean more TB3 ports? I think we've covered this, it probably doesn't have enough PCIe lanes for that.
The same Bloomberg that made sweeping allegations of a massive attack on American companies, that every company involved, the US government, and even their own sources discredited as, and I believe I'm using the technical term here, "complete and utter ********"? Sure. Sounds reliable.
Gurman is generally reliable. Not 100%, but he got that job at Bloomberg because of his sources at Apple. If he's tweeting this, it's happening.With chrome you don't even need a nefarious website to imitate a G5 PM booting up (arguably louder than a jet engine IMO
You mean more TB3 ports? I think we've covered this, it probably doesn't have enough PCIe lanes for that.
The same Bloomberg that made sweeping allegations of a massive attack on American companies, that every company involved, the US government, and even their own sources discredited as, and I believe I'm using the technical term here, "complete and utter ********"? Sure. Sounds reliable.
Gurman is separate from that fiasco. When he was at 9to5mac, he had an extremely high rate of accuracy. He is personally well-sourced.
About as well as he understands just in time production lol
And water cooling.
Touchbar was just a mere excuse to overcharge. And it is quite useless, considering when other laptops have full touchscreens. Touchbar would have been great 12 years ago, not today.