Because Apple has already announced the official price. /s
C'mon. always take those rumours with a grain of salt.
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C'mon. always take those rumours with a grain of salt.
What would make it more professional? Genuinely curious.
I'm not a "professional" in the sense that my computing needs could easily be accomplished with a MBAir but I opt for the higher end 15" Pro and iMac Pro for aesthetics.
After all the MacBook Pro issues starting in 2016, is anyone going to purchase one when they first come out ?
Unless people really need one, I suggest waiting at least six months before actually buying one.
Unless people really need one, I suggest waiting at least six months before actually buying one.
Also faceID is coming to the mac..probably starting with this 16" MBP
faceID will have 2 main functions
1) First, it would avoid timing-out into sleep mode when there’s someone in front of the machine.
2) Second ,the Mac can automatically wake and log you in, even if it is in sleep mode when you approach it.
faceID will have 2 main functions
1) First, it would avoid timing-out into sleep mode when there’s someone in front of the machine.
2) Second ,the Mac can automatically wake and log you in, even if it is in sleep mode when you approach it.
Disagreeing with Kuo, Lin thinks the 15.4” will be discontinued after the introduction of the 16”.
That makes more sense (to me) than carrying both a 15.4” and a 16”. The 13.3” presumably would become a 14”.
I've been hoping for a while they might come out with a 15" MacBook or Air, the U series chips have become pretty competent since going quad-core, with IceLake, the iGPU should be up to handling the larger screen without needing to kick in a dGPU as well. I don't think they'd go for it in the Pro line though, because they like to be able to say the 15" can drive two 5K displays at once.
Not cutting edge for sure, but I'm more interested in the heat management –because if they make another fancy superslim "Pro" laptop that throttles 5 generations out of the CPU, then what's the point really.
You will be disappointed on all fronts.
There should be an event if it's a re-design.
Core i9 8 core
32 gigs of ram
1 tb ssd
Nano-texture display option
$4899
32 gigs of ram
1 tb ssd
Nano-texture display option
$4899
If the headphone jack is gone, so am I....tired of Apple randomly cutting back on useful and STANDARD functionality.
Makes no sense to have a 15" and a 16". There is not enough difference between the two. Since they will be using the same processors as the 15", this new form factor cannot offer a significantly better experience. My bet is still that the 16" will replace the 15". It's too close in performance and features not to.
Honestly, if the textured display surface is as great as they hyped it up to be on the XDR, I'd gladly pay an extra few hundred bucks for it.
And an optional touchbar (aka no touchbar). And a scissor keyboard. And MagSafe. And HDMI. And SD Card reader. And a better trackpad with Pencil support. And a better battery. And no throttling. And a matte screen.
Good golly, there's quite a bit I'd pay extra for.
I think it will replace the 15" but there will be some overlap when both are available at the same time.
A MacBook Pro Pro, in addition to the recent 13” MacBook Semi Pro
Exactly my thought. This first-gen product will have the usual birthing issues along with hot CPUs. I’ll wait for the Ice Lake refresh six months down the road.
15" will be standard with TouchBar. 16" will have TB and Face ID, maybe?
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FaceID?
To add to the comment about an event, I think they may release it in September along with the iPhone. While they have had Mac-only events before (as in 2016), that time there was a new feature, the TouchBar, which occupied much of the event's time. Unless there's a new feature like that I don't see them having a separate event just for this one computer.
If it's another event with a guest DJ jamming on a touchbar.. I'd rather have a silent update.
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