Absolutely. You might have to buy it used but even then I'd buy it over the 2016 garbage. It's unbelievable that the new ones only get 5 hours max battery life. My 2012 model got 10 hours easy, and my 2015 model does as well. I buy everything new as well, so I know what kind of wear-and-tear I put my devices through. Even with heavy video editing I can get a decent battery life out of my 2015 model. But wow, the 2016 model is just flat-out disappointing.
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Yes but do I still want to buy it at the moment for full price? (As upgrade to 2011 13")"It's a fantastic machine" LOL. Way overpriced this year, and many complain of lackluster performance. 2015 is the model you want. Trust me, I have one. (Plus you get to keep all your ports)
I love love LOVE how people keep beating the dead horse that is the Macbook Pro! Such a suck-fest. Tim and all the other VP's should all resign from embarrassment!
It's the Timmy way of a providing reality distortion field. He's just not good at it.
He might as well say, "Please buy our fashion products cause our investors are telling us we need to make more profit."
Nah-uh, no software-patch is bringing Magsafe back.
I agreed but that is really just wishful thinking. there are plenty of expensive products in the world that has problems. just look at the car industry.
Apple apparently believes normal use is reading emails and browsing the web.
If you're watching videos or playing games, you're not using the device correctly.
This is how you get up to 10 hours on a new MBP.
Doubt being subtle is the goal. More likely an attempt to avoid publicity.
Agreed. I've yet to see a technically-competent explanation of how this could be a software issue and this extrapolation from an unverified Federighi email is unconvincing.
Why do you think it must be hardware issue? Software can brake hardware and make it run weird. We know that.
It has to be software. The bottom 1/4 of screen flashes that upon startup (from full shutdown). Never see it anywhere else, any time.
Never had an issue with Apple products. It's really a non issue for me still, although would obviously like to see it remedied.
Never had an issue with Apple products. It's really a non issue for me still, although would obviously like to see it remedied.
Early adapter of outdated hardware, battery fail (that should be a MacBook pro plus..) buggy software and dongle chaos. It sucks to be an early adapter of Apple products nowadays.
Except this is Gen 4, it's been 10 years since Gen 1! How much longer do we need to wait it out?
He means to say it's a first generation of a new model. Like a first run production. We know that things will be adjusted in the manufacturing down the road.
I love profit in exchange for my hard work, but I'll never step on anyone to get excessive profit.
It's just wrong!!! And this is what Apple, under Timmy, is doing. It's unethical, but unfortunately it's legal.
It's awesome how Timmy is so good at privacy ethics, but sucks at profit ethics. Business 101 I guess: Profit is the only thing that matters.
It's just wrong!!! And this is what Apple, under Timmy, is doing. It's unethical, but unfortunately it's legal.
It's awesome how Timmy is so good at privacy ethics, but sucks at profit ethics. Business 101 I guess: Profit is the only thing that matters.
The issue "may be fixed"?! Wow. That's a cute response from a company that's selling "the best laptop they've ever made" and charging several hundred dollars more than last year's comparably equipped models.
Same for me and my 17 inch 2011 MBP. It has the same amount of RAM as a new maxed out MBP anyways (because I could upgrade it myself - imagine that). Granted, the RAM is not as fast.
I have actually started taking a peak at HP ZBooks and Microsoft SurfaceBooks now. I have a workstation with Windows 10 and honestly it has been extremely stable for me.
I hope that you enjoy your new MacBook Pro -- it's a fantastic machine!
- craig
I must laugh at this. After all those negative reviews and issues... sounds like a joke.
We will just back down on the power going here and there and no one will know. LOL
It's Craig though, I don't think there was any malice in that statement.
Now had Phil or Tim said that, my eyes would roll out of my head.
Yes, ironically when people don't use capitals for their names it always shouts to me "no attention to detail or pride in what they do". Though maybe there's just a bug with the shift key in the new MBPs that hasn't surfaced yet.