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Apple Has Received More Online Orders for New MacBook Pro Than Any Previous Generation
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I'm one of those , I pre ordered , does not mean I'm going to keep . Id say I'm 80% return, but I'm giving it a go in case my instincts are wrong and it turns out to be value for money.
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I am sorry, "not the worst" ?
somebody who let the mac line outdated for years and keeps neutering every new mac product ?
ANYONE would have done better, we need a CHANGE at the top
I am no shaking if he lives, I CAN"T wait for it !
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You are more than welcome to hold on to what you have, not upgrade to a new rMBP, or move over to a PC, where you still won't get Magsafe. Updated ports and the new generation of peripherals are going to be game changers - whether you want to acknowledge that or not. As was noted in the interview, not everyone is going to see the benefits, initially.
527 days is the longest period EVER (by 80%) without a refresh, for the MacBook Pro.
Completely wrong analogy. USB B and USB C are one in the same, with one being reversible, more capable, and going out on a limb here - the future standard. It can do literally everything the old can. So why on earth would anyone want the old type connector other than backwards compatibility? Enlighten me?
I never said any different. Read the actual post he went off on. I was going to buy one of these, but bought a refurbished 2015 instead.
I said it was not for me, stated why, and what I planned to do instead. And then I did it. Slight negativity is not earth-shattering trolling here. I've been using Macs for decades.
"Then go buy a PC", on the other hand, is certainly a counter-productive non-argument.
Phil, Phil..just no!
SD card cumbersome?
Lets face it, the ports are all the same for cost reasons.
The generation of the Processors are all the same for cost reasons.
Omission of the glowing mac and the cleaning cloth,,cost reasons.
So they think these decisions are going to change 4 years of bad Mac decisions?
Interesting....
SD card cumbersome?
Lets face it, the ports are all the same for cost reasons.
The generation of the Processors are all the same for cost reasons.
Omission of the glowing mac and the cleaning cloth,,cost reasons.
So they think these decisions are going to change 4 years of bad Mac decisions?
Interesting....
Haha agree.
How I picture the complainer's designs looking:
All talk, all complaining, no real good or remotely good ideas. "Hey! Let's put USB A and USB C on the same device!" Have heard that so many times on this forum and it makes me nauseous. That is a TERRIBLE idea. That would be the point where Steve Jobs tells you to get out (censoring that A LOT) and go work for IBM. If you think that the laptops should have USB A and C on the same machine, you really don't get Apple's ideology.
The hanging chad of that statement? "More online orders than ever before." Of course there are more online orders, genius: that's the only way you CAN order them right now. The GD things weren't even available in stores so you had to pre-order them. Can't wait until the next quarterly earnings call and the truth comes out so Phil the shill can suck back down every stupid PR-speak statement he's made since these things were announced. I used to think Apple management was just ignorantly out of touch with the real world, but with his creative choice of words Phil just made it strikingly clear to me that they are completely aware of just how off the rails they've gone, and are absolutely proud of it.
Exactly ! These are great quality as always but just middling performance.
And more money and more dongles!
All the people who have been waiting for the update for the past couple of years are all now ordering their new MBP. Apple could have probably estimated how many they would sell to that group.
Where Apple will struggle is the man off the street walking into one of their shops, seeing a laptop similar to many others and then seeing the price.
Apple don't even have a low end model anymore so I'm not even sure who there stores, in shopping malls, next to Nandos and the Disney Store, are targeting anymore.
yup
Well I don't use facebook or any other social network site like facebook, just classic forums like macrumors and IRC, and twitter for news like rss feed style. But I can imagine that "Professional Facebookers" really exist, and that many of them earn more money than a lot of classic professionals like Software Developers, 3d Modellers or Architects, etc.. So better not make fun of them heheh.
Speaking for myself as Software Developer, the new MacBook Pro 15" will suit my needs very well, and help me to earn money. Win, Win!
You don't need a dongle to connect your iPhone to your new MBP, you only need a new cable: a USB-C to Lightning cable.
At least with TB3 you can plug in an external GPU and have a decent setup. Well you could with TB1, but I believe TB3 has it in the spec and intel is officially allowing it.
This, right here, from Apple's marketing guy, says everything you need to know about Apple today. It's not about "our customers are right and we need to deliver the kind of products that they need and use." This basically says "we know what's good for you so just **** and deal with it."
More and more I keep reading about Pro's, some of which have been lifelong Apple customers, who dump Apple and either go back to Windows or really do try something "different," such as Linux. I ordered this new MBP but, depending on Apple's direction, this may be my last Mac and I may go back to building my own computers.
let me think, because i have like 20 devices here that work perfectly with the old connector and won't work better at all with the new connector. got only 1 device that works with the new connector. the macbook that offers the new port is zero better (rather worse) than my old machine, overpriced, and it will drop once i hit the cable? ;-) why would i want to invest so much money in something that in fact isn't better for my personal needs?
if it really was so much better, we wouldn't discuss. ;-) basically i have the choice between a zero investment, everything works, and a 4999 investment and many problems, a keyboard that sucks (my personal opinion). why on earth would i want that? hell, no ...
lets put the thing into perspective: assuming that book will be used in 2020, yes USB-C might be the preferred choice. but by that time, i will not want to be working with such a limited hardware like the current macbook pro 2016 is offering.
To a starving dog, even rotting garbage looks good.
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I summed up this Schiller quote as "they will learn to love it", but I heard it in Darth Vader's voice.
You realise 1 pre-ordered macbook pro sets a new record for online orders? It's the first one that is pre ordered ......
I guess it depends what you had before and what you use it for.
If Apple didn't make such great products in the past, people wouldn't be howling so.
I just bought a 2012 15" MBP that kicks the new ones in the pants and I don't need dongles when I take it places.
And I got the cleaning cloth, the glowing apple and the DVD/ cd player burner built in..
$850 plus $210 for a 960 gig SSD...about $3500 for a new one...no thanks