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Apple Has Received More Online Orders for New MacBook Pro Than Any Previous Generation

nbritton said:
I call bs. There is no way to exceed the total sales of the previous model that has been on the market for how many years in just a matter of days.
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Are you just being thick on purpose? Any such comparison is made on a common basis. That very likely is the number of orders in the first X days after the announcement or more precisely in the first X days after it was possible to order the product (which with Macs often is the same day, for iPhones that usually starts several days after the announcements).

And the 2015 MBPs have only been available since, drumroll, 2015. Or to be precise 1.5 years, 19 months for the 13" MBP, 17 months for the 15" MBP. The 2015 13" MBP got its usual annual CPU upgrade plus 1) faster SSD, 2) Force Touch trackpad, 3) a bit larger battery. The 2015 15" MBP only got an update to the discrete CPU plus the 1) faster SSD, 2) Force Touch trackpad, 3) a bit larger battery.
 
I ordered the 13" because I need the size format and the power over my 12" rMB.

I understand it would have been nice to have a micro SD slot, but I can't have it all and all laptops are comprised in some way.

People need to decide what they need and then enjoy it.
 
amegicfox said:
only the retina screen is better on the macbook pro and I can live with that
everything else on the new macbook pro sucks

what does the Mac Book Air has that yours doesn't:

- Magsafe
- SD card slot
- 2 x USB 3 port
- Thunderbolt port
- 12 hour battery
- Apple logo lit
- AMAZING keyboard
- Chime sound
- less weight

This is why the Air is a much better buy at 50% less of the cost

i can't believe you described the 'butterfly' keyboard as an improvement.
It's like typing on a wood table!
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FWIW, when looking at this MBP, I had a similar revelation: if I'm going to get a lobotomized Mac which can't do my heavy duty workflows, I may as well not pay $3K for it either. As such, I'll move my key business workflows over to a "Truck" Windows PC tower, and use a lightweight (& cheap) Mac for email, etc.

To this end, as far as I'm concerned, the Air ends up being a vastly better value than any of these MBP's. Sad, but that's the business case analysis based on my workflow priorities...and FWIW, considering that the Windows tower's cost estimate is $5.5K (vs $7.5K for an equivalent Trash Can), the $1K for an Air is half the cost savings instead of twice.

-hh
 
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bjjp2 said:
How can you interview him and not ask him about 1) the pricing 2) the need for a dongle to connect your iphone 3) desktops?
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1.) Pricing on the 15" models isn't much more, especially for the fully spec'd out version
2.) You know they came out with a USB C cable for the iPhone right? / Wifi sync has been out for years
3.) Coming as per rumors
 
MallardDuck said:
No USB-C to HDMI (without the extra ones), lNo C to DVI, no C to minidisplayport.
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Belkin offers the first one, Monoprice offers USB-C to DVI for $20 (though it comes with a USB-C pass-through), Monoprice also offers USB-C to DP (a lot of monitors have DP inputs and DP to mDP adaptors are really cheap).
 
A lot of ppl are saying USB-C will take over within a few years and I agree with it.
But...
A) Are the Apple's USB-C/TB3 ports fully compatible and stable, when you connect to existing USB2 gears via dongles? 100% ?

The shift from USB2/TH2 to USB-C/TB3 seems too fast.
The USB-C spec is awesome, but Im not sure if it really works as it is described in the spec sheet.


B) The new models are too thin. Im worried about possible heat issue agin. My impression on the 2016 MBP is Apple made it thinnest as possible they can, at the risk of any other possible troubles and failures come from this no-space design.

...Who knows at this point.. Just my thought
 
the world is going to end. @ Imbeciles running for... and the Cubs seem to want to really win a WS.
We are doomed.
 
"Apple Has Received More Online Orders for New MacBook Pro Than Any Previous Generation"

And I am a virgin...

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Apple were selling the 2012 MBP up until a few weeks ago. Apple still selling the old model is nothing remotely new. They've done it for over 10 years now. G4s were selling even after Intel become common. They wouldn't get rid of perfectly good new in the box G4s.

Pent up demand/anger may result in record sales, but Apple and just about every other company says the same. Shareholders are led to believe this as well. Though I'd rather trust a third-party audit of any company's records before trusting them first.
 
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wallysb01 said:
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Everyone figures out their own solution, but Apple has long ago decided that having cheap/slow storage in their computers is not one of them.
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I know we're talking laptops here, but suggesting "Apple decided..." when the iMac is still shipping with a 5400rpm HDD...


For people that really just want 1-4 TBs, that's really too bad. Because it adds an extra external device which could be easily handled inside the computer (well maybe not up to 4 on the laptop side, but you get it).
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Agreed, and to see the tangle of cables mess on a 2013 Mac Pro desktop .. because it can't do local internal storage either .. makes one want to go take Tim & Ive into the A Clockwork Orange reeducation chamber with Apple's old "There is no Step 3" commercial playing in a loop.

-hh
 
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amegicfox said:
why did the journalist at the "independent" didn't ask about this huge screw up and abandonment of the mac line and the every Apple customer's backlash ?

"Tim I see online every Mac User is complaining about the following: [huge list]"

"how do you answer to that ? Please let's analyze each item by itself"

media continues to kiss Timmy's butt every chance they get

Tim Cook is incompetent and arrogant, I don't believe anything he says
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What a beauty...
 
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-hh said:
FWIW, when looking at this MBP, I had a similar revelation: if I'm going to get a lobotomized Mac which can't do my heavy duty workflows, I may as well not pay $3K for it either. As such, I'll move my key business workflows over to a "Truck" Windows PC tower, and use a lightweight (& cheap) Mac for email, etc.

To this end, as far as I'm concerned, the Air ends up being a vastly better value than any of these MBP's. Sad, but that's the business case analysis based on my workflow priorities...and FWIW, considering that the Windows tower's cost estimate is $5.5K (vs $7.5K for an equivalent Trash Can), the $1K for an Air is half the cost savings instead of twice.

-hh
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that's great!
I bough a few Nuc Skull canyons and they are amazing, small and silent. I plugged the RAM and SSD in 2 minutes. Two of them are hackintoshes and two run Ubuntu and they are speed demons.
 
Pootmatoot said:
My partner has one, and it looks great: the screen alone makes my MBP 2015 look dated.

The carbon fibre is also really kind to the wrists when typing for long stretches.

I'd recommend trying one in person: this isn't a world of plastic PCs any more.
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The Dell Precision M6800 is a FAT clunky machine. But I'd pick it over anything else if I needed raw horsepower. If the general population knew how much Dell and HP hardware was running their lives behind they scenes they'd give those companies another look.

I've seen more M6800s in the world of news, broadcasting, cable communications, and high-end post production than Macbook Pros.

Second in line .... ?

Dell XPS and HP Elite systems.
 
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punchwalk said:
People never do. In one window, they type a MR forums post about how angry they are declaring that they will never buy another Apple product again. Meanwhile, in another window, they're ordering a new MBP.
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I wish I could somehow see how many people complain about a product and then go on to buy, use and enjoy said product. I really wish Lol.

Granted, there are definitely people that are really looking at alternatives to Apple (iOS & Mac) but I think most people are going to either:

1) Stick with Apple, but use their existing device and hold off on upgrading to new hardware.

2) Just give in and buy the new hardware because "they have no choice".
 
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