bought my ipad pro 12.9 second gen while on holiday in Japan. Going to try and do that every time I'm over there - will save me a ton of money and help me avoid the knee-jerk update when new hardware is released
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Apple Launches 2018 MacBook Pros: 8th Gen Core, Up to 32GB of RAM, Third-Gen Keyboard, Quad-Core on 13-Inch and More
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bought my ipad pro 12.9 second gen while on holiday in Japan. Going to try and do that every time I'm over there - will save me a ton of money and help me avoid the knee-jerk update when new hardware is released
Agreed.
The non-touchbar 13" MBP already has the MBA processor line. And keeping it around with an older generation processor at a lower price is a decent idea. The question is when that price drop should happen if not at the moment when the other MBP models get their processor update.
No. Semantics aside, the 8th gen cpus are really a big step forward. They're definitely more than the usual Intel refresh. I've got the hex-core now and it almost seems too good to be true to have that kind of power in a laptop.
Because there wasn't anything better available. But now there is, and has been for years.
There's sufficient (using a scaled resolution in software, which Apple first offered with the 2012), and then there's $2,399 in 2018 sufficient (increasing the actual display resolution). At least that's how I see it.
I prefer to not use a non-native resolution. Would be nice to expect an improvement when spending that much to upgrade my 6-year-old MacBook Pro.
A quad i5 is just a little bit slower than a previous gen quad i7. It depends on clock speed, cache, etc.
IMO, if you own a 2015, you are at Peak Laptop. I replaced my 2013 with a 2017, and regretted it immensely. The 2017 was sold at a big loss.
Marco Arment was right: the MBP 2015 was the best laptop ever Apple made. Take pride in owning yours.
Quad-core on 13” at last?
Are my eyes seeing things correctly??!!
Edit- heh of course it’s not a CTO for non touchbar. Still dual core there
Are my eyes seeing things correctly??!!
Edit- heh of course it’s not a CTO for non touchbar. Still dual core there
Because there wasn't anything better available. But now there is, and has been for years.
There's sufficient (using a scaled resolution in software, which Apple first offered with the 2012), and then there's $2,399 in 2018 sufficient (increasing the actual display resolution). At least that's how I see it.
I prefer to not run a non-native resolution. Would be nice to expect an improvement when spending that much to upgrade my 6-year-old MacBook Pro.
The 15” is still 2800x1800. There are apps that let you select this resolution if you want it.
The 13" nTB MBP already uses a 15W CPU, the newer version of what's used in the MBA.
Wondering what it means when they say "quieter third-generation keyboards".
Is the relative quietness the only change?
Is the relative quietness the only change?
Almost forgot about the tax rebate as well. Take your passport to the Apple store and they take the tax off the total.
Surprised that no one has even discussed the fact that they now have True Tone! That's a welcome addition to the MacBook Pros! That's a first for a Mac, too.
No for one with a 4TB NVMe, hexa i9 and 32GB RAM. It’s really pricy but this is not a mainstream config.
Or they will just not admit it is an unnecessary gimmick.
For those of you who can go to the PC side, do it -- I like my Surface Book 2. However, for those of us who want to legally create iOS applications, we need a Macbook Pro. Unfortunately, Apple now has us in the "need" rather than "want" category of purchase (never a good sign), but this is what I was waiting for before pulling the trigger. Unfortunately, I need to see if I can stomach a $4,000 purchase this month. Might have to wait until next month because this announcement came out of the blue and I wasn't budgeting for it!
And it's not even a good card. A 1050 ti comes in 4 GB as well but the 560 is leagues worse.
Yeah, in Japan we have 20% off coupon right now. Total price is sooo much cheaper than MBP..hmm
OK, it's been an hour or so ... are refurbs available yet
I've had, and thoughtfully answered this same side topic for someone, but clearly, some don't. I had an Aorus DT-X7 with an 8GB GTX-1080, at some point it became a plaything, my '15 MBP with a very modest 370X provides me with terrific tools for my profession
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Yeah, having this conversation with someone right now, while the QC option is welcome, a big change like available RAM was about the only motivating factor for them. I was kind of digging on the idea of a 13" with 32GB RAM for portability, that mostly stays on my desktop driving multiple displays with an eGPU
I've had, and thoughtfully answered this same side topic for someone, but clearly, some don't. I had an Aorus DT-X7 with an 8GB GTX-1080, at some point it became a plaything, my '15 MBP with a very modest 370X provides me with terrific tools for my profession
FYI, the *** are done automatically, the forum software has a content parser that looks for profanity and swaps it out with ***.
If you write something that's effectively the same, but missed by the parser, it gets a "hands on" moderation
Yeah, having this conversation with someone right now, while the QC option is welcome, a big change like available RAM was about the only motivating factor for them. I was kind of digging on the idea of a 13" with 32GB RAM for portability, that mostly stays on my desktop driving multiple displays with an eGPU
lol at pricing and refusal to fix inherent issues. Phil and Eddy have both been active recently; must be due a round of stock vesting.
Those XXXXXXL jeans don’t pay for themselves!
Those XXXXXXL jeans don’t pay for themselves!
Think I'm going for a new Razerblade 15'' instead - shame on the bad graphics card
....and ordered
6-Core, 32GB Ram, 1TB SSD, AppleCare. Time to update that signature
My wife got a 13 inch laptop that was upgradable to 32gb.
It makes no sense. When I buy a computer I maximize the specs so that it doesn't go obsolete anytime soon.I can't imagine why anyone who prefers the 13" model would ever need or want 32GB of RAM, so it makes perfect sense that Apple limited this option to the 15" Model. Everyone knows that a true 'pro' is defined by the size of their Mac's display.