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Apple Likely Aiming for Late October Launch of Redesigned MacBook Pro
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I heard they are skipping the emoji buttons in favor of a Sticker buttons.
hate to say it - but I'll believe it when I see them in stores.
Yes they are & so are the Kaby Lake versions that go into the 12" rMB. It's the 28W & 45W Kaby Lake Processors, which go into the 13" & 15" MBP respectively, that are not available.
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Writing this on a mid 2009 MBP 17', would not consider buying the new ones had this been smaller. This machine has been growing up with me and since I came to the University, it is really a burden to carry around. Guess it will be passed to someone in family. I don't care what they do with the HDMI and USB ports, I don't use them at all. Will need to buy one USB C - USB 3.0 dongle (thats fine).
no. it's just summary of old stuff, a.k.a. clickbait
but who cares?
just give us new Macbook Pro's
This is not clickbait.
- Clickbait is a pejorative term describing web content that is aimed at generating online advertising revenue, especially at the expense of quality or accuracy, relying on sensationalist headlines or eye-catching thumbnail pictures to attract click-throughs and to encourage forwarding of the material over online social networks.
There's nothing sensationalist or inaccurate about this article at all. It's the standard variety of speculation based on analysts and rumor sources that gets posted here every day.
Yes, the iPhone 7 is failing miserably.
I think "Timmy"'s team is pretty capable of releasing a great product. Here's guessing that whatever they release will be a huge hit. Of course, if they have a problem Timmy can call you and you can explain to the designers and engineers what they need to do to not be "lame".
Replaced my MacBook Air a with a 9.7 ipp and haven't looked back. My iMac is a maxed out late 2013 minus the extra ram which I finally need more than 8gb just recently. Not sure if me using 6.2/8gb of ram when almost nothing is running is due to the new OS or something else but it is starting to effect everything from wake speed and apple watch unlock feature to stuttering of games that were fine a few months ago. I would replace my iMac with a new one in a heart beat if I wasn't just getting an MBA and actually had some extra money from a job haha!
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Saved my Mac book air a few times for sure
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Saved my Mac book air a few times for sure
What they really needed to do was to retire Lightning in favour of USB-C.. But that would require.. courage?
Exactly, what a dumb move. They need to start using the same port on ALL products and not make people get a adapter for every freaking cable.
I also ead the new Beats headphones still have a micro usb port for charging. I mean, wtf is this ****? Do they not care about this stuff?
What they really needed to do was to retire Lightning in favour of USB-C.. But that would require.. courage?
If you look at USB's track record, odds are they will release USB-C gen2, USB-C gen 2 rev b, USB-C 4.0, and USB-C mini, all in the time that Lightning continues to exist.
It seems that people who advocate for UBS-C as the be-all end-all cable format seem to have a very short memory. USB is the king of making iterative new versions every year, which make all the old laptops and accessories incompatible.
With the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 launches having dominated the Apple news cycle in recent weeks, attention is now turning back to the Mac lineup, which has been in need of updates for quite some time as highlighted by our Buyer's Guide.
Maybe this delay is (also) a tactic by Apple to push the general public to consider their iPad-as-a-laptop-replacement angle. "MacBooks not updated for a year or more? --Well, look at what these new iPad Pros can do!" Apple would hate to be proven wrong, so, maybe they're creating a situation that allows iPad Pros to be more appealing...
Maybe this delay is (also) a tactic by Apple to push the general public to consider their iPad-as-a-laptop-replacement angle. "MacBooks not updated for a year or more? --Well, look at what these new iPad Pros can do!" Apple would hate to be proven wrong, so, maybe they're creating a situation that allows iPad Pros to be more appealing...
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You will buy a dongle... IF the dongle is small, costs a couple bucks, AND the laptop offers enough benefits to outweigh that pain point. Time will tell whether it does.
I am certain there won't be an SD slot in this model. That leaked shell doesn't have one. I am told that some people do need SD--and they will have to use an adapter. Time to start the 5 stages of grief.
The new iMac? A $2,000+ computer with a spinning hard drive. What other specs do you need to know?
You may not call it clickbait, but it's purpose and intention is still to get click-through.
A quick search of these two threads is pretty much regurgitating the same information as today's article.
August 29
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-with-lg-also-in-works.1990486/#post-23297286
August 10
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...erhaul-in-over-4-years.1987301/#post-23222976
Yeah, but I don't really care about that in a desktop. I want speed. Four years from my 2008 MBP to my 2012 rMBP. Four years from my 2012 rMBP to today. I don't see the speed increases one would expect. My 2012 rMBP was 148% faster in single core tests and 394% faster in multi-core tests vs. that old Core 2 Duo early 2008 model. My rMBP was a mid-range build when I ordered it. The current mid-range rMBP is only 16% faster in single core tests and 28% faster in multi-core tests. The frequency of the CPU in my 2008 machine was 2.4GHz, and my current machine is 2.6GHz, and yet all the under the hood architecture improvements, extra cores, etc led to much faster speeds. I don't see that happening anymore. They aren't getting the same kind of architecture improvements compared to chips like Apple's A-series that are just knocking it out of the park year after year and leaving the competition in the dust. My iPhone 7 benches faster than the base model 2016 MacBook and yet has two hours of extra battery life over the 6s. However, I will say that the GPU improvements on desktops have been fairly impressive. Basically Intel is holding everyone back, and there's a good reason why they've started fabricating ARM chips in their foundries. I really hope Apple finds a way to put advanced versions of their ARM chips in the Mac, with legacy instruction sets (perhaps in collaboration with Intel in their new endeavor) and a solid development transition plan. Otherwise I don't know what has been taking them so long to upgrade everything across the board.
I'm happy with my Early 2015 MBP 2013, it's more than enough for my needs. A new one won't be in the cards for me for a long time. I suspect Apple wanted the Retina MacBook to be star of the show until the next MBP was ready, but they underestimated consumers needs for a robust solution that wasn't a iPad with a built in keyboard, single port running MacOS. I think Apple didn't put much work into the next MBP until the second half of this year.
It's gonna be a first gen of a new redesign, so good luck to those who jump on board. I personally think just like the MacPro Apple wants to phase out building these type of notebooks and put focus primarily on the Retina MB and the iPad Pro as the do it all devices. Apple was probably thinking the lack of MBP updates would rejuvenate iPad sales too. It looks like updates to the 12.9 iPad are gonna suffer this year for sale of the new MBP.
It's gonna be a first gen of a new redesign, so good luck to those who jump on board. I personally think just like the MacPro Apple wants to phase out building these type of notebooks and put focus primarily on the Retina MB and the iPad Pro as the do it all devices. Apple was probably thinking the lack of MBP updates would rejuvenate iPad sales too. It looks like updates to the 12.9 iPad are gonna suffer this year for sale of the new MBP.
With the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2 launches having dominated the Apple news cycle in recent weeks, attention is now turning back to the Mac lineup, which has been in need of updates for quite some time as highlighted by our Buyer's Guide. Looking ahead to the rapidly approaching holiday shopping season, rumors have suggested Apple is preparing to update several of its Mac lines before the end of the year, led by a redesigned MacBook Pro that has been rumored to be ready for launch "as soon as October."
MacRumors has learned that Apple is indeed moving rapidly toward a launch of the new MacBook Pro models, with the company's current development work on macOS 10.12.1 focused largely on preparing the operating system to support the updated hardware's new features, which have been rumored by several sources to include Touch ID support and an OLED "touch bar" replacing the current row of function keys across the top of keyboard. Apple is also said to be shifting to "Polaris" graphics chips from AMD on the higher-end 15-inch models.
Our understanding is that Apple is planning to seed one more beta version of macOS 10.12.1 for developer and public beta testing early next week, with a goal of finalizing the software update by the end of that week so it can be loaded onto the new hardware currently being produced by Apple's supply chain partners.
This timeline could of course change should last-minute bugs or other circumstances require adjustments to Apple's plans, but if it holds true, it appears Apple could have its new MacBook Pro models ready to ship to customers some time in the second half of October.
With an emphasis on preparing for the new MacBook Pro models and thus a need to stick to an aggressive timeline, Apple appears to be pushing off all but the most critical bug fixes and security patches beyond macOS 10.12.1. Less crucial fixes will be incorporated into the following macOS 10.12.2 update, which we understand Apple is aiming to begin seeding to developers around late October with a goal of public release around late November.
In addition to redesigned MacBook Pro models, Apple has also been rumored to be launching updated MacBook Air models with USB-C ports and new iMacs with AMD graphics chips before the end of the year. It is unclear, however, whether all three lines will be updated simultaneously and whether Apple will hold a media event to introduce the hardware or opt for a more low-key introduction via press release, perhaps with some embargoed media reviews alongside.
Finally, Apple is reportedly working with LG on a new 5K external display to replace the discontinued Apple Thunderbolt Display, although a timeframe for that product has yet to be reported. We've also yet to hear any word about the Mac Pro and Mac mini, both of which remain in significant need of updates.
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*With one of the most beautiful displays in the industry, the 5K retina display, and the drive is a fusion drive (SSD+HDD). For $100 you can upgrade to SSD. The SSD upgrade prices will drop even further when they update them. You don't need a very big SSD in your machine if you keep your archives on a Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 connection. It is a desktop, after all. I also get a discount and I upgrade the RAM myself.
