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Apple Said to Ship New 'Ultra-Thin' 13" and 15" MacBooks by June-July
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That does happen but it is a lot worse than that it is in the chip / substrate rather than the connection between the chip and logic board as these people / those that offer repairs believe.
"The problem is that the die gets hot, and heats the substrate secondarily. The silicon on the die has one rate of thermal expansion, the substrate has another, basically they get bigger at different rates. To complicate things further, remember the uneven and changing heating bit above? Parts of the die heat up and expand differently from other parts of the die. This changes quite quickly while things are in use."
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1004378/why-nvidia-chips-defective
or listen to this guy who does it for a job
Essentially the bumps that are connected to the underside of the die ( in Nvidia's case these were high lead content ) and connects to different parts of the exposed underside of the die go bad from being constantly stressed.
Both ATI and Nvidia have discovered, to a lot of expense, that it is impossible to engineer a mobile GPU that runs hot and also has a decent life span.
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One interesting point from all that is that it would give Apple the opportunity to sell another adaptor at great expense! They love doing that, I wonder why the delay!
Argh! Apple causing me to freezing. I am planning on giving my daughter my macbook in the next few weeks for a school project she is starting in mid to late April.
So I was hoping that a new 13 macbook pro would be available yesterday. But if I have to wait until the 3rd quarter, that is a long time to be without a laptop.
Do I buy a 13 rMBP pro today? I might as well get a refurbed one. Or wait and go risk the potential of going without a laptop for a few months.
I do have Windows desktops I can use, but no laptops for on the road.
So I was hoping that a new 13 macbook pro would be available yesterday. But if I have to wait until the 3rd quarter, that is a long time to be without a laptop.
Do I buy a 13 rMBP pro today? I might as well get a refurbed one. Or wait and go risk the potential of going without a laptop for a few months.
I do have Windows desktops I can use, but no laptops for on the road.
Yes, Apple needs to combine the iPad and notebook like other companies...make a truly mobile device with a touch screen, pencil and a real operating system!
I've never needed a new laptop more than I do now... I've held out with the 2008 white MacBook for so long (well, since 2008), but it's pretty much unusable for many things now. SO CLOSE.
These updates aren't really helpful, but it does make me more excited and happy about their tentative release.
These updates aren't really helpful, but it does make me more excited and happy about their tentative release.
I think its safe to assume Apple is just out of touch on what the Pro market wants. I just hope they do go on messing up the MBP line and making it so much like a MacBook with one port, and the garbage thing they call a keyboard. No person who does real work for an extensive amount of time, such as a developer, programmer, engineer, would ever say that is the kind of keyboard they like.
Crap! So an ultra thin computer with the Pro badge on, that will actually be laughable as it will no doubt have one or two ports, no discrete GPU, an expensive price.
Lets hope this is another fake Digitimes rumour.
Lets hope this is another fake Digitimes rumour.
I bought an Air 80% because of that keyboard. It felt like I was banging my fingers on the desk and half of key presses were not registered. I know that it's like blue cheese, you have to work hard on learning how to enjoy it, but – same as with blue cheese – I prefer to buy a computer I enjoy already. (And which cost me 350 euro less.)
Nope there was a leaked timeline a few days/weeks ago. It's 2H 2016 for Kaby, until 2H 2017 when Cannonlake comes out.
but they won't! and if they come close, they'll still retain those huge bezels with incremental updates and definitely no 4k... at least not this year.
I agree that Dell XPS 13 and 15 are gorgeous! I don't think anyone can deny it.
...and for the love of God, leave my 3.5mm jack alone.
As always! Thin is good! But for f%#&s sake please just release something that is actually NEW for once!
Yay, even more dongle heaven, now with the gpu too! I've got MBPr15 and if there's something I'd change it's cooling and battery life. The battery is really mediocre imho and it's toasting my balls as it is. Running just the web browser with a few tabs, mail and Pocket.
If I want to play wth Legos I'll do it with the real thing. Keep all those dongles and external boxes away from me.
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Same here. No way in hell I'm going to buy a single Mac with that keyboard. Same goes with that Magic Keyboard. It's not quite as bad, but still hated every second of trying it out. Walked out of the store without the 27" retina iMac. They just didn't want my money.
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I'd rather up the thickness by a mm or two if that would buy me a much larger battery and better cooling on rMBP15. The thinness doesn't do anything for me but being able to work the whole day without dragging my Chromebook with me would. A LOT. rMBP15+Chromebook is a lot thicker than a slightly thicker rMBP would be.
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Do remember that there's a big world outside the U.S. I've got unlimited data at full LTE speeds and no limits to tethering. Costs ~$22/mo. I use mobile data all the time, either through my iPhone or using one of the two LTE dongles I've got. One came free with my home internet, another is a prepaid I got for some misc stuff. And yes, that $22 is total for all three. Then again, the Macbooks here cost 1,5 times what you pay.
Screw the Mini... and the iMac. They were great machines for their day but it's done. They need to be put down.
Apple needs to seriously consider scrapping the iMac and Mini and replacing them with a better consumer desktop offering, something designed from the ground-up better suited to current demands. I can only hope the current team at Apple is thinking like that. When you get the point where removing useful features to slim the machine down and make it more aesthetically pleasing is your best innovation, it's time for a do-over.
Don't care much, I have a great rMBP and will patiently wait for the new MBP. I'm sure it will be a great machine. Getting the mid 2012 rMBP was a lucky stroke, perfekt upgrade cycle.