Just ordered a 16gb 2015 15" for $1600. Think I'll return to BB. Still within the 15 days
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Apple to Announce New MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Possibly MacBook Air at WWDC
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Just ordered a 16gb 2015 15" for $1600. Think I'll return to BB. Still within the 15 days
See, the thing about removing the headphone jack is that it actually makes sense to get rid of old standards. But the SD card isn't an old standard! It should never have been removed to begin with, and it should be put back where it belongs: on the MacBook Pro.
The problem is the 3.5mm jack isn't really considered an old standard. I know it's been around for decades, but the 3.5mm headphone jack is the de-facto analogue audio port across not only phones, but virtually all technology that uses analogue audio over the last several decades.
And there's been no suitable alternatives that have been presented. There's nothing wrong with coming up with digital standards, and try moving forward with them as well, But no matter what, at some point, audio must be turned into analogue signal to be heard. And it's generally easier to do this in your device, and not externally. So that's why the 3.5 mm jack is still needed today. At least until the entire world decides to change their analogue audio ports together.
"Sales of the MacBook Air "remain surprisingly strong" due to its affordability."
Actually, they remain strong because its SSD isn't soldered to the motherboard so upgrades (or repairs!) are a snap and don't require a new mobo. As well, the Retina density isn't needed when you've got a 1440x900 13" display. Oh, and what about lots more ports? Frankly, the Air is a much better machine than the MacBook.
Actually, they remain strong because its SSD isn't soldered to the motherboard so upgrades (or repairs!) are a snap and don't require a new mobo. As well, the Retina density isn't needed when you've got a 1440x900 13" display. Oh, and what about lots more ports? Frankly, the Air is a much better machine than the MacBook.
The other solution is to price the MB reasonably so it replaces the Air... the price on that thing is silly.
if theres no mini I'm building a hackintosh , this is getting absurd
The general users / consumer out there doesn't care about any of that. Only us Geeks here do 
I like the Air - but the current MBP - with all it's faults - is, IMHO a much better machine. Speed, Display, capacity. No comparison for me. The ports don't bother me (i jumped from the Air to the MB before the MBP), but certainly understand if you have dependencies there.
MBP does have a 'lot' of ports....
I like the Air - but the current MBP - with all it's faults - is, IMHO a much better machine. Speed, Display, capacity. No comparison for me. The ports don't bother me (i jumped from the Air to the MB before the MBP), but certainly understand if you have dependencies there.
MBP does have a 'lot' of ports....
Let's get rid of the ac outlet standard while we're at it. It's old so it must be inferior and useless, right?
My biggest beef is that I can't charge and use headphones without having an albino octopus hanging out of my pocket. And no, Bluetooth headphones Arent an option. When they have16 hours of battery life and full noise cancellation features, they might be.
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PowerBook ?
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And to exactly the same universal digital standard.
Well said.
Right, the new MBP Mag safe won't come till Nov and all the June people will be complaining I bought the updated spec MBP but why o why didn't I wait for Nov...and the cycle continues.
Lol... Yeah, whatever budy...
Meanwhile apple is selling underclocked/underpowered laptop at 3 times the sticker price... But it does comes with emojis and dongles, such marvel of engineering.
I bet a lot of this won't be covered on stage...the Apple store will go down and when it comes back up later that day you will see updated specs on models for purchase right away. Remember the physical laptop is not changing only the specs inside.
[doublepost=1494980570][/doublepost]Ok so we have 20 more days.....just sayin'
[doublepost=1494980765][/doublepost]This news is all over the web...I just saw 3 articles on it from my news feed besides this one.
So if Apple does updated the MBP to kaby lake what will Apple be able to legally say on their website for the MBP, 'now updated to the kaby lake processor 15% faster and 1 extra hour of battery life?
I'm just guessing above, but those that are more knowledgeable about kaby lake, what can Apple legally say we will benefit from having kaby lake?
I'm just guessing above, but those that are more knowledgeable about kaby lake, what can Apple legally say we will benefit from having kaby lake?
Apple thinks the ongoing spaceship construction justifies their lack of significant progress. Expect an unapologetic THUD.
Yeah I'd be surprised if this even gets announced more then just a presentation slide, and/or as much time as Intel has negotiated or paid Schiller to mention the words "Kaby Lake" a few times.
No new features, just showcasing the new MacOS, and, spec bumps around the Intel chip and that's it.
The Siri speaker and the development around that, and then a new IPad form factor to try and get the tablet developers back on board (along with a new Apple Pencil) will be the only significant new hardware being given any sort of presentation time IMO at the Developers conference. But spec bumps probably to a few things that will get little or no mention and just pop up in the Apple Store when it comes back online.
No new features, just showcasing the new MacOS, and, spec bumps around the Intel chip and that's it.
The Siri speaker and the development around that, and then a new IPad form factor to try and get the tablet developers back on board (along with a new Apple Pencil) will be the only significant new hardware being given any sort of presentation time IMO at the Developers conference. But spec bumps probably to a few things that will get little or no mention and just pop up in the Apple Store when it comes back online.
You mean USB-A, and you're about as likely to get a Zip drive back in your Mac.
I hope they say something about the upcoming modular Mac Pro. Even if it's just a mention! To prove to us that it's still on their mind!
Do we need it on iPad? The laptops are expected to be used like iPads now - not plugged in. They are each advertised as 10 hours. Why use it plug it in? You get thousands of charge cycles.
What I am saying is that a proper 17" MBP would weigh 3kg and probably have 1060 too (proper means that you can install a hard drive, among other things).
Let's see....Kaby lake
Form fitting battery.
Dongles sold separately...
No more headphone port
No more physical keyboard
Bye bye...
MacPro
MacMini
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
More No
No (staying)
No (staying)
Just wondering.
It would have been cool if Intel and Apple could have gotten together for a MagSafe enabled Thunderbolt 3 connector. As much as I liked MagSafe, the Thunderbolt 3 connections over USB-C are what brought me over to laptop-only. I sold my 5k iMac last week and I have a FULLY loaded 15" MacBook Pro coming tomorrow. I've been a desktop guy for years, but the TB3 will really open things up for me. Looking forward to it.
And that 3.1GB/s read and 2.1GB/s write speed on the 2TB SSD will be quite nice