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Apple to Release New MacBook Pro and Air as Early as October, AMD iMacs and 5K Display With LG Also in Works
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ARM - no thanks. Personally, I need to run x86 software in Bootcamp.
There's already the MacBook. I don't see Air getting Retina. It's probably just usb-c change to be consistent with the rest product line (just like iPad 3->4)
I'm looking for a new iMac this year. An improved graphics chip, TB3/USB-C is about all it needs this year... Though I do wish Apple would figure out a way to add a customer accessible M.2 slot.
A new Mac Pro could also be interesting. New processors, new graphics chips, TB3/USB-C, and 3 M.2 slots would be on my wish list.
A new Mac Pro could also be interesting. New processors, new graphics chips, TB3/USB-C, and 3 M.2 slots would be on my wish list.
I wonder if this opens the possibility of an additional Apple event this year. This is too significant of an update to not. New MacBooks and Apple watches? Who's with me!?
I do not believe the Air rumors. I think that one was marked for EOL when they "updated" it earlier this year with nothing but a RAM bump on the 13" model. They'll sell it until next year, at which point it'll be EOL'ed and the MacBook will come down in price. I'd be happy to be wrong, as I've always liked the Air line, but I just don't see the point, except on a lower price (which MacBook can/will eventually adopt).
I do believe the other rumors, and all are extremely welcome. My late 2013 13" MBP is doing just fine, but a terrific upgrade to either the MBP or iMac could sway me... (Please, please, please let us be done with platter hard drives in the iMac this time!!)
I do believe the other rumors, and all are extremely welcome. My late 2013 13" MBP is doing just fine, but a terrific upgrade to either the MBP or iMac could sway me... (Please, please, please let us be done with platter hard drives in the iMac this time!!)
Unapologetically late, and the new thinner chassis boldly announces the dearth of ports. Ive I am.
Day. One. Purchase. Honestly, I will be using a vacation day from work for this event. It's about time.
new rMBP. Great October! But, which year?
Same sources said 2015, last year.
Same sources said 2015, last year.
I gave up waiting, and bought a new PC desktop a couple of months ago, with an i7 6770k, and a GTX980Ti (about three weeks before the 1080 was revealed...).
I'm still tempted by a new Air; I still remember the awe my 2011 11" provoked - it was so thin! So light! So expensive! Such an awful screen! It made a good Christmas present for my sister a couple of years ago though.
The retina Macbook is beautiful, but too expensive, too compromised, and honestly, I don't really need a laptop. Not because iPads are the new PCs, but because my work Lenovo T440 is good enough for work stuff, and when I sometimes need a portable PC which isn't locked down, my HP Stream 11" is surprisingly good - it's the first PC I've ever had which actually IS the sum of its parts (most are bottlenecked in one place or another, this one, although low specced, is so well balanced that it can actually use the full potential of all of its parts). The screen is very similar to the 11" Air, but it was a tenth of the price.
I'm still tempted by a new Air; I still remember the awe my 2011 11" provoked - it was so thin! So light! So expensive! Such an awful screen! It made a good Christmas present for my sister a couple of years ago though.
The retina Macbook is beautiful, but too expensive, too compromised, and honestly, I don't really need a laptop. Not because iPads are the new PCs, but because my work Lenovo T440 is good enough for work stuff, and when I sometimes need a portable PC which isn't locked down, my HP Stream 11" is surprisingly good - it's the first PC I've ever had which actually IS the sum of its parts (most are bottlenecked in one place or another, this one, although low specced, is so well balanced that it can actually use the full potential of all of its parts). The screen is very similar to the 11" Air, but it was a tenth of the price.
There...there now. -hug-
-sings hush little baby- -covering your mouth and nose with a cloth that makes you knock out-
I'm ambivalent over the 5K monitor. I have 2 iMacs and they are awesome, I would love to have a 5K matching screen. However, I think the only way that they can do this is to put the GPU in the display.
I don't want to have a display that I can't upgrade the GPU on. My cMP is a Powerhouse because I can replace the GPU and use the same display. But as much as I want a 5K display, I don't think I want one with built in graphics.
I don't want to have a display that I can't upgrade the GPU on. My cMP is a Powerhouse because I can replace the GPU and use the same display. But as much as I want a 5K display, I don't think I want one with built in graphics.
They could also increase the screen size or make the laptop smaller. There is a huge gap between the display and the frame.
My mid-2010 MBP is also dying a slow death. I'm ready for a new one.
"Back to the Mac" again this year!
Remember this? Anxiously waiting for the version with Sierra behind the door.
Remember this? Anxiously waiting for the version with Sierra behind the door.
Thinner is nice, but an OLED touch strip is a gimmick that will add cost without substance.
The next MBP should go back to being a pro-machine. That means, the latest Intel CPU (Kabby Lake), upgradable memory, upgradable storage (at least the ability to upgrade without ungluing components). The screen should have an OLED option (HP and Lenovo seem to be able to do it).
My 17" Late 2011 MBP is getting long in the tooth. I use it for standard office stuff (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations), as well as software development. The AMD chip (AMD Radeon HD 6770M) just started flipping out from time to time about 10 days ago, so I am in the market for a replacement. Fortunately, I have set the machine to not use the AMD video chip and things have worked well since.
The current MBP lineup is overpriced and underpowered. I don't mind paying a small or modest premium for Apple/OSX, but the current premium for an MBP is far out of line with the hardware. Apple, if your listening, and I doubt you are, give power users a value proposition that makes sense when replacing the MBP.
I was excited about the new MacBook Pro but after "touch disease" I'm nervous to buy anything Apple now...
