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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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Apple is planning to refresh its Mac lineup, including the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, as early as October, according to Bloomberg. The report also claims Apple is working on a standalone 5K display in partnership with LG Electronics, while it plans to update iMac models with an option for new graphics chips from AMD.

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The report reiterates that the new MacBook Pro will be thinner and include an OLED-based touchscreen strip along the top of the flatter keyboard, which will present functions that dynamically fit the current task or application, as well as integrate Touch ID to enable users to quickly log in using their fingerprint.Apple has reportedly named the feature "Dynamic Function Row" internally, but its official name may differ when announced.

The tweaked MacBook Air models, meanwhile, are said to include multipurpose USB-C ports, which makes the inclusion of Thunderbolt 3 a possibility. No other details were shared about the planned MacBook Air and iMac refreshes.

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Apple's plans to work with LG on a standalone 5K display surface two months after it discontinued the five-year-old Thunderbolt Display. It remains unclear if the monitor will be based upon the Retina 5K iMac, and it is also unclear if the report's broad late 2016 timeframe for "some of the new Mac products" includes the display.

The report makes it nearly certain that the focus of Apple's just-announced September 7 media event will be on the iPhone 7 and the second-generation Apple Watch, the latter of which has now been confirmed for the event. Apple will also provide updates about its software, including iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3, and tvOS 10.

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xero9 said:
Sell AMD if you want but the day Apple stops offering an Intel version I am done.

EDIT: Okay I'm an idiot and didn't read that it was for the GPU. I jumped to the conclusion that they'd offer AMD CPU option. Whew!
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Ok, no offence mate as that is your opinion but mine is that Intel is no longer as good as they once were. Their advantage over AMD is not as great as once was. They have abandoned their tick tock strategy and let us not even go near the mess that was Broadwell. By the time they got Skylake out of the door and shipping just about all versions Kabylake was just about upon us. I think one major reason Apple had to delay the Macbook Pro update and instead offer minor bumps is down to the mess of Intel.
I doubt it would happen but I think that Apple should buy AMD and together with the Engineers at Apple they could overtake Intel with their chip design.
Put it this way...Apple takes a standard ARM chip and their engineers work their magic on it and the result is a chip that tends to blow just about all other ARM chips away.
So imagine if they could work similar feats with an AMD CPU. Plus they could release MacBooks when they were ready to and on their own timetable. While also still selling AMD CPU's etc to whoever wants to buy them. Thou the CPU's that end up in Macs would be better than the ones shipped to PC vendors.

With Apple's fortunes they could help invest in whatever machinery and such AMD would need.

Like I say though can't see it happening.
 
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rbrian said:
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.
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....Then why are you HERE? Sounds like you should be in another forum.
 
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I love the first sentence: "Apple is planning..."

You mean it's still not "PREPARED TO...." Release a new line up?

Everything better be wireless on these new MacBook Pros, I just want to see a headphone jack please! Because we all know wireless audio technology is still extremely annoying and the quality is extremely unbearable to say the least. I don't mind all the other ports getting removed to save room and make this dreaded thing thinner this time around, just keep the headphone jack for me thanks. Here is all my money now. JUST TAKE IT ALREADY!
 
We'll see. I'm probably in for a new MacBook Pro if the keyboard works well. Not a fan of the MacBook keyboard and I'm not sure how the OLED bar is going to work out in practice.
 
chriscrowlee said:
This rumor seems to be stuck on repeat... or at least has been for almost a year now. Wake me up when MR isn't just trying to get hits and has something new to report.
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Yes, it seems Bloomberg has just taken all the rumors from MR and other Apple sites and distilled them into a single article.
 
Sefstah said:
Why does it have a headphone jack? Thats sooooo last year!
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Listen up, the headphone jack is here to say, we all know it is a fact that the audio coming from a headphone jack is superior, on all these mobile device, Bluetooth audio is just STILL NOT ever going to be close.

As a music producer/ composer and recording artist, wireless audio on these devices = death.
 
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Is it too much to ask that the AMD gpu they end up using won't be totally outclassed by a comparably priced nvidia gpu?

That would be really really nice if they actually used a gpu based on performance ....
 
gregnv said:
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.
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The storage is already upgradeable, but to be a true pro machine it should have dedicated graphics on both 13" and 15" models. Upgradeable memory would be nice, even if Apple made proprietary slots that they only sold in their store.
 
AxoNeuron said:
I am so disgusted with Apple's decision to stick with AMD cards. They are both less powerful AND less power efficient than Nvidia's cards. It's at the point now where Nvidia feels almost a full generation ahead of AMD in both raw compute and power efficiency.

I guess anything that adds a few more tenths of a percentage point to Apple's margins is perfectly acceptable these days though....
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https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ed-for-2016-macs.1968541/page-8#post-23297406 I suggest reading this post.

darknyt said:
Is it too much to ask that the AMD gpu they end up using won't be totally outclassed by a comparably priced nvidia gpu?

That would be really really nice if they actually used a gpu based on performance ....
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Same for you. Read the linked post.
 
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Also, if they are going to put an OLED strip, why not go all the way and put straps on it so I can wear it around my wrist too why don't you?!?!?!?!

OLED strip is the worst idea EVER.... YUCKY. Less is more. I LOVE the MacBook keyboard I must say, I didn't like it when I first saw it in photos, but having typed on it, I was instantly in LOVE.

Get ride of the fat bezels they are still too fat. GET RID of the camera, that is so 1990's to have a cam on a notebook computer, tsssssk !!! Just try and sell me a really awesome 4K 5K capable external iSight camera please? I hate the cam on the MacBook Pro starring at me, makes me feel all sexy.
 
The report reiterates that the new MacBook Pro will be thinner......

Here we go again. Apple making products better and more functional by making them thinner. I bet the new Macbook Pro has less ports as well.
 
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darknyt said:
Is it too much to ask that the AMD gpu they end up using won't be totally outclassed by a comparably priced nvidia gpu?

That would be really really nice if they actually used a gpu based on performance ....
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It seems like their margins are taking priority over the customer.
Tim Cook doesn't seem to make products (especially the Mac) with passion and care for the consumer. He seems more focused on the iPad.
 
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TSE said:
Magnificent! Maybe I can upgrade from my 2011 model! I hope the new MacBook Pro designs add some sweet features!

I am a little confused on keeping the MacBook Air lineup though, does it seem like there is a lot of overlap with the MacBook lineup currently?
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Same here. I'm upgrading from my mid-2010.
 
vpro said:
Listen up, the headphone jack is here to say, we all know it is a fact that the audio coming from a headphone jack is superior, on all these mobile device, Bluetooth audio is just STILL NOT ever going to be close.

As a music producer/ composer and recording artist, wireless audio on these devices = death.
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gadget show did a big blind test with wired and wireless cans - with pro music producers and musicians. Guess what. They couldn't tell the difference.

It's entirely down to the headphones.

And when you are playing compressed to hell MP3s who cares.
 
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vpro said:
Listen up, the headphone jack is here to say, we all know it is a fact that the audio coming from a headphone jack is superior, on all these mobile device, Bluetooth audio is just STILL NOT ever going to be close.

As a music producer/ composer and recording artist, wireless audio on these devices = death.
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Ok on the headphone jack:
1. USB/lightning audio is a possibility
2. WiFi audio (lossless codecs are possible) is a possibility.

From a 'superiority' viewpoint the audio jack is already redundant technically. It's just a matter of convenience and ubiquity. That's no small thing but I would definitely not claim superiority.
 
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Phoenixx said:
The report reiterates that the new MacBook Pro will be thinner......

Here we go again. Apple making products better and more functional by making them thinner. I bet the new Macbook Pro has less ports as well.
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It will have less ports but only because it's dropping MagSafe and HDMI connectors.
 
vpro said:
Listen up, the headphone jack is here to say, we all know it is a fact that the audio coming from a headphone jack is superior, on all these mobile device, Bluetooth audio is just STILL NOT ever going to be close.

As a music producer/ composer and recording artist, wireless audio on these devices = death.
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Sarcasm my friend. Im with you 100%. I think its ridiculous to remove the headphone jack. How can they say its ok on the Macbook but not on the iPhone? Cant wait to hear their lame excuses on the 7th. See you there!
 
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