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Apple Unveils New 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pros With Retina 'Touch Bar'
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yeah that was my thought. Apple is so set on making us buy all kinds of adapters just to do simple tasks because they know they'll make more money off of us.
So the new models have significantly reduced battery capacity compared to the previous versions. Well played, Apple. Well played.
Um, Apple is still making the Mac Pros, iMac, Mac Mini, Macbook Pro, the Macbook Air, and now they have the retina macbook. Just because they didn't update all of them today (even though they should have), doesn't mean we don't have Macs to choose from.
Shouldn't one expected an improved base config for that price increase, e.g. a 512GB SSD? It's not like it's still 2014.
Well... Prices are going up aren't they? They kept claiming "State of the Art", but isn't Skylake the last generation of processor? I was waiting for today before deciding. RazerBlade Stealth for me. It's going to be a long journey switching ecosystems, but I am tired of paying too much when there are so many other "newer" options.
I sampled the waters by upgrading my Time Capsule (with USB 2.0) to the latest and greatest Netgear router for less. So far so good. Speaking of which, the Airport Express is still being sold with 802.11N and USB 2.0? iPad Mini 2 - 802.11N. Airport Extreme - USB 2.0. They don't even tell you it's 2.0 on their product page. Mac Mini Haswell processor? Really?
I love Apple, but I've lost my patience. Was it just me or did most of the usual presenters look like they put on a little weight?
I sampled the waters by upgrading my Time Capsule (with USB 2.0) to the latest and greatest Netgear router for less. So far so good. Speaking of which, the Airport Express is still being sold with 802.11N and USB 2.0? iPad Mini 2 - 802.11N. Airport Extreme - USB 2.0. They don't even tell you it's 2.0 on their product page. Mac Mini Haswell processor? Really?
I love Apple, but I've lost my patience. Was it just me or did most of the usual presenters look like they put on a little weight?
it just boggles my mind to think that i need an adapter just to plug in a usb drive. Hell i even need an adapter to use an adapter for ethernet.
Not impressed, but not surprised, and not surprised that I'm not impressed. The touchbar looks worse than the mockups made it look, and still no touchscreen is just a fail out of the gate. I use my 13" Dell 2-in-1 with touch every day, and it makes a machine so versatile while still being an actual computer.
Here we instead have a 3x more expensive 13" machine with a rubbish keyboard (although it looks like maybe more travel than the 12" MB?), what looks like a very uncomfortable touch experience, and rather unimpressive battery life. The processors and GPU whatever, they're still integrated and can only do so much, unless I go for the now very ugly 15" and shell out $NZ6k. Nah. The 65" LG 4k OLED TV is the same price.
Here we instead have a 3x more expensive 13" machine with a rubbish keyboard (although it looks like maybe more travel than the 12" MB?), what looks like a very uncomfortable touch experience, and rather unimpressive battery life. The processors and GPU whatever, they're still integrated and can only do so much, unless I go for the now very ugly 15" and shell out $NZ6k. Nah. The 65" LG 4k OLED TV is the same price.
Very very cool that touch bar
The ironic thing is, the Mac trackpad works so well that it really doesn't need it.
Well thats fundamentally wrong. Up until now the trackpad, as great as it is at being a trackpad, has been medicore at best at replicating functions that are best done on an iOS device display. The TouchBar basically puts an multi-touch retina display on it as well, so that you can still touch and move things that are under your finger...as opposed to trying to mimic it with a trackpad under your hand and display on the screen.
Higher prices, lower storage, CPUs that are already almost outdated, same screen resolution, gimmicky touch bar, lack of ports, no MagSafe... yeah, I'm out. Time to be "courageous" and buy a Surface Book.
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I think this site is going down the tubes. It seems like competitors have flooded this forum with astro turfers so now the comment section is saturated with negativity. Scrolling through the comments you see tons of newbies chirping.
So let me get this right... not only did Apple not include a Lightning port (even if audio only) so that iPhone 7 users can make use of their jack-less new Lightning headphones, they also changed all the MBP's ports to USB 3.1.
Meaning, every single iPhone owner now needs to either buy a dongle or buy a new cable to connect their iPhone (any iPhone!) to an MBP.
Schiller sure glossed over that little issue. ;-)
Meaning, every single iPhone owner now needs to either buy a dongle or buy a new cable to connect their iPhone (any iPhone!) to an MBP.
Schiller sure glossed over that little issue. ;-)
I'm not sure what to make of the updated products, but I couldn't help but notice how unmotivated the presenters came across on stage. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed like they were not really into it. Either way, I'll likely sell my soul to the devil and order a loaded up 15-inch. I'm currently using the 12-inch and the keyboard sticks quite often. I was glad to hear the new models have an 'improved version' or the 'second generation' of the board.
I heard you like dongles so when you buy your new 2016 iPhone 7 and new 2016 MacBook Pro 15" you can spend another $40 on a dongle so you can seamlessly connect your new iPhone to your new MBP
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80% of mac users use their computer for going to websites like facebook etc and email...none these changes will affect that use one bit.
If Craig gets CEO the entire macOS will mutate into one big Emoji. He will turn all unicode characters into emojis and people around the world will have to learn to read Craig's emoji letters... But he, it'll be fun, because we nothing better to do than stare at our eye candy Mac Icons sitting in a touchbar, all day...
This guy is obsessed with Emojis.
WTF?!
The new gen Macbook Pro but....
Old processor.
DDR3, not DDR4.
Only 16GB ram. Not an option for 32GB.
NO backlight Apple logo because "slim" design.
Why pay 2399/2799 for old hardware in new packaging?
The new gen Macbook Pro but....
Old processor.
DDR3, not DDR4.
Only 16GB ram. Not an option for 32GB.
NO backlight Apple logo because "slim" design.
Why pay 2399/2799 for old hardware in new packaging?
You are right, we have a few new things and bunch of outdated stuff to choose from. What a variety... and look at those prices!...
those are ALL outdated computers....and won't apple eventually make all of their computers touch bar with no ports? most likely.
I've been here for about 12 years total if we count from before I officially created my account in 2009. The negativity is real. This new Macbook Pro is garbage. They jacked the price up, slowed the CPU down on the base model, reduced battery life, and are charging $300 for a silly touch panel. I've bought from the ibook G4 then Macbook, then Air, then Pro but this is just utter garbage. They haven't updated their iMac, Mac Pro, or Mac Mini in YEARS. Who does that? Apple is going downhill.
And yesterday people were literally CRYING how expensive Surface Studio is hahahaha.
I said it already but I will repeat:
Einstein said that two things are certain:
Infinite human stupidity and universe... though he isn't so sure about the universe.
About the RAM... let's keep in mind that RAM is becoming less and less important than it used to be. RAM is not doubling sooner as it used to be. Reason? SSD. The new MacBook Pro is capable of reading and writing at least blazing fast 2GB per second. RAM was created as a response to the limitations of HHD and now with SSD being extremely fast with access and transfer, the importance of RAM is much less emphasized than ever. It makes no sense to keep expanding RAM storage if the performance is not as significant as it used to be. 16GB is likley the provide the most bang for the buck and more than that, it just doesn't give you much added value.
Do not expect RAM to keep doubling quickly anymore. With upcoming 3DXPoint technology, the storage will be just as fast as RAM and they may reduce the RAM footprint as well.
Do not expect RAM to keep doubling quickly anymore. With upcoming 3DXPoint technology, the storage will be just as fast as RAM and they may reduce the RAM footprint as well.