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Apple Unveils New 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pros With Retina 'Touch Bar'
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Never. The desktops will either 1) be phased out soon or 2) the tiny battery in a wireless keyboard won't power it for long and Apple is against wired peripherals.
So you think it is perfectly fine to spend so much money on the laptop and then spend more to buy adapters to get basic functionality? Plus the inconvenience of carrying the adapter wherever you go... And you think other people don't get it? What a joke..
You'll will be able to do that, but you'll have to come up with $49 more dollars to buy the adaptor.Imagine buying a new MacBook Pro and not being able to set your iPhone 7 up via iTunes because it has no USB ports any more
I bet DELL, Microsoft, Lenovo and other companies are having a big party tonight ;-)
Exactly what was expected. Nothing more. Nothing less. I mean, it's a nice laptop and all, but still...
I remember Tim Cook saying people like surprises.
I remember Tim Cook saying people like surprises.
Tell that to some of the photoshop files I open... I mean we are talking about a "PRO" computer right?
In the online Apple Store you can't adjust the SSD Capacity on the 13" with Touchbar...only 256gb is available. You CAN change the capacity on the lower end model without Touchbar, AND on the 15" model. Weird?
Those arent just thunderbolt ports they are USB-C.
Wifi/bluetooth have been allowed on planes for a long time now.
Really on the fence here on replacing my 15" 2012 rMBP w/ the new one. Same amount of RAM , but more importantly same amount of storage. I know and accept Apple charges premium prices over the retail cost of components but sheesh 256 for $2k+ 2016/7 machine is bordering on the absurd.
No, the new batteries can last you 5 years without losing too much of its juice, totally different from the batteries 10 years ago.
Right.
Ugly display.
So, no Apple USB 5K Display in the pipeline, it seems.
So hard to stay very positive with the direction Apple is going.....
I use FCPX Professionally. And 16GB is causing this very app in its knees every day all day. I literally have to reboot my Mac 10 times per day, JUST because of this problem. The reboot-concept comes from the Mac Support Hotline. They are aware of the problem... That is why I was quite baffled by them using FCPx to show-off the 2016 MBP. And Adobe too... Right there on stage praising the new touchbar... But behind the scenes, advising folks to use at least 32GB of ram and thus encouraging folks to NOT buy such a product. Its all BS
Audio Ports!?! F'n Hell Apple. Now I have to carry one set of lightning headphones for my iPhone7 and a separate pair of analog or usbC headphones just for my mac?! Such a fail!
bluetooth.
Whilst it's true it has more functionality, for the price they're asking it should function as a sub space communicator and let me talk to the mythical planet of Magrathea.
Actually I do and I won't use a touch monitor. Instead I am using a surface pro 3 at work. No gorilla arm. So, if you are going to get a gorilla arm there, you will get one with the touchbar on top of your keyboard next to your screen. Try it for yourself with your function keys. You cannot rest your palm on the normal keys...
So, apple could just have made the screen a touch screen instead of adding the limited touch bar.
Yeah, that is why there was entry level Macs and Pro Macs. What Apple farted out today should have been called MacBook Air 2. What we saw today is not a Pro machine.
I think they'll lose a lot of the video / motion graphics industry with this iteration. People who don't need the power will still hang around for a long while.
It's what happens when you put a bookkeeper in charge of a tech company.
I've been eyeballing Windows convertibles for years now. So have my two future-creative-pro teens.
Yesterday, Microsoft's anouncement of the Surface Studio was strike one.
Then we saw that their dial-tool will be compatible with other Win machines. That was strike two.
This announcement today is strike three.
I'm SICK AND TIRED of Apple removing what I love from their machines, and not giving us something BETTER, while sealing up their machines and jacking their prices ever skyward.
If I can't (or in this case, won't) buy an MBP, then there is no reason for me to stay in the Apple ecosystem at ALL.
The Surface Studio, while pricy as well, would cater to the majority of my family. It really is an iMac killer.
Congratulations Apple: your latest, "greatest" laptop ever made just had a reverse halo effect.
I'm definitely going through the 5 stages of grief here, but I am now also excited to learn and test out all the new hardware and software possibilities that exist outside the Apple garden.
And so, I now must question why I use a Mac. Why not give others a shot now? I chose Apple 15 years ago out of frustration with MS, and because both the hardware aesthetics and software were far beyond ANYTHING else.
But just like with iOS, once I tried Android, I realized that there is NO going back (for me).
It took courage for me to let go of iOS and try something else.
Perhaps it's time to let go of Apple entirely and see what happens.
I guess the last thing Apple will remove from their devices, in this case, will be me.
Yesterday, Microsoft's anouncement of the Surface Studio was strike one.
Then we saw that their dial-tool will be compatible with other Win machines. That was strike two.
This announcement today is strike three.
I'm SICK AND TIRED of Apple removing what I love from their machines, and not giving us something BETTER, while sealing up their machines and jacking their prices ever skyward.
If I can't (or in this case, won't) buy an MBP, then there is no reason for me to stay in the Apple ecosystem at ALL.
The Surface Studio, while pricy as well, would cater to the majority of my family. It really is an iMac killer.
Congratulations Apple: your latest, "greatest" laptop ever made just had a reverse halo effect.
I'm definitely going through the 5 stages of grief here, but I am now also excited to learn and test out all the new hardware and software possibilities that exist outside the Apple garden.
And so, I now must question why I use a Mac. Why not give others a shot now? I chose Apple 15 years ago out of frustration with MS, and because both the hardware aesthetics and software were far beyond ANYTHING else.
But just like with iOS, once I tried Android, I realized that there is NO going back (for me).
It took courage for me to let go of iOS and try something else.
Perhaps it's time to let go of Apple entirely and see what happens.
I guess the last thing Apple will remove from their devices, in this case, will be me.
