16Gb ram on top model means designed obsolescence. I can remember Johnny Ive going on and on about the design of the Magsafe port how genius, elegant, thoughtful, useful, ESSENTIAL it was lol. The rMBP is on the starvation diet of a super model, lets throw the magsafe in the trash & all the other ports (the bottom model only has 1 usb when on charge!) With the introduction of those awful looking plastic LG displays I can't help but think of John Scully.
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Apple Unveils New 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Pros With Retina 'Touch Bar'
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16Gb ram on top model means designed obsolescence. I can remember Johnny Ive going on and on about the design of the Magsafe port how genius, elegant, thoughtful, useful, ESSENTIAL it was lol. The rMBP is on the starvation diet of a super model, lets throw the magsafe in the trash & all the other ports (the bottom model only has 1 usb when on charge!) With the introduction of those awful looking plastic LG displays I can't help but think of John Scully.
This sounds like the days of daisy chaining SCSI devices.
That USB to Serial doesn't say "FTDI" - won't buy it.
I would much rather have a bluetooth mouse. But I've never found one that I liked (must have forward and back thumb buttons)
And yes, I'm just talking about my personal usage of what I consider to be the best laptop ever. I just think Apple went way to far eschewing the old, useful bits for new, currently less useful bits, in a tradeoff I don't appreciate - just making it a bit thinner.
My thoughts exactly. Right now I'm more interested in the iMacs and Mac Pros. Not that this update isn't sweet or welcomed (especially since Apple has had a LONG history of updating portables far faster than desktops) but Apple is sorely in need of an iMac, MacPro, and MacMini refresh.
What is the issue? For the faint of heart, Apple is still making the classic 15" MBP available for purchase. Scroll to the bottom and there it is. Grab it while its still there. Geesh
GENIUS! Just need to carry around yet another external component to handle a PRO workload.
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The issue is that some of us have been waiting YEARS for MBPs to catch up with the hardware available on Windows laptops.
Um, there are like about a few dozen of them in various configurations and prices on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=usb-c+dock
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Nope, previous model with 256GB SSD launched at $1,499. 300 bucks price jump for a gimmicky Touch Bar is a hell of a pill to swallow.
16GB RAM ? and Apple advertises it as a powerful workstation (w/ 2x5k monitors and raids). Actually it is a powerful paging to disk machine. OS knocks down 4GB, 12GB are left. Power up a VM or 2 and a browser with several pages open and you've got a slow machine that pages to disk (time to do some stretching while we wait). Interesting design decision to keep the memory at 16GB and invest in other bells and whistles. When Apple experience the 'OOPS' moment and then the 'AHA' moment, we might see more useful RAM figures like 32GB or more.
Can I confirm the rMBP 13" 2015 2.9 GHz i5 is identical to the rMBP 13" 2016 2.9 GHz i5 processor
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Just use a usb-c to usb-a adapter then hoook up your serial adapter will look something like this
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I use both every single day, and can say with no equivocation or hesitation that you are either a liar or a shill. Or both.
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Really? You're REALLY going to base your ENTIRE decision on an SD Card Reader/Writer you can replace for SEVEN DOLLARS on Amazon???
I fully understand the difference between desktop and laptop. But my VRAM-hungry satellite imagery won't understand it. And no, VRAM is not what makes a GPU consume power. Besides, I can of course use texture swapping between RAM and VRAM, but that's only possible when you have RAM, and this new MBP is limited to 16GB RAM!!!
Regarding double precision FP and EEC GPU memory, yes I use professional software (actually research software), and no, I don't need them as much as VRAM. However, if your point is the new MBP should have a Pascal Quadro, then yes, I fully agree with you.
I love the Mac, but after today's event I find the Retina MacBook a far better option: given the new MBP is limited to 16GB RAM and to a light GPU, I find it far more appealing to buy instead a MacBook, which has also important performance limits but with the advantage of having no fans, being much lighter, and being more beautiful. Sacrificing these MacBook huge points requires a powerful MBP: no 16GB limit, no light GPU. Otherwise, it's not reasonable to get fans and a larger laptop IMHO.
Yeah.. I wish I lived in the US though. I'm in Turkey and we get Europe prices even though we're not in the EU. I'll do basic computing to be honest. My company already gave me a super powerful Dell laptop.
It's not about the money. It's about the hassle of a) carrying the adapter with u and b) connecting that thing every time you need it ...
Was really hoping for a new 13 air with the same ports and better screen (and smaller bezel, dare I say an XPS 13 competitor). Instead they say hey, take this 13 mbp with no touch bar which has 2 tb3 ports and starts at 1499.
I guess it will have to be a regular macbook or old 13 air, oh wait the macbook only has 1 port
I guess it will have to be a regular macbook or old 13 air, oh wait the macbook only has 1 port