Are all the '17 portables (MBP/MB) junk?

[gobikerider]

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The posting equivalent of sticking your fingers in your ears and going “LA LA LA LA LA NOT LISTENING”

8gb today is not the same as 8gb from 2010.

8gb is the modern 4gb and 16gb is the new 8gb 🙂

 

[ascender]

I just have to continue to disagree. OP is in no rush. The '18 will be one of the biggest leaps in power we've seen in a long time. Yes, the new keyboard may not have much different travel, but I sure hope they find a way to make them more reliable because no one on here is going to want to pay $700 to replace a keyboard in 2, 3, 4, or 5 years from now.

This is one of the easiest wait instead of buy now times for anyone that doesn't desperately need a replacement ASAP. (machine failure, etc).

Bigest leaps in power? We don't know that for a fact and what does it even mean in real terms? Each new MBP will be faster than the last, but given the speed of the recent machines, I don't see where any stratospheric leaps are going to come from.

I guess it depends on what the OP is going to use his machine for. I'll be honest, most people I know who buy a new MBP, many of whom consider themselves to be "pro" users could get by quite happily on any MacBook model with an SSD fitted from the last 5 years. The redesigned MBP is a really capable and fast machine.

I totally agree about the keyboards, but if there is a fundamental design flaw with them, I can't see how Apple wouldn't extend the warranty/replacement terms in some way as they have done for similarly flawed products in the past.