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Are people who bought the 2019 MacBook Pro planning to upgrade in October?
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Not sure why I'm seeing talk of OLED in this thread when Apple refuses to provide even a 3360x2100 LCD.
I bought and returned the Dell 7590 with OLED screen. There is only one OLED panel going around and it is no good. Inaccurate color and color banding in any shade of gray. Unless Apple get a brand new OLED panel built for them, I don't care much about OLED on MBP.
Because it was easier to sell my 2018 now and then sell the 2019 when I upgrade this fall, than to sell the 2018 when I upgrade this fall.
I think they're going to release the new macbook pro redesign starting with the 16 inch and then the 13 inch will follow, I think eventually they will get rid of the 15 inch.
My whole feeling is that I don't think I'll ever do gen 1 buys yet. Unfortunately, Apple has not had a great track record with gen 1 of their new designs. This gen's mbp, the first gen macbook (the one with retina), first gen and second gen of macbook air. It goes on and on.
It was even said that this gen macbook pro, Apple was counting on intel to bring down the nm of their chips to eventually make this design workable, turns out Intel didn't and the mbp had throttling issues.
OK, if you can sell the old one for good price every round, it works, good for you
I wonder if products would be better if such laws existed in places where these products are designed.
The fact that 99% of reference monitors are LCD already tells you which one is better. The fact that Apple chose to use LCD for their $4,999 monitor tells you again. Apple didn't spend all that time re-engineering the LED backlight just for fun if OLED could perform the same.
LCD with quantum dot offers better color gamut and brightness than OLED. This is exactly what "pro" devices like iPad Pro and MacBook Pro need. OLED offers a thinner display and "true" blacks, neither of which are particularly useful for iPad or MacBook.
If you think cost is an issue, it isn't. A couple years ago, Dell sold a 30-inch OLED monitor for $3,499. Today, Dell sells an OLED notebook for less than $3,000. There's a good reason why Apple isn't biting.
I received a new 2018 15-in. MBP that I ordered from Costco a couple of days ago, almost $300 less than the same model refurbished from Apple. I’m quite pleased with it and plan to keep it for at least five years. I even like the keyboard better than my 2012.
I love the latest in tech like most, but I can’t afford to chase it. I hope Apple hits a home run this fall with the anticipated 16-in., but the 15.4 is plenty big for me. What I’d love to see is a 14-in. replace the 13.3.
I love the latest in tech like most, but I can’t afford to chase it. I hope Apple hits a home run this fall with the anticipated 16-in., but the 15.4 is plenty big for me. What I’d love to see is a 14-in. replace the 13.3.
I just bought my 2018 a couple days before the 2019 came out. If a new redesign comes out I’ll be buying it for sure.
I thought you posted that you regretted the 15" as its too big/heavy and wanted to sell it for the 13" The 16" will be larger/heavier then 15"
I didn't think of that. If it's heavier and bigger then no way. But if it's thinner and lighter then that's good.
The re-designed MBPs that come out this October are going to be more of a "different class" of notebook. They will be better in every way, but also more expensive. If you have a 2019, and you really want the re-design, you might have time to return it still.
But for most people, they won't need the new re-designed one until their 2019 wears out in 3-5 years.
But for most people, they won't need the new re-designed one until their 2019 wears out in 3-5 years.
I don't mind the bigger/thicker part as long as it doesn't add weight. Of course, I'm not in the 15"/16" market, but just thinking ahead to what might happen when the 13" is redesigned to accommodate the scissor keyboard in 2020.
Think there should be a poll here...
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that's a great model you have, enjoy!!
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think you are totally right, announced October, avail, Dec/Jan earliest... I don't think it will be some blow out design... larger screen, less Bessel, new keyboard... kinda about it.. wondering what color, anyone know??
I just bought a fully spec’d out 15” with all upgrades except the i only opted for the 2TB rather than 4, tbh I can probably make do with what I’m using for another few months so i’ll Return next week and wait until the upgrade as it’s a new form factor that will be the norm for the next 4 years and resale on a 2019 15”4 will be pretty poor once the 16” drops.
True. If it comes out in January that's only like 6 months away. Not too bad if you ask me.
I bought a base 13" 2019 MBP for $1100 with the edu discount and selling the beats. Trading in my old 2015 15" for $750 through Apple. Figure I'll be able to sell the 13" for a decent price later this year when I pick up a 16" (if I decide to). My 15" was starting to slow down and I figured that the trade in value was actually decent enough to go for it. Really impressed with this 13" so far. Was also worried that the 15" was going to drop in value more later this year. So should only be a net cost of a $100-200 for the 13" during this time, hopefully less due to the good price I got for it.
I don't know if the resale value on the 15.4 will be poor at all once the 16 is released, the 16.4" is not a replacement for the 15".... at least for a while... plus the 16 wont actually be avail. until Dec/Jan earliest I am sure!
Is not going to be thinner or lighter or smaller. The display size increase will certainly add weight
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They won't be ready by then. 10th gen chips are starting with low power CPUs for ultrabooks.
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I disagree that the current (2019) models have thermal issues. Multiple people have tested the 8-core i9 models and found that they stabilize at around 2.9-3.1ghz under sustained max load and that the temperatures stay reasonable. IMO that is excellent for such a thin, light machine. If I wanted 4.5ghz sustained I could buy a huge bulky gaming PC, but I'd rather have a MBP.