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+ additional hour of battery life
+ rose gold color option
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Are you satisfied with this morning's spec bump?
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Wonder if BoltJames will acknowledge this update's existence.
I'm only here to see everyone rub it in his face lol
I am, but I also understood the reality Apple faced. They weren't going to redesign a motherboard for a single generation since Kaby Lake+ supports TB3 natively. As such, my expectations were probably lower than others.
Its the bare minimum, which is exactly what I expected, and Im happy with it.
Its the bare minimum, which is exactly what I expected, and Im happy with it.
Yes because all the speculation drove Best Buy to do massive sales on the previous gen.
Yep. I spent over $500 less on my month-old openbox 1.2/512 model than I'd have to pay for the updated 2016 model. There's nothing in the new version that gives me cause to second-guess that decision.
All I cared about was whether there would be an improvement in battery life or not, since I don't have reliable access to outlets when I'm out and about. Even though it's only one more hour, it's still better battery life than the first generation for the same price.
Besides, I won't be able to upgrade my iPad for some time, so I'll need a portable Retina display for reading on the go.
Besides, I won't be able to upgrade my iPad for some time, so I'll need a portable Retina display for reading on the go.
The Core M variants have zero architectural differences between the M3, M5 and M7 variants. Only clockspeed. Its not like the Core I3 (no hyperthreading), Core I5 (Hyperthreading), and Core I7 (larger cache).
Turbospeeds are also different. Which are lower than they were for the 1. generation M CPUs.
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Exactly the update I expected. I had only thought that 4k/60hz/USB 3.1 Gen2 came natively on Skylake but it apparently still needs the daughter board. So no reason at all for me to think about upgrading! My wallet is safe.
Waiting to see the becnhmarks, but I'm happy.
I wasn't expecting anything significant. I'm also happy that the Air got the 8GB bump. I had (briefly) a 4GB variant and it didn't cut the mustard. I'll likely pick up a new gen Macbook or an 8GB 13" Air. I'll wait for benchmarks before finalizing. Or if Best Buy in Canada offers heavy discounts on the Gen 1 Macbook that's an option too, but I don't see that happening.
I wasn't expecting anything significant. I'm also happy that the Air got the 8GB bump. I had (briefly) a 4GB variant and it didn't cut the mustard. I'll likely pick up a new gen Macbook or an 8GB 13" Air. I'll wait for benchmarks before finalizing. Or if Best Buy in Canada offers heavy discounts on the Gen 1 Macbook that's an option too, but I don't see that happening.
As a gen1 owner, I see zero reason to update. The best thing about the update? It just made that $300 off at bestbuy plus 10% movers coupon feel like an even bigger steal.
I'm satisfied all right -- so satisfied that I don't feel compelled to upgrade my 2015 1.3GHz 12" rMB. 
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Hey, you post in the Vizio P-series thread over on AVS, don't you? I'm "Schwa" over there. It looks like we travel in the same circles.
I'm satisfied all right -- so satisfied that I don't feel compelled to upgrade my 2015 1.3GHz 12" rMB.
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Hey, you post in the Vizio P-series thread over on AVS, don't you? It looks like we travel in the same circles.
yes sir!
We love our technology
Can I recommend to you the USB-C Anker portable batteries? They'll double the life of your rMB and they're cheaper than the price of a second power supply.
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Only i7 has hyperthreading; i5 does not.
I was expecting a 1.2 base Ghz model then 1.3 then 1.4. Also a 720P FaceTime Camera... Other than that, everything is as expected.
Kal.
Kal.
Wait is this not capable of running 4K at 60fps like Skylake was touted to be able to do? (Or this MB was anyway.)
Kallum.
Kallum.
It looks like 4K at 30fps still.
$1299 starting price, same as gen 1.
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order online today, in stores tomorrow. Granted they said that with gen1 and it was not in stores for a long long time. Well a few made it to stores.
I believe thats only the desktop parts. AFAIK, the mobiles are only max turbospeed for GPU and cache.
Intels naming is so ridiculous.