Definitely wait then. It's not that far off.
How far off is it?
(I'm waiting too, but I would be hard pressed to say how long of a wait we have.)
Definitely wait then. It's not that far off.
Congrats, while you may have wanted to wait, your PC had other ideas.just thought i would update this thread, i am typing this from my new space grey macbook!
How far off is it?
(I'm waiting too, but I would be hard pressed to say how long of a wait we have.)
Congrats, while you may have wanted to wait, your PC had other ideas.
Just received mine, love it
It's the base model, an 'open box' used model from B&H Photo, 'used' but comes with full warranty. It was $999 and no sales tax (presumably because it was shipped across state lines), shipping was also free. It's in gold, which I don't think I would have chosen if they had any other choices but now I have it I think it's great, way less 'in your face' than I expected.
I wouldn't have paid more at this phase in the product life cycle but for the price I think it's a pretty decent deal, I suspect it'll get superseaded fairly quickly but I expect to get at least 3 years out of it. I'm finally replacing a 2006 Mac Pro that's really showing it's age, this MacBook coupled with the CalDigit dock (when it ships!) will actually do everything I used the Mac Pro for only better and it's 40.4 pounds lighter![]()
With the warranty and ultimately Apple Care there is really no downside risk. If something goes wrong, Apple will make good, or always has in my experience. You got a great deal.
Just received mine, love it
It's the base model, an 'open box' used model from B&H Photo, 'used' but comes with full warranty. It was $999 and no sales tax (presumably because it was shipped across state lines), shipping was also free. It's in gold, which I don't think I would have chosen if they had any other choices but now I have it I think it's great, way less 'in your face' than I expected.
I wouldn't have paid more at this phase in the product life cycle but for the price I think it's a pretty decent deal, I suspect it'll get superseaded fairly quickly but I expect to get at least 3 years out of it. I'm finally replacing a 2006 Mac Pro that's really showing it's age, this MacBook coupled with the CalDigit dock (when it ships!) will actually do everything I used the Mac Pro for only better and it's 40.4 pounds lighter![]()
Im waiting this one out. I need a second USB port.
I thought that as well, i don't think there is any chance of it getting a second usb port, or any other port. People keep comparing it with the original MBA which did get extra ports after a generation or two, but it is eight years further on now and a different world. Apple are going for less not more, you are lucky we have one usb port, one is easily enough for me and if they did put extra ports on future generations it would put me off upgrading. I like the MB for what it is, beautiful, high quality and minimalist, yet still quite powerful, what more could you want.The RMB will never get a second USB port, it goes against everything the RMB is supposed to be about. That said, you can buy a simple adapter to get multiple USB ports on the RMB right now if that's something important to you:
http://9to5mac.com/2016/01/06/hyper-ces-2016-usb-c-lightning-drive/
BJ
The other posters got it right; there is no indication that Apple will update this product so quickly nor is there a significant enough boost in performance to make the wait or the price worthwhile.
Remember that even though this product was announced in April you couldn't walk into an Apple Store and find every configuration and every color in stock until August which was only four months ago. The supply chain was all about the iPhone and the Watch, the MacBook literally trickled into stores.
I believe firmly that a new MacBook Pro and potentially a new MacBook Air will be announced and released before anything is updated on the 12" MacBook. Apple has higher priorities in it's notebook division and frankly the 12" MacBook isn't built for someone who cares about processors or the one that is in it currently wouldn't have a spec of a model from 2005.
BJ
you got flawed logic here about availability of the MacBook. Now if you really think about it again Retina macbook was a first gen product, a new one, thats why you coudnt buy it for a few months since official release.
Now its a whole different story, all the problems and manufacturing delays been sorted, process going well, and update just required a new CPU,(maybe a new HD camera (my wishful thinking)
Now you realise you are way off with your post, i hope.
Not at all.
In light of the news that the new Pro and Air are coming and that they do not seem to be part of the March event, I think I am more right than I originally imagined.
From a supply chain standpoint, the clock starts ticking when the supply chain has fully fed the retail chain with product. That did not happen until August. And with the other, more important note books seemingly getting major updates I do not believe the MacBook team spent 30 seconds on upgrading the RMB at all.
The RMB is still a brand new notebook. Barely anyone outside of the Apple universe even knows it exists, besides my own I don't think I've seen three more of them out in the wild.
BJ
And what do you think they have to do to upgrade it? Same chassis, same battery same internals, just new CPU Skylake with IGPU , they might put a faster SSD. Nothing revolutionary, just needed new components and job done
Biggest job was last year to get all the new parts together and to spin off supply chains for a new chassis, battery, screen etc. Now its done![]()
And what do you think they have to do to upgrade it? Same chassis, same battery same internals, just new CPU Skylake with IGPU , they might put a faster SSD. Nothing revolutionary, just needed new components and job done
Biggest job was last year to get all the new parts together and to spin off supply chains for a new chassis, battery, screen etc. Now its done![]()
While the chassis and other components could remain the same, Skylake requires a whole new logic board.
hey its not like its a rocket science to put a new logic borad. DELL, HP, Lenovo etc already using Skylake. Hold on, apple still testing? oh right...ok then