not cool!The 15" still has dedicated gfx, and the 13" Pro hasn't for a while.I'm certainly not a pro by any stretch but do occasionally dabble in Logic, but for the MBP, the ball was dropped by increasing max price by over 2k. I've no issue I think with the touchbar, but the muppets dropped 1 important 'feature' & that is the MBP model without dedicated graphics 'cause if history is anything to go by, I'd rather not take the risk on an expensive paperweight, that & u can no longer upgrade anything, not cool
NFS, right?! There were rumors for a while they were going to come out with a desktop Mac Pro that could be pivoted and was already basically rackable in like 2-3U. DO THAT APPLE! It is REALLY NOT ROCKET SCIENCE! It can be a really freaking slick space gray rectangle, that is actually made to be racked if desired, and has at least 3-4 PCI slots, current dang Intel chips and chipsets, AND CALL IT A DAY!
So did you choose not to include the part of my post that says exactly that so that your comment sounds novel, or do you just lack the attention span to read the whole thing?
My biggest complaint with the Touch Bar is that the darn thing turns off, even when connected to battery! WTF?! And why can't I control these behaviors in Energy Saver??? It's so annoying to often have to poke something before it wakes up, and then I can use it. In general I like it, but this is maddening!!!
A little bit of both, but mostly the latter.
Oh, yes. But do you not agree that it's ridiculous to follow the enlightened path of producing a product thinner than before while trying to get as much power out of the device within a certain thermal and power usage envelope, when you could go a little thicker or keep the same chassis and make an even better product? It'd reduce overall R&D costs, too. Apple doesn't have to pass on the savings and would make even more net profit per unit.
Great they are listening!
But am I the only one who finds it hard to believe that a company that big, with that much money and all their resources is going to take that long?
I'm not expecting anything next month, but end of year or early 2017 would be acceptable.
But late 2018 or even after that....seems silly.
Then again, these are rumours so who knows right
That's what they're doing, but they're not going to use the old Mac Pro chassis and won't copy HP. They'll come up with their own style, it takes time. They should use the HP Z800 as their benchmark. I think the top config on that is around $28,000 USD with all the goodies. If Apple were to even offer a system capable like that, it'd be even more expensive. However, I doubt Apple will offer dual 22 core Xeons.
