Remarkable. I'd kill for that... I have the same model and it would be at 4k-5k rpm normally in the use example you're giving. With Turbo Boost off it would probably stabilized at 3500 but stay there. That is still loud.
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Remarkable. I'd kill for that... I have the same model and it would be at 4k-5k rpm normally in the use example you're giving. With Turbo Boost off it would probably stabilized at 3500 but stay there. That is still loud.
That's crazy. Makes me wonder if more recent models are better than early ones... I just got my machine about a month ago. Did you get yours early in the release cycle?
They're not. The previous 15" models went out the door for $1,899 at Amazon and Best Buy two weeks before these 16" models were announced and the $1,999 price had been common.
Parallels does virtualizing now, but started as an emulator. I've used them for many years. As you can imagine, emulation back in the PowerPC days was horribly slow. We'll see how much better it is under Apple Silicon (assuming Microsoft doesn't focus more on their Windows on ARM project), but this whole situation puts me in a pickle. I have legacy apps that need Windows, so my iMac Pro is going to be used for many years to come I believe. But my MacBook Pro is the 2016 model, so I need to guess when the last Intel MBP is coming out and not wait too long, because I doubt I'll be able to buy an Apple Silicon Mac for at least five years.
I for one hope they come down further. If I can get the 1TB model for $2k it's a no brainer.
Yes, but only running a Linux Distro, not Windows.
Here is the demo, it is short.
Never buy the first version of any new product. There are always "growing pains" with new stuff. First adopters get bragging rights, but pay extra and suffer through the issues inherent to new tech.
Granted, Apple is terrified of a new macbook having any issues, and are certainly dumping silly amounts of money into testing....but guaranteed someone will find something they dont like about it on day 1...
Anyone remember how the 2015 macbook pros were heralded as the perfect machine during the butterfly keyboard days? I expect the 16" will be held in the same high regard once these new machines come out.
Yeah, I would snap.one up. My money is on it being desirable for a good while. Like, how is bootcamp going to work on ARM? Probably not at all....
You have a point, and generally I agree with it, but this 16" was hardly a dramatic redesign from the previous 15". In fact, other than the fan noise complaints which seem to be an issue with specific graphics cards (not Apple's hardware design, so it might have even happened if they didn't redesign at all), this machine has widely been praised as rock-solid.
Given the steep discount, it makes you wonder how low Amazon is willing to go and still make money.
Yeah, but only running an ARM version of Linux on it. It would need an ARM version of Windows, and: MS doesn't license it's ARM version to anyone except it's own OEM products; and even if it did decide licence it to Apple, the Windows version on ARM is currently, by all accounts, a substandard version.
Windows 10 on Apple's future Arm-based Macs? It's not an option via Boot Camp | ZDNet
Only Windows 10 on Arm could run on Apple's future Arm-based Macs, but Microsoft's license doesn't permit it.
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