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Iāll just dream about a matte display then.
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DigiTimes: 16-Inch MacBook Pro to Launch by End of October With Ultra-Slim Bezels and Scissor Keyboard
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Iāll just dream about a matte display then.
One reason they may elect to release this without an event, is to avoid confusion if theyāre releasing a far more major redesign next year. They may want to be clear that they consider this just an iteration of the existing model.
My $3000 is ready Appple. I donātt care how muc itt costs I just neeed a keeyboar that wrks.
I have spent exactly 0 seconds of my life thinking about the size of the bezels on my laptops and monitors. Not about to start now.
But does it still have that stupid whizzo strip and no escape key?
If so, the keyboard fix is only half done.
If so, the keyboard fix is only half done.
More interested to know when the 13" quad core is getting a keyboard that works...
Sometimes it is better to compare value in other ways than the price of Dellās XPS 15. Back in the early 90s, a college graduate in computer science made after graduation 1/4 what they do now. I was one of these graduates, and I remember plucking down around $3500 in 1994 dollars for an early, plastic, PowerBook 520c, which had a few MB of RAM, and maybe a 320 MB hard drive, had a battery life a fraction of the mb pro of today. I think at the time it was about 1/3rd the price of the car I bought, and about 8 to 10 months rent. In other words, it cost me dearly.
And what you get today of course is magnitudes faster, better, longer lasting, lighter. Price has gone down over time relative to the value of dollars of the past. My $3500 buys less everywhere else, except when it comes to Apple laptops. My need for what Apple can deliver when they donāt compromise quality for thin/light hasnāt changed, it has only grown. MacOS continues to ship with features and apps that make it far more usable to me than Windows 10 or Ubuntu for development and content creation.
If they get this right, keyboard is reliable, gaming graphics (at least comparable to a nvidia 1060 with 6gb Mem, thatās all I am asking for), then Iāll be buying the maxed out version of this thing. If they donāt, well, Iāve got my Mac Book Pro mid-2012 to keep me happy for a while until they try again.
And what you get today of course is magnitudes faster, better, longer lasting, lighter. Price has gone down over time relative to the value of dollars of the past. My $3500 buys less everywhere else, except when it comes to Apple laptops. My need for what Apple can deliver when they donāt compromise quality for thin/light hasnāt changed, it has only grown. MacOS continues to ship with features and apps that make it far more usable to me than Windows 10 or Ubuntu for development and content creation.
If they get this right, keyboard is reliable, gaming graphics (at least comparable to a nvidia 1060 with 6gb Mem, thatās all I am asking for), then Iāll be buying the maxed out version of this thing. If they donāt, well, Iāve got my Mac Book Pro mid-2012 to keep me happy for a while until they try again.
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Based off the 16" icon in Catalina, I am getting the feeling that the extent of this upgrade will just be .6" of screen real estate and a keyboard that actually works. Whoopie-de-dooooo.
While I am getting no information directly from Apple like other people in this thread who act very arrogant towards others...
I believe today is the day (Tuesday).
One way or another something will be announced. It will either be press invites, a press release or nothing at all.
Acting from the gut on this. I am merely testing my soothsayer powers. All based on rumors that have been ramping up over the past few days. We know the MBP is in production. It's just a matter of when it will be announced.
I believe today is the day (Tuesday).
One way or another something will be announced. It will either be press invites, a press release or nothing at all.
Acting from the gut on this. I am merely testing my soothsayer powers. All based on rumors that have been ramping up over the past few days. We know the MBP is in production. It's just a matter of when it will be announced.
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So the soothsayer says! Soothsayer will be right either way.
No, just a gut feeling. Really, this would be the absolute last day to send out an invite to an event. A press release could come within the next week.
Actually, I'll pay any amount if it is not made in China, just out of principle.
Better still, make it in the USA.
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What they SHOULD have done is have OLED physical keys, not a Touch Bar. Then we could all have our traditional keyboard layouts and highly functional alternate key sequences for special symbols etc with visual aids, but also with tactile consistency so power users can do rapid actions without having to look.
With the current battery technology, that would be an disaster for those who travels..and oled on static display is not great...not to mention the blue pixels that are washed out after 2 years
Hopefully, the invitation will be announced today. If no invitation revealed, I think I will buy the 15 inches model.
Don't do that. Wait till the last day of the month.
There's too much reporting that the 16" MBP is in production. If there is no invitation or press announcement today, PLEASE give it till the last day of the month.
Still not as good as mechanical optical switches that some of the competitors are releasing.
I agree, unless you desperately need one right now I would hang on for a month or two. I wouldn't be surprised if this is a quiet update too. Even if you look at what comes and still decide on a 'previous'one then at least you've been able to make an informed choice.
1) Itāll be almost 16.5ā, based on the rumored resolution. All other specs being equal, I think it would be $2,700-2,800. If as I expect the base model is specāed higher, e.g. 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Vega 20 GPU etc. it could easily start at $4k 2) If itās mostly a screen size bump, thereās no reason to expect an event. 3) Sure a bigger screen is nice but from a consumer perspective, what does it change? For pros, you can have a longer timeline, more controls, more palettes, ribbons, toolbars, etc. that can actually enhance productivity. Not as big a deal for Facebook, email, Safari, Netflix or whatever. Sure if youāve got the money why not, but I see the demand mostly for pro/business use not consumer/home.
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