First Machines Using Kaby Lake Processors Coming This Fall, but MacBook Pro Not Likely Among Them

[guyjin]

Steve said that for a company to make great computers, it needed to control the silicon. Apple is clearly concentrating on ARM and has been for some time now.

Why do people assume the next MBPs will use chips from a company as unreliable as Intel when Apple keeps pushing ARM as the future?

Great point. I'm sure Apple has OS X running on an ARM chip in their labs. The move to a A* chip wouldn't surprise me at all. I think it's a bit early still, but I think it'll happen.

In the meantime, we get shaft-*, ahem, to wait.

 

[bobob]

For those of us patiently waiting for our Tigerlake MacBook Pro, this aspiring to settle for mere Scabby Flake is one of the most disappointing phenomena of 2016.

 

[pmau]

Why do people assume the next MBPs will use chips from a company as unreliable as Intel when Apple keeps pushing ARM as the future?

For the same reason consoles switched to PC architectures.
You can get developers to port their tools, you can use OpenSource frameworks, etc.
Apple is still existing today because it has switched to Intel and used Unix/BSD as its core.
All you can see on the Mac would work on ARM, but do not underestimate the constraints of a proprietary platform.
You just cannot see it on iOS.
The limits of an ARM based MacBook regarding Memory Management, connected bus types, etc. would be immense.
A MacBook is what it is today because the Intei Architecture allows for all the chipset features you take for granted today.

 

[Sugadaddy]

I bought a refurb rMBP13 (early 2015) in November of last year. At the time I wasn't sure because I thought they'd release Skylake models either early 2016 or mid 2016.

Turns out it was a great move.

 

[0970373]

Well, my 2010 15" MBP is basically dead. It is rebooting so much now, it's basically impossible to work on. I ordered a 2015 15" rMBP last night and it is arriving tomorrow. Even if an announcement comes within the return period, I can't wait until Nov. Incredibly annoyed at Apple.

 

[xealo]

If folks are still waiting for Skylake, I wouldn't expect to see Kaby Lake in them right now.



Adding Touch ID support would be fantastic and it could be something I'd actually use to justify buying a new MacBook Pro even though my 2012 model is still working fine.

My thoughts exactly. It's been over 4 years since we purchased a 2012 non-retina model 13" and tbh, the only thing desired is better battery life. I made the wise choice to immediately upgrade it to 16GB of ram and an SSD when we got it. It hasn't slowed down one bit. 4 years later and not a single Macbook related release has compelled us to upgrade. I sure hope these new ones are huge upgrade...