Perhaps they really mean "Good enough is anything we can sell in four colours"
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First Machines Using Kaby Lake Processors Coming This Fall, but MacBook Pro Not Likely Among Them
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Farmer: I don't sell milk, only cows. Then, so long as you have a milking stool, arable pasture, a good vet, pasteurising equipment and are prepared to maintain the cow, you can have all the milk you want. Plus, you can ride on the cow's back. I also sell novelty cow bells, cute cow hats etc.
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Apple are really falling behind with their computers these days. Sad to see. We'll see when the backlash of being led by a "money only" CEO hits the company hard...
Then again - they'll probably be fine, as long as they cater for the Asian market with cheaper phones, cheaper iPads, cheaper everything. They just won't be Apple, they'll be just another tech company.
Then again - they'll probably be fine, as long as they cater for the Asian market with cheaper phones, cheaper iPads, cheaper everything. They just won't be Apple, they'll be just another tech company.
Apple,
Hi! It's me. We used to be friends. My 2011 MacBook Pro served me well. I wanted to replace it a year ago, but decided I'd hold out because... rumor was, something big was coming.
Then you released the MacBook. No Air, just MacBook. Cool, I thought. A Pro model must be around the corner. My current machine just doesn't keep up with the professional software I use as a videographer.
And I waited. I wanted. I waited. I saved. I waited. I'm still waiting.
I saved about $2,000 to spend on you. I had it. I begged on forums, please Tim Cook, take my money. Please, give us a new model.
Silence. Silence and iOS.
Tim, it's been almost 3 years since a Mac Pro. It's been 15 months since the last MacBook Pro w/Retina.
I'm tired of always waiting. As a Pro, I should feel like your premiere customer. Not your leftovers when you've finished serving the Baby Boomers an overpriced and over-promised iPad "Pro". As an actual Pro who will actually use Pro applications, your iOS offerings make me think you don't understand the company you run.
I feel like Apple has jumped the shark under your leadership. Profitable? You are. Popular? You are. Professional? You no longer are. All of us can see it.
I just build my first PC in almost a decade.
Hi! It's me. We used to be friends. My 2011 MacBook Pro served me well. I wanted to replace it a year ago, but decided I'd hold out because... rumor was, something big was coming.
Then you released the MacBook. No Air, just MacBook. Cool, I thought. A Pro model must be around the corner. My current machine just doesn't keep up with the professional software I use as a videographer.
And I waited. I wanted. I waited. I saved. I waited. I'm still waiting.
I saved about $2,000 to spend on you. I had it. I begged on forums, please Tim Cook, take my money. Please, give us a new model.
Silence. Silence and iOS.
Tim, it's been almost 3 years since a Mac Pro. It's been 15 months since the last MacBook Pro w/Retina.
I'm tired of always waiting. As a Pro, I should feel like your premiere customer. Not your leftovers when you've finished serving the Baby Boomers an overpriced and over-promised iPad "Pro". As an actual Pro who will actually use Pro applications, your iOS offerings make me think you don't understand the company you run.
I feel like Apple has jumped the shark under your leadership. Profitable? You are. Popular? You are. Professional? You no longer are. All of us can see it.
I just build my first PC in almost a decade.
Goodbye Apple, I've had enough of your BS.
As paross above me.
I bought my current Macbook Pro over 8 years ago. I saved a lot of money for it, because it was a good laptop, because it was Apple.
Every OS update I awaited with eager, because you could 'feel' the updates made a difference, it was snappier and faster. Nowadays the updates don't do anything anymore.
Like paross I awaited a decent upgrade and I decided to wait till this fall because there is still this little hope left inside of me that they would come out with a great laptop after all these years. But no, the price just ain't worth it anymore.
Dell XPS or perhaps a pc it will be. I do thank you for these wonderful years and I dedicate this to my current laptop on which I am typing this. You have served me very very well and there is still some life left in you, but I feel it's better to let you go now than to just keep on pushing you till you decide to go yourself because it's been too much.
Thanks.
As paross above me.
I bought my current Macbook Pro over 8 years ago. I saved a lot of money for it, because it was a good laptop, because it was Apple.
Every OS update I awaited with eager, because you could 'feel' the updates made a difference, it was snappier and faster. Nowadays the updates don't do anything anymore.
Like paross I awaited a decent upgrade and I decided to wait till this fall because there is still this little hope left inside of me that they would come out with a great laptop after all these years. But no, the price just ain't worth it anymore.
Dell XPS or perhaps a pc it will be. I do thank you for these wonderful years and I dedicate this to my current laptop on which I am typing this. You have served me very very well and there is still some life left in you, but I feel it's better to let you go now than to just keep on pushing you till you decide to go yourself because it's been too much.
Thanks.
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No, it's not. ARM is great for smaller devices, but ARM doesn't scale. This anti-Intel fantasy is getting out of hand.
They have had 15 months to work on a MacBook ARM version.. surely must be capable of this..
For the f**k-tillionth time, there will be no ARM based Macs. If Apple wanted to switch, they would've done it with the 12" MacBook.
If anything, the 'iPad Pro' is what Cook is calling your ARM based Mac.
how is something outdated when the new chips aren't even available? The 15" won't have the chips till usual time around march-june. The 13" ones they will use will come out earlier like usualSo i've been holding out on buying a macbook pro to only only wait for the new already outdated macbook pro.
Some videos of the competition with Nvidias new chips:
Nvidia have stated their new chips are totally scalable to fit the manufactures needs so maybe Apple will use them? Or AMD will match the performance.
But if you can buy a thin alloy 17" laptop capable of running the latest games at 4K above 60 fps, Apple will need to do something pretty serious to pursuede you to spend double the money for their machines and I mean more then OSX!
Nvidia have stated their new chips are totally scalable to fit the manufactures needs so maybe Apple will use them? Or AMD will match the performance.
But if you can buy a thin alloy 17" laptop capable of running the latest games at 4K above 60 fps, Apple will need to do something pretty serious to pursuede you to spend double the money for their machines and I mean more then OSX!
That's reassuring, thanks! I believe I would prefer TOuchID myself, but options are good.
This just makes apple look stupid. With this much power it's not just for gaming but can be for workstation graphics processing as well. Businesses use thick dells because they have the raw power but look at the apple side of things you have a fancy looking thin laptop that is only good for sending stickers in iMessage or making pikachu apps in Xcode.
The PC side of things is getting so awesome you cannot ignore the real progress made. Sure it runs Windows but that is like the same 2012 android vs iOS debate which is moot considering how much android has advanced. But I'm afraid all this falls on deaf ears because Apple don't listen to its customers ever.
It's not the fall yet. If the 13" and 15" MacBook Pros are updated to Skylake, they will be the latest chips since Apple uses the 28W chips. All Intel is doing right now is releasing the chips that are MacBook and MacBook Air class. We already know the MacBook Air is on the way out, and Apple is keeping the MacBook current (albeit on a Spring release cycle). The MacBook Pro is getting a major redesign and will be kept current after that.
Please- just stop- you sound like a used car salesman.
So is THAT why Apple still sells some expensive computers with only a 5,400 drive? Guess we should stop being so childish and demanding and finally appreciate how Apple is really just saving us from the inevitable disappointment of having faster new components by just selling us really really old tech at high prices instead.
I have been an Apple fan for about 20 years. But it really amazes me how many people on this site these days actually argue AGAINST getting more for their money and they actually attack, mock and ridicule people who have the audacity to ask for a better deal for their hard-earned dollar. Do you guys realize YOU personally would also benefit from Apple products that are a better value?
How dare us customers ask for more for our money....
If you look at the trends in the market, PC OEMs are producing thinner and lighter notebooks, as well. Most "business class" software runs just fine on a Core m or 15W Core i5 these days.
It's official. You can have almost uncompromised performance, even going to laptop. I love living in 2016.
There's really no reason the 5K iMac should not be having desktop Gaming PC performance. If these can go into laptops, an iMac should be cake walk. The iMac doesn't even have to have a 1080. Even a 1060 as max BTO would be a ridiculous GPU boost over the M395X.
Hopefully AMD can pull itself together.
It used to be that Apple would get the Intel processors and roll out products before others could.
I wonder if Intel knows Apple is going to switch over to their own processors and that's why we're not getting them for the last year or so.
I wonder if Intel knows Apple is going to switch over to their own processors and that's why we're not getting them for the last year or so.
There was a time when the MacBook Pro was the first PC in the world with the newest intel chip. What happen? The New Apple©
Ok, this. For all you fanboys who will scream 'I told you how awesome Apple is' when they release the new MBP in a couple months, just keep in mind that you'll be waiting another two years with the same gear, as it gets more and more outdated, and Apple keeps the same premium price.
At this point, one nice update won't obscure the evidence that all macs will recieve the Mac Pro treatment going forward: A kickass update, then completly ignored for years with no price adjustments.