I seriously doubt any Apple executive would personally choose that model or recommend it to a family member or friend.
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Here's How Apple's New MacBook Pro Compares to Last Year's Model
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I seriously doubt any Apple executive would personally choose that model or recommend it to a family member or friend.
"Here's How Apple's New MacBook Pro Compares to Last Year's Model".
Soldered everything inside? Apple should use standard ports and components, not soldered. And why is the very same make and model of RAM purchased from Apple Store two to three times more expensive than in retailers like Amazon?
Soldered everything inside? Apple should use standard ports and components, not soldered. And why is the very same make and model of RAM purchased from Apple Store two to three times more expensive than in retailers like Amazon?
I don't disagree with that, just stating what apple has said in the past as to why.
Chromebook? MacOS is nothing like a ChromeOS. MacOS is a real OS that can do real work. Steve Jobb's ghost is screaming "Don't Compare MacOS to ChromeOS, Please!!!"
You can get 512 GB in an iPad now! Also, 512 GB thumb drives and SD cards are available and for a pretty reasonable price in $/GB. 128 GB of non-upgradable storage on a laptop marketed as "Pro" in 2017 is a joke.
Apple knows few people in their right mind will order this cripplingly low amount of storage. They only did it to get the "starting from" price down.
Apple are kidding themselves if they think people can't see through their tactics.
Apple knows few people in their right mind will order this cripplingly low amount of storage. They only did it to get the "starting from" price down.
Apple are kidding themselves if they think people can't see through their tactics.
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I was hoping we would see another update in 3 months but:
- This update was more significant than a mid-cycle silent CPU speed bump
- It doesn't look like Coffee Lake will be ready by September (Apple's typically one of the last to ship the latest and greatest from Intel)
Guessing we have at least another 200 days to go before there MIGHT be a 32GB MBP
Don't forget that in the US the prices are without VAT. In Europe the prices shown are including VAT.
I find it much more sensible to show the full final price one has to pay as opposed to a price without tax.
Not if you use your MacBook as a secondary computer, but it should be cheaper, the whole of the MBP line is expensive now.
I'll take a 10-20% increase in speed. That alone is worth buying a 2017 over a refurb'ed 2016. For location shoots and on-the-fly edits this new MBP will be perfect. Beats lugging around my 27" iMac...
If 128GB is enough for you - then you are one of the folks Tim Cook is targeting when he talks about the IPad Pro as a laptop replacement. You could save even more money and by an iPad pro or macbook air.
Apple will not be ready for Coffee lake by October, trust me. Look for coffee in early 2018. They may even hold off till June at the WWDC.
I was hoping for a USB 3.0 port. I mean all the other new shiny iMac kids get USB 3.0 ports AND SD adapters.
It'd be nice if the baby MacBook got a second USB-C port too.
Those two things would have alleviated a lot of whining over dongle-gate.
It'd be nice if the baby MacBook got a second USB-C port too.
Those two things would have alleviated a lot of whining over dongle-gate.
I wonder if the 2017 13" models fix the issue where the throughput on the Thunderbolt 3 ports is reduced on the right side?
Some people only need e-mail/Internet computer and for that 128gb is plenty. All the other storage options from the last year are available, so i do not understand your point.
I was really curious about 2 and 3. Are you using one?
I have had this machine since November and I still dislike the keyboard. The size of the keys and the spacing is better than the crappy chicklet style keyboards from before, and the actual shape of the keys is also an improvement, but the travel is terrible. I really have to adjust my typing when I'm working on the keyboard. I'll check it out at the Apple Store next time I'm near one I guess.
Battery life has been mediocre. It has adequate battery life for my own needs but it's definitely not 10 hours, and usually tops out around like... 6.
Those are about my only complaints with the machine. It was really unstable at first, but since 10.12.4 it's been rock solid.
The Touch Bar is really underwhelming most of the time, but honestly? TouchID and being able to customer my control strip are decidedly superior function keys for my workflow.
I honestly really like this machine. Although the 13" barely drives a 5K. I was considering an upgrade because of that but I'll likely hold off until I need more storage space. I think the availability of a quad core on the 13" would be about the only thing that would drive me to upgrade this year or next year.
Apple's secret is giving the macs gimped CPUs to make the iPad look good. Try the i7-7700k http://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/3057739
And that's just a basic consumer CPU that's relatively cheap at $300.
Dell's fastest server clocks in at 83,000 multicore (using 4 high end Xeon chips). Just to show how great Apple is at keeping the bar low.
It is, as is the $200 to upgrade to 256 and $400 to upgrade to 512, both of which I'm guessing costs Apple a lot less than $100. But then Apple's been price gouging on storage for years, so this is no surprise.
But they are pushing iCloud Drive for offloading more and more of the stuff that used to live on your hard drive or SSD (downloading on demand). So for a lot of people 128 GB could be enough, provided that they shell out $ every month for cloud storage and are OK with putting their files on the cloud in the first place and always have an internet connection. It's just another way of getting the money out of you though.
In my household, I am the only one that eclipses 100GB (and I do by a lot). Additionally, machines for education and office work rarely need that much space. If you're not storing local copies of video, photos, or music there's a really good chance you don't need the space.
So then both Dell and HP are guilty of this crime??
Last time I checked both of them have premium laptops and both are starting with 128GB which is probably like 3x slower than what's in Macbook pro. Also if I am not mistaken, XPS 13 starts with 4 GB of memory.
That's exactly the biggest shortcoming of the 2016/2017 MBPs. TB3/USB-C exclusive might be understandable to configure a computers 5 years from now. At present, it cannot even be considered "survivable".
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Well obviously a MacBook Pro 13" isn't comparable to the top end iMac or the fastest server Dell makes, lol.
I was comparing the iPad to the MBP 13" because they're both mobile devices targeted at professionals. At least on paper.
and 80% will be sad with the DonglesBook lol
