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Is anyone excited to get a 2018 MBP?

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this forum seems mostly threads of supreme disappointment, and I don't fault people in many ways

but I still do love my 13 nTB 2016

just wondering where people are at with this release. if anyone is pumped about 8th gen, quad-core 13 or 6-core 15?

it is a nice bump. I just wish they did more than, again, pretty much an Intel drop in

and True Tone will be great and I'm a little jealous but my screen is great and sad that its been on iPads for 2 years now and just now coming to Macs.
 
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I think I am missing something.

Just read that there are new MB Pros this morning so I visited Apple Store website in excitement but there does not appear to be any change? MB 13 are still 8G dual core and 256GB what has changed?
 
I yesterday (!) ordered a 2017 13“ BTO 16GB/512GB/nTB, because I didnt see that coming...

I now canceled the order and ordered 13“ 16GB/512GB/TB because of: 3rd gen butterfly keyboard, bigger battery, 8th generation i5 quad core and the true–tone–display, which is also new!
 
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bulldoze said:
I think I am missing something.

Just read that there are new MB Pros this morning so I visited Apple Store website in excitement but there does not appear to be any change? MB 13 are still 8G dual core and 256GB what has changed?
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If you are looking at Non Touch Bar, they didnt change those, the changes went to the Touch Bar version. Quad Core, keyboard, and Hey Siri are the biggest changes. I for one have been REALLY looking forward to a quad Core 13 inch for years, so I am one of the ones excited for this.
 
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bulldoze said:
I think I am missing something.

Just read that there are new MB Pros this morning so I visited Apple Store website in excitement but there does not appear to be any change? MB 13 are still 8G dual core and 256GB what has changed?
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The 13 inch Touchbar units have the 8th gen quad core processors. The non touchbar did not get the processor update and has the 7th gen dual core processors
 
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I'm on the 2014 MBP and would like an upgrade, (256GB is killing me).

I just can't seem to let it go though - it's got the SD card slot which I don't think I could live without.
 
Yes I'm excited, I am a child. Ordered a 13" quad core with 512gb SSD. Should be arriving around the 18th. That's two new laptops in a week.

They are expensive but they seem to be pretty much the specs we've been calling for.
 
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I'm super excited.

Order a 13" MBP Touch bar, upgraded 2.7 Ghz quad core, 16GB memory + apple care + FREE beats wireless headphone.

Now need to find some accessories to protect it.
 
I’m Actually more shocked considering many were not expecting MacBook Pros to launch yesterday. I’m considering upgrading myself, strictly because of the third generation keyboard, Hands free Siri, i5 Quad core and True-tone display, hands-free Siri, ect. And I’m due for an upgrade.
 
I found out that I’ll get an automatic upgrade to the 2018 model. Until I was certain, I had pretty much decided to keep the 2017 I placed the order for and take a discount. But to get the new keyboard and True Tone, I’m pretty excited. But it won’t ship for another week.

The machine is replacing an effectively dead 2009 MacBook Pro, so I have a feeling I’ll be quite happy with the performance, even if it were terrible.
 
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always wanted to replace my 15'' MBPR (2012) with a 13'' model. but i was waiting for a quad core CPU.

now it is finally here.
 
YEP. I'm excited. I purchased the $1799 13" model yesterday, waiting for a MacBook update.

My needs aren't as intense as most pro users, since I don't do video editing very much, and I never go beyond 1080. I do static art and images, music creation, and consumer-end stuff on my 2012 MacMini i7. This MBP should be faster, clean up all the garbage on my desk, and be portable. Lugging around a monitor and peripherals twice a year was awful.

I'm disappointed by DDR4 memory being unavailable unless you blow over $2K.

Other than that, this laptop should be awesome for my needs. I understand people that wish they had more in the lower-end models, but if you need that kind of computing power, you should be making the cash to afford an i9 MBP 15".
 
Selling my 2017 15" RMBP for the 2018 upgrade.

I wanted 32GB ram.

The specs bump is also nice, too.

Will probably buy next year's model too!
 
I am damnit! After going back and forth between getting one of these and a Windows laptop literally all day yesterday (going back to school for Cyber Security and my financial aid just came in yesterday, quite the coincidence) I finally bit the bullet and ordered one. Been on windows for my entire life, other than when I was on DOS of course, so this will be my first computer with MacOS.

Yeah sure the Matebook X Pro I almost bought instead would have had better specs in every way and would have been $500 cheaper but I wanted MacOS damnit! ;)
 
As a developer, the quad-core 13" excites me - waiting for the benchmarks, but I'd imagine significant gains when compiling in Xcode and such.

Debating if it's worth upgrading my 2016 13" 3.3Ghz TB.
 
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