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Likely False 13-Inch Skylake MacBook Pro Showing Up in Benchmarks

jamescharley22 said:
The whole keyboard thing bothers me! I mean, I don't hate the butterfly mech. keyboard, that's just something I'll have to get used to like I did when transitioning from Mom and Dad's included PC desktop keyboard to the MacBook Pro, but the fact that there are now three different keyboard types!? What are you doing over there Apple, have you been sniffing paint again!? I mean, honestly, I would've preferred a wireless keyboard with butterfly mech. instead of introducing yet another type of switch if they just kept it in-house and made it better possibly for the new MacBook Pro.

I just want it MacBook-thin sans the taper like the current MacBook Pro/MacBook Air relationship with Thunderbolt 3 (and the other aforementioned ports).

HDMI, that's the only thing I'd have to give a second thought only because I know other people may use it frequently. But at this point, if the MacBook Pro has Thunderbolt 3, I'd much rather plug into a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 display that can also charge. The only time I find myself using an adapter (because I still use a MacBook Pro with SuperDrive) is to connect to my dinosaur TV in my dorm room as a second display. At home, I use AirPlay, and my classes, when I have to present something, is still on VGA which would require an adapter anyway. So I'm in favor of just all Thunderbolt 3.
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Believe me I would LOVE for them to just swap out the old Thunderbolt 2 for Thunderbolt 3. I use it for video editing (day job), but when I play music video DJ gigs, I'd prefer to not add a dongle. Damn Octo-Book lol
 
I don't see Apple making a big deal out of Skylake, unless they're planning on skipping Kaby Lake all together. But seeing how Kaby Lake is gearing up to be a iGPU powerhouse, I doubt it.
 
andysh said:
And what if this is the next 13" Macbook Air?!? Lower score of the current MBP but higher than the MBA...
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The only thing is, and don't get me wrong, you could be completely right..

If the MacBook Air doesn't have some form of "retina" resolution, why would Apple release it? Every Apple product of late has gone with this new branding of high resolution. The 12" is just odd if they update the 11 and 13 inch MacBook Air. But then again, this is Apple and the paint thing as jamescharley22 noted above lol.
 
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I don't buy that the hackintosh community is somehow getting access to unreleased chips. I know this can be changed via smbios utilities but it doesn't make sense. Why fake that processor.
 
djbuddha said:
Believe me I would LOVE for them to just swap out the old Thunderbolt 2 for Thunderbolt 3. I use it for video editing (day job), but when I play music video DJ gigs, I'd prefer to not add a dongle. Damn Octo-Book lol
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I'm pretty certain Apple's going to release a computer with Thunderbolt 3, at the very latest, before the end of next year. But with other manufacturers shipping computers with Thunderbolt 3, I'm hoping that Apple gets their butt in gear and that their next computer drops Thunderbolt 2 for 3.
 
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jamescharley22 said:
Worse speakers? I hear that the MacBook with Retina Display actually has some pretty great speakers. Of course, I haven't tested this for myself.
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Agreed, those things are surprisingly loud.
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jamescharley22 said:
I'm pretty certain Apple's going to release a computer with Thunderbolt 3, at the very latest, before the end of next year. But with other manufacturers shipping computers with Thunderbolt 3, I'm hoping that Apple gets their butt in gear and that their next computer drops Thunderbolt 2 for 3.
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Testify.
 
jamescharley22 said:
Worse speakers? I hear that the MacBook with Retina Display actually has some pretty great speakers. Of course, I haven't tested this for myself.
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I have the MacBook Retna Display and the speakers are actually quite nice. Better then I expected in such a thin enclosure.
 
Hard to believe it's been nine years.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/apple-drops-computer-from-name/

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arggg14 said:
Not confident if we didn't see leaked parts by now.
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A slight redesign of a MBP isn't going to have leaks months in advance like an iPhone. The retina MBP was leaked a couple days before the release.
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jamescharley22 said:
Worse speakers? I hear that the MacBook with Retina Display actually has some pretty great speakers. Of course, I haven't tested this for myself.
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That's what I said. The MacBook Pro is the one with the worse speakers. I bet they will redesign the Pro with speaker grills at the top and a new keyboard design like the rMB
 
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Love my Broadwell rMBP 13 inch I bought in November. Won't be needing a new one for a very long while.
 
Mr. Dee said:
Love my Broadwell rMBP 13 inch I bought in November. Won't be needing a new one for a very long while.
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I want to get a rMBP 13" so freaking badly but I need to wait a couple years. I'm a youngin'; sophomore in high school. In my opinion, it would be idiotic to get a laptop two years before college, and then have to use it for another presumably 4 years where it actually matters. 6 year old laptop, no matter what company it's from, is not going to be the greatest.
 
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SteveBlobs said:
Would be great if this were real.
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No it wouldn't. Those benchmarks they give make for one hell of a slow 13" rMBP. The iPad Pro outperforms whatever was benchmarked here. It wasn't a MacBook Pro with a skylake chip that's for sure.

We will be seeing a new rMBP soon enough, it's past due. Just wait for the next event I'm sure it will be announced.
 
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XTheLancerX said:
I want to get a rMBP 13" so freaking badly but I need to wait a couple years. I'm a youngin'; sophomore in high school. In my opinion, it would be idiotic to get a laptop two years before college, and then have to use it for another presumably 4 years where it actually matters. 6 year old laptop, no matter what company it's from, is not going to be the greatest.
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Well, lets see what March brings, then again, Skylake will be considered old by then, then you will wonder, should I just wait for the Kabylake version or the year after.

The only thing would get me to break my decision is 15 inch, 32 GB DDR 4 RAM standard and that would just be want rather than a need.
 
Mr. Dee said:
Well, lets see what March brings, then again, Skylake will be considered old by then, then you will wonder, should I just wait for the Kabylake version or the year after.

The only thing would get me to break my decision is 15 inch, 32 GB DDR 4 RAM standard and that would just be want rather than a need.
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Yeah that is true. Are MacBooks typically this late to the party with CPU gens?
 
XTheLancerX said:
Yeah that is true. Are MacBooks typically this late to the party with CPU gens?
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Well the issue at hand was Intel's release schedule for mobile Skylake chips. When the chips were released they had just released a minor refresh. This was just a matter of timing.

But now with Thunderbolt 3 being out, they can't release a MacBook with an outdated port (that they initially introduced), not to mention the effect the new port will have on other things (i.e., A hi-res new Cinema Display). I'm extremely curious how they're planning this new MacBook Pro update.
 
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