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The GTX 1060 and nice display (QHD+ model) sold me.
$2300
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Definitely getting myself a "The New Razer Blade"
The GTX 1060 and nice display (QHD+ model) sold me.
$2300
Seriously. Fail on such an epic level. It's like listening to politicians rave about what they're doing and why they're doing it and then have them do the exact opposite a few days, weeks, months (or hours) later.
Apple displays have gotten good reviews of late. I think we'll see the same reaction to the MacBook Pro.
The keyboard and the price will be what the "professional" reviewers like Joanna Stern, Walt Mossberg, Nilay Patel and others will complain about.
My Apple die hard wife converted in the two minutes it took to watch the Surface Studio video. That was after an hour of her watching the MacBook Pro event, to which her response was a resounding "Meh".
Apple doesn't like "wasted space" in their case designs. It would feel flimsier if it were the same physical size as the old model with a lower weight. Anyway, the trend in notebooks is thinner for more portability. It makes a difference and enables smaller and lighter notebook carrying cases.
jony has been busy designing a Christmas tree
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oh ok, then let's follow the "trends" !
I'm sure anyone that can afford an iPhone 7 and MBP can also effort one of these:
And with that, you can even share the power brick between your phone and laptop.
So no more need to carry two chargers.
I think this is a nice enough evolution of the MBP, and probably as good as can be achieved currently with Intel having totally dropped the ball with the development of more modern processors.
And I'll reserve my judgement on the Touch Bar until I've used it. But if it is going to be such a fabulous innovation in how we interact with Macs, and becomes an integral part of software interfaces, how is it going to work on an iMac or Mac Pro - or an external keyboard? Will there be a matching $500 keyboard with Touch Bar?
And I'll reserve my judgement on the Touch Bar until I've used it. But if it is going to be such a fabulous innovation in how we interact with Macs, and becomes an integral part of software interfaces, how is it going to work on an iMac or Mac Pro - or an external keyboard? Will there be a matching $500 keyboard with Touch Bar?
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I think Microsoft has a good product in the Surface Studio, and Serenity Caldwell at iMore says it offers a compelling reason for Apple to consider an Apple Pencil-enabled iMac. Apple won't ever go all-touch on the Mac, but a special iMac is possible.
Anyway, the Surface Studio and MacBook Pro don't target the same audience. One is a large desktop. The other is a notebook.
APPLE HAS LOST ITS MIND
These prices are ridiculous. The Tech is last year.
Let's compare:
Entry Level Mac Book Pro vs New HP Envy 13t (Click Here) WITH added EXTRAS
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Basic $1499 Macbook Pro
Core i5 - Sky Lake
8GB RAM
Ram Speed - 1866 Mhz (Apple one real better, so minor) [but with HP you can change it.]
2500 x 1600
No Touchscreen
3.02 lbs
Iris Graphics 540
1 headphone/mic
2 USB-C/Thunderbolt
54.5 Watt-hour battery
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Hp Envy 13t high end extras $1389 AFTER UPGRADES
Core i7 - Kaby Lake
16 GB RAM
Ram speeed - 1600 MHz
256 SSD
3200 x 1800
Iris Graphics 620
Touchsceen
2.87 lbs
1 HDMI;
1 headphone/microphone combo;
2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1 HP Sleep and Charge);
1 USB 3.1 Type-C™ Gen 1
57.8 Watt-hour battery
AND THE HP IS only $1389. $110 cheaper (Click Here)
But Apple produces get this overpriced atrocity.
The HP Envy 13t is newer, packs more power, better resolution, better integrated graphics, more ports, and lighter and is $110 less.
Hundreds less! if you go with base model of $849, which still packs a better Kaby Lake i5 and only ($966), if you want to equal the store of the entry level MacBook Pro.
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HP has entered the premium market in force. Unless Apple comes out with a decent Air or Mac Mini, and soon, I am writing Apple off.
Apple started abusing her customer base with soldered RAM. Then overpriced upgrades.
But this takes the cake. $500 more than a comparable HP Envy 13t. And if the 13t is upgraded to
1) A Newer generation Kaby Lake
2) an i7 instead of an i5
3) better resolution (3200 x1800)
4) touchscreen
5) more ports
6) Better integrated graphics (620 vs 540
7) and set at an equal 256 GB NMVe storage
it still comes in $110 less than the entry MBP.
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http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-13-7378-2-in-1-laptop/dncwsab5104h
Dell with comparable stats has Kaby Lake and 2400 MHz Ram for $749
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Dell XPS 13"
1) i5 Kaby Lake (equal)
2) 3200 x 1800 resolution.
$1399 - $100 cheaper
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-13-9360-laptop/dndnt5103h
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HP is now the premium light laptop to beat.
Apple is abusing its customer base. Apple has enough cash that she can sail for a year or more.
Let Apple's market share crash until Apple re-learns that Apple has to be premium to claim premium.
THIS WAS A DISGRACE!
Apple is now selling gimmicks. And don't tell me that Apples are built better. HP has put together some impressive premium products. Even Dell is better than the MacBook Pro.
These prices are ridiculous. The Tech is last year.
Let's compare:
Entry Level Mac Book Pro vs New HP Envy 13t (Click Here) WITH added EXTRAS
=============
Basic $1499 Macbook Pro
Core i5 - Sky Lake
8GB RAM
Ram Speed - 1866 Mhz (Apple one real better, so minor) [but with HP you can change it.]
2500 x 1600
No Touchscreen
3.02 lbs
Iris Graphics 540
1 headphone/mic
2 USB-C/Thunderbolt
54.5 Watt-hour battery
=============
Hp Envy 13t high end extras $1389 AFTER UPGRADES
Core i7 - Kaby Lake
16 GB RAM
Ram speeed - 1600 MHz
256 SSD
3200 x 1800
Iris Graphics 620
Touchsceen
2.87 lbs
1 HDMI;
1 headphone/microphone combo;
2 USB 3.1 Gen 1 (1 HP Sleep and Charge);
1 USB 3.1 Type-C™ Gen 1
57.8 Watt-hour battery
AND THE HP IS only $1389. $110 cheaper (Click Here)
But Apple produces get this overpriced atrocity.
The HP Envy 13t is newer, packs more power, better resolution, better integrated graphics, more ports, and lighter and is $110 less.
Hundreds less! if you go with base model of $849, which still packs a better Kaby Lake i5 and only ($966), if you want to equal the store of the entry level MacBook Pro.
===============
HP has entered the premium market in force. Unless Apple comes out with a decent Air or Mac Mini, and soon, I am writing Apple off.
Apple started abusing her customer base with soldered RAM. Then overpriced upgrades.
But this takes the cake. $500 more than a comparable HP Envy 13t. And if the 13t is upgraded to
1) A Newer generation Kaby Lake
2) an i7 instead of an i5
3) better resolution (3200 x1800)
4) touchscreen
5) more ports
6) Better integrated graphics (620 vs 540
7) and set at an equal 256 GB NMVe storage
it still comes in $110 less than the entry MBP.
===============
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-13-7378-2-in-1-laptop/dncwsab5104h
Dell with comparable stats has Kaby Lake and 2400 MHz Ram for $749
===============
Dell XPS 13"
1) i5 Kaby Lake (equal)
2) 3200 x 1800 resolution.
$1399 - $100 cheaper
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/xps-13-9360-laptop/dndnt5103h
===============
HP is now the premium light laptop to beat.
Apple is abusing its customer base. Apple has enough cash that she can sail for a year or more.
Let Apple's market share crash until Apple re-learns that Apple has to be premium to claim premium.
THIS WAS A DISGRACE!
Apple is now selling gimmicks. And don't tell me that Apples are built better. HP has put together some impressive premium products. Even Dell is better than the MacBook Pro.
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Right, and that's because when using a laptop you are stationary, much more suitable for larger, wired, headphones. When mobile its more likely to require smaller earbud type. Eliminating the 3.5 was much for space saving and thickness. Still though I don't understand your point of bringing up "courage". Are you thinking they should try and "prove something" by pulling it from the laptop too? Clearly the 3.5mm has its advantages, for now. But on such a small device like an iPhone the juice isn't worth the squeeze. Corded headphones are annoying when on the go, I'm glad they are forcing manufacturers hands in speeding up development on quality bluetooth options. Moving technology forward is what they are about, I don't see anyone complaining about the missing CD-ROM in the MBP anymore..?
And Thunderbolt 3 finally has the bandwidth for this: http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-core
Which, is pretty awesome. Thunderbolt 3 really gives laptops a much stronger upgrade path over time and this time the PC world is in on it so there should be a lot more hardware to take advantage of—and customizable at that.
Let the hateraid flow though. I don't understand this forum at all. Guys, if you hate Apple's products and constantly show me the laptops I can get at half the price that are supposedly equal... why are you here? I mean, seriously. Why?
Thunderbolt 3 is the ultimate port. It is backward compatible with just about everything.
And are you really sure you need to max it out? People did 3D rendering and video editing on less power machines in the past. There will always be something more powerful in the future. Price/performance-wise the base models are usually the best.
Congratulations on your 32 likes, you had to get your post in so it was amongst the first three to achieve that, had you been only 10 minutes too late, you'd not even be noticed amongst the whiners, but I do note the poor and clichéd quality of your whinge. You must have had your headphone jack whinge already done and pasted it in, it's obvious that wasn't going to be removed, there'll be times when home users will want to plug some serious headphones into it instead of an audio card, occasionally. To compare the usage of a iPhone with a MacBook Pro makes YOU look like an apple clown. Ooh look what I did there, I use all caps with bold, you don't see that too often.
Most people who want wireless headphone at home will no doubt use RF frequency lossless like say Senheisser's Kleer®, then you go on with the 'courage' quote, I mean you've managed to squeeze every troll cliché about the analog jack in, and this is your sole complaint? You gone on for the entire post and given sentences their own paragraphs, so you have wait for it...six paragraphs on the non removal of the headphone jack, as if each sentence is a is so complex that understanding the intricacies required six paragraphs. Comedy gold. In fact I'll wager you had two whinges already prepared, one for if it stays, and the other for if it's removed. You should post the other one too for a laugh.
Beautiful rig. Especially if you are going to edit a lot of 4K video. It's for abucheos market, how big that market for the mac is i don't know.
For what I do iMessage and iMovie is just fine. Haven't used one of those keyboard machines other than the work issued Accer my wife uses for work. And even then I just log in for her when she's busy.
For what I do iMessage and iMovie is just fine. Haven't used one of those keyboard machines other than the work issued Accer my wife uses for work. And even then I just log in for her when she's busy.
Same Aussie prices are insane.
We wanted Marilyn Munro, instead we got an anorexic super model on coke
and BTW, here is the actual quote from Schiller, not the fake one you attributed to him pulled out of a written article.
“Maintaining an ancient, single-purpose, analogue, big connector doesn’t make sense because that space is at a premium.”
Space is at a premium. The iPhone is small, carrying that port any longer is not viable.
What really ticks me off is that this makes it harder on us corporate IT people. I'm going to have a difficult time trying to justify MBP when they require an adapter to plug anything in to them.
And the price.
But hey it's skinnier. Did we mention it's skinnier?
Oh hey look whats that? It's the new skinnier macbook pro that is thinner than the previous macbook pro.
Just in, it's also thinner than the Macbook Air.
Oh yeah its thin.
And the price.
But hey it's skinnier. Did we mention it's skinnier?
Oh hey look whats that? It's the new skinnier macbook pro that is thinner than the previous macbook pro.
Just in, it's also thinner than the Macbook Air.
Oh yeah its thin.