Or supposing one skipped the 1st gen Watch, is upgrading from an iPhone 6 or earlier and has not upgraded their main laptop in the last 3-4 years
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MacBook Pro Lineup Set For 'Most Significant Overhaul in Over 4 Years'
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You're assuming that the OS wouldn't change. In fact, if MacOS incorporated touchscreen features, which I will remind you WOULD BE OPTIONAL as there would still be mouse/keyboard/trackpad support (and you can use it or not), might, like most things Apple does, be a fluid experience, done correctly, and add functionality and convenience to MacOS that up til now hasn't been thought of. Apple is even touting their iPad Pro as a "computer" that can do everything with a touchscreen.
A touchscreen on Windows 7 is worthless. A touchscreen on Windows 10 works. Does it replace a keyboard and mouse? Of course not. Does it add functionality? It does. Windows 11 will bring more.
The users of the MBP don't fit into the "many, many" people. Why is this so hard to understand? Not. Everyone. Needs. A. MBP. Also, not everyone can use an iPad Pro. But Apple has hundreds of millions of customers, so them making a comment that doesn't apply to me or you doesn't mean it applies to no one.What about tim cooks pc replacement comment
“I think if you’re looking at a PC, why would you buy a PC anymore? No really, why would you buy one?”
Yes, the iPad Pro is a replacement for a notebook or a desktop for many, many people
. -Tim Cook
I don't keep my old Apple products so I'll simply sell all three on eBay, that way I'm not forking out loads of money.
As a first gen buyer of both an iPhone and the retina Macbook Pro I would disagree.
First of all, phones back then was useless with 3G anyway. At least with an iPhone you could use the internet in a user-friendly way on the phone when on WiFi.
Secondly, retina MacBook Pro had very minor speed bumps over the next few years and increased significantly in price over time if you wanted a discrete graphics card.
I definitely prefer to buy the first gen after major overhauls, but this generally only applies to Apple products. Never had a major issue, and have always had newer and better technology for a year longer than people who prefer to wait.
So yet another delay? If not September then we're looking at a Q4 launch somewhere in the region of 500+ days since the last MacBook Pro update.
With the iPhone 7 being a modest upgrade, they'll look to offset the modest reaction it';s expected to get with other product announcements/launches at the same event.
I don't want more AMD GPU's. I bought in to AMD and "OpenCL" in my 2013 Mac Pro (D700's) and years later so far not many companies support it, or support it as well as CUDA. Stop making things thinner, put in a larger battery and a nVidia GPU.
Imagine if it is just a processor bump..... I can see people going nuts
With good reason if that were the case. They could have done a processor bump as an interim measure. The real question is will the product be as good in reality as the pundits (or Apple) promise? Will the offered configurations be fairly priced without having to upgrade every single significant component? Will we see it in stores before the new year?
I hope it delivers because I really want to replace my aging iMac. The iMac- does Apple really care about it anymore? It's getting a little long in the tooth with is base 5400 RPM drive. I would actually prefer a nice iMac but I don't think I will wait until some decent upgrades occur to the line.
"It works" basically translates to: "I can sometimes drag around a window using my finger. Sweet, I can scroll using my finger in Internet browsers too."
In terms of features, does a touchscreen add functionality? In as much that adding a floppy drive would. But it doesn't enhance functionality; in as much as a floppy drive would.
I don't think anybody would pick a touch screen over OS X's trackpad. Even the three-finger window drag in OS X is far smoother and more efficient than touching the screen. I honestly believe that people defending the touchscreen simply have no idea how good and versatile a Mac trackpad can be.
I'm guessing this will still be a consumer MacBook "PRO"
- No removable anything.
- None upgradable
- Not quite the fastest Processors available
I do like the idea of that touch screen line... but that's not nearly enough to sway me to buy a product that might as well be called "MacBook Planned Obsolesce Pro"
- No removable anything.
- None upgradable
- Not quite the fastest Processors available
I do like the idea of that touch screen line... but that's not nearly enough to sway me to buy a product that might as well be called "MacBook Planned Obsolesce Pro"
I'd play games on a MacBook Pro... If it had the power to do so. My 2015 can't handle Lego Marvel Super Heroes.
MacBook Pro is especially popular with app developers. interesting to ponder on what this means for future iDevices. Apple isn't know to target gamers so more GPU power may be for that, but more for something else. What that somethings else is intrigues me.
My MacBook Pro is thin enough. Thinner is ok as long as it doesn't require trade offs.
TouchID...well it's about time!
Dynamic touch pad.... Meh. Kinda neat and probably useful.
USB-C for everything... Smh. Accessorize! Is the game at play here. Accessories and adapters for everything you want to do that's not built in. If only Apple would include the adapters in the box instead of charging $40 a pop... Yous Bastards!
MacBook Pro is especially popular with app developers. interesting to ponder on what this means for future iDevices. Apple isn't know to target gamers so more GPU power may be for that, but more for something else. What that somethings else is intrigues me.
My MacBook Pro is thin enough. Thinner is ok as long as it doesn't require trade offs.
TouchID...well it's about time!
Dynamic touch pad.... Meh. Kinda neat and probably useful.
USB-C for everything... Smh. Accessorize! Is the game at play here. Accessories and adapters for everything you want to do that's not built in. If only Apple would include the adapters in the box instead of charging $40 a pop... Yous Bastards!
How long have you been using one?
Reminds me of the huge pushback when Apple released the first iPhone. So many insisted it was doomed to fail in the market because of its "glass keypad" for text entry rather than having mechanical/physical keys used by other phone manufacturers.
I see a bunch of whining over at The Verge. I wonder how many of those complaining actually need a new computer (i.e. their current computer is struggling to do the tasks they need it to do) or how much of it is people conditioned to believe OEMs need to release new computers every year. Would a Skylake 15" rMBP be significantly better than the current 15" RMBP?
Thinner is always a trade off; because physics... It just depends how much of a trade off it is.
Most significant overhaul:
- 2.5" 15mm SATA Express bay
- M.2 SATA/NVMe slot full length
- 4 DDR4 RAM SODIMM slots
- Removable battery
- 10GBase-T port
- Updated ExpressCard slot
- DP 1.4 port
- USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port
- 4 well separated USB 3.1 Type A ports
- UHD Blu-Ray burner
- 6 core
- Discrete graphics card with Vulkan and proper OpenCL.
- 2.5" 15mm SATA Express bay
- M.2 SATA/NVMe slot full length
- 4 DDR4 RAM SODIMM slots
- Removable battery
- 10GBase-T port
- Updated ExpressCard slot
- DP 1.4 port
- USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port
- 4 well separated USB 3.1 Type A ports
- UHD Blu-Ray burner
- 6 core
- Discrete graphics card with Vulkan and proper OpenCL.
Sounds to me like you need a DIY Mac Pro. Talk to that whiney guy with the Hackintosh in his signature, I am sure he could help build it
Any PC laptop? Most Windows laptop has DVD bay and removable battery. RAMs are easily upgradable