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💻 👨💻 🌎 MacBook Pros 14-Inch and 16-Inch Pre-orders, Orders and Delivery Status Thread - USA & Other Countries (2021) 👩💻 💻 🌏
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It's not as nefarious as I think you are implying it is.
Screenshots from my iPhone don't display the notch either. Building assets this way allows them to have the Mac scroll into view with the screen-shot images fading in independently; I bet the iMac screen-shots images are separate from the iMac case images despite it having a regular bezel. Thats just something they do a lot on the site.
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What kind of discount is Costco offering on the new Macs?
OMG! I was going to tell @LFC2020 to get some electrical tape and fit it to the top of the screen to cover the notch🤣🤣🤣
@TheYayAreaLiving why is the title 'USA & Other Countries Only'? If it's USA & other countries isn't that just... everywhere?
So I ordered a 14" 10/16 32gb 1TB on Monday but "just" to hold my place in line while I debated with myself whether or not I actually needed a new computer or just wanted a shiny new MBP.
To be totally honest I really want it more than I need it, but I'm going to keep the order anyway 🤣. Delivery date is 11/5-11/10 right now. Honestly getting pretty excited, my current MacBook Pro is the first generation 15" Touch Bar model so it's been a while since I got a new Mac that wasn't issued by my employer!
To be totally honest I really want it more than I need it, but I'm going to keep the order anyway 🤣. Delivery date is 11/5-11/10 right now. Honestly getting pretty excited, my current MacBook Pro is the first generation 15" Touch Bar model so it's been a while since I got a new Mac that wasn't issued by my employer!
Good question. I put 'USA and Other Countries" because I don't think there is a thread for the people in Germany, UAE - Dubai, Australia and so on...
The other countries does not include UK because they have their own thread.
Does that make sense? or should I change it to "USA only"?
It sounds like you did, yes. 🤣
Any idea whether there is any chance these come in earlier??
I did the same thing and then came to my senses and reordered
unfortunately for me it pushed my shipping date back, but the wallet is happy!
Maybe we can get to know someone who makes these mini led displays, we’ll give them a extra $100 if they make us a screen without a notch. 🤔😂
I think you should leave it as is. This is the all inclusive group where everyone is welcome. 😁
I get Ultimate's point because "only" makes sense if you were saying something like "USA and UK only", "..and other countries" means world-wide and therefore doesnt really need to mention countries at all.
So, should I put "USA & Other countries"? Remove the only part?
I hope so! In the past I have had Apple under promise and over deliver on such things. But with all the component shortages and stuff this year I'm not holding my breath just yet 😆
Well I mean it's all semantics here, it's just if you say 'USA & other countries' (with none specified) and then say 'only' it doesn't make sense, because you've already included all countries. If you say 'USA only' that makes sense, or 'USA & other countries' makes sense too. Maybe, if the UK is the only other separate thread it could be 'USA & all countries besides the U.K.'? But I realize that's a little wordy. And exclusive. Really I think everyone should just be in one thread if we're already going to mix countries in here anyway.
I am going to check them out, thank you sooooo much!
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I love your Username!
Awesome, thank you too! Truly appreciate you guys taking the time to respond. Ya'll are great!
I will have to do my due diligence and research all avenues for the best bang for the buck.
(my apologies if I missed thanking anyone - darn work)
Good point but I don't want to throw shades at UK thread, LOL! I think the title makes sense? It's for people in the USA and anyone outside of the USA (Other countries). I didn't wanted to put "Excluding UK". That sounds controversial, LOL
I'm confident he didn't get replaced. I think he quit Apple because he hit the ceiling in terms of how much he can get paid (and that he wanted to work with Ferrari), as a contractor there's no limit. The proof is you can't find any info on VP of industrial design on Apple's leadership page. Apple has no problem paying him because he is Apple in a way, and Apple was the LoveFrom's first customer so the relationship ended amicably.
In terms of the change in design choices (the re-adding of ports, better thermal efficiency, removing the touch bar), I think that these are just things that Apple reversed on because they made the wrong bets; they thought USB-C was gonna take over, that didn't happen, they trusted intel to keep it's processors in check, that didn't happen, and they thought people and developers would like and utilize the touch bar, and they missed the mark on that one too.
The proof the Ive's design identity still exists is this: Apple's new design language started with the 2019 Mac Pro, Ive was still Chief Design Officer. That language carried on to the new iMac, and now the new MacBook Pro. The obsession with thinness is still there, because they keep bringing it up. And the new MacBook Pro is in similar thickness to 2016 models. I'm willing to bet that as Apple Silicon gets more and more efficient, we'll see them going thinner and smaller again, although without repeating past mistakes.
As an engineer myself, it bothers me when people think that Ive had no one to keep him in check (hardware engineering, software engineering, product designer, etc.) We're always testing the limit as much as we can, squeezing as much juice as we can. So the thin designs were a decision made by all of Apple leadership, especially considering Tim's philosophy that people should be in agreement, as opposed to Steve's where he encouraged disagreements