That’s funny, because before today the base model had the same generation Intel chips as the 4tb models.
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That’s funny, because before today the base model had the same generation Intel chips as the 4tb models.
I noticed that too. Apple gonna Apple.
Almost like they are throwing people a bit of a bone for pushing 8th gen still
They can fit it in an iPhone and an iPad.
Who wouldn’t!!! Alas, the realities of hardware engineering rear their ugly head and crush all our dreams! lol
The way you know this is just a spec bump is it’s not the first thing featured on Apple’s website. It shows up about halfway down the page.
Being stuck at home until at least September, I won’t order one yet. Probably will wait for refurbs to come though. Hopefully a few i7/16gb/512’s.
Don’t need more ram or storage, just enough power to run a W10 LTSC VM occasionally for Civil3D and do some Matlab work.
I offload most of my more intensive tasks like handbrake encoding to my NUC8 at home anyways, no need to do them on a laptop. Will probably upgrade that to the new NUC 9 extreme in June as well so I can throw a midrange GPU into it and use NVENC.
Overall still happy I returned my 16” and waited for these. I love the 16, but it was mostly being used as a desktop as it was large and unpleasant to pack around in addition to a 12.9” iPad.
Don’t need more ram or storage, just enough power to run a W10 LTSC VM occasionally for Civil3D and do some Matlab work.
I offload most of my more intensive tasks like handbrake encoding to my NUC8 at home anyways, no need to do them on a laptop. Will probably upgrade that to the new NUC 9 extreme in June as well so I can throw a midrange GPU into it and use NVENC.
Overall still happy I returned my 16” and waited for these. I love the 16, but it was mostly being used as a desktop as it was large and unpleasant to pack around in addition to a 12.9” iPad.
So why does Apple make a big deal about the iPhone and iPad having WiFi 6 then?
I'm really torn. I have a 2018 2.3 GHz i5. I'm perfectly happy with it in every respect except for one HUGE caveat: the butterfly keyboard. I've had to send it in to Apple twice so far, and I already have another sticky key and will likely have to send it in again. Seems ridiculous to buy a new computer just for a keyboard that works... especially since I'm happy with everything else, and I'd prefer to wait for the Apple processor and 14" screen to upgrade. Any thoughts?
This gave me some comfort for my next purchase (Asus Zephyrus G14). For $1400, It's looking like a solid device more & more even compared to new models Intel 10th gen CPUs.
Honesty, I don’t ever touch my MacBook Pro. I understand I don’t utilize my MacBook Pro the way some others who need the “pro” apps, however, the iPad Pro with Pencil 2 and keyboard combo is just really hard to beat. If they do bring pro apps, what then will be the incentive to buy the MacBook Pro. Maybe this was always the way the tech would evolve-via a touch based interface with cursor support. Apple is already there with the processing power with their A series given the architecture. Next up will be iPad Pros with 16GB of RAM or more.
Then you’re never getting a MacBook Air/Pro again. They aren’t going back, just like they aren’t going to add the headphone jack to the iPhone again.
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Why are 13" Macbook Pros SO much wimpier than 15" Macbook Pros? I know this is a poor proxy for real world performance, but looking at both Geekbench 4 and 5 results, and Geekbench 4 and 5 Metal and OpenCL GPU results, my 2015 15" Macbook Pro is still faster in both CPU and graphics than the current top of the line 13" Macbook Pros - and it had the same price tag 5 years ago as they do now. This would put Intel's Moore's Law at ZERO in the past 5 years.
The only difference I see in packaging between the laptops is about an inch less in width and length - is Apple seriously unable to cool 20 more watts to accommodate the same CPU/GPUs in the 15" as the 13"? OK, I get it - it's a marketing decision that you get 15"/16" alongside of more powerful processors, but it doesn't have to be that way. I suppose there'd be a lot less people buying the larger laptops if the only difference was the screen, but I think there's still a lot of people who really need as large a screen as they can get.
The only difference I see in packaging between the laptops is about an inch less in width and length - is Apple seriously unable to cool 20 more watts to accommodate the same CPU/GPUs in the 15" as the 13"? OK, I get it - it's a marketing decision that you get 15"/16" alongside of more powerful processors, but it doesn't have to be that way. I suppose there'd be a lot less people buying the larger laptops if the only difference was the screen, but I think there's still a lot of people who really need as large a screen as they can get.
My thoughts exactly. Sometimes tough to resist the temptation for new and shiny, but I think my current laptop, even 8 years old, is good enough. I just hope they don’t screw up the keyboard again while I wait!
Whatever you want to call them they were far better than integrated graphics. They were comparable to a dedicated GPU. I don’t know if they were technically considered that but they performed as that
Honestly ... non of the pro machines should ever start with 8GB RAM or 128GB Storage ... next year 16GB across the board with 512GB should be the standard ... 4TB is serious cash grab beyond ludicrous.
Gotta make a big deal out of new features to sell stuff to the unwashed masses. Just like car manufacturers making giant deals out of next to useless features.
Most consumers know nothing about the technology they are buying, they just see a new shiny and that’s enough for them.
I’m not sure why anyone would care about AX on a phone. You’re not transfering massive databases of information on them. You’re streaming HD video usually, which you’ve been able to do since like wireless g.
After the headache I’ve had with intel’s AX200 chipset on desktop class hardware, I’d be happy to never use it again.
I have the same 2018 i5 as you, as my personal MBP. I also have a 2019 i5 as my work computer. I personally don't have any issues with either keyboard, but I imagine it's frustrating.
I think you're better off sticking with it, in expectation of an ARM processor. My 2018 and 2019 "feel" the same to me, and I can't imagine today's 2020 being substantially different in performance. But, I have high hopes an ARM model with provide tangible performance and features, even if there's some x86 trade-offs (I'll deal).
[clutches pearls] Oh, won’t anyone think of the bezels.