But it wouldn't add any cost or weight - if they used the same battery as the 2015 model. Is a notebook never thin or light enough?
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New 13-Inch MacBook Pro Sans Touch Bar is Marginally Faster But More Efficient Than Last Year's Base Model
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But it wouldn't add any cost or weight - if they used the same battery as the 2015 model. Is a notebook never thin or light enough?
Blame Intel not Apple. Intel is hitting Moores law hard and their chips in this class have not improved in the leaps and bounds that people expect. We are reaching the limit of what is possible with silicon especially in mobile chips that have to carry all the x86 legacy.
I've had a Skylake Lenovo i7 work laptop since the start of the year and in real-world usuage its no faster than my 2015 MacBook Air with its broadwell i5.
Learn to appreciate what you have and stop screaming on forums that your next hit isn't giving you high you want.
It's almost like after Jesus died... during his reign you got the message and wisdom from the source and it was peace, love and moving forward (they had the *best* "product)... then Jesus died and the disciples ran with the message, but without the Mojo, vision and insight and over time you ended up with a diluted, crappy product... but the folks keep buying it because they're blinded by faith.
Replace Jesus with Jobs
Well I have the 12" MacBook also, and have pre-ordered the 15" rMBP . Only way to evaluate it Is to try it. Figure by the time they are delivered they will qualify for xmas return period
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Of course i could not have used one.
I have used PC laptops with digital function keys and hated it, my opinion is based on using a laptop with non switch based function keys. For someone who touch types .... I see no use case for my needs.
I also love mechanical keyboards and much much prefer my 2012 rMBP KB to my 12" MacBook . If the new MacBook Pro kb is anything like the MacBook kb, that's also a major step backwards.
I will though try one , but I have my reservations , and for the new uk price is better be a big upgrade.
Why not share with us what the new MacBooks can't do for your work? And tell us why the Kaby Lake delay is Apple's doing as well...
If you like an outdated, fatter, slower laptop with a worse screen and worse speakers.
I was watching a Computer World Facebook Live discussion about this revision. Both the iPhone 7 and the 2016 MacBook Pro are post Steve Jobs devices. You are looking at the first devices Steve Jobs never got the chance to influence. I am happy to have jumped in last year with the Early 2015 13 in MacBook Pro. Its just the right pricing (still expensive), right set of ports and its super fast. If you really want to get the best value for money, you will have to move up to the Touch Bar included 13 inch. Its such a shame Apple is charging an even "extra" premium for it. To be honest, I would just purchase last years model, either new or refurb or wait for Kabylake models next year or just hold out until Icelake or Tigerlake.
Are you one of those gullible people who get brainwashed easily into thinking that just because a newer version came out your version became outdated? This laptop does everything I want perfectly... I could not be more happier.
If this was an Air they could've selected a weaker processor and in consequence reduce the battery a bit, making it lighter and cheaper. Then they could discontinue the old air, and then market an "All Retina" lineup.
Releasing these two macbook pros that are slightly different muddles the marketing, keeping the old laptops tarnishes their reputation for latest technology. I'm makes people weary of buying an outdated mac.
And they say this every. Freeking. Time. At some point it is thin and light enough and making it thinner and lighter just makes it flimsy and bereft of function because you removed everything.
Again, your opinion is based on something you haven't even tried.
I have a laptop with digital function keys for work. Hate the implementation, and the often dim-whitted or lack of response from it. That said, I am also keeping my mind open that this is completely different. In the MBP case, it is a multitouch display strip with adaptive touch controls, I don't expect it to be anything like the static control strip on my work laptop.
I too dislike the MacBook keyboard and share your reservations on it. I hope the next generation of this type of keyboard has a better feel, but am not going to pass judgement on it until I try it.
Depends on the processor and cores.
I am guessing you have an i7
The 13inch i5 will be slower, but the higher end i7 will most probably give better results
Also, don't put too much weight on GB scores. Real world work is a lot different than maxing out processors to test speed. There are other factors to a fast system, and it is quite possible that all of your apps aren't 100% optimized to take full advantage of either system anyway.
I would put more weight on browser tests, full system tests, and actionable software tests. Will be neat to see full evaluations from places like Anandtech and the likes, after the test embargo is over.
Apple is very consistent in its updates as I have just shown. Other computer makers have equally thin laptops and also have dropped many ports over the years just not as fast as Apple. Your problem is that (a) Apple doesn't offer a broad range of laptop models (even though they are making their offering a bit broader by keeping last year's models around) and (b) the choices they offer don't match your preferred combination of battery size and ports (and possibly CPU and GPU as well).
But does this make Apple bad? I don't think so. And 10-h battery life is nothing to sneeze at, as is the CPU power available either in 28-W TDP 13" MBPs or in particular in the quad-core 45-W TDP 15" MBPs which use the highest performing mobile CPUs. The SSDs are absolutely cutting edge. Even the GPU in the 15" MBP seems to be pretty good (I know less about GPUs and thus only say 'seems'). The biggest complaint in regard to performance might be the GPU but that has been a traditional complaint against Apple, nothing much has changed there.
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Just ordered a new Spectre X360 to replace a 13 in MBP. Not sure what replaces my 15 in.