The MacBook Pro is a great product. Most people don't need 32GB of RAM. Since the Kaby Lake processors were just launched last week, realistically Apple couldn't launch until February or March at the earliest. They would have missed the last holiday season. At least they didn't rush the product out trying to cram in a bigger battery than was safe like a particular competitor of theirs.
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New 15-Inch MacBook Pro With Kaby Lake and 32GB of Desktop-Class RAM Coming Later This Year
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I love this forum. Apple takes crap for not releasing updates to its products more frequently. Then, when they do release updates more frequently, they still catch crap as well.
You can't have it both ways guys!
I sometimes wonder if the whiners actually own Macs!
You can't have it both ways guys!
I sometimes wonder if the whiners actually own Macs!
Most people don't upgrade computers every year. And the MacBook Pro already has complaints about battery life, so using DDR4 RAM with Skylake was not an option. Since Kaby Lake doesn't support LPDDR4 RAM either, if indeed there is a 32GB model, my guess is that it wasn't initially planned for the 2017 model and is being introduced specifically to address consumer demands.
This is a Mac forum. That's MC68000 days to you.
6502 for my first Apple machine though.
Calling it now. The "the most significantly redesigned product this year" will just be the 2012 retina macbook pro shell with kaby lake and the same USB-A, SD Card & HDMI 2.0 with two Thunderbolt 3/USB-C instead of the old thunderbolt 2.0. 
You act like it's the same people complaining about both things. I doubt very much you'll find anyone who was upset about lack of updates complaining here.
I was one of the people upset about lack of updates, and I know I'm applauding an update to KL and more RAM as soon as possible. My only complaint would be end of 2017 makes it too little too late. Q1 2017 would be fantastic.
If you don't like people replying, maybe forums aren't for you.I'd be pretty p**sed if I'd waited and forked out for a new redesigned MacBook Pro, overpriced as it is for just 16GB RAM, then they release an option for 32GB later in the year because they couldn't be bothered to on launch? Apple's screwing of customers knows no bounds.
Edit: Please stop replying. I'm bored of reading responses now.
Calling it now. The "the most significantly redesigned product this year" will just be the 2012 retina macbook pro shell with kaby lake and the same USB-A, SD Card & HDMI 2.0 with two Thunderbolt 3/USB-C instead of the old thunderbolt 2.0.
You joke, but that wold be a day one buy for me, especially if they keep magsafe.
We whine because we own Macs.
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He means by unfinished that the battery redesign wasn't finished in time and had to go with old style rectangular batteries that ended up having much smaller capacity, read up on it.
Maybe this will be the machine everyone was crying about...32GB DDR4, GTX 1060, 2 hour battery life...
Calling it now. The "the most significantly redesigned product this year" will just be the 2012 retina macbook pro shell with kaby lake and the same USB-A, SD Card & HDMI 2.0 with two Thunderbolt 3/USB-C instead of the old thunderbolt 2.0.
No. I'm calling it now. That is wishful thinking. It's not going to happen!
Arn is actually Tim Cook and owns MR so he does this just to keep things in a constant uproar.
Here is what will happen:
The exact same thing as what happened when the Core Duo MacBook Pro 2006 was released. Its an amazing machine. Got too hot. First of its kind. Got Apple's foot in the door with a mobile Intel based Mac. But it was a good Mac. Then Apple will follow it up with better. As always. New body style, first one out the door is a big step, the refinement. Nobody is screwing you.
The exact same thing as what happened when the Core Duo MacBook Pro 2006 was released. Its an amazing machine. Got too hot. First of its kind. Got Apple's foot in the door with a mobile Intel based Mac. But it was a good Mac. Then Apple will follow it up with better. As always. New body style, first one out the door is a big step, the refinement. Nobody is screwing you.
Apple would like to thank all the beta testers out there!
Hi, welcome to the computer industry, where things are never outdated within a year.I'd be pretty p**sed if I'd waited and forked out for a new redesigned MacBook Pro, overpriced as it is for just 16GB RAM, then they release an option for 32GB later in the year because they couldn't be bothered to on launch? Apple's screwing of customers knows no bounds.
Wait, that didn't sound right..
No
I wouldn't be surprised if your figure is low. Apple has gouged customers on RAM upgrades for years.
Anyone doing video work, even w/ just 1080p sources, can easily use 16GB of RAM w/ 64-bit programs.
Some applications like Resolve enable additional functionality with 32GB of RAM.
I miss the old product lineup. MacBook Pro 15", 17", MacBook 13". MacBook Air for those that valued ultraportability.
Speaking of Macs, a capable Mac mini, and a crazy powerful and upgradable Mac Pro are both sorely missed.
Speaking of Macs, a capable Mac mini, and a crazy powerful and upgradable Mac Pro are both sorely missed.