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New MacBook Pro Has Already Outsold All Competing Laptops This Year
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And ends up with a counterfeit which either doesn't work, or fries your expensive laptop.
http://www.belkin.com/us/Resource-Center/USB-C/USB-C-counterfeits/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/30/amazon-clamps-down-dangerous-usb-c-cables
FYI, even stuff marked as "Genuine Apple" is at risk:
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/19/apple-lawsuit-counterfeit-chargers-cables/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitcho...one-chargers-on-amazon-are-fake/#24b2a6ee23f6
Pragmatically, the only easy way to mitigate this risk is to buy the Apple Store's overpriced stuff.
Well, the answer is more obvious than you think. Go back to this post from Wild Bill:
What this little tidbit in the report means is that even if this reportedly "robust" MBP sales isn't a peak from pent up demand but continues, week after week, by the end of this quarter, a 3rd party peripherals vendor only has a maximum of 236,000 MBP users who exist to potentially buy his product.
...and considering that Apple's historical Mac sales trend is roughly 5M/quarter, even if Apple doubles this rate to 500K units/quarter, that's only 10% of total quarterly Mac sales. Given that historically 80% of Mac sales are notebooks and that the MBP represents the majority of the product line, something's really broken with these numbers in a bad, not good, way.
In the long run, Apple's business strategy is obviously to have none connected to either device type, because both customers will be nudged & pushed to instead rent space on iCloud, to generate an ongoing revenue stream of $100/TB-yr.
So people who have different opinion than you in what they want from a new computer is blind sheep. Good logic. You should feel proud.
Have fun enjoying your old rusty 13".
I will replace my 2012 rmbp with a new now. Will be huge difference in performance. Will get a much better screen. All in a smaller package with even more build quality than before.
And finally im not limited by only having 2 usb ports.. this 4 tb3 setup is the best thing ever happened to laptops.
And im a professional photographer that wont miss sd card slot, all cameras i had have a cable connection too. And my latest camera can transfer photos with wifi.
And as my biggest hobby is musicproduction, this faster and more versatile in/out is awesome.
Can I quote you on that remark - I'll add it to my calendar and we will look back in a year and laugh like children together....
Especially if they want third party developers to support it enthusiastically - the entry level MBP is likely to be the biggest seller. The much better processors/graphics and extra TB3 ports should be a big enough discriminator between models. ...and don't give me price: the entry MBP is "competitive" with premium laptops from MS, Dell etc. that include touch screens, detachable displays etc. Oh, and if these figures are remotely significant, the throwback is that Apple is either shipping vastly more units (leading to significant economies of scale) or just making vastly more revenue per unit.
So... was that 4.4M online shoppers who bought laptops, 4.4M online shoppers who bought electronics in the last year or 16,754 who bought laptops plus 4.398M who bought shoes and toilet paper? I have a general principle: if an article quotes statistics without giving the details needed to properly put the results in context, then assume that they're trying to pull the wool over your eyes until proven otherwise.
It is called a MacBook Pro for a reason. Launch Final Cut X, After Effects and Photoshop and start editing that video holding 10s of Audio Units and Filters for effects. The 2016 MPB will last you about 45 Minutes on Battery.
IF you get 10 hours of battery from the 2016 MBP then you are not using it for what the Pro moniker stands.
The 2016 MacBook Pro is a fine machine as it was 4 years ago. This whole battle of the new 2016 MBP is that it brings nothing new Pro to the table. And anyone using Xcode or Video apps etc etc will testify to the fact that the MacBooks PROS Battery in such a scenario is a non-viable option.
Or more accurately the machine and its features fits their needs. I've been fairly up front about my displeasure with what was removed, but it appears that the majority of people who have bought those machines do not have the same concern.
These are some amazing machines. They make me want to buy another MBP!
You mean that it's better to sell lots of units at no profit or at a loss? That's been covered too - and not how you would like it: remember that recent article about Apple capturing 104% of the mobile market profit?
I don't even want to know what self-important fantasy world you live in.
You are right. But Mr. -- 4K hasn't even found its way into the houses of Computerists. At least not on a broad scale. And 5K is about as exotic as people on the moon. Once they become more popular TB3 is a must - but once they DO get popular we will be at thunderbolt 4.0 and Apple will implement that and once again deliver a device with ports no one could really utilize...
Also, if you are so PRO that you need all that screen real estate with two 5K displays - then the MacBook Pro is a very weak choice to go along with. BTW. I have a couple of 4K displays sitting here at work. Hooking the 2014 MBP up to one and starting working away heavily will make those fans spin so loudly that your ears hurt. Wile the iMac handles all that very well.
Anyway, TB3 is great as was TB1. But only after 3rd Pty. developers began catching up and bringing forth devices which did not cost as much as the computer itself.
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IF so, I will be getting my MBP in 2018.
Well, lucky you.
And how said im limited to 2 usb ports? im having 2 USB3, Firewire 800, Thunderbolt and MagSafe that im using all the time. Maybe in your profession all you need is 1-2 usb's and SD card slot\reader. As a professional musician & producer i can’t connect the new MBP to my hardware in the studio, or to my mobile studio while im on the road. On top of that no MagSafe is a big minus because in the past it saved my MBP many times when i had gigs while people by accident pulled the cable…
Enjoy your new MBP with a bag full of adapters.
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Prices and repairability are not part of the product experience. And now that we are at it, there are plenty of pro software out there (whatever that pro means). Removal of ports, yeah I can are with you on that one
Cutting 4K video live from the internal hard drive of a MacBook Pro 2014 is possible. Thats the whole point.
The late 2015 MBP is already a FINE FINE computer, a super computer if you will. I love it. But it is lacking RAM and the entire Professional community have been waiting for THAT since 4 years.
Again, Tim's job is certainly not to make insanely great products, his job is to make money. Don't be fooled by the marketing bs out there.
IN that scenario you are right... can't to that with 2015MBP. Not a chance.
To elabora on my prior post as to 'Nothing you can't do....'
I was referring to work getting done... Not contesting the possible physical connectivity.
Thats what 'many' said when going from 8 to 16 GB. Today, I know ZERO using a MBP professionally who does not have the 16GB option. Trust me you can feel the 32 GB over 16GB IMMEDIATELY ;-)
So that's funny - why did the original graph omit what turns out to be the best (XPS13), and third-best (XPS15) selling non-Mac laptops in their list? What else have they missed out?
Oh, and you probably need to add the XPS-15 and XPS-13 together, since all of the MacBook Pro sales are lumped together.
For starters, this nixes the MacRumors headline "Apple's latest MacBook Pro has already outsold all competing laptops this year" unless you didn't read that as "all competing laptops combined" - note that neither CNET or Slice went with that particular headline. Also, lets consider the difference between "outsold" and "generated more revenue than" (one of which might refute suggestions that the new machines are overpriced, the other, well, doesn't exactly contradict the notion).
Yes, all the MBP permutations were pooled together into one. And then compared against "ones".
So right off the bat, the analysis was flawed because it was "three against one".
There was a small note that on a same-vs-same initial launch time period for the MacBook that the MBP out-revenued it 7:1 ... but take this 3:1 models discrepancy into account as well as their much higher MSRP's and the net sum result is that from a unit sales volume standpoint, its closer to 7:5 (1.4 :1) ... and that's before considering how some MR members have reported things like (a) ordering then canceling, (b) buying an in-stock 13" today which will be returned when their 15" arrives, (c) higher accessory prices, etc ... the net result of these other factors is that the aforementioned 7:5 (1.4 :1) ratio must be an over-estimate...its probably much closer to ~1.1:1, which is effectively a wash.
I've been a lot of (usually older) conference rooms where there's no power built into the conference room table, so wit gets run on cords behind us .. and with every single coffee break, there's a dozen people walking through between the table and the wall, navigating over said power cords.
And sure, while we can say that with a long life battery, we no longer need to be plugged in while at these all-day meetings, but that's not quite the case either, because after our business is concluded, odds are good that we're going right to the airport for a flight home and we want the laptop to be charged up because we may need to be using the laptop on the flight home. Aircraft power jacks aren't ubiquitous yet (especially when your employer only pays for Coach), and even when they are present, they don't necessarily work adequately to reliably retain the weight of a charger brick. Some are even low power such that you can't recharge while working.
The way that one gets to be able to afford 'nice stuff' is by being a consistently savvy consumer, critically understanding everything's value. Try going to the Porsche forums and you'll hear guys who drop $100K in cash make unkind comments on how a $350 "convenience light" package is a rip-off, or how a new model's MSRP went up by +$5K despite the Currency Exchange rate going the opposite direction.
Good luck with that. I recently checked the specs on the WiFi card that Canon released as an accessory for the 7Dmk2 and did the math ... theoretical max wireless bandwidth is only 10GB/hour.
Now go see if your dSLR's battery will even last long enough to dump a full 64GB or 128GB card (e.g., 6-12 hours).
And once you've figured out how to do that, rework it all again so that you can do it in a remote bush camp in Namibia, where your local power is a solar lantern in a platform tent (Edit: website with photos). What works for one Pro may not even be close for another, even when technically in the same field.
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So there expecting strong sales into 2017 as well http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...-pro-units-strong-sales-expected-through-2017
Maybe the choice of comparatives is related to available data (I do not think that all the sales numbers are disclosed) instead of some sort of conspiracy to dumb the nation....
We don't really know if this laptop is really a success. To measure that, you would need to compare to previous sales of MBP, and take into account that it's been 2 years since the last update.
Comparing *profit* to other OEMs is a measure of how profitable Apple is and how many users have bought into this ecosystem, but it doesn't say anything about the success of this particular laptop. Let us compare sales numbers across MBPs with previous years, then we'll talk.
Comparing *profit* to other OEMs is a measure of how profitable Apple is and how many users have bought into this ecosystem, but it doesn't say anything about the success of this particular laptop. Let us compare sales numbers across MBPs with previous years, then we'll talk.
BS on the Verge, and just as many who "hate" Android that are for team Apple. Stop acting as if it's different in your camp/