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New MacBook Pro Models Now Available for Purchase as Apple Store Comes Back Online
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Fully loaded MBP - $4300
Fully loaded Studio - $4200
That is how utterly stupid Apple's pricing is. One has a 28 inch touch screen, other has a 20cm long touch strip.
Fully loaded Studio - $4200
That is how utterly stupid Apple's pricing is. One has a 28 inch touch screen, other has a 20cm long touch strip.
Well, it looks nice but I'm sitting with 660Gb used out of 1Tb on my current 2014 MBP and see no way to shrink that down much for what I need and how I use my laptop so unless they offer 1Tb or greater SSD's not going to touch it. Really surprising as 1Tb SSD's have been around for quite some time. Here's to hoping my current MBP hangs on for quite a while. Not a fan of AMD graphics either IMHO. I do 3D work and everything accelerates on Cuda cores and not so much on anything AMD.
I was expecting exactly that too.
Guess I'll keep running this mid 2010 and have a go at building a hackintosh
My 2012 MBP is perfect as is, considering the prices. There is NO entry-level priced machine. And the prices for ALL the Macs are outlandish. Next time I buy, it will be a used one, no question. Or I'll buy a Windows machine and Hackintosh it. I was pleased (but not excited) until they showed the pricing structure.
Cook is NUTS. Not that prices CAN go high- that's okay. But that there is no sub-1,000 entry machine? Idiotic.
Cook is NUTS. Not that prices CAN go high- that's okay. But that there is no sub-1,000 entry machine? Idiotic.
Why would this machine shave a couple of hours off your work?
I was 100% ready to buy a MBP and its not just a want but a need. I have to replace by breaking down 8 year old Macbook. I was looking forward to getting a modern computer. Not only am I not as impressed as I thought i'd be with the Touch Bar but the UK prices are so unbelievably ridiculously high that I've put my credit card back in my wallet. eBay here I come for a different pre-loved Mac.
You will have to wait 2 or maybe 3 years. Apple doesn't refresh their hardware much. In 3 years, you will pay for 2016 technology in 2019.
Can't believe the price hike in the UK. MacBook Retina M7 = £1700 ??? wtf ????
It's the most expansive MacBook Pro ever.....globally. That is greed
Exactly, but the problem is that I have to now have to buy dongles, no way to upgrade memory even from Apple, probably can't open the case using screws to replace the SSD when it fails, etc. I would gladly pay more for these options, but what we are learning is that Apple doesn't want to have customers from all walks of life, they just want the handicapped and teens who may not be able to understand the outrageous prices for the supplied functionality. What makes Apple different today is the price and the gimmicks, there was a time when it was more than that.
In the pre-Tim Cook era, Apple was known to under-promise and over-deliver. I think many were expecting to see just one presentation where that happens again. This wasn't it unfortunately.
Don't forget that you lose .9 ghz, two ports, and have a weaker graphics card.
The only 15" MBP memory configuration is 16GB?! My 2011 machine has that much. The Touch Bar is nice. I look forward to the day when the entire keyboard is a force-touch enabled panel and there are no more mechanical keys, provided they can make that actually work well.
But there appears to be zero expandability and in many ways modest specs in the areas that truly bound me. I wish for an expandable 17" machine. Looks like Apple's never ever going to do that again.
#wheepssoftly
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It's a gimmick feature, to avoid the cost of a touch screen.
They want you to buy iPad Pros AND MBPs, but not offer the touch screen functionality.
What was wrong with on screen Menu items ? They could've offered the same T-bar at the bottom of the existing Retina screen, if it was touch capable.
no 32 GB ram. still running slow 2133 MHZ instead of ATLEAST SHOULD BE 2400 MHZ.
Selling crap old parts for SKY HIGH PRICES.
GOODBYE APPLE!
Selling crap old parts for SKY HIGH PRICES.
GOODBYE APPLE!
Pro is just a Marketing term used by Apple to signify "more expensive". Clearly all types of consumers are considering these laptops and have valid points regarding the specs Apple has chosen.
I'll be as candid as I can be. That is one beautiful laptop. Arguably, the new MBP's are the most beautiful laptops on the market. That HUGE new trackpad looks delicious, and the Touch Bar looks awesome and looks like something I'd actually use all the time.
But is it all enough for me to purchase the new MBP? Is it enough for me to purchase it in the wake of some of the competition? No.
But is it all enough for me to purchase the new MBP? Is it enough for me to purchase it in the wake of some of the competition? No.
I laughed out loud when I read this. Just wonderful Apple. You added a stupid touch bar and jacked up the price so much that even Apple diehards are saying no. I've been watching you push out overpriced hardware for years and this is the first time I've seen the diehard Apple fans actually disappointed.
When a post about new Microsoft products has more positive feedback than the Apple product launch on a Mac-centric forum, you know you've messed up.
When a post about new Microsoft products has more positive feedback than the Apple product launch on a Mac-centric forum, you know you've messed up.
