It's completely customizable, so the user is ultimately in control of what appears there. Apple is basically providing people with a vastly superior set of function keys, and I think most people would probably agree that many of the functions that are currently on physical keyboards are fairly awkward and limited compared to this.
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It's completely customizable, so the user is ultimately in control of what appears there. Apple is basically providing people with a vastly superior set of function keys, and I think most people would probably agree that many of the functions that are currently on physical keyboards are fairly awkward and limited compared to this.
You have to be kidding, only 16G ram, what workstation is going to work with that?
sadly pound is MUCH weaker now and it's going to stay that way.. nearly all manufacturer/retailers are adjusting their pricing up in pound terms to make up for this. usually it wouldn't change this much on an annual basis, but this is going to clearly be a period of weak pound for a WHILE
As for overall pricing in US I find the pricing pretty much the same as it's been since the rMBP came out in 2012.. yes, it appears higher today than LAST WEEKS 15" rMBP similarly equipped, but in typical apple fashion they'll keep pricing the SAME, save for a model that has been around for several years and needs a 200-300$ retail discount to keep selling.
The current pricing is about where we were back in 2012 for entry and upgraded models, and yet now one gets ALL the massive performance and feature increases for essentially the same money.
Next year? MacBook Pro update cycle is two to four years dude.
Some brilliant guy in accounting must have said let's make up for bad iPhone sales by hiking up these prices. I think it's going to work.
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He's not a megalomanic, he is a weak, visionless poor excuse for a leader.
Oh God, the congruency:
a) Forget the Function keys, look, our Touch Bar; now, look, the function keys on the entry price point.
b) iPhone 7, the future is wireless. MacBook Pro, you need more cables, new adaptors for every input to USB-C
c) iPhone 7; no earphone jack. MacBook Pro; who cares about SD, HDMI? Look, an earphone jack
d) iPhone 7, USB to lightning cable to charge your phone. MacBook Pro, you need a £19 adaptor for USB to USB-C
This company is going to hell.
a) Forget the Function keys, look, our Touch Bar; now, look, the function keys on the entry price point.
b) iPhone 7, the future is wireless. MacBook Pro, you need more cables, new adaptors for every input to USB-C
c) iPhone 7; no earphone jack. MacBook Pro; who cares about SD, HDMI? Look, an earphone jack
d) iPhone 7, USB to lightning cable to charge your phone. MacBook Pro, you need a £19 adaptor for USB to USB-C
This company is going to hell.
The prices in the UK are INSANE! I was going to buy my other half a 13" 512Gb Macbook Pro for £1,399 but I waited for the new model. WHAT THE HELL APPLE!!! a 13" 256Gb Macbook Pro just cost me £1749! Half the storage!
I was also looking at getting my daughter a macbook air for £849 but that just hiked £100 for NO change in spec!
Apple you went for your mad design "thinness" over spec and price. At this rate I won't be buying apple ever again!
I was also looking at getting my daughter a macbook air for £849 but that just hiked £100 for NO change in spec!
Apple you went for your mad design "thinness" over spec and price. At this rate I won't be buying apple ever again!
And for 2000€++ you can not even plug in your iPhone 7 hahahahaahh.
Hilarious and Shamefull
Hilarious and Shamefull
Compare it to the Surface Book - MBP is cheaper, but doesn't have the dedicated graphics board.
I just had a conversation with a friend of my at Intel about how I also expect AMD Zen APUs/FX processors for Apple. The difference between Tim and Steve is Steve [and this is coming as an NeXT/Apple alum] would have pressed AMD for a 6 month early lead on Zen exclusivity and knee capped Intel by announcing these Christmas products and demonstrating their power over Intel, at a lower price point.
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Wow... your definition of "affordable" is very different than mine. I've never looked at an Apple product and thought "affordable." "Worth the money" obviously, since I use Macs, but never "affordable."
All imported products will cost 30% more within the next few months - it's an effect of your choice to leave the EU and by doing so killing the pound. Can't have everything.
How is he wrecking the company? Sales are twice what they were the last year Steve Jobs was CEO. The 12" MacBook definitely looks like something Steve would approve, and I think he'd like the Touch Bar MacBook Pro. He might complain about the clutter in Apple's lineup (too many iPad models, MacBook Air, old MacBook Pro still for sale), but overall I think he'd be pleased with how well Apple is doing without him.
They should market these new Macbooks with a 5 gallon tub of KY Jelly.
Man, I could stomach the idea of them silently replacing the Mac Pro with the MacBook Pro (price wise and the Radeon Pro), but no 32GB is a serious bummer. For that price, I'm expecting premium! Read: slightly overspeced for my use cases.
So what are the chances of them doing a good old fashioned silent upgrade next year to a 32GB config?
So what are the chances of them doing a good old fashioned silent upgrade next year to a 32GB config?
Ah i see. Play the blame game, ignore experts, reality etc. Retailers are trying to force the lowest prices they can but its not sustainable and only damages business in the UK. Every price increase will hurt much more.
Wait till you see the 2017 model pricing. 2018 will be worse and so on. The pound falling should be the lesser of your concerns.
I have had FWA (Full Wife Approval) for new hardware for a while now, but have refused to buy a new notebook which was already 3 years old.
I was so looking forward to this and yikes. Slight hardware upgrade, sure, but even for Apple those prices are insane. It's almost like they want to price themselves out of the market so they can stop selling them altogether.
Oh.
I was so looking forward to this and yikes. Slight hardware upgrade, sure, but even for Apple those prices are insane. It's almost like they want to price themselves out of the market so they can stop selling them altogether.
Oh.
I hear you. The Surface Studio is the first desktop I've seen since the halcyon days of the G5 form factor Mac Pro + Cinema Display that has made me go 'I WANT!'. I've no real need for one myself but can understand the appeal. And as a Surface Pro 4 user for my Open University course, the Surface line are great machines. Windows 10 + Office 365/2016 + stylus has come a long way since the bad old days of Windows & Office. WHo'd have though Microsoft would be leading the innovation charge?
A £500 price increase for a machine that's not been updated for 3 years? #facepalm
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