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New MacBook Pros Could Now Arrive in March

Unregistered 4U said:
The most important area is “being compatible with macOS”. Anyone that NEEDS that level of performance from a macOS system is not going to find it anywhere else. For those that don’t need macOS, well THEN they have options. 🙂
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What you're suggesting is for Apple to basically neglect their customer base, purely because we're tethered to Apple by MacOS. That is going to be a tenuous connection, especially when MacOS has seen better days with release of Tahoe. Tahoe is actually what prompted me to consider Windows again.

Do not just accept that the current MBP is peak Apple design and there's nowhere else to go from here. Apple used to stand for innovation and thinking differently. Do not be afraid to expect greatness again from Apple.
 
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But I just clicked an article on Mac Rumors noting that the release was "imminent" - so it's not? Which MacRumors articles are inaccurate? All of them?

Such chuckleheadery.
 
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Pezimak said:
I think these will be priced around the same as the current M4 MacBook Pro's, but I would expect a 'significant' jump in price for the rumoured new design M6 models, which is insane considering the already very high price of Apples MB Pro's. over 3 grand for the Max versions is nuts. However yes they are extremely good machines.
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how do you do fellow kids...

$3k is actually cheap. The base PowerBook G4 released in 2001 was $2,600 = $4,900 in 2025 money. they are almost 50% cheaper!
 
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NeonNights said:
What you're suggesting is for Apple to basically neglect their customer base, purely because we're tethered to Apple by MacOS. That is going to be a tenuous connection, especially when MacOS has seen better days with release of Tahoe. Tahoe is actually what prompted me to consider Windows again.
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What I’m communicating is that Apple IS neglecting (a portion of) their consumer base and have been doing it for years now. Every member of their customer base that wanted internal GPU options was neglected by Apple. Every member of their customer base that wanted bleeding edge performance only hand tweaking provides, was neglected by Apple. Every member of their customer base that wanted BootCamp was neglected by Apple.

And, when thinking about their recent actions, what systems get refreshed, what options are available, it always comes down to “What would best align with the needs of the 80/90% of current users and the large number of average folks out there that don’t need devices that are only going to sell in the hundreds of thousands a year”? And, for those remaining that DO need one of low quantity devices, the options they get are the options Apple has determined will bring the Return On Investment they want to receive for those devices, not with features or looks designed to match or exceed the competition’s devices.
 
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Unregistered 4U said:
What I’m communicating is that Apple IS neglecting (a portion of) their consumer base and have been doing it for years now. Every member of their customer base that wanted internal GPU options was neglected by Apple. Every member of their customer base that wanted bleeding edge performance only hand tweaking provides, was neglected by Apple. Every member of their customer base that wanted BootCamp was neglected by Apple.

And, when thinking about their recent actions, what systems get refreshed, what options are available, it always comes down to “What would best align with the needs of the 80/90% of current users and the large number of average folks out there that don’t need devices that are only going to sell in the hundreds of thousands a year”? And, for those remaining that DO need one of low quantity devices, the options they get are the options Apple has determined will bring the Return On Investment they want to receive for those devices, not with features or looks designed to match or exceed the competition’s devices.
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I think the word you're looking for is "abandoned" re: internal GPU options, BootCamp. 😉
 
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Unregistered 4U said:
And, when thinking about their recent actions, what systems get refreshed, what options are available, it always comes down to “What would best align with the needs of the 80/90% of current users and the large number of average folks out there that don’t need devices that are only going to sell in the hundreds of thousands a year”?
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That is why I said TC turned Apple into Walmart to serve a large number of average consumers.
 
was watching this video and at 0:46 he says that apple sales guy say the pro chips won't be out until fall....wonder hat that means?

 
Unregistered 4U said:
What I’m communicating is that Apple IS neglecting (a portion of) their consumer base and have been doing it for years now. Every member of their customer base that wanted internal GPU options was neglected by Apple. Every member of their customer base that wanted bleeding edge performance only hand tweaking provides, was neglected by Apple. Every member of their customer base that wanted BootCamp was neglected by Apple.

And, when thinking about their recent actions, what systems get refreshed, what options are available, it always comes down to “What would best align with the needs of the 80/90% of current users and the large number of average folks out there that don’t need devices that are only going to sell in the hundreds of thousands a year”? And, for those remaining that DO need one of low quantity devices, the options they get are the options Apple has determined will bring the Return On Investment they want to receive for those devices, not with features or looks designed to match or exceed the competition’s devices.
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First of all, it’s 99% not 80/90%. This group being “neglected” is MUCH smaller than you imagine it to be.

And this “neglecting for years now” has made Apple one of the three biggest companies in the world that just had its best quarter ever. You are not owed anything.
 
Yeah thats what I know...just weird for an apple employee to say that...I thought they weren't allowed to.
 
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