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New MBP price = *speechless*

I normally upgrade every 3 years and my late 2013 MacBook Pro is turning 3 this month. I don't NEED a new one. This time around my MacBook is not the least bit slow, does everything I need it to and even though I ran out of storage I fixed that with one of those flush mounted flash cards a while back.

I was planning on buying a new MacBook Pro anyways because the touch bar, new color, and thinner body all sounded appealing, until they mentioned the price. I'm in Canada so it's even worse here. If I go for the 13" model with 512GB of storage I'm looking at $2549 (plus tax that puts me at $2880). For comparison, I paid $1424 for the 13" pro I'm using now, taxes in.

I cannot justify spending double the price, especially when the MacBook I have now is still running smoothly. The day will come when this one kicks the bucket, and I'll be forced to upgrade, but I'm gonna have to run this thing into the ground first. So disappointed right now.
 
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Ordered a 15", 2.6 i7, AMD 460 4GB graphics, 512GB SSD. With edu discount (teach a class on the side at a local community college), came out to a hair under $2800.

A little higher than I was wanting to pay before the event (budgeted $2500), but it is what it is, may be the last MBP for another 1.5-2 years, may as well start using it now since Apple never adjusts pricing down with time. Kaby Lake for the 15" isn't out yet AFAIK, and even when it does come out, it's only rumored to be slightly faster than Skylake.
 
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On top of the $2399 base price, I'd need over $150 worth of adapters to plug in my Thunderbolt 2 audio interface, my USB Hub (For mouse and iLok License dongle), & my HDMI external monitor. Oh, and my JetDrive Lite that adds an extra 128GB via my SD card slot is now a no-go.

This 2015 MBP is most likely my last unless Apple have a change of heart with pricing. Even refurbs down the road will be over $2k. $1699/$1799 is pretty much my max price point every 4 years or so.
 
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How do you guys think they have a $9B profit? No way in hell will I shell out $2500 for a new 15"
 
Unless you really do heavy photo, drawing and video editing best to stick with the MacBook 12" or the IPP 12.9. In saying that though as nice as they are the price hikes are massive, especially in the UK.
 
A year after the retina MacBook Pro was released they dropped the price. They tend to do this with new tech. This isn't a prediction though so can't guarantee anything
 
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robE89 said:
I don't agree with the prices but even a "surface book" with 256gb/i5 is 1700$.

You always pay premium price for new tech...it's normal.
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The Surface book also has a full touchscreen and one of the best digitizers on the market. Also you can actually get a dedicated GPU on it unlike the 13 inch MBP. It has a 15 hour battery life vs 10 hour as well.
 
Good lord, even by Apple's standard's those UK prices are absolutely obscene. Looks like I'll stick with my rMBP for at least the next 2 years. Thank god for those brave Brexiteers who took back control, at least we won't need computers when they take us back to the stone age.
 
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Weeeeee!

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There is no "i" in "we" but there is in "win."

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Yeah...I was looking forward to the new Macs but hell no!!! Those prices are crazy high...I seriously feel like Apple is greedy with its pricing. I'm sticking with my Mac.
 
someone posted a photo of apples mac sysytems that said the mac family
had no pro and no mini on the screen

are they killing off those two ???
 
Wallabe said:
Damn. Again. I'm going Dell. Screw your arguments about Windows, it's a kickass OS.

Dell XPS 13
7th Gen i7-7500U Kaby Lake
16GB RAM
512GB SSD
3200x1800 touch display (276 ppi)
$1849 right now.

Plenty of ports, SD card reader, and USB-C.
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If you look on the Dell outlet you can find a 15 inch version of this(minus Kaby) for less than 1200 with Skylake I7.
 
techiebug said:
We all know Apple products have premium price. But their price on the new MacBooks is absolutely crazy far beyond my expectations.
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I'm actually really bummed out :oops:

I mean we can talk about the removal of ports, the touchbar etc etc, but the fact remains, there's no way I can or would try to justify spending that kind of money for a MBP.

So that means I'm passing on the MBP, but it also means I may never buy another one and that's what bums me out the most.
 
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Its funny, before the announcement I was considering exchanging my mbp which I though was too expensive when I bought it. But this is just crazy.
 
I'd been considering upgrading my rMBP but it's still really fast and I only boot it up a few times a week. I've been hooked on my 12.9" iPad Pro but was going to upgrade anyway. Then I saw $2399 for the new 15" and i'm like "COOL!" That's about what I expected...then I saw 256GB of storage...absurd. Should at least be 512 at that price point and 1tb at 2799 and build to order for 2TB. Insanity over storage prices. I'm now in no hurry mine is more than capable of what I need a computer for. I'd probably still continue to mostly use the iPad anyway.
 
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wnorris said:
If they had went with Kaby Lake you could somewhat justify the pricing, but a year old processor? WTF Apple.
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I was excited about something that was just crazy over the top.
After seeing what microsoft showed off yesterday I was hopeful apple had a few unleaked special features.

It's a significant upgrade if you own a 2013 or earlier MBP.
Other than that, apple better hope their iPhone cash cow lasts longer.
 
maflynn said:
You know, you have to wonder, shortly after announcing shrinking profits we get new laptops with a brand new high price - seems a little to coincidental to me.
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If we're trying to promote the conversation into the adult realm and away from the childish "corporate greed" screeching, then I would speculate (but could be totally wrong) that Apple is laughing with a high price to capitalize on the early adopters. A price drop in the new year (or hey, perhaps just before xmas) might provide an early year sales boost and get Apples FY17 numbers off to a better start than what is looking like a pretty terrible FY16.
 
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