Question has Apple ever updated Specs so Quickly before ?

[TheRealAlex]

Late 2016 just 7 months or so ago. We had the new Touchbar MacBook Pro a gimmic which made a lot of people purchase a high end device. But those of Use who dug deeper realized. That it lacked key features such as Skylake can not decode 10-bit HEVC or Stream 4K HDR, or worse yet even Output 4K HDR to monitors capable of displaying it.

My questions asks has Apple ever updated so significantly Specs on a high end device ? I can't think of any myself.

 

[estabya]

They did something similar in 2013. The MacBook Pro line saw updates in February and October that year.

 

[Gav2k]

If your talking every device they sell then yes they have. 9 months is still more than other manufacturers in all fairness lol

 

[pmau]

iPad 3 March 7th, 2012
iPad 4 October 23th, 2012
Keynote introduction, Order and shipping was a little later.

 

[leman]

Two updates per year, following Intel's CPU release cycle was a norm for Apple between 2006 and 2013...

But those of Use who dug deeper realized. That it lacked key features such as Skylake can not decode 10-bit HEVC or Stream 4K HDR, or worse yet even Output 4K HDR to monitors capable of displaying it.

Why are these key features? And what makes you say that Skylake can't output 4K HDR? And why do you assume that macOS will support Netflix DRM?
[doublepost=1497029839][/doublepost]P.S. Ah, you are the "Netflix 4K HDR" guy. I should have guessed

 

[vipergts2207]

The 2017 models don't do 4K HDR either.

P.S. Ah, you are the "Netflix 4K HDR" guy. I should have guessed

Which makes you wonder, why be concerned about 4K HDR when the MBP screen is neither 4K, nor HDR capable. Anyone who wants to do it right would have a 4K HDR TV with proper 5.1 (or more) surround sound. Just got a Sony XBR 900E this year, and it plus my surround sound setup would destroy anything a MBP could do. Additionally, MBP's use IPS displays and don't even have local dimming capability.

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Rev C iMac G5 users got destroyed when the first intel-powered iMacs were released 4 months later. That's probably the worst I know of. That's even worse than "the new iPad" iPad 3 because at least it wasn't left on a now-dead architecture.

 

[leman]

the MBP screen is neither 4K, nor HDR capable

Well, its 4K for all practical purposes and its also has 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 colourspace, which makes it more "HDR" than most of the TV out there, so I don't know

 

[vipergts2207]

Well, its 4K for all practical purposes and its also has 100% coverage of the DCI-P3 colourspace, which makes it more "HDR" than most of the TV out there, so I don't know

You're right, there are lots of bad "HDR" TV's out there.

 

[upandown]

Yes