So you think they'd do that even in the pros? Get rid of everything and put in usb-c. Wouldn't that kind of remove from its pro element?Skylake is expected to launch the second half of this year, rumours are assuming that this will mean desktop and mobile versions but no one knows what models will launch like dual or quad core etc.
As for a redesign, I would say if Apple update this year then no, if they update next year then yes. I actually don't want a redesign as with Apples current direction that means cutting down on things people use like USB ports! And MagSafe. Can you imagine a £2000 'Pro' laptop with one or two USB C ports and nothing else!
The MBA will of course get Skylake if Apple keep it going, it won't get retina though I don't think, not with the new MacBook.
Personally I would MUCH rather have the current 15" MB Pro design and keep ALL the ports, fit USB C if they want but keep a USB 3 port as well as the others.
So you think they'd do that even in the pros? Get rid of everything and put in usb-c. Wouldn't that kind of remove from its pro element?
Well we will have to wait and see, Apple and Ive seem utterly obsessed with thinness over anything else. So no it wouldn't surprise me. Your talking about a company that removed the DVD drive from the iMac to make it thinner!
Until skylake next year.
Until skylake next year.
Is the skylake mbp likely to have a new design? When is it likely to be released? What about the mbas will they get skylake and retina?
Skylake is projected to be out in August, which makes any Broadwell quad-core MBPs kind of silly.
Skylake is projected to be out in August, which makes any Broadwell quad-core MBPs kind of silly.
The key word: "Projected." Intel hasn't had the best record recently in correctly projecting availability.
Some skylake will be out in august, at the moment all talk seems to be of desktop processors, I have seen no sign of mobile ones and Intel have said nothing about which chips will be available... If the quad core mobile ones aren't releaseed until next year Apple will want those broadwells...
I would expect whatever the next rMBP is, it will be a minor redesign, that put some of the features of the 12" to be adopted by the rMBP. That means new keyboard, larger and new trackpad, which might result in a minor decrease in thickness, and integration of the USB C port. Also the back will probably loose the plastic, and be aluminum, maybe even a loss of the glowing apple logo.
I don't know if I would really count this as a redesign per se, because while it seems like a lot, it will not look drastically different, just as the 12" isn't drastically different from a the MBA. It's just a thinner version of the same design.
Skylake is projected to be out in August, which makes any Broadwell quad-core MBPs kind of silly.
No it hasn't but all of their communications have been on that the skylake chipset is on schedule.
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Agreed, the mobile chips may see a later date, just like how they're rolling out broadwell in dribs and drabs. Still, With Broadwell being released in June or there abouts (quad core), and skylake hitting the streets in August, Broadwell will have an abbreviated life.
I suppose the mbp hasn't really had any new designs ever. The non retina one still had the same design, just a bit thicker and with more ports.
Just wondering what the order of Skylake CPU release will be? i.e.
will it follow Broadwell with: Skylake-Y (5W ultra-low power), U (c. 15W-28W), H (35-45W mobile - may not happen), K (65W unlocked desktop)
i.e. are we likely to see an upgraded rMB before a new rMBP (2 or 4 core)?
But I doubt they'd release 2 Mbps in 1 year.
I'm not sure why anyone would think a redesign of the pro line would mean losing ports.
The general trend is to replace cabled connections with wireless connections. Intel are making a big push in that direction with Skylake.
Everything so far points to the S Desktop series seems to come very early maybe before any mobile versions. Since S is mostly quad core it might also change the mobile release schedule completely around from what it looked like with braodwell/haswell.Just wondering what the order of Skylake CPU release will be? i.e.
will it follow Broadwell with: Skylake-Y (5W ultra-low power), U (c. 15W-28W), H (35-45W mobile - may not happen), K (65W unlocked desktop)
i.e. are we likely to see an upgraded rMB before a new rMBP (2 or 4 core)?
i'm hoping apple doesn't force the "force touch trackpad" on the 15" rmbp. I'd prefer a physical click.
Unless it's much thinner, I just odn't see why we make compromises when one does not to be made.
i'm hoping apple doesn't force the "force touch trackpad" on the 15" rmbp. I'd prefer a physical click.
Unless it's much thinner, I just odn't see why we make compromises when one does not to be made.
Reviewers (and everyone else so far) say that it feels exactly like a physical click, so why wouldn't you want a trackpad that behaves and feels the same as the one you own but also measures pressure?
There is one big difference.
With the diving board pad, it's hard to get a click with reasonable pressure in the top 1/3 of the pad. The force click pad responds the same over the entire area. It's totally fantastic - in my opinion.