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Some 15-Inch MacBook Pro Models Misreporting Intel Iris Pro 580 Graphics
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If they had USB-A ports and more than 16GB of RAM no one would have anything bad to say about them.
Where as "Criticisms of Windows Vista" is actually a Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Windows_Vista
There have been reports that Apples TB3-TB2 dongle doesn't support dp monitors.
You are still missing my point: the fact that lots of these things keep happening across all of their product lines and that is why people are complaining. You can nitpick the details about who is to blame but that doesn't stop the steady drip of "bad" news, to go along with switching to new ports forcing people to buy new dongles or cables as well as the premium price they are charging. I have a 15" MBP on order and haven't cancelled it, for what that is worth. But that doesn't mean people don't have legitimate points in what they post.
You can do the research, it shouldn't long. To sum it up in a few words: Price, Ram, SSD, USBC, Magsafe, Gimmick. These are just a few things to look up.
I never mentioned bugs or defects, and yes, some the opinions of above things are subjective. In my opinion, most of the articles about the new MBP have been negative. Although, some might think they are a positive thing.
Example: Maybe there are some people who think soldered SSDs is a positive thing, and some people do not.
Except they are selling and have some technical (big) faults that a user could never know and don't compromise usability.
You people on this blog keep on believing the whole world's population thinks with your mind.
Apple has long been know for its habit of form over function.
All we need to do is look at where Apple chooses to put its most often used ports, USB and SD card slots: in the most awkward, least accessible places.
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Don't forget vastly increased reliability. The even smaller chassis of the 2016 rMBP 15 doesn't bode well for dGPU lifespan...
There has always been a very loud minority here that has cried foul every time Apple has released a product or changed something in their product line, even for some of their most "beloved" products. People don't seem to want to admit or acknowledge this, but there was widespread cynicism on the release of both the iPhone and iPad. There has always been a (healthy) level of skepticism too, even when it's clear that there's a reason why they're playing "armchair executive" and aren't, you know, actual executives.
That being said, this release has been a (little) louder than normal, and I think it's primarily the result of smaller infractions (in the eyes of the complainers) adding up. If you took away even one of the complaints people had (price/removal of legacy ports/ram [although this is a very small minority, something they probably don't want to admit]/soldered HD [which is only an issue on the TB versions, and is something you guys should have seen coming a mile away]/keyboard/etc.) it probably wouldn't be nearly as loud as it seems to be. Honestly, I think a lot of this would be rendered moot in most people's eyes if the price increases did not occur, because with the exception of the minority whose needs are legitimately not being met, I feel a lot of these complainers are simply trying to rationalize their anger that it may be out of their budget for now.
Got my 15 inch maxed out 2016 MacBook Pro and love it. I was worried after all the reviews and comments but this thing is awesome! The only thing I wish it had is a SD card reader. The speakers, screen and keyboard are all amazing and just beyond happy with it.
No he never missed the market and made mistakes.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1131864/macbooks/macbookair.html
One door, three ports
To see more of the MacBook Air’s feature compromises, look no further than the cute flip-down door on the laptop’s right side. Upon lowering the door, you can see the MacBook Air offers only three ports: a headphone jack, a USB port, and a micro-DVI port. (And yes, this means that all of those IT professionals who have to carry a sack of Mac display adapters will need to add two new ones to their stock. However, Apple has graciously included two adapters—micro-DVI-to-VGA and micro-DVI-to-DVI—in the box with the MacBook Air.)
http://www.macworld.com/article/2026544/the-little-known-apple-lisa-five-quirks-and-oddities.html
And how about the "Lisa"
Base price almost $8,000
Introduced: January 1983
Released: June 1983
Price: US $9,995
How many? 100,000 in two years
CPU: Motorola 68000, 5 MHz
RAM: 1 Meg
Display: 12" monochrome monitor
720 X 364 graphics
Ports: 1 parallel, 2 serial ports
mouse port
Expansion: three internal slots
Storage: Two 5-1/4 inch floppy drives
external 5 Meg hard drive
OS: Apple Lisa GUI
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The "fake" speaker grills is not a new thing at all. And in this case, there are multiple platforms sharing a chassis that have different speaker configurations. Apple wants design consistancy across the product range and is also not going to tool up separate lines just to machine different speaker grill layouts. That type of cost savings is not form-over-function related at all.
Apple was never going to ship a Mac with both USB Type-A and Type-C ports. Anyone who thought they might hasn't paid enough attention to history. Is it a friction point? Absolutely. Will anyone care a year from now? No. I also genuinely believe that people think they need more adapters than they really do. Thunderbolt 3 ports also support native USB Type-C signaling. USB Type-C is USB. Over the past 20 years, one end of our USB cable stayed the same (Type-A) while the other went from Type-B to Mini-B, Micro-B, Micro-A/B, USB 3.0 Type-B, USB 3.0 Micro B, USB 3.0 Micro A/B and now Type-C. We handled it. Now, for the first time, its the Type-A end that's changing and we can't cope.
So essentially all existing USB devices will work fine with the new ports if you have the right cable, and all Thunderbolt 1 and 2 devices work with a recently deeply discounted Apple adapter (which as an amazing surprise bonus also works in the other direction). You can also drive any display currently on the market from the same port, and they can act as 10 GbE NICs. Apple is shipping an ultraportable laptop with the equivalent of four 10 GbE NICs on board and nobody seems to have noticed.
The least expensive 13-inch MBP (escape edition) is now $500 more than the MacBook Air it replaces. I think Apple should have called those the "13-inch MacBook" (sans Pro), because having two different platforms in the same chassis with the same name muddied the waters in a way that's unfortunate for Apple. But comparing apples to apples as it were, how much did the new MBPs increase in price? $300 for the 13-inch and $100 - $400 for the 15-inch. So I'll agree that that's not nothing and leave it there.
See this underscores my point that people think they need adapters when they don't. The Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 1/2 adapter is for, you know, Thunderbolt devices. The Thunderbolt 3 port itself natively outputs DP. What you want is a Type-C to miniDP or regular DisplayPort cable in that case. Why would you try to use a $50 adapter instead of a $10 cable?
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It's LPDDR3. The Intel Skylake memory controller supports regular DDR4 or LPDDR3, but not LPDDR4. Apple went with LPDDR3 because there's a significant power savings, but it also results in the 16 GB max RAM limit.
And before anyone says that power consumption is the same between LPDDR3 and DDR4 because they operate at the same voltage level, there's an order of magnitude difference between the two when measured in PJ/bit transferred for similar bandwidth levels.
Exactly, the only adapter I need is for ethernet at work because I need the lower latency it provides. I also will be taking a USB-C to HDMI adapter with me in case I need to connect to a monitor that does not have a USB-C connection.
Everything else can be done with proper cables instead of adapters, which also eliminates a point of failure.