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Space Black MacBook Pro With Anti-Fingerprint Seal Revealed in First Hands-On Videos
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Hope it comes a black MacBook and/or Air later 🖤
I get it that they can’t release them at same time as the MBP, to avoid cannibalization on the MBP and its new color. They usually release MBA earlier, so this was a new turn that probably had to do with this new pro-color.
I wouldn’t even mind fingerprints, please give me a black MBA.
I get it that they can’t release them at same time as the MBP, to avoid cannibalization on the MBP and its new color. They usually release MBA earlier, so this was a new turn that probably had to do with this new pro-color.
I wouldn’t even mind fingerprints, please give me a black MBA.
I just got silver as well. I've had space gray in the past, and I feel like the color thing is a novelty that wears off quickly. I'd rather have silver which is timeless and doesn't need as much babysitting.
I bought the 14-inch MBP in Space Black.
Upgrade from my 2017 13-inch MBP. I was just about ready to upgrade so I'm glad they came out with it when they did. Excited to use my first Apple Silicon Mac.
Upgrade from my 2017 13-inch MBP. I was just about ready to upgrade so I'm glad they came out with it when they did. Excited to use my first Apple Silicon Mac.
You’re going to love it. I upgraded from my late 2013 15” MBP to the 14” M1 Pro 2 years ago and it absolutely blew my mind. Apple Silicon is incredible.
I have Zoom, VS Code (running TensorFlow DL modules), PowerPoint, Notes, plenty of Safari Tabs and more all going at once, and the fans have never spun up.
No kidding. I upgraded to an M1 Pro from a 2019 Core i9. The old system would fall apart at about 150 Chrome tabs. The upper limit of the M1 Pro is at least 884 before things start to slow down. At 150 tabs the i9 would sound like it was about to take off. The M1 is completely silent.
Yeah, except its the only actual upgrade that I would get any real world use from at all in going from my current 16" M1 Pro MBP. Obviously, I'm not upgrading anytime soon. Just saying.
Apple keep trying to push GPU performance, but I think for 99% of customers, the base M1 chip's GPU performance is already massive overkill. It certainly is for me.
But, to get the things we actually need, such as more RAM, bigger screens, etc, we are forced into paying for higher spec chips and insane markups on RAM/SSD. So, I to get the 16" screen, and 32GB RAM I needed, I got the lowest spec M1 Pro chip that the 16" MBP came with. Which is soooo way overkill in GPU performance that I won't need to upgrade it for the next 3000 years.
Apple needs to split it's focus better. Sure, keep pumping out faster high end chips for those that actually need the GPU performance. But for the rest of us, you're just so far off the mark it's not funny, give us the nice Pro features, but without the expensive, unused, Pro GPU power.
And FFS Apple, you keep finding excuses to bump up your prices and margins, whilst the majority of the world has less and less money to spend, and wonder why your sales are dropping. The billionaires keep getting richer, and the rest of us keep getting poorer. It doesn't matter how much extra money each billionaire earns, they are still going to buy 1 or 2 Macs each, and 1 or 2 phones each.
It's not like your prices are simply matching your costs, and it is what it is, you are charging outrageous markups for particular features, simply because you think you can. Maybe you can. Or maybe your sales are dropping.
The only thing Scary Fast about M3, is the scary fast delivery time of the entire line, for those few who bothered to order one.
This is the best wallpaper they've ever released. It literally spells "F U". I don't know who it's aimed at in particular, but I can only assume the customers and their wallets.
The biggest problem with calling it Space Black, is now what do they call it if they decide to release an even darker shade of grey?
The new space black looks like a different shade of grey, it doesn't look that black. It still looks really cool tho, I like it better than the Midnight colour.
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I’d be more impressed if Apple could find a way to stop the black keyboard keys from starting to “shine” after a few months of use. My keyboard looks like I’ve been using after eating KFC, the plastic just starts to wear or something.
Don't forget the Mac mini M3 in Space Black:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-mini-m3-looks-good-in-black
I think it looks quite smart:
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https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mac-mini-m3-looks-good-in-black
I think it looks quite smart:
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