Strong Demand for MacBook Pro Increases Apple's Notebook Market Share in Last Quarter

[melendezest]

Exactly.

In many respects the mid-2012 MBP is the best laptop Apple ever created. Bar none.

Yet time marches on and there have been various improvements in newer models. So all the more maddening to be denied these advancements unless willing to accept as well disadvantages in hardware and software Apple thinks one should readily accept and even welcome. No thanks.

But one example: the keyboard. Some prefer the new keyboard. Likely most now, in hindsight, miss what they once had and took for granted in assuming Apple would always naturally return the best possible experience. To be frank, the new keyboard is an Ive exercise in form over function.

Apple should reexamine the core beliefs of Steve Jobs and once more live and express them.

THIS x All Apple's cash right now.

See my signature...it explains everything that is wrong with Apple today, out of Steve's own mouth.

 

[flowave]

At least for me Apple got practically everything right with new MBPs: I love the thinness, the lightness, the display, the trackpad, the keyboard, the speakers, Touch Bar, the ports and don't get me even started with the wicked fast 2 TB flash storage.

As far as connectivity is concerned I have LG 5K display, scanner, printer, 2 TB hard drive, mouse, keyboard, track ball, CD drive, CD card reader, Micro Card reader, HDMI port, Ethernet port and charger attached to my MBP with a SINGLE CABLE. The trick: all pripherals are connected to LG 5K display which is attached to MBP with one TB3 cable.

I wish Apple had a matt screen version then it would be perfect. Otherwise it is pain to connect all those things. Apple should have made a dock to match the new usb-c MBP.

 

[lowendlinux]

Remind me again who unveiled the first MacBook Air on stage? And the outcry that ensued over the removal of features once deemed indispensable?

Sometimes, the form is the function. Like the butterfly keyboard enabling a thinner form factor.

The problem with that analogy is in 2008 there were still options that had what people wanted you had the MacBook, MBP, and the MBA something for everyone. Now We have the MacBook that's thin and light and light on ports, the MBA which is thin and light and has some ports, and the MBP with is thin and light and light on ports there's no options if you want to stay Apple.

 

[Zdigital2015]

I am planning to buy a macbook Pro, do you think there will be any big update in 2018 models?

And why is that there aren't much rumors regarding macbooks like iphone has?

I hate to use this phrase, but - It depends...on whether or not Apple chooses to use Intel's upcoming H-Series (45w TDP) "Coffee Lake" CPUs (which have not been officially announced, released or a release date given) OR Apple waits for Intel to release the recently revealed H-Series (45w TDP) "Coffee Lake" CPU with on-package AMD Radeon graphics (https://www.anandtech.com/show/1200...with-amd-radeon-graphics-with-hbm2-using-emib) OR if these two CPUs turn out to be one and the same. The upcoming H-Series (45w TDP) "Coffee Lake" CPUs will have 6-cores, so that's a pretty big update for some people...RAM will still be limited to 16GB LPDDR3. I do not think a 32GB (LPDDDR4) option will be available before 2019.

Intel has already released U-Series (15w TDP) "Coffee Lake" CPUs suitable for the 13" nTB MacBook Pro which have 4-cores, but significantly lower clock speeds than previous Kaby Lake U-Series CPUs and without Iris Plus Graphics (https://ark.intel.com/products/series/122597/8th-Generation-Intel-Core-i5-Processors). I do not think Apple has any intention of using these CPUs in 2018, unless Iris Plus versions of the CPUs are released.

Also, there has been no news about U-Series (28w TDP) "Coffee Lake" CPUs suitable for the 13" TB MacBook Pro at all.

There are unsubstantiated rumors that Intel will delay it's upcoming 10nm "Cannon Lake" CPUs until late 2018, but they are too far in the future to even worry about right now.

My opinion is that if you need a new computer, buy one now and use it. If you don't need one and can use what you currently have, keep using it. Realistically, Apple won't release any updated versions of the MacBook Pros until June/July of 2018 at the earliest, which will coincide with Back To School, BUT that's only if Intel has new CPUs shipping already. Otherwise, the next likely timeframe would be October/November of 2018 (AFTER the iPhone event, but before Black Friday).

There aren't as many rumors about MacBooks because websites make their money off of what Apple makes it's money off from and Apple makes it's money on iPhones. Also, the iPhone is virtually 100% guaranteed to be updated annually and the MacBook is not...

Hope this helps.

 

[Spectrum]

I just finally upgraded an old, now barely used Core2Duo 2008 MacBook Pro (6GB RAM and 512 Gb SSD) from Snow Leopard to El Capitan.
I am amazed: it feels like a brand new computer, and is surprisingly competent at basic web browsing and Office doc/PDFs, Word etc. Due to the keyboard, I even now prefer it to my 2011 MacBook Pro. Which I think, says (to me) how important something like the keyboard is over the moderately reduced weight and thickness of all the newer MBPros that have followed. It even has USBA ports...(not fast ones though!)