That is a really good point that probably got overlooked when Apple was trying to define what features we need and what ports we don't need.
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Teardown Reveals New MacBook Pro Without Touch Bar Has Removable SSD
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That is a really good point that probably got overlooked when Apple was trying to define what features we need and what ports we don't need.
Awesome stuff! Respect that you took it apart. I brought a 2009 17" MBP to a repair guy to do just that. Ran 10 degrees cooler after that.
As for that performance, it's clear to me that the semiconductor industry, not just Intel, has trouble getting good performance gains. Or maybe it's actually fantastic that they still manage to crank out performance and power savings in this day and age.
But you are not - the entry so called 13MBP is an i5 6360U. That is a 15W UVL chip - that is a replacement for the 5500U 15W used in Ultrabooks. That is not the i5-6267U with 28W TDP and iRiS 550 - that would be the true Macbook Pro 13 upgrade part.
They just putting a macbook air chip in a pro chassis.
And you already have 7th Gen Kaby Lake replacing the 63XX... this is all a mess.
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More manufacturers would wade in, any patents permitting, and the price would be lower still if Apple had not made it so cumbersome to swap these out. That must have stifled demand somewhat and put off competitors to the likes of OWC, who specialise in Macs.
Oh. Well the way they worded it sounded to me like when you take the bottom off the machine it boots up.
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Because the soldiered vs. replaceable decision has nothing to do with the thinness of the machine? It's about market segment and cost. In other words: $$$
Interesting. Looks like 13" entry is significantly different from the one with touchbar... According to Apple website, that one has two fans...
That is the 13" toucher layout while this is the 15" touch bar layout. In the keynote, they specifically called out the location of the 15" SSD and from just looking at it and comparing to the 13" SSD locations, it looks to be soldered onto the motherboard. I don't see any pluggable ports or cards on that 13 or 15 inch at all.
Seriously, someone ask me why everyone is impressed by this? The SSD has always been removable in models that use one.
The new MacBook is soldered. The new retina MacBook pro looks to be soldered based on the keynote graphics. That's why we're even talking about it.
Editing my post... it says the RAM is not user serviceable, but doesn't address the SSD.
The MacBook has basically become a 15" iPhone with keyboard. You have no choice but to use Touch ID for security if the laptop is always on.
It's either that or Apple found out that the glue wasn't going to work, so they said screw it, and left the SSD removable.
Oh I hope it is removable it will save us from the idiotic cost of the more higher spec'd models.
- Probably won't really, even if it is removable. Third party SSD options for the recent rMBPs have been very similar in price to Apple's upgrade prices.
As it stands right now, SSD upgrade prices for the 2016 model are actually quite a bit cheaper than third party upgrades for last year's model.
I don't get this statement. This is the model without the touch bar, so no Touch ID here. Also, always-on isn't the same as always-logged-in - I assume that it sleeps/locks your display when you close it (though we'll have to see when it arrives, I guess).
But really, is "pressing the power button" really a security measure in every other Mac?
According to the source, they claim the entry level rMBP 13 2016 features DDR3, while the rMBP 13 and 15 with Touch Bar 2016 will feature DDR4. That can't be true? Apple lists all models with DDR3 on their websites. But they also lists the SSD of the entry level to be soldered onto the motherboard, so who knows..
I can't understand the reasoning for going with DDR3 over DDR4? Performance-wise, they aren't all that different. But they use less power, and with Apple's focus on battery life and power consumption, why would they go with DDR3 instead of DDR4? The Skylake CPU's and motherboards should be able to support both.
Don't worry, Apple will fix this design flaw and double down on the glue.
I remember the first G5 iMac, what a wonderful user serviceable machine! They fixed that too shortly thereafter and progressively doubled down on non user serviceable on each successive model.
I remember the first G5 iMac, what a wonderful user serviceable machine! They fixed that too shortly thereafter and progressively doubled down on non user serviceable on each successive model.
- You can count on Apple's specifications on that. I don't see anywhere they mention a soldered SSD.
