I’ve been eyeing a MacBook Pro for a while but couldn’t stomach either buying a gimped model at $1,299 or shelling out $1,799 for the full experience. Now I don’t have to compromise or break the bank. Great job by Apple!
It may still be partially gimped, at least from a wifi perspective. We also haven't seen benchmarks. I don't think it's that great a deal.
How so? Does it not support Wifi 6 or something?
What are you guys talking about? What was released? Apple nixed the old air and the 12 inch today (actually both my favorite Macbooks), but what's new?
When I saw the title of the post I thought they released a Pro with normal keyboard and without touchbar (ok, the touchbar part was totally imaginary, but I really thought it is the new SKU without butterfly keyboard). Waiting until september continues then I guess, but I was really excited for a moment.nTB Pro got a replaced with a cheaper and lower power quad core. 2TB ports.
MacBook dropped altogether.
Air reduced in price.
When I saw the title of the post I thought they released a Pro with normal keyboard and without touchbar (ok, the touchbar part was totally imaginary, but I really thought it is the new SKU without butterfly keyboard). Waiting until september continues then I guess, but I was really excited for a moment.
Go to Apple's website and you can see for yourself. New Air and new MacBook Pro 13.What are you guys talking about? What was released? Apple nixed the old air and the 12 inch today (actually both my favorite Macbooks), but what's new?
The WiFi is still great for the majority, though I’ll concede it’d be nice if they added 3x3 given the proliferation of fiber networks. As for benchmarks, I don’t need them to know a quad-core, newer chip from Intel will outperform a dual-core, older chip from Intel. Dual core on a “Pro” machine never made much sense, and now they’ve made the divide between Air and Pro much clearer.It may still be partially gimped, at least from a wifi perspective. We also haven't seen benchmarks. I don't think it's that great a deal.
Touch Bar is one of the reasons I wanted a higher end model, and I’m one of the seemingly rare who love the butterfly switches.When I saw the title of the post I thought they released a Pro with normal keyboard and without touchbar (ok, the touchbar part was totally imaginary, but I really thought it is the new SKU without butterfly keyboard). Waiting until september continues then I guess, but I was really excited for a moment.
The WiFi is still great for the majority, though I’ll concede it’d be nice if they added 3x3 given the proliferation of fiber networks. As for benchmarks, I don’t need them to know a quad-core, newer chip from Intel will outperform a dual-core, older chip from Intel. Dual core on a “Pro” machine never made much sense, and now they’ve made the divide between Air and Pro much clearer.
does it run logic?I'll stick with my new predator Helios 300 with a GTX 1660 ti, 16gb ram, 256ssd, 144hz display, and latest core i7 processor for 1199. Beast of a gaming and editing machine, and only cost me $90 to add an additional 1tb NVME drive to the extra slot. 1.2tb of total NVME storage.
Cool, what brings you to MacRumors?I'll stick with my new predator Helios 300 with a GTX 1660 ti, 16gb ram, 256ssd, 144hz display, and latest core i7 processor for 1199. Beast of a gaming and editing machine, and only cost me $90 to add an additional 1tb NVME drive to the extra slot. 1.2tb of total NVME storage.
128 GB still seems like a compromise to me, as I explained in another thread. Running out of storage is a major annoyance and easy to do with such a small amount available. The real no-compromise price is $1,499, and I thought exactly the same thing concerning the $1,499 13" rMBP model at the start of 2014. Apple messed it up by making the Touch Bar models cost a huge premium.I’ve been eyeing a MacBook Pro for a while but couldn’t stomach either buying a gimped model at $1,299 or shelling out $1,799 for the full experience. Now I don’t have to compromise or break the bank. Great job by Apple!
Still just 128GB SSD? Ridiculous. $200 for an upgrade to 256GB SSD? Ridiculous.
Check my history. Ive been here over a decade and own many apple products. Me saying this particular model isn't worth it for what I can get elsewhere doesn't take away from what I'm saying.Cool, what brings you to MacRumors?
Perhaps for some. Personally, I had 256 GB on my 12” MacBook and would’ve been fine with 128. iCloud Drive makes local storage somewhat redundant for me. I’m always okay with base storage on the iPhone and iPad as well these days because iCloud takes care of everything and it’s always at my fingertips.128 GB still seems like a compromise to me, as I explained in another thread. Running out of storage is a major annoyance and easy to do with such a small amount available. The real no-compromise price is $1,499, and I thought exactly the same thing concerning the $1,499 13" rMBP model at the start of 2014. Apple messed it up by making the Touch Bar models cost a huge premium.
With that kind of history, you should know by now that Macs have never competed spec-for-spec with PC. If all you want to do is ogle at specs, then by all means buy a PC. Macs excel at providing a superior experience with software, allowing the specs to fade into the background and become largely irrelevant. They’ve missed the mark in accomplishing that with some decisions in the past, but they nailed it with this one.Check my history. Ive been here over a decade and own many apple products. Me saying this particular model isn't worth it for what I can get elsewhere doesn't take away from what I'm saying.
You never used more than 128 GB of storage on your 12” MacBook? Not once?Perhaps for some. Personally, I had 256 GB on my 12” MacBook and would’ve been fine with 128. iCloud Drive makes local storage somewhat redundant for me. I’m always okay with base storage on the iPhone and iPad as well these days because iCloud takes care of everything and it’s always at my fingertips.