Agreed. I picked up the base TB model yesterday and it's great, a really good machine. 8GB seems to run really well, but if they had it I would have been persuaded to upgrade to 16GB (without upgrading the SSD).
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U.K. Retail store availability of Touch Bar MacBook Pros?
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Agreed. I picked up the base TB model yesterday and it's great, a really good machine. 8GB seems to run really well, but if they had it I would have been persuaded to upgrade to 16GB (without upgrading the SSD).
How are you finding battery life (actual usage rather than what is estimated). I've settled for the non-touch since, everyone seems to be getting sub-6/7 hours real use with the touch-bar version.
Too early to tell. I had it on charge for the first couple of hours I used it while it downloaded my emails and iCloud photos. Used it for about two hours unplugged after and I think it moved down about 18%. Started off with an estimated 10hr6m at 100% and had 6hr20 left at 82%, as far as I can remember.
Will have to put it through a couple of full cycles and see what it's like after that.
I asked at the Apple store in Belfast yesterday and the guy told me he didn't know when they would be in! He said they would get a surprise delivery and that's when they would be there...
Just picked one up from Regeant Street. Not much stock left. Only 13 inch available at the moment. Goodluck!
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Yes but only 13 inch on demo at Regeant Street
Out of interest did they have any BTO stock (e.g. 16GB RAM)?
And I got my good luck yesterday when my pre-order arrived!
Out of interest did they have any BTO stock (e.g. 16GB RAM)?
And I got my good luck yesterday when my pre-order arrived!
Posted this yesterday..... from what I was told (and saw on the handheld of the guy serving me)...... there is only one 'BTO' model available which is 16GB RAM/512GB SSD and with 3.3Ghz processor. This was priced at £2399, and was in stock in both silver and SG.
Having looked at some of the other US threads on here, this is the same custom model (and the only 13 inch one) that is available in US also.
Interesting they selected that as the 'max' model and not the 1TB. Thanks for the update.
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Spoke to my regular contact at Apple this morning and there are no 15 inch models available anywhere in the U.K., nor is there an indication of when they will come in. The rep has escalated the matter internally to give me an idea of what to expect and I'll post back when I hear anything.
Spoke to my regular contact at Apple this morning and there are no 15 inch models available anywhere in the U.K., nor is there an indication of when they will come in. The rep has escalated the matter internally to give me an idea of what to expect and I'll post back when I hear anything.
If think they started appearing in the US a day or so after the 13" models. So probably be the weekend/early next week.
I just spoke to a manager at Currys. They are expecting a delivery of 1200+ units in their warehouse tomorrow. Thus, preorders will be delivered before the end of this month.
There was a yellow icon on his screen next to that spec when I saw, which I'm guessing means low stock?
Picked up my 13 tMBP and using it now! It really is a thing of beauty. They did have a touchbar MacBook Pro on display for demo use at Bluewater Apple Store.