I caved and purchased a Surface Book i5/dGPU. Whenever the new rMBP's come out with Skylake i'll sell this and get one. Couldn't wait any longer.
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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Right!?
Started the waiting game for Skylake back in april.. Must not give in...
(it'll be my first laptop & mac)The wait will be defintely worth it for Skylake, even if it doesn't come with a redesign.
I think so too. I am praying that the headphone jack stays! I would love to see MagSafe too but if it doesn't come with it, I wouldn't really mind
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Headphone jacks still can live for a long time since its only 30mm thick.Right!?
Started the waiting game for Skylake back in april.. Must not give in...
The wait will be defintely or Skylake, even if it doesn't come with a redesign.
I think so too. I am praying that the headphone jack stays! I would love to see MagSafe too but if it doesn't come with it, I wouldn't really mind
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Oooh, I think the last time I checked the rMBPs had "caution, mid-cycle."
We still have 83 days until this becomes the longest rMBP wait in history. It's unlikely that it will be, so less than 83 days doesn't sound that bad. That's sound logic, right? Right...?
Hope so.
What does the history say when it comes to a major redesign? Is every redesign release takes longer time?
Just pulled the trigger on an iMac.
Hopefully I'll be able to eek a few more months ( or less) of work from my old laptop or convince clients it'll be better for me to work from home on the shiny new iMac
Not so tempted by the rivals for now...
The screen is killer. I mean...just wow. I currently have a range-topping Acer IPS 144hz gaming monitor at 1440p and it doesn't come anywhere near the Book with contrast and saturation. The Book is fast. I honestly use my desktop 95% of the time but mainly got the Surface Book as a couch surfer.
Some may gripe about the 3 hour battery life when removed from the keyboard but that's lasted me plenty long. It runs League of Legends on high @ 1080p with over 100fps for those days where I feel like being (un)productive at the office. I know LoL isn't very demanding but it beats the hell out of the Surface Pro 3 I came from in terms of graphical power.
I needed an OS X device to use iMessage because I don't get very good wifi or cell signal in my room and my main contacts are all on iOS so I bought a secondhand Mac Mini 2014 and stuffed a SSD in it. Works like a charm. I have a virtual session to my Mac Mini from my Win 10 desktop and message away on it and make phone calls to/from. It's great.
Same on my Surface Book. I remote into my Mini and chat away.
Well in 83 days it'll be the 24th of February which would be in line with all the predictions people have made throughout the pages in this thread.
Now I'm pretty sure my 6s is little faster than the laptop I'm using it now.Just pulled the trigger on an iMac.
Hopefully I'll be able to eek a few more months ( or less) of work from my old laptop or convince clients it'll be better for me to work from home on the shiny new iMac
Not so tempted by the rivals for now...
I had faster ones before but ends up gived to my father.
Looking at that chart, for me the early 2016 / January special event it's almost "confirmed".
Hardware relese dates for the devices:
Mac Pro Broadwell-EP => Q1 2016
Macbook Skylake Core M => already released
Mac Mini and Macbook Pro 13 Skylake-U => January 2016
Macbook Pro 15 Skylake-H => 1H2016 (source: HP ZBook 15 release date for the xenon cpu)
Iphone 6c rumors => January / Early 2016
I just hope they don't hold all to June... =(
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When it comes to PPI now SP4/SB has a really high density, but I won't think Macs will go radical on this, for example 6s still uses 326PPI.
Although I would think sb's keyboard it's unnecessary, I don't think many of its user will only used as a tablet.
When it comes to PPI now SP4/SB has a really high density, but I won't think Macs will go radical on this, for example 6s still uses 326PPI.
HP ZBook did an impressive works when it comes to copy MacBook Pro.
I never thought an American company will do that, only Chinese companies does that.
Man.
Let's hope for a January release, the earlier the better.
Would be awesome but I highly doubt it, there are no trustworthy rumors & leaks about the rMBP so a release in 2 months is unlikely. But who knows, maybe Apple has managed to keep everything on the down low and soon we'll hear some stuff pop up from Asia
by the way
Sometimes I would hope Apple will release a plastic product, just like the 5c, the plastic MacBooks, or the old iMac G3s
Too many metals right now, sometimes plastic will gives people a fresh look.
Maybe MacBook Air will do the job lol.
Just kidding
Sometimes I would hope Apple will release a plastic product, just like the 5c, the plastic MacBooks, or the old iMac G3s
Too many metals right now, sometimes plastic will gives people a fresh look.
Maybe MacBook Air will do the job lol.
Just kidding
3 hours!? That's laughably short. No wonder why Apple feels that the Surface Book makes too many compromises.
When it separates.
That's why I think it's no point to make SB a keyboard/tablet separate device..
Yeah I realize it's when it separates, but that's still abysmal. Essentially it's not much use as a tablet.
I don't think that's designed for a separate device, so why separates then. If really a tablet, why not SP4 then.
Btw, if it separates, the performance were out advantage when vs the MacBook Pro 13, actually it's processor are slower. The big advantage for it it's the dGPU it has, which stays on its keyboards. I'm not a hard core gaming person so I wouldn't mind about what GPU the computer has, as long it can run minecraft and source-engine games fine, lol
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GOD pls let is be January.
I'm so so so tired of waiting.
Hope at that time all of Buyer's Guide of Macs will change into the lovely green "BUY NOW”.
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