Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
- Thread starter adildacoolset
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
- Status
Ah - was kind of meaning that the Mac would have its own power supply (Mac Pro, iMac, Mac Mini) as would screen, but with a double cable from the 5k screen it could give some power to a Mac laptop. Accidentally pulling cable out and losing all power to a non battery powered Mac would be bad.
If both cables on 5k screen could give power and you needed both in to run screen, that'd work.
Or just not release anything. Apple seems to be screwing the Mac line ups by spreading their engineering and programming teams more thinly over more products & services
Rather than have the needed increase in people working on them. Wonder what projec Titan will do to things. Least hardware isn't getting let down as much as the App Stores (particularly Mac App Store).
Is eGPU a feature that Intel would have pushed by itself, or is a bit like eDRAM, where Apple pushed them? Just wondering if eGPU might actually be part of Apple's input (just as Apple have input to the USB-C connector, Thunderbolt, eDRAM etc).
One way to maybe not need 2 cables - have the GPU as an eGPU in the ACD 5k itself. If they used an iMac like shape, it's TDP would be enough for a eGPU? The need for 2xTB is because it's pushing all those pixels from the Mac to the screen. Would the Mac need this if it just sent the info to the eGPU, and the eGPU then pushed the final result to the 5k display, with some new fangled way to do that, ala Apple's screen hardware tech team who've shown they're willing to take on screen and pixel pushing challenges.
Last edited:
An eGPU in the next 5k Apple Display would be a logical step, because except the 15 inch MacBook Pro they can't ship the Retina MacBooks and 13 inch MacBook Pros with adequate GPU for an 5120x2880 screen.
I like the way you think! Apple screen with either built in egpu or some sort of slot for an egpu.
Other posters, including me, have pointed out earlier in the thread that Skylake with TB3 was developed with eGPU in mind. So I think we're gonna see some really interesting solutions in 2016. Just imagine the power of a desktop at the office but the portability of a laptop on the go 
Other posters, including me, have pointed out earlier in the thread that Skylake with TB3 was developed with eGPU in mind. So I think we're gonna see some really interesting solutions in 2016. Just imagine the power of a desktop at the office but the portability of a laptop on the go
Well Lenovo has the P70 on site now...£4K plus for the top end
Interesting specs...guess Apple will keep things around the same price point as now re: rMbp?
http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/p-series/p70/
4K? Really?Well Lenovo has the P70 on site now...£4K plus for the top end
Interesting specs...guess Apple will keep things around the same price point as now re: rMbp?
http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/p-series/p70/
Who gives them the courage to sold it for 4K...
Speaking about cooling though,
Anybody use their rMBP for long-term high-performance usage? What's the temperature for the MacBook Pros? And how they performed? Does it having overheating issues that eventually causing processors to slow down or even shut down? (But maybe OSX were very energy-efficient so it won't happened)
I've heard around 70 Celsius is highest it can go. Now based on my experiences, my old Dell Studio 17 without a proper cleaning can goes 90 (causing it slows down) or even 110 Celsius at maximum (causing computer shuts down) and constant running in 70 Celsius.
So in my experiment, only something around 90 can cause the laptops slows down, so it should't be an issue for rMBPs. Am I correct?
Other than that, most quad-cores laptop didn't do much better job when it comes to cooling, so saying "rMBP" didn't have a good cooling system it's more like a blame. Right?
What I'm thinking is, if next rMBP goes even thinner, would it be more hotter? But Skylake laptops should have a better temperature so I don't know.
Anybody use their rMBP for long-term high-performance usage? What's the temperature for the MacBook Pros? And how they performed? Does it having overheating issues that eventually causing processors to slow down or even shut down? (But maybe OSX were very energy-efficient so it won't happened)
I've heard around 70 Celsius is highest it can go. Now based on my experiences, my old Dell Studio 17 without a proper cleaning can goes 90 (causing it slows down) or even 110 Celsius at maximum (causing computer shuts down) and constant running in 70 Celsius.
So in my experiment, only something around 90 can cause the laptops slows down, so it should't be an issue for rMBPs. Am I correct?
Other than that, most quad-cores laptop didn't do much better job when it comes to cooling, so saying "rMBP" didn't have a good cooling system it's more like a blame. Right?
What I'm thinking is, if next rMBP goes even thinner, would it be more hotter? But Skylake laptops should have a better temperature so I don't know.
Last edited:
If Dell can do it with the XPS 13/15, then I'm sure Apple can redesign the 13/15 rMBP to be even lighter.
We still hope Apple will dominates in this category for the next 3-4 years if it's getting thinner
Last edited:
Guess there's a market for it.
A lot of rMBP user's wouldn't want to sacrifice too much power over lightness/how thin you can get it.
Personally, I would trade it being a little bit bigger/bulkier if it meant more power...
Sometimes I thought that too lol, maybe we don't need to be thinnest to be the best.
I agree completely,
too many posters here are looking for a thinner lighter rMBP even if it means less power or versatility to those posters I say go buy a MB Air. I don't want any power sacrifice to get a thinner lighter rMBP The P I rMBP is supposed to mean something
There's a limit to that argument though. At some point, if you want ultra portability over performance you should opt for a MacBook or MacBook Air.
It sounds like "Productivity" for Microsoft.
When I asked their users what exactly it's "Productivity", they said "it's what Microsoft has and Apple don't".
Nice answer.
Anyway, speaking about the thickness, what's the magic inside Dell XPS15? More than a hair thinner and lighter than current rMBP15? Is it because Skylake or a good redesign (If they had any)?
And btw please don't forget to answer my questions about rMBP coolings, I'm eager to know before I can purchase one.
And btw please don't forget to answer my questions about rMBP coolings, I'm eager to know before I can purchase one.
Last edited:
Yes, a slot or connector would be ideal. Don't want to be changing screen everytime there is the need to upgrade graphics card. We already have too many non upgradeable devices.
That might be nice, but I do not think that is the way Apple will see it. First of all it would make a monitor much bigger. Second, the point of the whole undertaking would be to give a lightweight laptop the power to drive this exact screen. No need to upgrade unless there is a new screen.
Dominate in what way? Sales or specs? The specs of the late 2015 Dell XPS machines trounce the MacBook Pro's. But they are Dell, which means they are light-years behind how Apple build machines.
It refers to real computing power, so many think Pro means if you can make money using it. If that is the case then any computer that can address envelopes or do spread sheets would fit the bill. The Pro in MBP stands for being able to do heavy duty photo/ video /3d etc. something many computers used to make money in the business world cannot do. So the lame semantics arguments just don't hold any water here.
SORRY FOR REPOSTING IGNORE It refers to real computing power, so many think Pro means if you can make money using it. If that is the case then any computer that can address envelopes or do spread sheets would fit the bill. The Pro in MBP stands for being able to do heavy duty photo/ video /3d etc. something many computers used to make money in the business world cannot do. So the lame semantics arguments just don' hold water here
- Status