So now that we are expecting them this month, the real question remains:
Which one of y'all is buying me one?
Which one of y'all is buying me one?
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I'm buy you one if someone buys me one. We can start a pay it forward train
I'm not comparing the two machines, i'm just saying the level of interest from the media and the public in general is just nowhere near the same. The entire Mac line is 7% (on a good day!) of the PC market. To put things in perspective in Q1 2016 they shipped 4.4 million Macs and 51 million iPhones.During that quarter the iPhone SE got its own keynote and the update to the MacBook didn't even warrant a mention.
Honestly I don't really see why people care as long as they release the things. I can live without Phil Schiller drivel to be honest !
Apple is about 13% of the smartphone share and they update it every single year. The interest isn't the same but they're just not comparable. Everyone even young kids have cellphones. Not every family has a home computer and certainly not every member of the family. 7% is still in the top 5 and very good considering the price and how little attention they give it. I wouldn't care too much if they just did a silent release either, except that basically leaves us in the dark. A key note lets us know it's actually coming out.
Wow, I'm so happy to see a new rumor on here tonight! I was really getting a little pessimistic and doubtful until that report. Hope it's true.
Is Mac Otakara reliable? Have they gotten stuff right before?
[doublepost=1476761430][/doublepost]Also, FWIW, in the 9to5 article, there was a comment from a guy who claimed that he could "confirm" that they're indeed being released this month:
http://disq.us/p/1cvufg4
It takes a second to load up the Disqus comments section, but once it loads, his comment will be at the top of the page.
Here's what the dude says:
I doubt his legitimacy right now, because anyone can say they're an employee who gets this info, but it's still got me a little more hopeful.
Is Mac Otakara reliable? Have they gotten stuff right before?
[doublepost=1476761430][/doublepost]Also, FWIW, in the 9to5 article, there was a comment from a guy who claimed that he could "confirm" that they're indeed being released this month:
http://disq.us/p/1cvufg4
It takes a second to load up the Disqus comments section, but once it loads, his comment will be at the top of the page.
Here's what the dude says:
I doubt his legitimacy right now, because anyone can say they're an employee who gets this info, but it's still got me a little more hopeful.
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That's ALL SO TRUE, most of that stuff has been PURPOSELY PURGED from my memory... THANKS! but no thanks for refreshing the garbage... I tend to only remember the highlights of the past. If I wanted to do a research paper on Windows/Microsoft, I would probably use most of wikipedia or other google sources. I was just passing bye...
p.s. if you want some tips on how to actually purge things from your own brain cells, I could give you some pointers
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Wait, let me get this straight: Today's mid-2015 15" rMBP has the same Haswell architecture as my late-2013 15" rMBP?
I'm going to be a gentleman and go last on this train
Too true. Events are always cool but at this point I'd gladly take a press conference just for the wait to be over. I don't even want to think about how much time I've spent on this thread since WWDC.
I must say I despise the fact that they're getting rid of MagSafe if that's true. MagSafe and 3 USB-C would be A-OK with me.
I am just glad I got my 2015/15 and 2015/11 with MagSafe. I got two of these:
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/SNUGLET/
I had one bought for my old 2012/11, and I haven't looked back on MagSafe (MagSafe 1 was better tho).
I think these are going to be my (going to by more used in the future off of) eBay machines in about 3 years when they discontinue x86_64 and go ARM.
I just can't get passed the "can't run this app because it's damaged" error in macOS Sierra.
I am glad these can run Yosemite/ElCap on a USB3 boot drive (so I can launch those apps and then copy them back to the Sierra install on the boot drive, that's the only fix I know), and Windows 7, but the 2016's should have SkyLake so that shouldn't be a problem.
Damn these (2015's) are good machines. Whew...
The only Mac that I am going to buy, beside for a business purchase, is going to be one last x64 Mac Pro (2013 or 2016-18), and then I am done.
And I am supplanted in the watchOS/lifeOS/macOS/tvOS/iOS ecosystem from here on, because I have given Windows OSes over 10 chances, and Linux like 5 different chances (and by chances I mean install sessions that take a couple weeks to go over and do all the configurations, swapping hard drives, doing all the BS tricks you have to do to get those Systems working, for triple boots and all that crap, no thanks)...
(I am roughly a 10% Linux, 20% Windows, and 70% Mac guy, I have been destroying any need for the others as much as possible but that's about as low as I can go because "The World Won't Listen" - The Smiths).
I'll be ready for ARM...
So we are waiting for 3 more days now until Oct. 20, 2016...when apple sends out the invites.
I can actually check that.
According to timeStats, in the past 90 days I've been on this forum 5 hours, 50 minutes, and 40 seconds, an average of 2 minutes and 8 seconds each time. (As a lurker, you kinda just pop in, skim, and get out lmao.)
But I also check on my phone/iPad probably around as often, so double that. And since I've been waiting for two years now, multiple that by six-ish.
That's approximately 72 hours. Three days, guys. Three days of my life I'm never going to get back. I can't even imagine how much time some of y'all have lost, considering I never even posted until now.
Thanks, Apple.
Really, removing MagSafe would be a catastrophe. It's one of Macbook's best features
The justification is that you no longer need to have it plugged in all the time anymore. While I don't agree with this 100%, the fact that it standardizes the adapter protocol is worth the sacrifice of MagSafe. No more $80 chargers, no more proprietary cables.Really, removing MagSafe would be a catastrophe. It's one of Macbook's best features
yuck, i hope not. there is no reason a 13" air should cost 1500, even if it has kaby lake (weak processor of it, might i add) and a retina display.
I think we should keep calm for know because 9TO5Mac posted that it surely will come this month, and I think the invites will come out tomorrow or a little bit later, just these days. And this time almost no sad news pointed that it will be delayed later or the next year, it is unlike the March, June and September, which all have some bad prediction from the news. So things are coming soon, and as I become busy with my work, I will be back here after the invites come out.
Very possible, and honestly extremely likely if the event is to be on the 27th.
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