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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Still needs to be supported by OS X or work with the driver provided with Boot Camp. I am not sure Apple will hand it to you...that easily. You end up on the tonymacx86 forum to get it working.
I have discovered some time ago this very good forum.
I need to buy a laptop in very short time (about a week), and I am going to buy a macboopro. I have used a corporate macbook, but I have no more a corporate laptop. I am worried about buying a old "laptop". Anyway I'd like very much to have a better screen.
If you were me, how many days are you going to wait for a breaking news? I think I wait until the ending of CES.
I will play the waiting game
I need to buy a laptop in very short time (about a week), and I am going to buy a macboopro. I have used a corporate macbook, but I have no more a corporate laptop. I am worried about buying a old "laptop". Anyway I'd like very much to have a better screen.
If you were me, how many days are you going to wait for a breaking news? I think I wait until the ending of CES.
I will play the waiting game
I have discovered some time ago this very good forum.
I need to buy a laptop in very short time (about a week), and I am going to buy a macboopro. I have used a corporate macbook, but I have no more a corporate laptop. I am worried about buying a old "laptop". Anyway I'd like very much to have a better screen.
If you were me, how many days are you going to wait for a breaking news? I think I wait until the ending of CES.
I will play the waiting game
Even if, the computer lords bless us, and intel announces the Iris Pro 580 chips in the next week, we will not see an upgrade for at least a month. So if you need a laptop next week, just buy one now 'cause nothing is going to be released anytime soon.
As for your wish of a better screen. My expectations are that the update will bring an improved screen but nothing revolutionary. Maybe better color accuracy and slightly higher pixel density & resolution, but nothing too crazy.
You would be better off buying the current one. The chance of Apple anouncing the new rMBP this month is the same as hell freezing over. The most probable date is March, not June as others have been saying. An Intel launch during CES was improbable as I posted a few pages back. A lenovo with Iris Pro 580 was announced back in november with availability in Late January. Meaning that Intel will probably release the Iris Pro chips suitable for the new rMBP in mid-late January silently.I have discovered some time ago this very good forum.
I need to buy a laptop in very short time (about a week), and I am going to buy a macboopro. I have used a corporate macbook, but I have no more a corporate laptop. I am worried about buying a old "laptop". Anyway I'd like very much to have a better screen.
If you were me, how many days are you going to wait for a breaking news? I think I wait until the ending of CES.
I will play the waiting game
Breaking news everyone:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016...-core-mini-pc-with-iris-pro-and-thunderbolt-3
As expected, Skull Canyon is a Skylake 4+4e design, with a 45W TDP, perfect for the 15" rMBP. This means that Iris Pro 580 chips should be available soon. Also means that the 13"rMBP wont have the Iris Pro 580 as suggested back in the thread, Iris 550 is most likely.
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This doesn't mean that Apple will release it on January, March is most likely. Every analyst and rumor points to March so don't cancel your order expecting Apple to release a rMBP this month or in Feb.
If you could predict whether the 13 inch gets upgraded which one is more likely, March or June?
The 13" can be updated this month if they wanted to (the chips are already available), but because a redesign is expected they will group it with the 15" (which chips are *yet* to be released) and present them on an event that has been rumored to happen in march.
More news by March GDC on Iris Pro.
Guess Mac Pro would align more with WWDC (if AMD GPU refresh for Polaris is then)?
Shame the Skylake MBP refresh doesn't get the 14nm GPU refresh, so you'd have to wait for late 2016 at least for that (though it'd be Rev B so likely a bit more stable?)
Guess Mac Pro would align more with WWDC (if AMD GPU refresh for Polaris is then)?
Shame the Skylake MBP refresh doesn't get the 14nm GPU refresh, so you'd have to wait for late 2016 at least for that (though it'd be Rev B so likely a bit more stable?)
OK guys... "Intel says we can expect more information (About Skylake-H NUC) in "Games Developer Conference" which is between 14-18 March...
I think we could see 13 inch announced in March-April event. But I think we won't see the 15 inch until June =(
I think we could see 13 inch announced in March-April event. But I think we won't see the 15 inch until June =(
That's about the NUC not the CPU itself. A lenovo announced in november with Iris Pro 580 is launching in Late January. They are discussing the NUC at GDC.
I think they will release both at the same time in June. It doesn't make sense to release they at different times because if there is a redesign, releasing one before the other will be a major spoiler alert.
Personally, I'd rather wait until June for the 15" to be updated with the new AMD Polaris GPU's then not have any dGPU option for another ~6+ months. It'd be perfect timing for art, developer, video, photography, music and programming students to get a beast of a computer for the upcoming new school year.
We could see an event in march announcing the redesign.
Then making the 13" inch available straight away and announcing a time frame for the 15" to come out.
Just a thought
And hey, I've been waiting since april last year for a Skylake rMBP, june doesn't seem so far away now...
We could see an event in march announcing the redesign.
Then making the 13" inch available straight away and announcing a time frame for the 15" to come out.
Just a thought
And hey, I've been waiting since april last year for a Skylake rMBP, june doesn't seem so far away now...
I admire your patience. hahaAnd hey, I've been waiting since april last year for a Skylake rMBP, june doesn't seem so far away now...
Please Tim, please release the new 13" soon. My early 2011 model feels really dated by now, so hoping for a March release.
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