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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Design refresh is typical Apple and its becoming underwhelming.
Windows has beaten Apple over the events of the last 2 days.
We are now seeing more and more models, just like the pre-Steve era of Apple.
History is repeating.
A sad day.
Windows has beaten Apple over the events of the last 2 days.
We are now seeing more and more models, just like the pre-Steve era of Apple.
History is repeating.
A sad day.
you can say you're set on MacOS, that's fair enough and I'm not gonna convince you to move over to Windows
but technically... Skylake and DDR3s are not latest tech
Just bitten but I'm not happy about the absolute gouging on upgrades, they really should have updated stock configurations but no, only 16GB RAM. Bit off that I've also had to order a dongle so I can use my iPhone 7! £3k after my union discount. On a feckin' laptop! Was going to get a new iMac too but they can forget that. Going to get one of those LG screens they were talking about. Or are there better options out there?
At least we saw an update and it will no doubt be a killer machine. Feel very sorry for the Mac Pro guys.
Went for:
At least we saw an update and it will no doubt be a killer machine. Feel very sorry for the Mac Pro guys.
Went for:
- 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
- 16GB 2133MHz memory
- 1TB PCIe-based SSD
- Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB memory
- Backlit Keyboard (British) & User’s Guide (English)
- Four Thunderbolt 3 ports
- Touch Bar and Touch ID
- Force Touch trackpad
- Accessory Kit
I'd say they're tied, but absolute potential for future innovation favors Microsoft. Look how far they've come in just the last 2-3 years.
Any word on twitter or elsewhere on the inter webs about how the new keyboard feels?
Does it have more travel the rMB? More than the Apple wireless keyboard?
Does it have more travel the rMB? More than the Apple wireless keyboard?
I personally could not care less about the touch bar. But I was not expecting the prices to be hiked by $500 for the 13-inch base model.
It does not even have the Iris Pro 580! Apple settled for an inferior HD 530; no dGPU, bare bone minimum laptop starting at $2500 CAD or $2750 with Apple Care.
It does not even have the Iris Pro 580! Apple settled for an inferior HD 530; no dGPU, bare bone minimum laptop starting at $2500 CAD or $2750 with Apple Care.
Get apple care not sure if its plus can someone advise.
We had £550 logic board go on us 14 after purchase on 21.5" iMac luckily we have apple care.
Based off the speed it is ddr4. Google Intel ark the processor will only work at that speed for ddr4.
but i suspect it will be slower than the 2015pro!I really don't care about OLED. Absolutely not impressed, nothing to compare with MS Studio (that's really impressive, seriously), so I'll be perfectly satisfied with a basic 13" with no OLED at the same price of the 2015!
no wonder that they compared it to the macbook air! saying it's faster than the mba!
Any word on when the 13" with OLED will be available in store?
Now I have to decide if I want to spend $1800 on a 13" with OLED, Razer 14 or just get a 2015 MacBook Pro with upgraded Ssd and ram.
If the price was $1500 for the 13" with touchbar it would be no contest but at $1800 it's hard to justify the value.
Now I have to decide if I want to spend $1800 on a 13" with OLED, Razer 14 or just get a 2015 MacBook Pro with upgraded Ssd and ram.
If the price was $1500 for the 13" with touchbar it would be no contest but at $1800 it's hard to justify the value.
I originally had ordered a 13 and was able to cancel it. I did order a 15, but after thinking about it, will probably cancel that as well. 3k for last years tech is just too much.
It seems like the choice of i7 on the 13" provides zero benefit (other than base clock speed). I would not choose an i7 on the 13"
http://ark.intel.com/compare/91167,91164,91166
http://ark.intel.com/compare/91167,91164,91166
i know but it's not only about the resolution.. this thing has a 500 nit brightness and excelant contrast + P3.. i'm sure it will not disappoint
I they had used only iris pro for all 15 conf with that price that would be even more funny
The main problem with this mac is that its even more thin so the gpu performance will be crippled(also becasue the use amd not nvidia) and battery life also. My 13' broadwell can be really hot and noisy, don't want to imagine what the new version will be in this aspect.Literally after I posted that I refreshed again and it was processing. Just did a quick cancel & re-order.
I get the complaints for Skylake and DDR3...... next year we'll have Kaby Lake, DDR4 and a better dGPU. That's how Apple rolls. As for these Steve comments, to me this a product Steve would make. No one else has implemented the touch bar successfully. We'll see how Apple does it.
Except it doesn't make sense for that as the 6700 and 6820 don't support LPDDR3 at those speeds per Intel Ark, only DDR4 for 2133MHz.
(talking the 15" here)
Order status says that cancelling is unavailable at this time? The cancel order button is still there, anyone know if this will work?
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