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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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I thought this past week was long... now theres another 3 weeks 
So, I just finished working. I'm drinking my wine then back to my old MBP to catch the news (MR from Windows Phone is terrible. Damn you, Microsoft!).
What did I miss?
I have to catch up all the 100 pages plus the 2 hours event.
What's happened to the 15"?
Can someone resume in two words what happened?
What did I miss?
I have to catch up all the 100 pages plus the 2 hours event.
What's happened to the 15"?
Can someone resume in two words what happened?
Well it's basically the first time this chip has been in a laptop so we gotta wait for reviews. I wish it had higher TFLOP performance, but the 4GB of RAM on the 460 is good.
They're all based on Polaris architecture.
I think you are missing the point of my question, I know that i will be able to plug it in. My question is, does the battery bank have enough oomph to charge the 15in?
Now now, no need to overreact
The no OLED bar 13 inch version is effectively a Retina MacBook Air it has a 2ghz 15 Watt Processor the performance will be more like the current MacBook Air but with a retina screen and more modern i/o (thunderbolt 3/USB C).
The previous version 13 inch MacBook Pro had a 2.9 ghz 35 Watt processor so the performance was significantly better than this new non Touch Bar 13 inch.
don't forget all 15" have dgpu thrown in. 400$ difference in price in the 15" too
For reference-
460 - up to 1.86 tflops
455 - up to 1.3 tflops
450 - up to 1 tflops
The closest thing i could find to the 460 is the GTX 660 @ 1.81 tflops
Source: https://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-960-2GB-Review-GM206-199
http://creators.radeon.com/radeon-pro/
what about the non oled 13" with i7 that you can max out in the store? can't find details about that
I was just reminiscing.
Nothing can ever beat that feeling of the 2012 Retina event. Those were the glory days.
Nothing can ever beat that feeling of the 2012 Retina event. Those were the glory days.
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Dang, I had a bunch of links up on my iMac, but have since closed them and have relocated to my MBP at another location. Walt Mossberg had good things to say about the new keyboard. Try googling him and see if you can pull it up. If I can find the others, I'll certainly post them here.
The non-Touch Bar 13" MBP has only 2 ports, a slow processor, no Touch ID, and slower graphics, iirc.
CNET is reporting the KB is exactly the same as the rMB:
https://www.cnet.com/products/apple-macbook-pro-with-touch-bar-13-inch-2016/preview/
While the keyboard on the new MacBook Pro models have the same shallow key travel (an industry term for the distance the key moves downward to register an input) as the version on the 12-inch MacBook, the new "feel" of the keys, and how they register a click gives the keyboard a more substantial feel. In a brief typing test I was struck by how much the keyboard felt like the one on a 12-inch MacBook, and how unlike the current generation of MacBook Pros it felt. You lose that satisfying feeling of your fingers being on big, chunky keys that click down with a satisfying thunk
Wow. Clap clap clap.
They're using the lower end variant of the skylake cpu. The one released in 2015. The one with HD 530. No HD 580.
Ok.
So one question.
What the **** took so long.
I'm looking at this thing, looking at it specs, and it should have come out last March. This thing should have been released in March. March.
It didn't need to have Polaris graphics. They could have/should have just put in a decent graphics card at the time. This 450 isn't exactly a monster.
...If I wasn't lacking a Mac right now, which I need, I sure would not buy this product. Too bad. Take my money for now Apple.
If this just had 3 things:
C'mon. At this price these things should be standard but, let's not kid ourselves, it's Apple. They should have at least given us these options. This aint 2012.
I'm not even going to be salty about the graphics card. I already knew going into this that Apple's motto in this area is "Good 'nuf".
Definitely thinking I'll sell this when the 32GB or better display resolution update of this comes out.
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Also, I'm surprised there aren't more posts complaining about the lack of a glowing logo. I don't really care but I know a lot of people were saying they did.
They're using the lower end variant of the skylake cpu. The one released in 2015. The one with HD 530. No HD 580.
Ok.
So one question.
What the **** took so long.
I'm looking at this thing, looking at it specs, and it should have come out last March. This thing should have been released in March. March.
It didn't need to have Polaris graphics. They could have/should have just put in a decent graphics card at the time. This 450 isn't exactly a monster.
...If I wasn't lacking a Mac right now, which I need, I sure would not buy this product. Too bad. Take my money for now Apple.
If this just had 3 things:
- DDR4, 32GB max
- current high end skylake skew
- Bumped resolution
C'mon. At this price these things should be standard but, let's not kid ourselves, it's Apple. They should have at least given us these options. This aint 2012.
I'm not even going to be salty about the graphics card. I already knew going into this that Apple's motto in this area is "Good 'nuf".
Definitely thinking I'll sell this when the 32GB or better display resolution update of this comes out.
Edit:
Also, I'm surprised there aren't more posts complaining about the lack of a glowing logo. I don't really care but I know a lot of people were saying they did.
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Two words: Price increase
the new 13in can drive a 5k monitor at 60hz. or two 4K at 60hz
Vista should've been the last Windows. It was the pinnacle of OS design and usability.
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