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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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If this turns out to be the actual release timeline, then I'll be worried that Apple are starting to lose their s***
What should happen: No more Air, spec bump rMB, thinner 13" rMP with sky lake, smaller screen bezel, 4 thunderbolt 3 with usbc, drop all other ports but headphone jack, thinner 15" with sky lake, smaller screen bezel, independent gpu, 4K screen, 4 thunderbolt 3 usbc, headphone jack, and SD card reader.....that 4K on a 15" should be the new standard for a 15" apple laptop and next year add it to the 13"
The 28W skus for the 13" are not available yet. They've only been announced, not released in quantity to OEMs.
Exactly! this what I have been waiting for since they did the tick refresh in June
Yeah, it's pretty annoying.
I can understand (not that i agree) slightly older tech for the non 'pro' models - eg the gf couldn't give a rats about the specs, she just says gimme the current mac, but it's disappointing that Apple treats the 'Pro' crowd like this. People spending 3/4/5k on a MBP are the ones that WILL look at what's inside and be very disappointed at the moment in terms of the age of the cpu etc.
I know it's partly/mostly Intels fault in terms of delays and without looking back into it, we should at be able to buy a quad broadwell 15" (i'm just speaking logically not what is or isn't physically or technically possible
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But we don't want Broadwell. Hence the title of this thread.Yeah, it's pretty annoying.
I can understand (not that i agree) slightly older tech for the non 'pro' models - eg the gf couldn't give a rats about the specs, she just says gimme the current mac, but it's disappointing that Apple treats the 'Pro' crowd like this. People spending 3/4/5k on a MBP are the ones that WILL look at what's inside and be very disappointed at the moment in terms of the age of the cpu etc.
I know it's partly/mostly Intels fault in terms of delays and without looking back into it, we should at be able to buy a quad broadwell 15" (i'm just speaking logically not what is or isn't physically or technically possible
I just hope that they don't do a random refresh with a spec bump before March and then in March only release crap.
Oh, totally 100% agree! All i meant was, Broadwell should not have been skipped, like a buyer weighs up need=buy now, want=potentially wait for an update etc etc, Apple should not have played the skipping a generation game (again, i'm just speaking logically not what is or isn't physically or technically possible
)back OT, gimme my Skylake MBP already!
Plot twist: At the March event Apple releases updated 15" rMBP but with Broadwell instead of Skylake.
Stranger things have happened!
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Haha! Yeah, Apple might miss your '/s' and think we'd all be OK with that
I am of the opinion that Apple did this on purpose, so that when the all-new 15" flagship product is shown off with Skylake, Phil will show a slide showing the difference in performance between the old and new, and the only way to show a decent jump in performance would have been to hold back on the CPU since the first Haswell version came out.Oh, totally 100% agree! All i meant was, Broadwell should not have been skipped, like a buyer weighs up need=buy now, want=potentially wait for an update etc etc, Apple should not have played the skipping a generation game (again, i'm just speaking logically not what is or isn't physically or technically possible
back OT, gimme my Skylake MBP already!
We're getting more to the point of diminishing returns that you have to have some smoke and mirrors approach in showing off new hardware to keep up the impact of introducing a new product.
Congrats all, today we are officially at the third longest period between MBP releases. It will be no time before we are #1 unless Apple pulls a hat trick.
Thanks apple!
Thanks apple!
Put me down for one too. Come on, Apple. Put down the silly watches and put some effort into refreshing your 'pro' line of computers. This is getting ridiculous. June is way too far off, and I don't want to sink my money into old Haswell tech.
Yeah, definitely! If that happens hopefully someone shouts out (with a megaphone) something like 'no sh*t Sherlock....2015 tech is better than 2013 tech!'
Yeah, definitely! If that happens hopefully someone shouts out (with a megaphone) something like 'no sh*t Sherlock....2015 tech is better than 2013 tech!'
Personally, I'd chip in a few bucks towards a ticket to the March (or whenever) event for you. Just to see you pull out a megaphone and yell that at Phil.
And then shame Apple when they cut that part out of the keynote.
[I think this minute-by-minute rumor-mongering is getting to me]
Theres no need for an March Event. Silent Upgrade for the 13" MBP is enough for me. 15" back later than.
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