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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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I'm between this and two other machines for my next mobile platform. The Skylake rMBP or whenever the Thinkpad X1 Carbon or Yoga become fully configurable online, I could make a much more informed buying decision, I'm likely to wait for March either way.
Yes they are all very different machines, but I won't be stepping down to lower than 14, I have a lot more needs from a laptop today than I do my own desktop, so I'd be buying all the adapter/dock options I could to make it as easy as possible to bring that work home; the WiGig dock from Lenovo in the X1 series seems really compelling.
Yes they are all very different machines, but I won't be stepping down to lower than 14, I have a lot more needs from a laptop today than I do my own desktop, so I'd be buying all the adapter/dock options I could to make it as easy as possible to bring that work home; the WiGig dock from Lenovo in the X1 series seems really compelling.
Dude who the hell wants to check the website everyday? That would suck, I agree the big events are useless but I would prefer some sort of announcement.
@Dgrohl , please post a link to your music.
I need something to listen to while I wait for Skylake...
No. Just no. I sat there and watched the music video and no. I'm sorry, just no.
I'm of a similar mind, but I think the lack of USB-C on the X1s is a deal-breaker for me. Looking for a future-proof purchase, and few notebooks stand up over time like a macbook pro.
can apple fit 2T SSD into the 15" MBP? it will be nice, this way they can lower the price for the 1T
Yup. Apple's european pricing policies are nucking futs.
yes but you still cant compare the ssd that apple put on macbook with read and write over 1000mbs with that from amazon
Apple always put the best ssd into the macs
Your point is valid, but even high-end SSDs (Samsung 850 series for instance) are still a good 15-20% cheaper than what Apple charges.
I know, but I want to try OS X, that's why I'm on this thread.
What I mean is that hardware is the same, specially when Apple doesn't built their own hardware, I think they use Samsung for the m-pcie ssd. So the performance boost from hdd to a standard ssd should be similar in OS X and Windows (my experience)... unless OS X is worse optimiced and that's why they need such high speed ssd.
SSD prices are far lower now then they ever have been, there's literally zero reason to charge that much for an upgrade.
The latest Samsung 950 Pro 512GB is selling for $330 retail, and it is faster than the current rMBP storage.
LOL, well, maybe not everyday, but once in awhile would be fun. I check this website everyday, multiple times
But these large fanfare events are becoming rather a non starter. wait wait wait - BIG EVENT - wonder why I bothered waiting.
Apple includes PCIe based SSDs. The Samsung 850 is SATA based. No SATA SSD can match the PCIe drives Apple includes.
What's rubbish? The over selling part or the revenue part? If it's the over selling part ....Apple sells a au$29 lightning cable....enough said.
Remember you lose the 10% final value fee on eBay.
I'm selling a 15" with 512gb flash and the ATI video card on there at the moment. I got it used, like new for $2000 with AppleCare. Now that it's used further, I think the best I could sell it for quickly would be $1800, so minus eBay fees that's $1640, so I've lost $360 from buying the latest model used in pristine condition and selling it 2 months later in near pristine condition.
Your mileage may vary, but it's food for thought.
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Rubbish that 75% of Apple's income comes from the sale of Accessories.
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