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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Yea, they got 4 years to work on their new design even if it exist or not, and since the chips for 15" are "released" on Jan 28th, Apple must have got the prototypes since November or even October.
Honestly, the latter. I'm only buying one computer, so I'd rather just have the redesign.
It's still an adapter.. it has been adapted to fit another port that it is not able to fit without.
USB-C will not make your existing devices any faster.
You're free to keep thinking that.
What has? The theoretical device hooking up to my Macbook Pro? By that logic, the USB-A to USB-A cable that the device comes with is also an adapter, unless I can stick a hard drive in a USB port.
No one said it would. I said the technology (USB-C) is faster.
Hold up...We are actually discussing why/how the USB-A ports should/will stay? Ridiculous. I mean if we were talking about Lenovo/Dell/Asus etc. it would be understandable, but Apple?! The company that released a one port notebook aside from the headphone jack. You can pretty much be CERTAIN that USB-A ports (Along with the HDMI) will be eradicated from the port line up if the rMBP gets a redesigned. Apple doesn't take half measures and they have never cared about convenience when it comes to ports. Also you are free to look back in the thread if the only argument you have is how the rMBP is a (*sighs) "Pro" notebook (you know just like the iPad Pro and the new iPad Pro 9.7 " bound to be released next month).
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This *is* Apple we're talking about, remember? The iMac shipped with just USB at a time when there were next-to-no peripherals with that connector. Their Power Mac line kept a single ADB port for compatibility while it added USB and Firewire and dropped SCSI, serial ports, and floppies at the same time. At that model was out for less than a year when it was replaced by the G4 which had no legacy ports at all.
Doesn't mean anything. They are left in the dark just like us. Even Apple retail employees no nothing until the announcement.
So they're shorting their own prices out of speculation (that there will be a release in March)?
Wrong. The next MacBook Pro redesign whenever it comes out will still have legacy use A ports
Possibly. Bestbuy has them $100 off right now and pretty much has been doing sales on and off for the last few months.
Apple did not remove USB A ports when thunderbolt 1 and 2 ports came out, even though those were superior.
And they still had HDMI even though thunderbolt was superior.
Also, this exact case has not happened in history.
I stand by my argument, and I am correct.
The next redesign of the MacBook Pro will have atleast 1 usb A port.
Until any trustworthy leaks are out or until the annoucement itself, we won't know what they will do with the ports.
We could keep the argument running for another 100 pages but that seems rather pointless.
Maybe bet on what might happen, and whoever is the most accurate wins like a helium balloon or perhaps an iTunes giftcard.
We could keep the argument running for another 100 pages but that seems rather pointless.
Maybe bet on what might happen, and whoever is the most accurate wins like a helium balloon or perhaps an iTunes giftcard.
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Can you make poll threads on Macrumors? This needs a poll thread.
Bad news. It's a rumor from Korea said that the mid-March event will be postponed to 22th next month. Anybody else heard that?
P.S. I heard it from a Chinese Apple news site weiphone.com
P.S. I heard it from a Chinese Apple news site weiphone.com
Your comparisons make no sense. Thunderbolt wasn't a replacement for USB, it was a replacement for Firewire (and come Thunderbolt 2 that replaced Firewire along with Ethernet.)
Finally, Thunderbolt 3 is altogether a different port entirely. It really is the One Port to Rule Them All, and it's co-opted the USB Type-C connector so it can be used as a USB port—this time Thunderbolt 3 *can* be the replacement for USB (because a Thunderbolt 3 port is just a USB port that does more stuff if you have the right cable.)
This isn't to say that Apple might not keep some legacy USB3 ports around for a while, even with a redesign—after all they didn't immediately swap all FireWire 800 ports for Thunderbolt, just as they didn't immediately drop all FireWire 400 ports for 800. But if you're a betting man, the smart money is expecting that Apple will move faster than might be comfortable for a lot of people with shedding standards and ports and technology of the past.
More websites are writing about it, like Apple Insider: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...h-iphone-event-pushed-back-a-week-to-march-22
I hope it isn't true, takes too long lol. When they announce new MacBooks I'd be happy though.
Agree. Also, Apple have clearly announced the direction they're taking by including only a single port on the rMB. And it wasn't a USB-A port.
Clearly, we're headed for a USB-C-filled future with Apple. And it may be for the better.
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Guys don't get too exited please.
It's not going to be a big redesign; most likely:
-same chassis, slightly thinner and lighter
-color options
-same screen sizes
-same ports, except TB2 replaced with TB3/USB-C, still 2 USB-A ports, MagSafe 2, headphone/mic jack, and Hdmi (if we are lucky we might get hdmi 2.0)
-processor update to Skylake/ 15" gets AMD Polaris GPU
-claim of all day battery life for the rMBP
And that's it.
No redesign, no port cutting.
Redesign with full USB-C is probably coming with the late 2016 ones.
Apple never delivers every new thing in one iteration. They are going to upgrade it little by little, so the consumers get the feeling of at least some upgrades made to the products.
Haven't you learned anything in all those years!
It's not going to be a big redesign; most likely:
-same chassis, slightly thinner and lighter
-color options
-same screen sizes
-same ports, except TB2 replaced with TB3/USB-C, still 2 USB-A ports, MagSafe 2, headphone/mic jack, and Hdmi (if we are lucky we might get hdmi 2.0)
-processor update to Skylake/ 15" gets AMD Polaris GPU
-claim of all day battery life for the rMBP
And that's it.
No redesign, no port cutting.
Redesign with full USB-C is probably coming with the late 2016 ones.
Apple never delivers every new thing in one iteration. They are going to upgrade it little by little, so the consumers get the feeling of at least some upgrades made to the products.
Haven't you learned anything in all those years!
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You mean like 2012, when they did the opposite of what you just said?Guys don't get too exited please.
Haven't you learned anything in all those years!
If they just spec bump, it won't have all new ports. If they're going to change ports, then they're just going to redesign it.
I think the 22nd will be device availability at the store
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