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With 3 weeks to go until the event on March 21st do you think we will:

A.) Get a MacBook/pro leak before the event
B.) No leak, but surprised with a MacBook/pro at the event
C.) A leak stating we won't see a MacBook/pro at the event
D.) No MacBook/pro and no news of it
 
Adam620 said:
With 3 weeks to go until the event on March 21st do you think we will:

A.) Get a MacBook/pro leak before the event
B.) No leak, but surprised with a MacBook/pro at the event
C.) A leak stating we won't see a MacBook/pro at the event
D.) No MacBook/pro and no news of it
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Hopefully A.
 
My votes on C or D. I'm not too confident we will see these machines this month, it is unfortunately most likely to occur when Pascal and Polaris in production.

Such radical hardware revisions from a TDP perspective might even warrant a redesign of the cases and would probably become more in line with the new MacBook styling cues.
 
To to honest, I have a bad feeling about this. Every time I was about to buy a new MacBook, I was waiting for the new announcement and had high expectations. Unfortunately I had too high expectations and was disappointed after the news came out.

I have a feeling that the design will be slightly updated and we get Skylake but nothing outstanding. GPU in the "15 model (which I'm waiting for) will be something just OK, nothing super fast.

I hope I'm wrong and too pessimistic.
 
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BoGyesz said:
To to honest, I have a bad feeling about this. Every time I was about to buy a new MacBook, I was waiting for the new announcement and had high expectations. Unfortunately I had too high expectations and was disappointed after the news came out.

I have a feeling that the design will be slightly updated and we get Skylake but nothing outstanding. GPU in the "15 model (which I'm waiting for) will be something just OK, nothing super fast.

I hope I'm wrong and too pessimistic.
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I'm waiting to buy a MacBook Pro and am looking at the middle of the road model. My fear is that Apple continues down their 'You don't really need this port' devolution. So I constantly review the refurb Apple section during this lull to see if I just want to take the jump at a current unit. From what I have observed and read, Skylake may not be the overall best update. I don't mind paying the price for new, but I don't want to lose the SDXC slot, HDMI port to the USB ports. Those are important to me as a photographer. I do want discrete graphic capability.

I think Phil need to retract his 'innovation' statement. As a long time Apple customer, I just see too many things regressing.
 
Adam620 said:
With 3 weeks to go until the event on March 21st do you think we will:

A.) Get a MacBook/pro leak before the event
B.) No leak, but surprised with a MacBook/pro at the event
C.) A leak stating we won't see a MacBook/pro at the event
D.) No MacBook/pro and no news of it
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I hope B, would be nice to have something that isn't leaked, for once.
A would be nice too, that gives us more hope, if the leak says it will be announced in March at least.
Can't wait to see the invite and the new theories on their new tagline though:)
 
Denmac1 said:
I'm waiting to buy a MacBook Pro and am looking at the middle of the road model. My fear is that Apple continues down their 'You don't really need this port' devolution. So I constantly review the refurb Apple section during this lull to see if I just want to take the jump at a current unit. From what I have observed and read, Skylake may not be the overall best update. I don't mind paying the price for new, but I don't want to lose the SDXC slot, HDMI port to the USB ports. Those are important to me as a photographer. I do want discrete graphic capability.

I think Phil need to retract his 'innovation' statement. As a long time Apple customer, I just see too many things regressing.
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That's what I liked about the rMBP. They were able to slim down the machine without skimping on the ports. The current rMBP has a nice balance of USB, thunderbolt, HDMI, and an SD Card. Pretty much all the ports you need in 2016. Keeping the current ports the same except just changing the current thunderbolt/mini-display ports to USB-C/TB 3 would continue perfect balance while being future proof to new USB-C devices.
 
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Adam620 said:
With 3 weeks to go until the event on March 21st do you think we will:

A.) Get a MacBook/pro leak before the event
B.) No leak, but surprised with a MacBook/pro at the event
C.) A leak stating we won't see a MacBook/pro at the event
D.) No MacBook/pro and no news of it
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I think we won't see a new MBP, just a silent release, and then big news at WWDC.
I'm seriously wondering how Apple is going to handle the upgrade to all their lines, considering that they're all outdated.
Do you think they're gonna take a huge time frame during WWDC to present them?
Because, even if it's just a spec bump, they need to do it to 5 computers, so it will take a lot of time.
Something like "Hello everyone, today it's the day MacBook get updated with Skylake... and also MacBook Air.... and Mac Mini... and Mac Pro too... oh and don't forget the 21" iMac. But there's one more thing: the completely new MacBook Pro!"
So at least they will have to explain all the benefits by Skylake, more efficient, more powerful, yadda yadda...
How do you believe they're gonna do it?

PS: what's happened to my previous post? Why it was deleted? Mods? Some explanation please?
 
I've got a new idea.
Silent update in april-may.
Big/redesign update in September-December with new GPUs (for Christmas). I know you won't like it :D
Seems very logical.
 
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BoGyesz said:
To to honest, I have a bad feeling about this. Every time I was about to buy a new MacBook, I was waiting for the new announcement and had high expectations. Unfortunately I had too high expectations and was disappointed after the news came out.

I have a feeling that the design will be slightly updated and we get Skylake but nothing outstanding. GPU in the "15 model (which I'm waiting for) will be something just OK, nothing super fast.

I hope I'm wrong and too pessimistic.
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That's enough for me.
 
Again, the silent update / halfway update would be such a stupid decision for Apple. I know you guys want the update to come asap, but try to think before you post.
It'd be an absolutely ridiculous and brand destroying strategy if they released 2 versions within just a few months. It's already bad enough with the 1year lifecycle of iPhones...
 
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nicovh said:
Again, the silent update / halfway update would be such a stupid decision for Apple. I know you guys want the update to come asap, but try to think before you post.
It'd be an absolutely ridiculous and brand destroying strategy if they released 2 versions within just a few months. It's already bad enough with the 1year lifecycle of iPhones...
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I know that updating the MBP now and then having a new one three months later is stupid, but I see it by the point of view of adding another laptop line.
As I already said, maybe Apple will silent update the Pro now, then at WWDC introduce a completely new Air, with new moniker too.
I think that by this side silent upgrading in March does have sense, instead of the Air that doesn't make much sense right now.

Also, speaking of strange marketing strategies, don't forget that Apple, back in 2008/2009, promote the MacBook 13" to MacBook Pro 13" just adding the Pro moniker. ;) (that's my current MBP by the way)
 
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nicovh said:
Again, the silent update / halfway update would be such a stupid decision for Apple. I know you guys want the update to come asap, but try to think before you post.
It'd be an absolutely ridiculous and brand destroying strategy if they released 2 versions within just a few months. It's already bad enough with the 1year lifecycle of iPhones...
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While releasing in March and in June at WWDC is highly unlikely, Releasing in March and again in Novemeber is right on par with there avg of 250 days in between refreshes.

Unlike the Mac mini and Mac Pro Apple tends to refresh its MacBook/pro line when those chips are available.(The iMac got skylake as soon as those chips became available) Availability being key, I see no good reason in holding back. Not even for new 14nm GPU, those can make it in the next refresh 250 from this one, then 250 days from that Kaby lake. Would make the most sense from their avg refresh schedule.
 
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IMO when Apple skipped broadwell it should've been an indicator that they were waiting for skylake else why not up to broadwell last year. People in that thread predicted the same except they also thought that Skylake was due in Q4 '15. Instead we obviously know the chips are available now, so what else are we waiting on?
I know I know I don't want to get back into the prediction game but it's an important note. A WWDC release would make absolute perfect sense, if there were two updates last year (like every other year). Since there was only one in q2, I say we're overdue (not owed) an update any day now for that "second" update that never showed up.
 
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MacBook 12 inch updated in March, me thinks.
MacBook Pro 13/15 updated in June.. maybe 13 in March? That doesn't make sense though.
MacBook Air gets a coffin.
 
If Apple decides to release the rMBP's at WWDC, I think we would see 2 keynotes, split in 2 days. One day would be "The day of the Mac" and the other day would be "Software Day". Just to keep the interest and suspense around the event, instead of 1 very very long keynote. It'd be a great opportunity to show what all the new macs could do with the brand spankin new software :)
 
Adam620 said:
With 3 weeks to go until the event on March 21st do you think we will:

A.) Get a MacBook/pro leak before the event
B.) No leak, but surprised with a MacBook/pro at the event
C.) A leak stating we won't see a MacBook/pro at the event
D.) No MacBook/pro and no news of it
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I'm going to be very cautiously optimistic about March just so I don't spiral into a dark bout of depression. I want to be able to enjoy the event; I love all of the keynotes.

It's like when your favorite band leaves the stage without playing your favorite song. And you hope that they come back on for an encore. But then the house lights and music turn on :(.

I'm still rooting for something, though!
 
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I would suggest a similar release schedule but in the opposite fashion is more likely. Skylake laptops unveiled at the March event with the re-design (possibly shipping in "April"). Then come the fall a silent spec bump, possibly with new GPU options announced/released with OS 10.12.

Dead0k said:
I've got a new idea.
Silent update in april-may.
Big/redesign update in September-December with new GPUs (for Christmas). I know you won't like it :D
Seems very logical.
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destroyboredom said:
Then come the fall a silent spec bump, possibly with new GPU options announced/released with OS 10.12.
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Or we skip all this dGPU bidness and go all in on Iris™ Pro . Relax everyone, I don't want the beloved dGPU to go either. I've got skin in the game, being the victim of both 8600m AND sporadic 330m failures, but if IP580 is good enough for the high end model then Ives and Co. will take the savings and run, rip the bandaid off once and for all.
 
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Or we skip all this dGPU bidness and go all in on Iris™ Pro . Relax everyone, I don't want the beloved dGPU to go either. I've got skin in the game, being the victim of both 8600m AND sporadic 330m failures, but if IP580 is good enough for the high end model then Ives and Co. will take the savings and run, rip the bandaid off once and for all.
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When the update comes and I am at the Apple Store, I'd rather put my money towards a 1tb ssd than a dGPU. Especially with the performance gain of the Iris Pro 580. I have done ALOT of HEAVY photoshop work on a 17inch laptop for a long time at work. So the hot new 580's should be very interesting.

And if i want to get in touch with my real hardcore side, I can always go to my pc for some gaming and video editing.

And with Thunderbolt 3 and an eGPU, the future of portable gaming will be in our hands sooner than we think :)
 
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