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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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The Lenovos are definitely a MBP competitor.
I'm pretty confident the pricing will be roughly the same.
Note that the size/weight could be a lot to do with cooling the new GTX980M based Quadro cards in those machines, something a MacBook Pro has never come even close to having (normally a 960/970 level card in these machines).
I don't doubt that these processors could very easily end up in the new rMBP's due to their TB3 I/O controllers with Alpine Ridge/etc.. Xeon feels *very* Pro/Apple and the markup (considering Lenovo's announced pricing) probably isn't as much as we think. Even ArsTechnica said these had a lot more in common with the mobile i7's than a *true* Xeon chip.
These will be 45/47w TDP chips, quad core with hyper-threading and an ECC enabled memory controller, enabling a higher density than we currently have in current rMBP's.
A Xeon/16-32GB/dGPU rMBP seems right up Apple's alley.
As an extra bonus you get this for free:
CAUGHT: Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into Windows laptops – by hiding it in the BIOS
CAUGHT: Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into Windows laptops – by hiding it in the BIOS
"The LSE functionality has been removed from newly manufactured systems."
From the article, newer machines do not suffer from these issues. (Not that it isn't important to note how poor of a practice that is/was to implement, generally these issues only existed on their consumer level products anyway, and never the ThinkPad line. To quote the article again: "Think-branded PCs did not include the LSE, we're told.")
Why is Apple lagging. Lenovo has announced that these machines will not see production till Q4. Which means it is unlikely to be in the hands of consumers until November. Most likely Apple will announce new machines by then. At least when Apple announces they ship fairly soon afterwards. So much for the "as usual" comment. Do your research before posting.
Where did you find this info about the 47W parts suitable for the 15". I'm waiting on one but can't wait much longer than October.
This was published 3 moths ago, and now with Lenovo pretty much confirming this leak, I believe this is accurate:
The ones with HQ (High performance graphics and Quad core) at the end are destined for the 15" rMBP. I still have this uneasy feeling that they will not announce any Skylake rMBP this year and just a Broadwell refreshed iMac lineup.
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This was published 3 moths ago, and now with Lenovo pretty much confirming this leak, I believe this is accurate:
The ones with HQ (High performance graphics and Quad core) at the end are destined for the 15" rMBP. I still have this uneasy feeling that they will not announce any Skylake rMBP this year and just a Broadwell refreshed iMac lineup.
Could the i7-6700HQ be the MBP 15" cpu? because that has the September launch.
Determining that would be difficult since that chart doesn't list the frequencies. I assume they would be using the 6920 HQ and 6820HQ the since they are closer in terms of numbering (weak argument I know) to the Core i7-4980HQ 2.8 GHz and the Core i7-4870HQ 2.5 GHz. But they could use the i7-6700HQ since is similar to the Core i7-4770HQ 2.2 GHz. Anyways this is just a guess and we will have to wait until Tuesday (IDF2015) for Intel to reveal the frequencies of these processors.
That's what I've been saying here. And if there are multi-core options, as we generally see w/Xeon, that gives Apple even more play to work profits at the high end.
I think the 13" is the most natural choice today for most users. I feel the 15" is too big, and far too expensive. I really want the 13", but I've been waiting for Skylake for ages, and now that it's here, I simply cant go and buy a 13" Broadwell, considering I do some gaming. Just hoping we don't have to wait until 2016...
I am wanting to buy a 15" rMBP too, and have saved up some dollars, but keep holding off for the Skylake myself - hard to know what to do. Until then I keep using my old 2010 13" MBP (mind you it is still ticking along well with no issues) just want a bigger screen and the retina now (eyes are getting older - hehe)
This was published 3 moths ago, and now with Lenovo pretty much confirming this leak, I believe this is accurate:
The ones with HQ (High performance graphics and Quad core) at the end are destined for the 15" rMBP. I still have this uneasy feeling that they will not announce any Skylake rMBP this year and just a Broadwell refreshed iMac lineup.
Thanks, I'm going to wait it out a few months.
That's the most likely scenario. The only issue is that you can't just upgrade the CPU to the XEON on an i7 motherboard. You need a completely different motherboard that supports ECC etc.
What are the odds of a Skylake 13" rMBP in October/November? Can't stand my late 2010 MBA anymore, If it gets release only in March, I will definitely buy one now, but 2 months from now maybe I could wait.
I'm waiting for IDF on Tuesday, and if nothing 13" related is released there I'm going to pull the trigger I think. Broadwell is still an awesome upgrade, and it looks like the skylake processors for the 13" aren't going to be released until 2016
It wouldn't be worth it if that's what you're asking. It depends on which version and storage though but probably (from quick searches) close to 60-75% would be my guess. You could get more if you're lucky though I'd assume.
There's still no information about a 28W Skylake-U. The leaks shows that two U processors will be released in January 2016 but these are the 15W vPro versions.What are the odds of a Skylake 13" rMBP in October/November? Can't stand my late 2010 MBA anymore
I haven't seen many discussions about this but I think that it is possible for Apple to release a 13" (or 14"?) laptop with a 15W Skylake-U to merge the existing two lines into one new retina MacBook.
The CPU difference between the MBA and the 13" MBP was minor anyway and the 15W Skylake-U is getting the HD520 iGPU so the new 15W could be close to the old 28W in performance while being more efficient. Having many lines of MacBooks will confuse the consumers and MBA vs MBP is still confusing today because it's either a good screen or better portability/battery.
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