Yeah..perhaps you're right.
But at £2,337 I'd buy that quad core 15"...the Surface Book is a shade under that for a dual core machine with 1gb GPU...apple has it within its power to knock the Surface Book 'out the ball park' as it were...
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Yeah..perhaps you're right.
But at £2,337 I'd buy that quad core 15"...the Surface Book is a shade under that for a dual core machine with 1gb GPU...apple has it within its power to knock the Surface Book 'out the ball park' as it were...
I just want a MacBook Pro in magnesium for gods sake. never gonna happen though, cause of Ive and his infatuation with "aluminium" design.
I just want a MacBook Pro in magnesium for gods sake. never gonna happen though, cause of Ive and his infatuation with "aluminium" design.
Well that would help sort the 'weight issues' out if not the price...
Yup..more cost effective in the long run, which is not really apple's game anymore is it?
So tired of waiting, feels like i've been on this thread for years.
I'm about ready to get a Dell 15" xps 9550 as soon as their's a working hackintosh. The infinity display is so nice.
Since the regular Macbooks were updated to skylake it shouldn't be too long
Me too. Feels even longer thinking about the March event, which was a month ago. I can remember that dark day... Come on Apple, give us Skylake!
I love NotJonyIve twitter account:
Ive actively started looking at alternatives to a Macbook Pro in anticipation the next update is gonna be 1 big foobar as far as the PRO name and specs should be.
Anyone else looking at alternatives and have backup suggestions?
Anyone else looking at alternatives and have backup suggestions?
Well, personally I'm quite smitten with the Surface Book. A tad expensive, but we're not exactly foreign to the idea of paying "brand tax".
Really like the design but I do think the keyboard should have been in a different colour than the body.
And from what I hear Microsoft have ironed out most of the problems(?).
Dell's XPS line is also quite nice though I hear their touchpads are fingerprint/smudge magnets and I really don't like the carbon fibre like bodywork. -eugh!
But they are powerful and stylish, definitely.
Me, I'm waiting for the refresh/redesign or getting a 12" MB, can't seem to decide. Will probably wait 'til after WWDC either way.
Because I need OS X on my personal computer, no way around it.
Not that I'm some sort of Windows hater, if anything I'm practically OS agnostic compared to some people around here.
OS X, Windows, Linux, I'll gladly work on any of them but I just want OS X on my computer.
Buy a Sony Vaio VGNAX570G! you won't regret it. I bought one 11 years ago and still laugh at the video of me hitting it with a baseball bat in my back yard.
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I might look at the 2015 mbp if the new one sucks really bad
The Vaio Z Flip looks nice, but no TB3
Mac Pro would be my next choice but $3k start price is steep
IF (and that's a big if) Apple is spitting on the Pro market, I would recommend looking at:
- Lenovo Thinkpad T and P series (for those who need it: Thinkpads also come with very good Linux support)
- Dell XPS / the Precision equivalent of XPS
- Microsoft Surface Book (only for the 13" folks and you should wait for gen 2)
Or getting refurbished 2015 MBP, they aren't bad, just a little bit dated.
- Lenovo Thinkpad T and P series (for those who need it: Thinkpads also come with very good Linux support)
- Dell XPS / the Precision equivalent of XPS
- Microsoft Surface Book (only for the 13" folks and you should wait for gen 2)
Or getting refurbished 2015 MBP, they aren't bad, just a little bit dated.
DONT DO IT! No really, I owned about 4 different Surface Books and ended up returning all of them due to one problem or build quality issues. I'd wait for the second iteration of the Surface Book. I feel like the SP4 was a much more polished experience, but I even returned that due to the 5-6 hour battery life at max with every thing altered and background applications disabled on battery saver.
Honestly, my only alternative right now would be a M7 rMB 12" due to the decent graphics upgrade and the fanless design.
Yeah - you can get a 17 inch precision laptop with UHD and every bell and whistle for about 3k
weights 7 pounds tho. the old 17 inch mbs weighted about 6.5.
If apple made a skylake 17 today it'd be 5 or under and I think they could a 16 incher for 4 pounds.
No, I'm pretty sure it means Tinder lol
All this talk of switching to Windows 10 sounds funny to me because I've never used an OSX computer and I'm ready to switch. I don't like the way Microsoft handles data and forces things like updates on their customers, but that's a discussion for another day.
If I were to buy a new Windows 10 laptop, I sure wouldn't do it now. Why? Because the pro Skylake chips aren't out yet. Yeah, you could get a Surface Book or XPS-15, but those machines don't have a quad-core Skylake yet. Once the MBP with Skylake comes out, there will be a slew of machines with quad-core Skylakes coming out at the same time. Right now, anything you buy will be outclassed within weeks.
So be patient either way, because anyone who compromises now MAY regret that decision in less than two months, and despite some prolific returners/resellers on this forum, it's a really bad financial decision to make hasty computer purchases then change your mind later.
If I were to buy a new Windows 10 laptop, I sure wouldn't do it now. Why? Because the pro Skylake chips aren't out yet. Yeah, you could get a Surface Book or XPS-15, but those machines don't have a quad-core Skylake yet. Once the MBP with Skylake comes out, there will be a slew of machines with quad-core Skylakes coming out at the same time. Right now, anything you buy will be outclassed within weeks.
So be patient either way, because anyone who compromises now MAY regret that decision in less than two months, and despite some prolific returners/resellers on this forum, it's a really bad financial decision to make hasty computer purchases then change your mind later.
definitely. if the new rmbp fails to meet my standards. im going with the Surface Book coming this fall. for my OS X needs, i have my iMac.
I really prefer OS X to Windows for a lot of things so I must have an OS X device. Just not sure if it has to be a laptop. The thing is I've been using MacBooks non-stop since 2009 and don't know if now's the time to stop (i.e. get an iMac instead), but I'm considering, depending on how powerful these new laptops are. The 27" iMac is just so big...wish the 21" had dGPU, but obviously don't expect that.
I'm counting on the new 15" rMBP to be just as powerful as the last one, but we'll see...
I'm counting on the new 15" rMBP to be just as powerful as the last one, but we'll see...
I'm not sure how familiar you are with Windows 10 since you have only been using Mac's for the last 7 years, but it's a great OS. It's every bit as stable as OSX, I will even say it might even be better if you factor in the features Windows 10 will introduce this summer.
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