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mikeo007 said:
So it seems like something is coming to the Mac lineup in June. They said on the earnings call that they expect Mac sales to pickup in June.
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yes, but i wonder if they include the lightning port into the every new mac ? or they will exchange the iphones lightning port with usb-c ?
there is not a chance apple would forced us to carry with us 2 pair of headsets one with litghtning port and 1 for the mac with usb-c. i have wireless but still from ergonomics and for their ecosystem stand point is bad for their image
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mikeo007 said:
So it seems like something is coming to the Mac lineup in June. They said on the earnings call that they expect Mac sales to pickup in June.
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do you still have a link when they said that ?
 
Serban said:
there is not a chance apple would forced us to carry with us 2 pair of headsets one with litghtning port and 1 for the mac with usb-c.
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Well. iMacs have Thunderbolt and USB3 but no USB-C. Macbook has USB-C but no Thunderbolt. Macbook Pro and Air have USB3 and Thunderbolt. iPhone has Lightning. iPads have Lightning but iPad Pro 9.7" has True Tone while 12.9" does not. I think the way to figure out which connectors and features will be available in new MBP is by rolling dice.
 
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Serban said:
do you still have a link when they said that ?
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There's a transcript here:

http://www.imore.com/apple-q2-2016-transcript

And this might be it:
"Sequentially, our guidance implies a revenue decline of 15% to 19% which is comparable to the 17% sequential decline that we've averaged from the March to June quarter for the last three years, despite the anticipated channel inventory adjustments I just described.

We expect seasonal sequential declines in iPhone and iPad sales, and a sequential increase in Mac sales.

We also expect iPhone ASPs to decline to sequentially as we get farther form the launch of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, and as iPhone SE enters the mix.

We know that our revenue guidance falls short of market estimates for the third quarter. We believe the difference comes primarily from three areas.

First, the 2 billion dollar plus channel inventory reduction I just mentioned.

Second, the affect of the channel inventory reduction and the launch of iPhone SE on iPhone ASPs. As well as the current constrained supply of iPhone SE.

And third, different estimates for Mac, which we expect to grow sequentially at a rate similar to what we experienced in the past June quarters."​
 
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navaira said:
Well. iMacs have Thunderbolt and USB3 but no USB-C. Macbook has USB-C but no Thunderbolt. Macbook Pro and Air have USB3 and Thunderbolt. iPhone has Lightning. iPads have Lightning but iPad Pro 9.7" has True Tone while 12.9" does not. I think the way to figure out which connectors and features will be available in new MBP is by rolling dice.
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Haha well when you write it out like that, it does seem like a gigantic mess.
 
Today I found a good discount so I bought an 2015 Macbook pro 15" instead of the 2016 13" rMBP (here in Hungary the starting price of the 15" machine is about 2500 dollar (lower end model with 2.2 Ghz), but I "only" pay about 1900 dollar for it. I hope it's gonna be a good choice and I won't regret it. :)
 
dugbee said:
There's a transcript here:

http://www.imore.com/apple-q2-2016-transcript

And this might be it:
"Sequentially, our guidance implies a revenue decline of 15% to 19% which is comparable to the 17% sequential decline that we've averaged from the March to June quarter for the last three years, despite the anticipated channel inventory adjustments I just described.

We expect seasonal sequential declines in iPhone and iPad sales, and a sequential increase in Mac sales.

We also expect iPhone ASPs to decline to sequentially as we get farther form the launch of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, and as iPhone SE enters the mix.

We know that our revenue guidance falls short of market estimates for the third quarter. We believe the difference comes primarily from three areas.

First, the 2 billion dollar plus channel inventory reduction I just mentioned.

Second, the affect of the channel inventory reduction and the launch of iPhone SE on iPhone ASPs. As well as the current constrained supply of iPhone SE.

And third, different estimates for Mac, which we expect to grow sequentially at a rate similar to what we experienced in the past June quarters."​
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Well that's looking the strongest indicator for WWDC yet, right?
 
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AMD’s Polaris will be a mainstream GPU, not high-end

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"The reason Polaris is a big deal, is because I believe we will be able to grow that TAM [total addressable market] significantly," said Taylor. "I don't think Nvidia is going to do anything to increase the TAM, because according to everything we've seen around Pascal, it's a high-end part. I don't know what the price is gonna be, but let's say it's as low as £500/$600 and as high as £800/$1000. That price range is not going to expand the TAM for VR. We're going on the record right now to say Polaris will expand the TAM. Full stop."

"If you look at the total install base of a Radeon 290, or a GTX 970, or above, it's 7.5 million units. But the issue is that if a publisher wants to sell a £40/$50 game, that's not a big enough market to justify that yet. We've got to prime the pumps, which means somebody has got to start writing cheques to big games publishers. Or we've got to increase the install TAM."
 
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cmChimera said:
This has got to be a joke.....
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Nope. I can count on one hand the number of OSX store apps I have installed on my MBP.
TheralSadurns said:
God damn it. Oppenheim you are such a troll and also, I'm sorry to say that, a ****ing idiot.

As I and others have explained time and again...
USB-C DOES NOT incorporate TB3. Not in any single sense or case.
USB-C has absolutely NOTHING to do with TB3. Nothing. Nada. Zilch.


TB3 requires it's own microcontroller. This is what handles the signal, and just like TB1 AND 2 before it let TB3 make use of many different protocols. One of them being USB.
Additionally TB3 moved the connector port from mini DisplayPort to a plug that LOOKS like USB-C. It also happens to be electrically compatible. A day because of said microcontroller you can plug USB-C devices into TB3 ports.

The other way round it DOES NOT WORK. NO SINGLE USB-C port in the entire world can or will ever be able to handle TB3 devices. Ever.
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I suggest you read this:

https://thunderbolttechnology.net/blog/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-does-it-all

That is from the official Thunderbolt Community website (a global ecosystem of companies developing industry-leading Thunderbolt devices and led by Intel).

I expect an apology. Oh, and I expect you'll be taking a cold shower from this thread for a while too.
 
Oppenheim said:
Nope. I can count on one hand the number of OSX store apps I have installed on my MBP.
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YOU use it that way, that doesn't mean others do. But you already know this. That post of yours saying that MBPs are used to design apps and not to consume them is ridiculous. Despite all the hate you get on here, I always look forward or consider your ideas even if they don't resonate with the majority (since I'm very open minded while the majority isn't). Human beings hate change, yet whine and b**ch when change doesn't happen.
That said, that "do or die" attitude you have when approaching members here is a little bit too much.
 
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That moment you realize that OSX7 is replying to a comment you don't see, because you ignored that user lol. All I want is an awesome 15/16" Macbook Pro with a high end Skylake CPU, 32GB of DDR4 ram, a 512GB or 1TB SSD, a mid-high end AMD Polaris dGPU, better battery life, force touch, and maybe a "tad" bit thinner, with magsafe, TB3 and a couple regular USB 3 ports, and preferably in space gray. That's not too much to ask for is it?
 
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IceBreakerG said:
That moment you realize that OSX7 is replying to a comment you don't see, because you ignored that user lol. All I want is an awesome 15/16" Macbook Pro with a high end Skylake CPU, 32GB of DDR4 ram, a 512GB or 1TB SSD, a mid-high end AMD Polaris dGPU, better battery life, force touch, and maybe a "tad" bit thinner, with magsafe, TB3 and a couple regular USB 3 ports, and preferably in space gray. That's not too much to ask for is it?
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I want the same thing, but don't even care about thinness. Now I know that's not too much to ask, but it might be when thinness is Apple's #1 priority out of all the things you listed.
 
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OSX7 said:
YOU use it that way, that doesn't mean others do. But you already know this. That post of yours saying that MBPs are used to design apps and not to consume them is ridiculous. Despite all the hate you get on here, I always look forward or consider your ideas even if they don't resonate with the majority (since I'm very open minded while the majority isn't). Human beings hate change, yet whine and b**ch when change doesn't happen.
That said, that "do or die" attitude you have when approaching members here is a little bit too much.
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It's not that we're closed-minded. I am open to any point of view. You can paint the most ridiculous picture you want, and i'll listen, as long as you do so respectfully.

I ignored mr. obscure-german-town because he's either:
  1. a pure comedic genius, in which case i'm almost not ready for such advanced humour
  2. an arrogant, rude, and misinformed troll that has started making me dislike a thread i otherwise love.
I can tolerate crass, but if you cross a line, you're out.
 
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ThisBougieLife said:
I want the same thing, but don't even care about thinness. Now I know that's not too much to ask, but it might be when thinness is Apple's #1 priority out of all the things you listed.
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Yeah, the thinness is the least important thing in that list of "wants". It could be a bit lighter though, but even then, the specs are more important at this point to me than absolute thinness. For "me", the mbp being available in space gray is more desirable than it being thinner :D
 
Oppenheim said:
Nope. I can count on one hand the number of OSX store apps I have installed on my MBP.


I suggest you read this:

https://thunderbolttechnology.net/blog/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-does-it-all

That is from the official Thunderbolt Community website (a global ecosystem of companies developing industry-leading Thunderbolt devices and led by Intel).

I expect an apology. Oh, and I expect you'll be taking a cold shower from this thread for a while too.
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He's still right though lol. USB-C has nothing to do with TB3. Ie, any machine that has a USB-C interface is not the same as any machine that has a TB3 interface (though the ports look the same, they don't work the same). I suppose the confusion is the design of the interface. Don't look at the port design, that's irrelevant like how mini-display and TB1/2 have the same port design, they're not cross compatible. Try plugging in a TB drive into a 2009 MacBook Pro's display port. It'll go in, but it won't work or do anything.
 
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OSX7 said:
YOU use it that way, that doesn't mean others do. [...]
That said, that "do or die" attitude you have when approaching members here is a little bit too much.
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As knassar said, and as I have already repeated many times, I don't think that the majority here is "close minded".
Anything can be discussed with respect for others.
The problem is the behavior "Apple is the future, you don't understand, I'm right, you're wrong, go play with something else."

That's just it.


(that said I'm wrong of course)
 
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IceBreakerG said:
Yeah, the thinness is the least important thing in that list of "wants". It could be a bit lighter though, but even then, the specs are more important at this point to me than absolute thinness. For "me", the mbp being available in space gray is more desirable than it being thinner :D
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Not sure I will go with space grey, maybe gold, or the usual grey.
As to thinner wouldn't mind it a bit thinner, but would prefer not slanted.

By the way to lighten up this thread, maybe everybody can discuss which colour he/she will choose ! :)
 
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Just found this on the usual NotJonyIve twitter.
I lolled hard

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