Man, I just watched a few reviews of the Dell XPS 13 Skylake model. I'm very tempted to get this instead of waiting, but I want to see if the new MBP redesign will match the tiny bezels and weight of the XPS.
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I'm not championing bluetooth. The term codec was used in a generic sense. The idea is the transport is not supposed to compress the payload. Supposed to is the key. It's convenience connectivity and I don't doubt it doesn't live to expectations.
Oh, and I'd think the optical capabilities of the MBP audio jack over USB is superior as it decouples any electrical connectivity. But any audiophile would not be using a macbook pro with his hifi anyhow, so all is moot I suppose....
Carefully with the xps
I have one for almost 2 months,
however I feel that the trackpad is even crappier than it was with Windows 8 when it comes to two-finger scrolling and other gestures (I’m using Firefox, but it’s even worse in Chrome or Edge)
the only way that can tell right now that my XPS is not brand new is the coating on top of the spacebar, which has worn-out a bit. This was expected, to be frank, as I typed countless articles on this computer.
the most annoying aspects are the bright LEDs placed on the charging plug and just beneath the trackpad, which are lit when the laptop is charging. The light under the trackpad does eventually shut off when the battery is fully charged, but in order to maintain battery integrity, I’ve set the battery to never charge beyond 95% (you’ll see why in a bit). As a result, that light never shuts off. Another similar annoyance is that the power button is also backlit all the time.Then there’s the laptop’s overall case temperatures during everyday use. I’m using this Dell lightly most of the time, running up to 10 tabs in Firefox, Skype, and usually Word. Even so, the laptop’s metallic back-casing gets to about 40 degrees Celsius on a daily basics
[doublepost=1462174355][/doublepost]Dell advertises up to 15 hours of life on this particular model that I own, but it never got more than 7-8
I have one for almost 2 months,
however I feel that the trackpad is even crappier than it was with Windows 8 when it comes to two-finger scrolling and other gestures (I’m using Firefox, but it’s even worse in Chrome or Edge)
the only way that can tell right now that my XPS is not brand new is the coating on top of the spacebar, which has worn-out a bit. This was expected, to be frank, as I typed countless articles on this computer.
the most annoying aspects are the bright LEDs placed on the charging plug and just beneath the trackpad, which are lit when the laptop is charging. The light under the trackpad does eventually shut off when the battery is fully charged, but in order to maintain battery integrity, I’ve set the battery to never charge beyond 95% (you’ll see why in a bit). As a result, that light never shuts off. Another similar annoyance is that the power button is also backlit all the time.Then there’s the laptop’s overall case temperatures during everyday use. I’m using this Dell lightly most of the time, running up to 10 tabs in Firefox, Skype, and usually Word. Even so, the laptop’s metallic back-casing gets to about 40 degrees Celsius on a daily basics
[doublepost=1462174355][/doublepost]Dell advertises up to 15 hours of life on this particular model that I own, but it never got more than 7-8
0 chance of Apple matching that bezel thickness or should I say thinness. Bezels will most likely be rMB 2015/16 thick/thin.
[doublepost=1462175786][/doublepost]Now for my USD 0.02:
I was thinking and well...thinking some more
, and what I thought up is the following. The rMB is like an iDevice that offers OS X. It even has the steel logo, multiple color variants, thin/portability, one port for charging. Maybe Apple plans to keep this thing underpowered forever, and maybe it will retain a single port forever, unlike the Air which slowly got more ports.I feel the rMBP will only come in one colour, be slightly thinner than the current rMBP, retain the glowing Apple logo, will have multiple ports and potentially magnetic chargin (Smart Connecto?).
By doing this, apple can differentiate their product line better.
Okay thats it, im done
unless you're streaming 4k video, i can't believe that a simple youtube page would put the laptop you mentioned under pressure. but i don't have that machine and i must take what you say for real.
i'd be worried, as this shouldn't be a normal behavior, check on activity monitor if there is something unusual.
Watching YouTube on my Late 2011 15' puts load on the CPU enough for the fans to ramp up. SMC says that the CPU temp can reach around 75-80ºC. YouTube definitely seems to be CPU intensive, especially if you watch long videos or many videos.
I believe it. My 17" 2010 cannot play 1080p full screen flash or HTML5 nor a single 4K MP4 straight from an ssd (dropped frames everywhere), yet I can boot camp to do all the above at the same time without a hiccup. I know the machine is vintage according to Apple but Windows has always been a nicer when it came to decoding.
Foreal? I always blame my asthmatic iGPU for not being able to play 1080p or over on my 2010 13" MBP - do you know how OS X and Windows differ in the way the handle video decoding that causes such a difference in performance?
Sorry for the OT, but I want to let you know that sometimes I confuse your nicknames.
By the way, my old MBP 2009 can still run quite well videos or other intensive tasks.
Of course the fans become instantly quite loud (6500 rpm circa) but I can't blame them.
Honestly I'm actually gladly surprised by its overall performances.
The only problem is with games.
Those really kill my GPU.
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0 chance of Apple matching that bezel thickness or should I say thinness. Bezels will most likely be rMB 2015/16 thick/thin.
[doublepost=1462175786][/doublepost]Now for my USD 0.02:
I was thinking and well...thinking some more
I feel the rMBP will only come in one colour, be slightly thinner than the current rMBP, retain the glowing Apple logo, will have multiple ports and potentially magnetic chargin (Smart Connecto?).
By doing this, apple can differentiate their product line better.
Okay thats it, im done
Interesting observation. Maybe they'll take it a step further and make the rMB the first arm based OS X machine.
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For my current usage (mid 2012 15"):
- Normally 1 USB-A port used for various things, occasionally use both ports
- I have a thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor for messing with OpenWRT on my router
- I use the headphone port every day, and it needs to be no latency
- I use the HDMI quite often
- I loved using the card reader until it stopped working
- I'm one of the few that hates the magsafe because it's caused me endless hassles
But having used Macs for quite a few years, I can see both sides of it. Every time I have to give something up I'm not happy, e.g. dvd drive, Ethernet. But then I'll see an older device and it'll seem really dated and I'll be happy with mine.
That article someone posted about usb-c audio suggested it could still be used to send an analogue signal, so that's good. But I'd much prefer to keep the jack.
I'd basically like to keep as much as possible, but I also want a redesign and you can't have everything, so I'm prepared for some changes.
I just got my 2013 rmbp screen replaced for the reflective coating issue, so my fingers are crossed I'm good for at least one more year!
It's weird how raw power has sort of plateaued the last few years. Work got me a beastly windows box for some of the 3D work I do, and despite being 2 years newer and a desktop, the MacBook Pro still holds its own pretty well.
maybe this is a dumb question, but it seems like all the efficiency and power consumption improvements should have allowed a bump in laptop core counts by now, but instead the focus is all on thin and light these days. I get that the vast majority of consumers are best served by that choice, but it'd be nice if they made at least a few "trucks" (to use jobs' analogy) for those of us that need it!
It's weird how raw power has sort of plateaued the last few years. Work got me a beastly windows box for some of the 3D work I do, and despite being 2 years newer and a desktop, the MacBook Pro still holds its own pretty well.
maybe this is a dumb question, but it seems like all the efficiency and power consumption improvements should have allowed a bump in laptop core counts by now, but instead the focus is all on thin and light these days. I get that the vast majority of consumers are best served by that choice, but it'd be nice if they made at least a few "trucks" (to use jobs' analogy) for those of us that need it!
0 chance of Apple matching that bezel thickness or should I say thinness. Bezels will most likely be rMB 2015/16 thick/thin.
[doublepost=1462175786][/doublepost]Now for my USD 0.02:
I was thinking and well...thinking some more
I feel the rMBP will only come in one colour, be slightly thinner than the current rMBP, retain the glowing Apple logo, will have multiple ports and potentially magnetic chargin (Smart Connecto?).
By doing this, apple can differentiate their product line better.
Okay thats it, im done
Absolutely on point with the rMB; it's an iDevice with OS X. Once you think about it that way, the port and processor make sense. The price will come down in time. Adding another port would be moving backwards in Apple's mind.
I'm still onboard for all four colors for MBP.
I know Flash and VLC for Windoze that some of the stuff that is written with access to DirectX API. OS X doesn't have DirectX, obviously, but the bigger issue is that Mac OS doesn't doesn't allow for certain hardware functions to be accessed, apps just don't have the same resources they would on the same box on Windows.
That's why its always funny to see folks rage (back in the day) about their brand new hotrod mac not being able to stream their favorite cat videos in stunning HD quality, back when the processors could barely handle the load. "My brand new $2k Mac can't play youtube videos that my $300 netbook can. Apple Sux." Its a fair complaint, but of course its a little more complicated than that.
Wow. My MBP was from Late 2012 so mine wouldn't have had it, but that's great to know.
I sure hope the new ones keep this feature!
if you mean Optical Audio, All Macbook Pros had optical audio. This article is just referred to the higher output capabilities of the newer Macs.
Ah damn it. Now I have to admit to the fact that I owned a MacBook Pro for three and a half years and never once realized it had optical out. I don't know if I would've used it, as I tend to prefer a USB DAC, but wow...I feel really stupid right now. -_-
Any other secret capabilities the MBP was hiding from me? -_-
Any other secret capabilities the MBP was hiding from me? -_-
I think many of us are hoping for a new MBP which can use an external GPU over Thunderbolt 3, so I'll throw this out there:
The Razer Core was supposed to be one of the first external T3 GPU enclosures on the market, $400-500 and shipping in April. Now that it's may, have we heard anything about availability of these enclosures? I figure it will be at least a few more months before anybody has an idea if they will be supported on a mac.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth
The Razer Core was supposed to be one of the first external T3 GPU enclosures on the market, $400-500 and shipping in April. Now that it's may, have we heard anything about availability of these enclosures? I figure it will be at least a few more months before anybody has an idea if they will be supported on a mac.
http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-systems/razer-blade-stealth
I know hey? I'm still really looking forward to a new rMBP. Space Grey, it's gonna be nice and priced right. I'd be shocked if it doesn't debut in June.
Moving over to ARM architecture is a huge possibility. I think with A9X reaching clock speeds of 2.26 GHz, Apple's reached the capability of Intel Core M processors. Maybe we'll see an A10X in the 2017 Retina MacBook. I feel ARM MacBooks and Intel MacBook Pros is another great point for differentiation.
And how do you handle the different OSX software stack, and all the third party binaries?
People always gloss over that part when discussing ARM macs.
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