Highly unlikely. While there are Hackintoshes, those highly depend on having hardware that work with OS X. Even then, it's never flawless, and I've seen all sorts of unexpected issues even after a successful install.
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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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This thread with almost 12000 posts has now overtaken the "the-i-just-ordered-bought-got-my-new-refurb-mbp" sticky running since the year 2009.
Does it mean there are more people waiting for skylake than bought a MBP in the last 7 years?
There are at least a lot of people not happy with the "non development" apple took.
But over the time I recognized the step to the new modern Windows 10 pro and the new silent, touch enabled, 4k, beautiful Windows Laptops as not that difficult.
I ask myself why did I thought MacOSX was superior to Windows ?
For a second I thought I traveled back in time and it was 2014 again.
What is the longest macrumors thread ever?
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I have been wondering the same for quite some time now. I imagine there would be issues, I enjoy the challenge or sorting those out though. However, It would not be possible to get the trackpad on the blade to act like a trackpad on a MacBook (especially the ones with force touch, but the ones without too). And that is a major deal breaker for me.
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I have been wondering the same for quite some time now. I imagine there would be issues, I enjoy the challenge or sorting those out though. However, It would not be possible to get the trackpad on the blade to act like a trackpad on a MacBook (especially the ones with force touch, but the ones without too). And that is a major deal breaker for me.
This is right but there is something to add - a big nuance. Up until Haswell non-Pro Irises had no eDRAM so pretty much they were named Iris being just top HD-series iGPUs. Since Broadwell (and including Skylake) they do have eDRAM as well as Irises Pro and they have enough of it to actually make a difference, they're naturally distinct from the HD-series now.
What I'm trying to say is the difference between Iris and Iris Pro for Haswell is much bigger than for Skylake.
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Because:
1) Windows 10 Pro isn't THAT a big innovation in the first place, compared to Win7. (And I tried it.)
2) Touch-enabled screen is overrated and only marginally useful (unless the laptop is a convertible).
3) 4K. So what, when most apps don't scale and even some parts of the OS itself can't scale for that resolution.
4) Beautiful Windows laptop. Yes, there are nice ones but unfortunately, most of the them still have terrible trackpads and/or keyboards.
And for the record, I use both and I'm still waiting for THE quality Windows laptop that I would gladly purchase to replace the existing one. (Yes, yes I have looked at the Dell XPS, supposedly the best Windows laptop out there; but it still doesn't cut it for me -- while the hardware is great, software still has lots of rough edges.)
So for now, I still enjoy using my MBPr much more than my Windows laptop. I have been using Windows since the Windows 3.1 days. I appreciate its eco-system, it has served me well but now, for sheer enjoyment of using a computer to do some web programming, I use the Mac unless there is some technical reason for me to use Windows.
I'm waiting for the New MacBook Pro 2016 with skylake.... Anyone here like me?
Yes, I'm waiting this release so I will get the macbook pro retina 2012 version in the best offers, lol. Waiting for something is happy. :rofl:
Yes, I'm waiting this release so I will get the macbook pro retina 2012 version in the best offers, lol. Waiting for something is happy. :rofl:
...nah. I'm waiting for rumours of the New Macbook Pro 2016 with Skylake...
Yes, I think this is totally true, I am no Mac fanboy (Android user, no iphone for me thx), in fact I think macs are a little expensive for the hardware that they have. I have been tempted by the XPS 15, but I know I will not be satisfied unless I get a new MBP. Once you go Mac, you never go back.
Of course it all comes down to use case and personal taste,
but for me, I tried over a month long, windows 10 is nowhere near Mac OS X when it comes to usability and stability. Also that privacy-gate of Win10 is a real sour apple to bite into - if you wanna put it that way.
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Well put. My thoughts as well!
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Have to agree the keyboard and trackpad on the XPS are god awful. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy to have to deal with those keys..
Have to agree the keyboard and trackpad on the XPS are god awful. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy to have to deal with those keys..
? do we really speak about the same XPS 15" 9550 Skylake ?
until now I thought keyboard and trackpad are great ... but while I think about it ... I realize the sound of the TAB-Key is a little bit disturbing /s
[doublepost=1463399449][/doublepost]and the 2.5 TB of internal SSD's inside the XPS way to much, and to inexpensive because I could use old Parts ... /s
until now I thought keyboard and trackpad are great ... but while I think about it ... I realize the sound of the TAB-Key is a little bit disturbing /s
[doublepost=1463399449][/doublepost]and the 2.5 TB of internal SSD's inside the XPS way to much, and to inexpensive because I could use old Parts ... /s
Yes I think that's what this thread is all about. Either that or I have been following the thread for almost a yr now for no good reason.
OMG, 4 weeks until WWDC. I will miss this thread
I'm speaking from XPS 9350, I understand it's a year older but afaik the key board and trackpad are the same. I admit the keys have a nice jumpy feeling but the layout is terrible and getting used to it takes a while. As for the trackpad...... It's the most dust attracting, hardly reacting, awful feeling 'track pad' (in comparison with rMBP) but for Windows I guess it's ok..
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It will most likely be updated to 'waiting for Kaby lake' or equivalentOMG, 4 weeks until WWDC. I will miss this thread
I didn't see a need to respond to you. If you want to be trolled, then have at it. I don't feel obligated to care about Serban's temper tantrum, so I didn't.Ah, the smartass comes in again
Uh, I've been in this thread before you were even a registered user. Calm it down, whippersnapper.
Oh, presumptuous and pretentious. Don't let anyone tell you that you aren't a pro multitasker.
Saying you've run into problems with you GPU is a silly reason to say Apple should abandon them. Plenty of people have bought Macbooks or iMacs with dGPUs, including me(funny how anecdotal evidence works), and haven't had any issue with them. There have been recall issues with displays, magsafe, and even USB-C chargers, but they don't automatically signal some institutional issue with their production. If you don't want a dGPU, then don't buy one. But it's absolute nonsense to say Apple should stop including them altogether, particularly with the large performance boost that Pascal and Polaris will bring.
Sure if you don't mind paying full price for 3 year old technology.
Ok lets talk about dell xps
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[doublepost=1463404418][/doublepost]like i said a more polished and balanced Windows laptop like mbp does not exist.
- Coil Whine while on AC power. This squeaking noise is most pronounced while cold booting the computer, and is less audible on battery power.
- Fan while charging: While charging the battery and until it reaches around 90%, the fans run at high speed that is very audible. I do not have express charge enabled in BIOS or Dell Power Command, and have optimal as the fan setting. This has been reported by other, but not all, XPS 15 owners
- USB-C Powershare: it does not charge when the laptop is off as when using the type-A USB ports. Powershare is enabled in the BIOS, and the phone does charges after logging into Windows. The latest Dell Thunderbolt 3 firmware was installed with no resolution.
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- the CPU throttling after AC -> battery -> AC
- the "NVMe related SSD Sleep bug - performance seems to be cut in half after Sleep" -> happens only in RAID mode, not in AHCI
[doublepost=1463404418][/doublepost]like i said a more polished and balanced Windows laptop like mbp does not exist.
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Dell Inc. XPS 15 9550 - https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6590938
Intel NUC NUC6i7KYK https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6603438 (nucblog.net)
Hopefully Olli from nucblog.net will provide real life results...(hopefully in games either)
PS: so sad to see degrade in synthetic benchmarks in Skylake vs Haswell (maybe it does depend on ram 8 GB vs 16 GB respectively)
[doublepost=1463406723][/doublepost]Skull Canyon NUC Review 1/3: Hardware Overview (NUC6i7KYK)
Skull Canyon NUC Review 2/3: Benchmarks (NUC6i7KYK)
Skull Canyon NUC Review 3/3: Gaming and Conclusions (NUC6i7KYK)
wow.
Intel NUC NUC6i7KYK https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6603438 (nucblog.net)
Hopefully Olli from nucblog.net will provide real life results...(hopefully in games either)
PS: so sad to see degrade in synthetic benchmarks in Skylake vs Haswell (maybe it does depend on ram 8 GB vs 16 GB respectively)
[doublepost=1463406723][/doublepost]Skull Canyon NUC Review 1/3: Hardware Overview (NUC6i7KYK)
Skull Canyon NUC Review 2/3: Benchmarks (NUC6i7KYK)
Skull Canyon NUC Review 3/3: Gaming and Conclusions (NUC6i7KYK)
wow.
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Dell XPS 15 9550 geekbench 64 bit windows to compare 64bit-64bit
https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6531783
https://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/6531783
So HD 580 is 10% slower than desktop GTX 750 Ti in Dirt 3 with similar settings. Not bad, at all.
The score from review for HD580 - 54 FPS.
Same. It has everything i'm looking for in a laptop (except the OS). If Apple disappoints at WWDC, i'm hopping on the Razer bandwagon.
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