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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Serban knows what you had for breakfast
Anyone played with a System76 laptop? Could be a nice alternative if the next gen MBP doesn't materialize soon or it's a total dog.
Are you serious? I can't tell. I'm not trying to poke fun at you or anything, but why would you consider those? The ones that are relatively small come with a 1080p screen, IPS is optional on one of them. No USB-C or TB3. What makes them appealing to you?
I think you have me confused with someone who plays games or wants to watch youtube videos on my system, which I don't mind doing at times. However, I prefer a portable workstation for the line of work that I do. IMO, the MBPs have become more of a hipster status symbol, and I sadly am losing faith in their professional products.
ETA - to directly answer your question, quad core processor, with crazy large amounts of ram, dGPU and very large storage space configuration. Not to mention, it's also running Ubuntu and not windows or any bastardized version of Windows/Linux.
Well, the OS is one thing but the rest of the things you've listed can be met with a different laptop - albeit with a Windows 10 OS, but something along the lines of the HP ZBook Studio looks promising. Is it more expensive? Yes, a bit. But it also has different specs to boot, and can be configured with mobile Xeon processors as well. The dGPU inside them (if you choose one), is a Quadro I believe - which is more suited for a mobile workstation vs an iGPU HD 520 or a GTX 970M/980M. But again, price and OS.
I hope Apple delivers.
Never heard of system76, but I'm seriously considering a Dell 7510 PMW (which can also be configured with Ubuntu) if the next MBP doesn't work for me. Looks like a pretty nice chasis. Quadro GPUs though...which may or may not be what you need.
In other news...typing this on my Late 2011 MBP. Just got it back from a logic board replacement. They offered me an upgrade to 16gb RAM for $239 (on sale). Had to politely decline that one.
Well, the OS is one thing but the rest of the things you've listed can be met with a different laptop - albeit with a Windows 10 OS, but something along the lines of the HP ZBook Studio looks promising. Is it more expensive? Yes, a bit. But it also has different specs to boot, and can be configured with mobile Xeon processors as well. The dGPU inside them (if you choose one), is a Quadro I believe - which is more suited for a mobile workstation vs an iGPU HD 520 or a GTX 970M/980M. But again, price and OS.
I hope Apple delivers.
Took a look at the HP...specs IMO still falls short of the 64GBs of RAM and over 2 TB SSD drives. Processors and dGPU look interesting; however, I'd rather give myself a lobotomy then to buy another HP system bloated with their proprietary software/hardware "stuff". Dell is probably worse than HP when it comes to really crappy designs and build quality.
I too hope Apple hasn't lost their way with all the other crap they've been recently pushing. Way more bugs and cheaper products coming out of them lately...
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Check them out..I've been on the fence for a few years, but the recent stuff out of Apple has really pushed me further that direction. God help me I don't go on a drunken buying spree...might find a System76 at my door one afternoon!
Okay...and you are saying you need to hit the gym more often?
There are a number of Windows laptops that interest me with their specs, but I need OS X. I prefer it so much to Windows it's not even funny. In that case, there's really no other laptop I can consider.
What you talkin' about Willis...I just insulted a majority of MBP users by calling them hipsters in search of a status symbol...
A myth. I can think of far better ways of getting laid than spending $3000 on a computer.
MBP is a productivity tool for high quality, design-orientated and design-appreciative people. If you want to buy one to look good in Starbucks (the McDonald's of coffee), then yeah, you deserve to spend $3000 to make shareholders wealthier. You'd look even better in McDonald's - just go easy on the chicken nuggets. Society benefits in the end - the poor reproductive choices of breadline hipsters (too cool to get a job) mean they'll be bred out. Instead of a bike/MBP/moustache, they'd have been far better off buying a 10 year-old BMW convertible, getting a buzz haircut and had a lot more fun.
LOL @Oppenheim I think you say this line in almost every post you have "MBP is a productivity tool for high quality blah blah blah professionals blah blah design" Its like you're a programmed troll bot
If I had a nickel for everytime.... I'd have like atleast 6 or 7
If I had a nickel for everytime.... I'd have like atleast 6 or 7
How realistic is to expect a 13" retina macbook pro, with an intel i7 , 16 gb of DDR4 RAM, 512 GB SSD ? ( no custom build)
how can you guys still find something to discuss about, even though there's nothing to say anymore but to wait some 4 weeks? chill out, relax, and begin to prepare your popcorn
^it took us 476 pages, but finally someone mentioned liquidmetal, scraping the bottom of the patent/rumor barrel.
I remember last year when someone said it'd be 4 weeks until Broadwell and not only did they refresh the MBP before but WWDC but they kept haswell!!!! lol. Broadwell refresh incoming.
Not realistic. There is no market for that price point to make it the default. At best, a 13" i5 dual-core, 16GB DDR4, 512GB SD for $1999 as the high tier seems reasonable. I also don't expect the new MBP to start under 1499 seeing as the MB starts at 1299.
I know a lot of people don't lake comparisons , but dell has been using the i7 since early 2015 in their 13" XPS model, what's stopping apple?
Dell hasn't been using an i7 in their base model, and you can get an i7 in a 13inch MacBook Pro.
Also, don't quote me on this, but I think the MacBook Pro is generally clocking higher CPU speeds than the XPS.
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