It's not clear because it's still on their site. It's awful because non-techy people will think it's current gen.
http://store.apple.com/xc/product/MD101LL/A
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http://store.apple.com/xc/product/MD101LL/A
I was thinking "Macbook" and not "Macbook Pro." Now I understand. Yeah. They're never going to update that model. The lack of the words "with retina display" and the price probably clue people in to the fact that it's not as good as the others. Hopefully.
Hi.
I´ve been running Pro Tools on a 2009 27" iMac since it was brand new. With Pro Tools 11 I started getting more errors and worsening performance, so I went to Studio One. It runs really good on my 7 year old system, but the plug-in count leaves something to be desired. I also run Studio One on windows 7 PC´s at the school where I teach music. Sometimes I borrow a 2013 Macbook Air from my wife, to run Studio one at work. I have several 1 year old Dell Laptops, but the difference in experience between a 3 year old macbook and a 1 year old PC with Win7 is incredible. They way macs run, the way the hardware feels in use,everything. It´s an insane difference.
I have never seen an install of windows running cross plattform software as smooth as a mac of equal power. My buddy uses Sonar, so I can´t compare that. But when running PT, Studio One and other Audio software I always get the best performance and stability with macs.
Getting a 13" rMBP will be a great machine for audio applications, and I for one am turning my iMac in to a dedicated Thudnerbolt display for my new RMBP as SOOON as the Skylake models launch. The 13" model is not all that expensive compared to Dell XPS, and the difference between dual core i5 to i7 is negligable when running audio software. Of course a quad core i7 in a 15" would be even better, but the e years old Macbook Air is already crunching it with Studio One.
I mention my background with Pro Tools and Studio One because I considered reaper when I felt the system requirements for Pro Tools were leaving me behind. But if you are going for a new DAW, then I think S1 is THE DAW to get. great community, developers who listen, best workflow I´ve ever tried, easy on the system requirements and all around nice guys. (Presonus.)
I still keep Pro Tools around because some clients insist on it, but I will usually track in it when they are looking, than bounce to Studio One and do everything else there, and them send them the mixes. Loving Studio One and think it will be AMAH-ZING on Skylake rMBP.
Pm me if you want to continue raving on about DAWS
Yep exactly my point
The 13" inch classic basically has a 'do not buy' tag on it. Outdated hardware, not even retina/ssd etc - horrible upgrade prices and yet on their website.Same with Macmini/Pro etc. I don't understand Apple really. 20k employees and no one has time to put in current hardware or update the website?
Hi.
I´ve been running Pro Tools on a 2009 27" iMac since it was brand new. With Pro Tools 11 I started getting more errors and worsening performance, so I went to Studio One. It runs really good on my 7 year old system, but the plug-in count leaves something to be desired. I also run Studio One on windows 7 PC´s at the school where I teach music. Sometimes I borrow a 2013 Macbook Air from my wife, to run Studio one at work. I have several 1 year old Dell Laptops, but the difference in experience between a 3 year old macbook and a 1 year old PC with Win7 is incredible. They way macs run, the way the hardware feels in use,everything. It´s an insane difference.
I have never seen an install of windows running cross plattform software as smooth as a mac of equal power. My buddy uses Sonar, so I can´t compare that. But when running PT, Studio One and other Audio software I always get the best performance and stability with macs.
Getting a 13" rMBP will be a great machine for audio applications, and I for one am turning my iMac in to a dedicated Thudnerbolt display for my new RMBP as SOOON as the Skylake models launch. The 13" model is not all that expensive compared to Dell XPS, and the difference between dual core i5 to i7 is negligable when running audio software. Of course a quad core i7 in a 15" would be even better, but the e years old Macbook Air is already crunching it with Studio One.
I mention my background with Pro Tools and Studio One because I considered reaper when I felt the system requirements for Pro Tools were leaving me behind. But if you are going for a new DAW, then I think S1 is THE DAW to get. great community, developers who listen, best workflow I´ve ever tried, easy on the system requirements and all around nice guys. (Presonus.)
I still keep Pro Tools around because some clients insist on it, but I will usually track in it when they are looking, than bounce to Studio One and do everything else there, and them send them the mixes. Loving Studio One and think it will be AMAH-ZING on Skylake rMBP.
Pm me if you want to continue raving on about DAWS
That's great, very informative, thanks.
You're getting me psyched for my first MBP now!
I'll def will check S1 out too.
The difference between the XPS 15 with 16gigs of RAM and the rMBP 15" is 4500Sek.
The question should be if you think 4500 Sek is an Ok price for (imho) better design, longevity (I can still make do with my 2009 computer, and I run a server off a 2006 MacBook) the Apple ecosystem (you have the phone and the iPad) OS X, and the other mac only features, while giving up a greater games selection unless you install boot camp.
I for one would´t go for a win based production enviroment no matter how much money I saved. Im invested in the ecosystem, AND I use both every day and just feel more comfortable with OS X as my DAW OS.
That's great, very informative, thanks.
You're getting me psyched for my first MBP now!
I'll def will check S1 out too.
Check out Studio one Prime with is free forever, or try the 1 month free full featured demo of Studio One Professional.
I dunno if this is news but over the last 24hrs there have been several unverified reports of a 'zero-travel' touchscreen based keyboard?
https://news.google.com/news/story?...ved=0ahUKEwiw5obw8ObMAhWTDBoKHQ0DCqwQqgIIJDAB
I understand that most of these sites are just looking for clicks but still I hope this doesn't happen...
https://news.google.com/news/story?...ved=0ahUKEwiw5obw8ObMAhWTDBoKHQ0DCqwQqgIIJDAB
I understand that most of these sites are just looking for clicks but still I hope this doesn't happen...
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/19/os-x-10-12-unlock-mac-with-iphone/
Wonder if new hardware will have the sensor built in.
Wonder if new hardware will have the sensor built in.
It's so weird to see the non-retina MacBook Pro yet on the store.
Still, I'll miss it.
It's light, quite powerful, and most of all is the most (well, the only) upgradable product of Apple.
There was an interesting article by The Verge (or Motherboard, I don't remember now) about it.
Think about it.
RAM, Hard Disk, battery are all upgradable, and they will increase the life of the computer.
Maybe even GPU and CPU, with skills and patience.
Yep, I'll miss it...
Double edged sword of an argument though. They are also the three biggest sources of computer failure. Soldering RAM is inconvenient for upgraders, but ultimately increases reliability. I kind of wish I could just go out and buy an off the shelf SSD, but then again it wouldn't have close to the performance of Apple's.
Not so sure RAM is a top 3 point of computer failure. I've seen plenty of DOA RAM, but once installed it tends to go and go.
A 512GB Samsung 950 PRO NVMe drive is $317 on amazon...pretty damn fast.
During the life of the computer these things will get faster and cheaper. For example...a big factor keeping my late 2011 MBP usable is my ability to replace the HDD with an SSD. I think the only arguments for soldered in components are 1) thinness and more importantly 2) profit.
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That's actually more expensive than Apple's drive. I was more talking about SATA SSDs because their prices are plummeting.
i disagree with this sentiment.
I know. He said "Macbook" instead of "Macbook Pro", so I thought he meant the white, plastic model.
True that, and it's true also that SSD and Flash Ram provided by Apple are really powerful.
I'm just sad for the lack of alternatives that will come:
"You can choose between a superthinner not upgradable MBP or a superthinner not upgradable MBP less powerful."
What I hope to see on Macrumors everyday:
"Apple updated its entire Mac line-up"
What I do see on Macrumors everyday:
"Apple Pay now available at a store you never heard of" and "Today Apple shared the 5th beta of El Capitan 10.11.39, it's not clear what has been updated so we guess it probably adds new bugs"
"Apple updated its entire Mac line-up"
What I do see on Macrumors everyday:
"Apple Pay now available at a store you never heard of" and "Today Apple shared the 5th beta of El Capitan 10.11.39, it's not clear what has been updated so we guess it probably adds new bugs"
10.11.39? That's stability we could never even hope for! Even Apple these days couldn't iterate an OS 39 times and not have something rock solid.
Hello guys!! I was investigating about possible processors in new macbook pro and I found this result in geekbech3 browser. It's the only i7 with iris graphics 550 (28w) and It was tested with a Mac!!!
What do you think about this??
What do you think about this??
And significally slower than others laptop with the same cpu. Cool new thinner body is responsible for throttling ? Or osx is just slower than windows in this benchmark.
I currently use a 2014 low end 13" MacBook Pro for audio recording, and it's amazing for it. I'm using Logic (which I love and would absolutely recommend) with an average of 8 inputs at a time. We have a fully miced drum set, guitars, vocals, and midi all going in and the system handles it great. I'm sure the new ones, especially the 15" will be a beast handling that sort of workload. Bouncing takes a little longer on the 13", but besides that it's great. I would for sure recommend it. The ability to use the audio midi for logic is great, and it's just an all around good program, especially for writing. We actually ended up recording a full length album with Logic and used it to mix, and the tools it contains are great, plus it has great 3rd party plug-in support
That benchmark is fake according to MacRumors, and it actually represents a Hackintosh. They already reported on it back in January.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/01/18/skylake-macbook-pro-benchmarks-fake/
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