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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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Don't get me wrong, it sucks playing on "low"! But since you're hunched over a 12" screen, it's not too bad, really. In 2012, my guild and I took down cho'gall in BoT ... And I was on travel for work on an 11" MacBook Air in a hotel room.
Yeah, the 580 should allow medium or better settings and a nice view distance. That would work well. I would prefer a dGPU, I think, but since I have to play in the living room (i.e. on battery power) a lot, I might give up high graphics settings for more battery power. ~50w TDP for a graphics processor is a big hit on battery life. Even on the 12" rMB, playing wow cut the battery life by almost 50%, just from running the processor and iGPU at full bore. (~7-8 hrs cut down to ~4)
So...it's a real compromise, for sure. The 580 might not be too bad, but the rMBP is a bit expensive for medium performance on WoW. Too bad that Alienware comes with Windows! And piss-poor battery life. And it's kinda ugly. And has a crappy trackpad. And it's super thick, and made out of black plastic. And it comes with Windows. And weighs so much. And...oh well, my son is about to destroy the house, better stop complaining and go pay attention to him!
Cheers
My trackpad on my macbook pro retina it acting up it doesn't click correctly and is non-responsive sometimes. Also my rMBP has been crashing a lot, it never used to do that ever before.
Fanless would be a 4.5w processor. I have not heard of any 15w processor without a fan...
How long have you guys had yours? My rMBP I got in late 2012 and it worked fine until March of this year. Before then the worst problems were worn-down letters on the keys and the display had some scratches. But then all of a sudden, the CPU started throttling randomly for no reason and I was unable to solve the issue no matter the 100 different fixes I tried. So I sold it as broken on eBay. But the trackpad and keyboard worked fine and it never crashed. It was basically perfect until that day in March when the logic board fried in some way (assuming). I guess everyone's craps out in a different way lol
3 1/2 years for a rMBP is just horrible? Shouldn't these Macbook Pros last a lot longer than that since we paid so much for them?
Everyone talking about needing to replace their 2011 or newer MacBook Pro while I'm here with a Late 08 with 30 minutes of battery life. Really want a new MacBook, but be crappy if they release new ones, then jump to Kaby Lake 4 months later. I guess anything is better than a core 2 duo though
They should and they typically do. My 09 MBP 13" is about to turn 7 years old and I still use it every day. I even use Lightroom to edit RAW files and it's decent (as long as I am patient and have a cup of coffee to keep me company).
I feel your pain. Crap battery and tons of lag. As of recent safari keeps quitting. Such a pain.
One of the most useful summaries of playing WoW on a Macbook I've read, thanks! I'll probably suck up whatever they offer with the new MBP and give it a go now I know that even an iGPU will do it, knowing that even last years model with the AMD graphics would also let me give the game a go again.
I have looked at Windows laptops, including Dell ones, but you are right. Longevity, quality trackpad, battery life; I'm a sucker for Apple products.
Thanks again
I've said a few times Apple is becoming a fashion brand rather than electronics/software/cloud. The new Macbook Pro will be the thinnest ever and slower than 2015 version, but it will also cost €2499 for the base model and €4999 for the Hermes Rose Gold version.
I just watched the 13 and 15 inch retina announcements, they started shipping at the day of announcement. Hoping this will happen this year as well.
It was also quite funny to see Apple charge 1699 for a 13" with 128 GB and 8 GB. Hope they don't do that this time lol, cause that would be way overpriced.
It was also quite funny to see Apple charge 1699 for a 13" with 128 GB and 8 GB. Hope they don't do that this time lol, cause that would be way overpriced.
even the 12"MB starts at 8/256, the pro will be at least on par with that.
personally, i wouldn't go lower than 16/512 whatever my next laptop will be.
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if you think that 4 years later the base model is still 8/128.. that's kind of depressing.
upgrades are smaller than they used to be 5-10 years ago, at least this should mean PCs last longer!
Unless Apple goes with the 28w with HD550 on the 13"...which is quite plausible.
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Guys, can we seriously ask the mods to change the title in "Still waiting for Skylake MBP thread" if nothing comes up at WWDC?
I know what you mean I have late 08 myself and lost my mind when they had a major upgrade in early 09, even called Apple stupid waste of time on my part but did it anyway. Refused to upgrade last June due to upgrade coming soon. Now I see another meltdown is possible in my future since I can't wait forever to replace this MBP. What would really get me is if they added touch with a pen since I do a lot of photoshop
IMHO we should ask now and then ask again, something along the lines "And yet still waiting for Skylake MBP thread".
Is there even a thing left to be discussed about the MacBook Pro?
Seems like we covered everything and we're starting to repeat ourselves.
This wait is making us delusional
Seems like we covered everything and we're starting to repeat ourselves.
This wait is making us delusional
How you think, if new rMBP is announced on WWDC, when is it available to buy?
What was the past practice?
What was the past practice?
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