If thats the case we would have reach 1000 pages and I believe the next thread will be waiting for Kabylake refresh ?
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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread
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hey guise...
I'm secretly holding out hope that Apple bitch slapped Intel for screwing them over with the Skylake delay (making them look bad for skipping Broadwell) and got exclusive rights to an early release of suitable Kabylake procs. THAT'S the Apple I used to respect.
Now its, lets see what everyone else does. OK, looks cool, lets wait till it's dirt cheap to implement and then charge a premium!
By the way, you know what the new OLED bar is good for as well?
3x bigger emoji!!
OT: KabyLake huh? Would be nice if Apple was leading again and attract more people to buy Macs! Looking forward to the coming months, still hoping for a refresh in July though
3x bigger emoji!!
OT: KabyLake huh? Would be nice if Apple was leading again and attract more people to buy Macs! Looking forward to the coming months, still hoping for a refresh in July though
"And if you use your finger on this emojiselector we've built into the keyboard, you can select the emoji you want, and then scale your emoji! We feel this is SO IMPORTANT that we refuse to let developers use the emojiselector for anything else! Also, all Macbook Pros can now ONLY use iMessage. No other applications are important enough to deserve 30 minutes of time at an apple developer keynote!"By the way, you know what the new OLED bar is good for as well?
3x bigger emoji!!
OT: KabyLake huh? Would be nice if Apple was leading again and attract more people to buy Macs! Looking forward to the coming months, still hoping for a refresh in July though
I don't think that'll be possible.
Resolution wise, I just want a Mac that can output normal (8 bit?) 4K@60Hz through HDMI. Even if it needs a TB3->HDMI adapter.
Its extremely unlikely and just wishful thinking on my part that we'd get kaby lake in the fall. The thing is 4k blu ray and most 4k video is moving to 10bit and I'd like to be able to output that quality. I dont mind having an adapter from USB C /TB3, i just would rather have native capability
Conspiracy theory: What if the Intel delay on the skylake CPUs is related to Intel and Apple working on a new CPU?
This should be renamed to "Waiting for Godot"
First gen MacBook Air used a Core 2 Duo 'Merom' series, right? From what I know it was a custom chip, but certainly not a generation ahead of design schedule.
Besides, Intel was much less organized with their release schedules before the Core i series. Apple doesn't have a magic wand they can wave to make Intel products come out early, no matter how much Kaby Lakers wish it.
Apple have had amble time to release Skylake based Macbook Pros. Apple could have used manufacturing samples when designing a new MBP and released the machines upon Skylake availability.
Though, it would be very nice if the next MBPs contained Kabylake CPUs....
Yeah, it was the same exact chip that was available elsewhere but just custom sized. I'm pretty sure Apple paid a nice fee to get that done though. I doubt Apple would be getting stock KabyLake procs before others, especially with the volumes that Dell/HP/Lenovo sell.
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What's ample time? The relevant (Skylake with P580 gpu) ones were recently just made available, and we don't even know what kind of quantities they're available in. Truthfully, I'm not mad about the lack of Skylake Pros, but am disappointed that Apple skipped Broadwell and continues to maintain the same price point for a system with a 2+ year old CPU.
Why would Intel favor Apple over PC manufacturers (e.g. Dell, HP, etc.) when the PC manufacturers sell many more units than Apple? Intel doesn't care about the Apple premium or prestige or profit. They care about number of units sold. The only exception would be if Apple pays them a ludicrous amount of money for early access...which will probably be seen as anti-competitive or a bribe.
If they miss the back to school window, it will be q1 2017.
Company focus is on selling hardware with the new OS on board and iPhone 7/pad/watch/app holiday sales.
Q1 2017 will give Apple Mac team the space they need to scrap the plan A design and accelerate their plan X design.
The 2012 may have been the last "laptop" form factor. I genuinely thought there'd be one final 2016 laptop.
Company focus is on selling hardware with the new OS on board and iPhone 7/pad/watch/app holiday sales.
Q1 2017 will give Apple Mac team the space they need to scrap the plan A design and accelerate their plan X design.
The 2012 may have been the last "laptop" form factor. I genuinely thought there'd be one final 2016 laptop.
Not sure if already posted but anandtech forum folks identified kabylake gt3 parts (iris 650) in intel's latest driver stack, make of it what you will. Gt4e parts (15" mbp) no where to be found yet (nor do I expect them this early in the game).
iKBLULTGT3E28 = "Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 650"
iKBLULTGT3E28 = "Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 650"
Well, despite what I would have guessed just a few weeks ago, I am currently writing this on a brand new 13" 2015 retina MBP. The $999 brand new deal was just too good for me to pass up. If the new one comes out and I really need, I figure ill get $700 out of this at least, which only leaves me out $300 and I can live with that.
lol, my post just before yours: "I doubt Apple would be getting stock KabyLake procs before others, especially with the volumes that Dell/HP/Lenovo sell."
I'm just trying to be delusional to pass the time. Otherwise this thread may as well be locked till just before the Sept event (then locked again when no new MBPs come out).
This waiting is freaking me out. I'm a college student and i need a new laptop because my 2010 macbook pro 15 died a few months ago (it can be use for some very light tasks, but most of tasks made a random reboot). I don't want to but the current model because of the overprice. I can wait until September or if is necessary until october and then start to study with a new MacBook. I just want a laptop for the 5-7 years to come!
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