Waiting for Skylake MBP thread

[prakhar17]

I have been waiting for skylake rMBP from Feb. This is too much wait from apple side.
I hope they don't screw on this release, it will be highly disappointing!
I want a 15' rMBP with TB3 that can drive two 4k monitors! or a 5k + 4k

 

[Cougarcat]

Please, Apple, use a decent dGPU this time.
You can do it.

If there's one thing I can count on Apple doing, it's them releasing machines with disappointing graphics cards. One of the reasons I've gone 13" MBP + hackintosh and haven't looked back.

 

[tofagerl]

Or in my case 13" MBP and a playstation... I still miss my Paradox games, though

 

[danwells]

No on a waterproof laptop. The keyboard is too hard to do (not to mention the ports). Some Panasonic Toughbooks are as waterproof as waterproof phones (they're also significantly vibration resistant). The truly rugged Toughbook is an 8 lb 13" laptop with specs very similar to the 13" MacBook Air (it does offer some more choice in drives and such - you get something for those 8 lbs). It's laughably non-retina (1024x768 pixels). If you want to see one, look in a police car - a lot of police departments have bought them, often mounting them semi-permantly in the cars.

What we could see (Is this already true of Apple keyboards, as a consequence of the unibody design?) is what other makers tout as a spill proof keyboard. The keyboard actually still shorts out in the event of a spill, but it is designed so the water(water? when these accidents happen, it's usually beer...) doesn't get farther into the machine. Unlike on the Macs, the keyboards on most of those machines are easily replaceable...

 

[KirekkusuPT]

Sorry for the misleading, I was sure it was mentioned a RX 460M, instead is a RX 460, so for desktop option.
But seems like it is really weak, and "the smallest member of the Polaris family that we’ve seen yet, [...] geared towards MOBAs such as League of Legends."
Ugh!
Anyway it doesn't fit for laptops, so hopes still remain with the RX 480M, that early benchmarks define as "slightly faster than a Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M. "
Bring it on, Apple!

There are 2 Polaris chips. 10 and 11. 10 > 11 tho.

RX 480 (desktop) is full Polaris 10 chip. RX 470 (desktop) is cut-down Polaris 10 chip. RX 460 (desktop) is full Polaris 11 chip.

The RX 480M suposedly is 'full' Polaris 11 chip, therefore the performance should be on par with a desktop RX 460.
The RX 490M suposedly should be based, if not full chip, on Polaris 10, being performance wise close to a desktop RX 480.

These are just speculations tho, we are still to see any confirmation from AMD on this. Specially in regards to the RX 490M.

About the RX 480M being better than the 960M: It's good, but a bit disapointing. The RX 480 beats the 970, so a lot of good people were expecting the RX 480M would beat the 970M. Being only better than the 960M is 'meh'.

Although it uses a lot less TDP, which can result on it coming to 14 and maybe even 13'' laptops. (Although Apple wouldn't use it on the 13'' probably, anyways).

If there's one thing I can count on Apple doing, it's them releasing machines with disappointing graphics cards. One of the reasons I've gone 13" MBP + hackintosh and haven't looked back.

Suposedly this delay is because of the GPU, since AMD doesn't have the RX 480M announced. Intel alreaddy had the Skylake chips avaiable, so we can hope that apple will at least deliver a RX 480M, which should be a big jump from the tiers of the R9 M370X and GTX 750M/650M.

 

[killawat]

f*** damn crappy usb-c to usb-a cable blew out one of my usb 3.0 ports on my express card adapter f***. Guys if you're out there buying USB-C devices for the new MBP please please please make sure to use your own usb-c to usb-a cables (Benson Leung Approved) vendors out there are not doing their due diligence on these cables and you might destroy your motherboard.

Can't wait to talk to Oyen Digital on monday.

 

[KirekkusuPT]

Damn man.

These usb-c cables are dangerous.

I'll probably get adapters from Apple. USB-A to USB-C, Ethernet to USB-C. SD Card and HDMI to USB-C, if the macbook doesnt include these ports.

My next phone will have usb-c so I'll stick with it's OEM cables.

 

[Macasio]

I am waiting since 2015 October, it's so hard to be patient. One of my daily todo list is to check this thread or macrumors for new information. This delay is so unbelievable hardcore! I promise you that apple is not going to release the mbp in September... We have to wait at least 4,5 more months! So, 2015 October - 2016 October for a Macbook... Insane! I have enough money to buy this upcoming macbook but apple does not give a f*ck -.-

 

[sotorious]

Still no release date on the new MBP?

 

[Ma2k5]

I know OLED is most likely coming, but what is the probability of a Touch ID being on the laptop?

 

[WRONG]

Do you guys prefer/use adapters from Apple? Why so?
If I had to go with dongles/adapters, as I'm afraid I will, probably I'll choose one of this one.
https://www.hypershop.com/collectio...-c-5-in-1-hub-with-pass-though-usb-c-charging

http://www.satechi.net/index.php/type-c-pass-through-usb-hub-silver

They are multi-purpose, and at least better good-looking than those plastic adapters..
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Still no release date on the new MBP?

 

[Macasio]

My first meme, I am so proud

 

[heeloliver]

Still no release date on the new MBP?

LOL

 

[sotorious]

LOL

What's so funny!!!!

 

[shareef777]

Do you guys prefer/use adapters from Apple? Why so?
If I had to go with dongles/adapters, as I'm afraid I will, probably I'll choose one of this one.
https://www.hypershop.com/collectio...-c-5-in-1-hub-with-pass-though-usb-c-charging

http://www.satechi.net/index.php/type-c-pass-through-usb-hub-silver

They are multi-purpose, and at least better good-looking than those plastic adapters..
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Those adapters are nice. Will probably grab three (one for home, one for office, one for bag). Though I would hope that they offer it with two female USB-C ports so that I could use a cable instead. Don't like the idea of an adapter sitting attached to my laptop directly. Would rather have a cable so that I can have the SD/USB-A ports facing me on my desk (i.e., this would be able to function more like a dock).

 

[navaira]

What's so funny!!!!

I think you missed the last 743 pages!

 

[Sugarbear33]

sooooo... If these come out in October that should be around the time give or take a few months that dell refreshes its xps 15 with pascal (nvidias finfet 16nm --- 1060m gtx) and quad core kaby lake (they don't use iris pro) ....
That 1060m gtx will be a mother****in beast too

I feel like I'm at Vegas losing all my chips in black jack and I can't decide when to cut my losses. I could easily be at this table forever...

 

[iwota]

Hey I'm a long time lurker here but finally made an account to join in on the posts I've been reading for so so many hours the last year.

I've had my windows desktop for about 7 years, which is crazy. I badly need a new computer to be able to work for my dreams as a music producer, now everything has been on hold just waiting for the MBP so I can start in Logic. I also want to edit videos from my GoPro and miss playing games with my friends.. First thinking it would come in march, then summer. I was really thrilled to start working on it this summer, and didn't get any employment because I wanted to spend all time in Logic on new MBP. And as you can understand my PC is really slow by now and it's annoying to use it because everything could go so much faster, I really should get a new one now but I wouldn't be satisfied after all this wait to get something else but a new, re-designed, maxed out, MBP.

Funny thing is, I could never imagine myself having a mac before like 2 years ago when I got my eyes open for this new MBP with Intels soon-to-come-processor Skylake. Of course Apple decided to wait so long with the upgrade when I finally turned over to their side from loving windows PC..

Now I'm just hoping that when it finally comes it will be a great POWERFUL one worth the wait and money (After all this wait I'm ready to spend all my money and go for maxed-out.) and I really hope Apple understands PRO users wants better, not thinner.. Fuak I'd hate if battery, performance or anything at all suffers from their urge to make everything stupidly thin!

 

[ocgirl]

I have been lurking for a while now, and I was wondering how much time has everybody waiting and what machine are you using?
I decided to sell my 2011 MBP back in September (thinking a new one would come out fairly quickly and mine would lose its value .... yeah right !). Now I'm operating on my Tab s and feeling fairly miserable and have high hopes for October ...
I'm not really cinsiderung buying an alternate system since I love the OS system and apple service/quality.

What about you?

Username :
Waiting since :
Using currently :
What feature you hope for :
Considering buying/jumping ship for :
Your guesstimate when Skylake will be announced :

 

[Ma2k5]

I really hope touchID is brought on to the MacBook, honestly I'd throw £3000 at it if it has that functionality - especially as more and more online stores move to "pay with Apple Pay" option, would be nice not to have to use my phone. Also would be a great way to unlock the MacBook instead of just tying passwords all the time.

That feature would be much more exciting than OLED for me.

 

[Aftermath747]

Just curious and wanted to ask you this, so you say you will use your MacBook for Light use and PC for heavy duty work, but I also see in your signature that you also do have an iPad Air 2 right ? So where does the iPad fit into your use here then ?

I mainly use my iPad to carry around the house, watching YouTube, using FaceTime, responding to messages, etc. It's basically my iPhone when I'm at home. I'm in school right now so the MacBook will be better for me when I'm out on campus to take to the library or to class with me. I find OS X to be more conducive to what I need to do for school. I would feel hampered only having an iOS device in some situations, but I also don't necessarily need quad-core power. Hopefully that makes sense.

 

[sotorious]

It's weird that they have taken this long and I don't think they even bothered to update the apple watch. I'm wondering if a iPhone 7 will even drop this year. Possibly just the year of the software.

 

[cmChimera]

I have been lurking for a while now, and I was wondering how much time has everybody waiting and what machine are you using?
I decided to sell my 2011 MBP back in September (thinking a new one would come out fairly quickly and mine would lose its value .... yeah right !). Now I'm operating on my Tab s and feeling fairly miserable and have high hopes for October ...
I'm not really cinsiderung buying an alternate system since I love the OS system and apple service/quality.

What about you?

Username :
Waiting since :
Using currently :
Considering buying/jumping ship for :
Your guesstimate when Skylake will be announced :

Username : cmChimera
Waiting since : I dunno.
Using currently : 2012 15" rMBP
Considering buying/jumping ship for : I'm only buying a Macbook Pro. 15"
Your guesstimate when Skylake will be announced : September event.

 

[Cougarcat]

What about you?

Username :
Waiting since :
Using currently :
What feature you hope for :
Considering buying/jumping ship for :
Your guesstimate when Skylake will be announced :

Username: over there
Waiting since: depends on how you look at it.
Wanted to upgrade when Skylake came out, but I've only had the money to do so quite recently.
Using currently: 2010 13" MBP w/ SSD
Considering buying: nothing. My MBP isn't my main machine and I can wait it out. If my laptop were retina, I'd just use it till it died.
Guesstimate: September with an October ship date.

 

[Oppenheim]

Username: over there
Waiting since: depends on how you look at it.
Wanted to upgrade when Skylake came out, but I've only had the money to do so quite recently.
Using currently: 2010 13" MBP w/ SSD
Considering buying: nothing. My MBP isn't my main machine and I can wait it out. If my laptop were retina, I'd just use it till it died.
Guesstimate: September with an October ship date.

Too late. Will have missed the back-to-school market then.

The machine would be drowned in the iPhone 7 holiday sales.

Better wait till Jan/Feb when Kaby Lake is fully available and get ahead of the competition with the next generation of the MBP development lab.

Releasing a Skylake would be silly. I think Cook knew this before WWDC and someone somewhere made a decision to postpone. I'd say Apple will be grabbing those chips and making sure nobody else gets their hands on them. Given the delays, the demand for the next gen machine is going to be huge. Let's hope they get it right...