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Waiting for Skylake MBP thread

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Starlock said:
Just like an updated Mac Pro.... Right? *please* Apple?
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cmChimera said:
Probably not, but this is Macrumors. Other manufacturers use Skylake, all Skylake parts are the same, so Apple is now a watch band company.
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"All Skylakes are equal, but some are more equal than others."

uptownnyc said:
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So is not a problem with my screen? That's really the invitation?
Are they smoking too much marijuana in Silicon Valley?
Who am I?
Where's my whiskeylake ?

navaira said:
As hard as I try to decipher anything Mac related in the invite, all I can see is that iPhone 7 won't be able to take sharp photos.
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Exactly my first thought. "Come to see how bad is the new iPhone camera at taking photos!"

jeh72 said:
I can't wait to be disappointed again!
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Yeah, me too!
Three events in a rough!
Awesome!
I'm already preparing my whiskey soda for the disappointment.
/
Anyway, it made me laugh hard seeing how crazy and desperate this thread has became.
Well done.
It's almost over.
It was a nice trip, guys.
 
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JamesMcFlyJR said:
they announced the iPad Pro and the Apple TV that event but didn't release them immediately because they were entirely in new categories. the base iPad Air 2 was $500 while the iPad Pro is focused on professionals and had a much higher base price. same with the Apple TV. announcing them but not releasing them would not hurt their other products. if Apple announces a new MacBook Pro but doesn't release it, guess how many people will buy the current gen one? Zero.
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I'm not so sure I follow this. If memory serves me right, Apple rarely announces a new (ie: not just spec refresh) Mac product and has it available right away. There's always at least a few weeks in between so I don't think an announcement in Sept for an early Oct release would torpedo sales of the current MBP. Certainly not anymore than sales are already being lost by not announcing a damn thing period.

Besides, it's not like the headline product of these events (iPhone) ever has immediate availability anyway. You think Apple frets a lot over losing current iPhone sales in the ~2 weeks it takes them to release the new one after it's announced? Doesn't seem like a big deal to me...
 
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$Gurman speaks again, hot off the presses. Must be busy over there.

Mac Updates
While the new iPad features aren’t expected until next year, Apple is planning to release some of the new Mac products as soon as October, according to the people. The updated line includes tweaked MacBook Air devices with multi-functional USB-C port technology and iMacs with an option for new graphics chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

A thinner MacBook Pro with a flatter keyboard is also in the pipeline, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News earlier this month. The standout feature is a digital function key display above the keyboard that allows for common tasks to be done more quickly for whatever program is being used, according to people familiar with the upcoming product. The feature is internally called the “Dynamic Function Row,” two of the people said, who added that Apple’s official name may differ.

For example, if a user is on their desktop, the screen will show a virtual representation of the standard function row, which includes brightness and media controls. When in an application, the virtual row will show options specific to the task at hand, but volume controls and a switch to show the default functions will always be present. The Safari web browser would enable controls for finding and defining terms, while the iMovie video editor would offer controls for cutting clips and a more-precise volume slider, the people said.
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Iris pro only for MBP 15" no more dGPU, rx 460-480 for iMac, 4-5k tbd eGPU? boom.
 
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I think it is time I say goodbye to this thread. After a week with an Dell XPS 15 I am sold on it, but returning it as I wait for the impending 1060m/1070m upgrade bound to happen soon. Hell of a machine if you do not need OSX.

But who knows, maybe Apple will surprise me and the new MBPs won't be a mess.
 
Gruber:

Only a fool bets against Dalrymple, so I won’t. It makes sense to me, however, that Apple would announce new Macs alongside the new iPhones. The iPhones are already sharing the stage with the new Apple Watch 2 models, and I got the feeling last year that Apple very much wanted to stick with just one fall event. If Dalrymple is right, though, I would guess the new Macs will be introduced in October — not with an event, but with small-scale private media briefings.

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2016/08/29/apple-event-dalrymple
 
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No Macs at this event. Their Beats promo ends on the 5th. The return window is what? 2 weeks? Last thing they want is to have to take back a ton of old opened hardware plus Beats that have been on people heads, because they announced new macs right after a promo ends.

Macs will be October.
 
I'm now pretty sure we won't see the new MBPs on the 7th with today's news. I'd love to be proven wrong but I'm not holding out much hope.
 
zin said:
Isn't the MacBook Air also due for a refresh? Why wouldn't they update both of them?
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Because a thinner and lighter Pro in combination with the MacBook with retina display makes the Air unnecessary.

The Air was originally much thinner and lighter than the MBP. As the MBP gets thinner, the Air's main appeal (thinness and lightness) is not enough to sustain it. I can't picture there being two Air options, two Pro options, and the MacBook, all thin and sporting retina displays and USB-C (and maybe a 14" MacBook too, if what some people suggest here is true).

The fact that they replaced the iPad Air (with Pro) also makes me think they're abolishing the MBA. They don't seem to like the "Air" moniker anymore.
 
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Considering how integrated and complimentary Sierra and iOS 10 are I could see them doing dual announcements with Watch and the new MacBooks, with the unlocking feature, and the TouchID etc...with Siri to boot...I have feeling that Sept 30th day might be the Sierra OS release, and 1st day of pre-ordering for Macs... just a hunch
 
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