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richinaus said:
So what you are saying is that you would appreciate it if people educated themselves before commenting on the forum? I think you should be barred for such outlandish comments 😉

I can't wait for this Kabylake MacBook Pro in October ! COME ON 😀
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We'll get the very latest not-yet-seen-in-laptops Skylake chips and latest AMD GPUs and a beautiful 16" 4K true tone screen and a larger Pencil-compatible trackpad and an OLED strip that constantly tells you how cool you are where you used to have unused Dashboard keys all in a cooler, thinner, lighter package with 40Gbps connections out the wazoo and people here will still be mad that they didn't use the underpowered 15W Kaby Lake U chips for some stupid reason. Calling it now.
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Uni Grad said:
Aren't they, you tell me?
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Associating inanimate objects with having greed... a new bar for this thread.
 
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ArchimeZix said:
Maybe there will be no physical buttons at all.. I mean a MBP with two large screens flipping on each other one for the keyboard and function tab (Trackpad too?) and all other shortcuts and one for the main screen.. They can add a mac pencil too in this case. didn't apple say "Think different"? I'm taking seriously guys I don't think it's a bad idea..
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Different? No. You are talking about new Lenovo:
 
knassar said:
Mainly because Intel is already manufacturing KabyLake chips that are 15W and seem to fit the bill for what Apple would need from a 15W chip. (I took a look on ark.intel.com and the highest-end 15W chip is "TDP-up"-able to 25W.

I have a grim feeling that this chip may end up in the 13" MBP
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Yes but read...
The anouncement picture from Intel states "Additional products for enterprise, workstation, Intel IRIS graphics and enthusiast notebooks and desktops" under the JANUARY category. If Apple is going to stoop lower and use 15W chips, they are at least going to be the Iris chips, not Intel HD. The extremely low end 4.5W and 15W chips are out now, not the more powerful "versions" of the 15W chips. For example, Skylake chips Core i5-6200U and Core i7-6500U both use Intel HD 520, while Core i7-6567U(Later released 15W chip) uses Iris 540.
 
Branflaakes said:
Yes but read...
The anouncement picture from Intel states "Additional products for enterprise, workstation, Intel IRIS graphics and enthusiast notebooks and desktops" under the JANUARY category. If Apple is going to stoop lower and use 15W chips, they are at least going to be the Iris chips, not Intel HD. The extremely low end 4.5W and 15W chips are out now, not the more powerful "versions" of the 15W chips. For example, Skylake chips Core i5-6200U and Core i7-6500U both use Intel HD 520, while Core i7-6567U(Later released 15W chip) uses Iris 540.
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Are you sure about the italicized bit? i was under the impression that the i7-6567U was the 28W chip, with Iris 550.
 
It is, i know it because the Chip is MINE! Won't share it. Nothing to see here!

Seriously though, i am looking to get the 13" with i7 and its the 6567U with 550.
 
vatter69 said:
Also nice to see, that particular CPU is still 'Announced' not released.

'Been available for 1 year' my ass.
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Yeah, exactly. I must be honest it's not Apple but f**** Intel who upsets me. Intel has no real competition so they take it easy now. It's an absolute joke!
 
kalvi said:
Different? No. You are talking about new Lenovo:
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Looking at the products announced at IFA 2016 really shows Apple's current lack of innovation. This is getting really ridiculous. They should bring a big hat on September 7 to pull out some amazing things to make me turn back to Apple computers.
 
killawat said:
What a day. Won a pc w/ 10x0 graphics due to some Pax West giveaways (won't be released until Sept 30th). So now that the pressure of a good gaming build is off, i've expanded my options, will probably look at 15" base rMBP or maybe even the top spec 13" rMBP.

In the meantime, It will be tough for me not to use a rig that's literally 10-20x powerful than my 2010 MBP full time, but I really rely on Mac OS for my daily workflow. Maybe I can hackintosh.
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This brings up a bad memory for me. I was at Pax South last year (2015) and won an Alienware desktop compatible with the external GPU enclosures they were showing.
Turns out I didn't win it anyway, since the small letters said I had to pay taxes to the US. What kind of ******** is that? Where I'm from that sort of small lettering isn't allowed...
 
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RandomStranger4 said:
OK, my totally unfounded speculation for next Wednesday:

Start with Tim telling us about the latest 'amazing' big round number the company has achieved - possibly billions paid out to app developers.

After the usual warmup, cut to a video on the new store refurbishments, and bring Angela on stage to sell them.

Next we need a small product slot that people aren't looking for, so I call the Apple TV, or at last the release of the new tvOS, as apps are the future of TV.

Moving on we can get onto the main product - the new watch bands! Naturally to accompany the new watch!

New Apple Watch 2 running watchOS 3 is so much faster and smoother than the original watch running watchOS 2. Then look at all the new things you can do with an untethered watch, and the new OS. Somewhere in here, a big pitch for Apple health. Finally, we are releasing watchOS 3, with some small print that not all features are available on the old watch (if it needs GPS etc.)

Finally, around the 35 minute mark, bring out the video of obscure angles totally failing to reveal the new phone until Tim holds is up. Bring on Phil to talk about all the wonderful things the new phone can do, and the amazing way it is built. Eventually hand over to Craig to demo all the new iOS features that show off the new phone in the best light. Finally announce the immediate release of iOS 10, for iPhone and also for iPad (the only mention it gets in the event).

Bring on the band, and close.


No mention of macs at all.
Hopefully, with no iPad launch, no pushing the iPad as the ultimate computer (but I wouldn't be surprised).

I suspect this is similar to what all but the most cynical or optimistic on this thread are expecting, but happy to hear where you all think I went wrong 🙂
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Seems about right except it's a bit short for Bill Graham. The past two events there were 2 hours long.

My current hypothesis is that the MBP rumors are tied to the supply chain. So, yes, it won't be released until October. That still doesn't mean we can't get an unveiling.
 
tofagerl said:
This brings up a bad memory for me. I was at Pax South last year (2015) and won an Alienware desktop compatible with the external GPU enclosures they were showing.
Turns out I didn't win it anyway, since the small letters said I had to pay taxes to the US. What kind of ******** is that? Where I'm from that sort of small lettering isn't allowed...
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Winning anything in the U.S. is considered taxable income (though they don't care unless the amount exceeds $500). It's not like Alienware was going to pocket that money.

Source: I'm a former lawyer, now most of my income is from being a self-employed author and the IRS really likes auditing me!
 
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Exile714 said:
Winning anything in the U.S. is considered taxable income (though they don't care unless the amount exceeds $500). It's not like Alienware was going to pocket that money.

Source: I'm a former lawyer, now most of my income is from being a self-employed author and the IRS really likes auditing me!
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495 retail price. It's not really the price, it's the way Alienware totally ignored me after. Oh well.
Aldo your tax laws are weird. You have to win something like a house before you have to pay tax for it here.
 
Dydegu said:
Seems about right except it's a bit short for Bill Graham. The past two events there were 2 hours long.
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Good point - perhaps a bit more padding with tvOS, watchOS and iOS - but of course, I missed the major product launch of the day.

Expect to lose another 20 minutes or so to the relaunched Apple Music, after the watch and before the iPhone (which will, among other things, be touted as the best new way to consume Apple Music).
 
vatter69 said:
God, how i hate Apple Music, Watch Bands and Environmental talk while we they could use this time to show us the Oled Bar!
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The OLED bar needs stage time. This is the biggest reason why it either needs to be revealed next week or at another event. It's such a visual thing, especially if it has taptic feedback, colors, a Siri visualization, etc. They'll want to show how useful it is with the Apple apps. Then I envision them bringing out Adobe to show how they've implemented it into their apps. I can't see something like that as a press release.
 
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PKBeam said:
I doubt Apple will downgrade CPUs. They have a good marketing/research team, they should understand the importance of a high end CPU in a laptop designed for productivity software.
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But then their "upgrade" of Mac Mini in 2014...
Of course I don't think Apple is crazy enough to do that kind of sht to rMBP, but they sure seem to be wanting to kill the Mac line ain't they?
 
^Yeah that at least shows they're not beyond a downgrade to a Mac product. Of course I'm still expecting the MacMini to be discontinued, but we'll see...

It's surreal reading the latest batch of comments on my phone in bed early in the morning when I'm still kind of half-asleep; for a second I thought that Lenovo thing was a leaked rMBP...

Of course I'm sure some day they'll go in the direction of "keyboardless". I'll take it if they can promise me the 110 WPM that I can get on a regular keyboard.
 
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Great. Now I want a Dell.

ThisBougieLife said:
Of course I'm sure some day they'll go in the direction of "keyboardless". I'll take it if they can promise me the 110 WPM that I can get on a regular keyboard.
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Just speak to Siri very quickly! Problem solved.

I've actually been thinking since I saw that patent for touchscreen keyboard that they're going to really ruin the Macs soon. The Macbook bang-on-desk keyboard is just step one towards liberating the masses from key travel.

Has this been posted? (Probably, sorry if it has.) http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/31/is-apple-inc-preparing-a-massive-mac-overhaul.aspx

Although Apple has let many of its Macs go stale, it seems that what the company has planned is both significant and, frankly, exciting. It's not clear why it's taken so long for Apple to finally put together a comprehensive refresh of some of its most important product lines, but investors should hope that this phenomenon doesn't repeat.
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Dydegu said:
The OLED bar needs stage time. This is the biggest reason why it either needs to be revealed next week or at another event. It's such a visual thing, especially if it has taptic feedback, colors, a Siri visualization, etc. They'll want to show how useful it is with the Apple apps. Then I envision them bringing out Adobe to show how they've implemented it into their apps. I can't see something like that as a press release.
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No it doesn't. They can easily create a video as part of a press release that showcases the functions of the strip. If they decide to show the new MBP at the event next week, it will not be because of the OLED strip. Instead, it will be to show off the entire redesign, of which the strip is just a part.
 
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