Technically you can't say MBP consumers aren't "fools" because you don't realistically have a measurement of who buys the rMBP. Most likely, the candidate won't be engineers. CSCIentists maybe, but many are also college students, content consumers, blah blah who buy it less for the power but more for its known reliability and premium brand image.
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That's a good question. It's tough to look at the $1299 price now; Amazon is selling both models for $100 cheaper off the bat. I know other places have been doing deals. I think we'll see some sort of price increase to cover all of the new tech. Hopefully they can give us a $1399 and $2099 start.
But who knows?
I just can't wait to see what changes the MBA gets and if the MB gets a price cut.
God I hate those "this is what I think is the proper use of this device, so everyone using it differently are wrong" people. Also, hipsters. Also people who hate other people all the time... God, haters... I hate haters...
Knew this would happen eventually
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/16/12939310/iphone-7-a10-fusion-processor-apple-intel-future
I will state at again Tim Cooke will elimate MacOS and bring iOS to the macs
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/16/12939310/iphone-7-a10-fusion-processor-apple-intel-future
I will state at again Tim Cooke will elimate MacOS and bring iOS to the macs
Release Sierra and remind people that Macs are still a thing and that they care about them enough to rebrand the OS. Then we patiently wait for the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods to enjoy their time in the spotlight. With Sierra out there we will get some reviews and videos and coverage which will get people in the Mac mood.
Now that products are out, the whole "one product overshadows another" is reasonable. If you look at it in terms of the website, when October hits: I can see the AirPods losing their main carousel spot on the Apple front page and taking the Swift Playground spot. Then the new MBP / other Mac products can take up some prime carousel space.
I am a scientific technician with a programming background. Send it to me!
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No, he won't.
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Stop hating on the haters! They're people too!
I'm an engineering student and to be honest, minus the awful default trackpad settings, MBPs are the best Windows laptop out there, and I've even used the Surface book. I also love the flexibility that dual boot provides, because I can make powerful Keynotes and don't have to pay extra for quality movie editing software, while still being able to effectively run my engineering apps that need Windows.
Great to hear, as a fellow engineer who is making the switch!
They're all in the iPhone/Watch threads. I ordered both, but find myself not as excited as years past. I've ordered every iPhone since the original and this is the most lackluster upgrade to date. Gives me hope that they were/are focusing on our new MacBookPros!
Looking forward to replacing my aging ( but still performing-well ) early-2011 MBP.
But in the meantime, I just figured out the reason my iMac has been having problems is because it's part of the 3tb Fusion recall program, and I never received an email from Apple to let me know. You'd think they could have emailed.
But in the meantime, I just figured out the reason my iMac has been having problems is because it's part of the 3tb Fusion recall program, and I never received an email from Apple to let me know. You'd think they could have emailed.
Nonsense. They wouldn't rebrand it to macOS if it didn't have a future. And iOS is all touch; 3D Touch is a big staple of iOS 10.
The event may not take place until the fourth week of October (as seen in 2012 and 2013). In 2014 we were lucky with the third week and last year's press release in lieu of an event came the second week. So who knows?
Right now it's about the iPhone (unfortunately). Reviews, videos, futures, all driving iPhone interest and sales. Next week with Sierra will be the beginning of the end as everyone slowly shifts focus to Macs.
How would anyone write iOS apps if there was no MacOS? Xcode is not going to run on iOS anytime soon...
What I found funny about that article, was the conclusion that the A10 required iOS... macOS could be ported to A10... in fact considering OS X had been running on Intel processors during the PowerPC era, I bet in one of Apple's labs, macOS is already running on a AX processor.
Who knows, if A10-Fusion is really faster than a Mac Pro, maybe the new Mac's already have it... would explain the long delay between releases across the whole line...
So, the Dell XPS 13 Kabylake will be available starting October 4 including an updated developers version Ubuntu 16.04. source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/dell-xps-13-kabylake-rosegold,32706.html
So, I am now done waiting for Skylake MBP. If Apple does not introduce a 13" Kabylake MPB in October -- I will be moving onto the XPS 13 Developers version.
So, I am now done waiting for Skylake MBP. If Apple does not introduce a 13" Kabylake MPB in October -- I will be moving onto the XPS 13 Developers version.
Which new MBP? Assasin's creed games are very demanding and use resources very inefficiently. But Iris 550 in the 13" MBP plays Assassins creed 3 and 4 on low settings just fine. And the current and future dGPU plays assassins creed 3 and 4 at high resolution and high settings smooth as butter. And Revelations is older and less intensive than 3 and 4.
No.
But Eventually Tim Cook / Apple will try to make Mac OS run on ARM, probably apple made chips. but keep the name Mac OS.
However, this is a long ways off. We will have x86 Macs for quite some time still
Same here. Done waiting and the XPS 13 looks and feels great, I've used one for a short period of time.
How pissed do you think the Mac division of Apple is right now? They must be absolutely bursting to release new hardware, and sick of constantly being told "Not yet, it's not the right time for the wider company".
If the Mac-making part of Apple were allowed autonomy over their releases I think we'd see a very different landscape for Mac users.
You're confusing your perception of what others need or what they should purchase with the actual market of the Macbook Pro. To give you an idea of what's happening, look at the original iPhone. If you look back at the presentations, they focused entirely on enterprise and pushed the phone as this new business tool. Now, nearly ten years later, the updates focus on photography and social interaction because that's how the iPhone evolved. This pretty much happened with the entire Macbook line. Just because we understand that the Macbook Pro is generally more powerful than the Air or the regular Macbook doesn't mean anyone else will. Instead, people look price and popularity; in general, all 13" Apple laptops cost about the same, give or take a few hundred dollars. That leaves popularity to dominate and given that the MBP has had a consistent design for a long time, it's the most popular. In other words, when Apple gets consumer and sales data, they see most people buying MBP's and most of those people not being professionals. Your only saving grace is the 15".
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