Waiting for Skylake MBP thread

[SSD-GUY]

The following needs I actually have for new MBP:
– faster GPU (like, much faster)
– faster CPU (any increase will be welcome)

Basically if I can run Sims 4 on it without the fan turning it into an aeroplane at lowest settings, I will be satisfied enough. It's fast enough for me really. I don't need it to be thinner, to have an OLED bar, etc. I'd like a black one but silver is good enough too. I can come up with some more stuff I would enjoy, but it's all unnecessary really. SSD is fine. Amount of RAM is fine. Photoshop, Reason, Illustrator, InDesign, OpenOffice plus the usual culprits like YouTube or M4A movies are fine, fast enough, I don't have to go get a coffee from nearest Starbucks waiting for Photoshop to resize a file. Battery life can always be improved of course, but it isn't exactly terrible right now. I love the screen and the trackpad is awesome. Just let me play a bloody game that's not even extremely graphically complex without worrying if my CPU will survive that. I've been advised on EA forums to put a cooling pad under the laptop when I have it on my desk. Thanks, Obama! Yeah, the point of having a portable computer is to keep it on your desk with a cooling pad...

What the few rumours suggested so far, though – USB-C only, OLED bar, rMB keyboard – makes me very happy that I snatched the 2015 version really cheap thanks to Brexit. I would almost like the 2016 to be terrible so that I am not tempted to update AGAIN.

PS. When posting diatribes about how a Macbook Pro is not a gaming computer please slow down right before page 1000 so I get to have a landmark post too!

RE: Running games on Mac and its Fan.

I play UT2004 and TF2 on my hackintosh and maxed out 2014 Rmbp 15". A 12 year old game played at 720p and medium settings will cause the fans to come on. Same scenario with TF2.

OSX just isn't properly adapted to run games. I'm not an expert but it could be due to lack of drivers, as even on my back which uses official videos GPU drivers, the fans will come on.

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Guys guys! What if the new MacBook Pros come out in October...but just spec bumped!
And they pushed the redesign to early 2017!

This will certainly be funny ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

If there is no wide-gamut display, I will not be buying it. Although I don't give a rat's ass about thinness, I refuse to have a phone with a better display than a $3000 laptop; I expect the MacBookPro to catch up in this regard.

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How many of you are getting nostalgic about letting go of your current Mac? I've been through so much with mine that I'm actually considering paying for the new battery and giving it to my daughter. She's in 5th grade and just borrows her mom's Air when she needs it, so I know a maxed out 2012 rMBP is overkill for her.

But I'm just coming to the realization that I don't want to let this baby go :-(

I'm not. The moment my logic board fried in March, I hated the thing and didn't even want to look at it. Some of you guys have had Macs for 6+ years, mine could barely last three. I quickly sold it on eBay for parts.

 

[AmelieCofas]

If there is no wide-gamut display, I will not be buying it. Although I don't give a rat's ass about thinness, I refuse to have a phone with a better display than a $3000 laptop; I expect the MacBookPro to catch up in this regard.

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I'm not. The moment my logic board fried in March, I hated the thing and didn't even want to look at it. Some of you guys have had Macs for 6+ years, mine could barely last three. I quickly sold it on eBay for parts.

They will have wide-gamut display 100%,same as imac

 

[KirekkusuPT]

games. I'm not an expert but it could be due to lack of drivers, as even on my back which uses official videos GPU drivers, the fans will come on.

Windows 10 on Bootcamp...

What we need is a minimaly decent gpu to run the occasional game. I just need it to run League, CS and Overwatch and good settings and 60+ fps...

If I cared zero for gaming (which I don't) i'd have alreaddy bought the current 15''. The CPU, screen and battery are more than OK for me.

 

[jeh72]

RE: Running games on Mac and its Fan.

I play UT2004 and TF2 on my hackintosh and maxed out 2014 Rmbp 15". A 12 year old game played at 720p and medium settings will cause the fans to come on. Same scenario with TF2.

OSX just isn't properly adapted to run games. I'm not an expert but it could be due to lack of drivers, as even on my back which uses official videos GPU drivers, the fans will come on.

To be fair, OpenGL TF2 is waaay more demanding than it should be for a 2007 game. It's pretty slow on Linux too.

 

[AmelieCofas]

Windows 10 on Bootcamp...

What we need is a minimaly decent gpu to run the occasional game. I just need it to run League, CS and Overwatch and good settings and 60+ fps...

If I cared zero for gaming (which I don't) i'd have alreaddy bought the current 15''. The CPU, screen and battery are more than OK for me.

you can't play League of Legends on OSX @60hz ?

 

[KirekkusuPT]

you can't play League of Legends on OSX @60hz ?

I have no idea. I don't currently own a Mac. Will be my first one.

But there are also one or two other games that I'd like to play (MGS5, Borderlands and such), so I'd apreciate the extra gpu oomph.

 

[cube]

This is a cool article:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3117...-vr-ready-rigs-dont-have-to-be-expensive.html

Although I would buy an 8-core FX, and try to spend less on a good budget AM3+ motherboard, maybe SLI/Crossfire is not worth it.

 

[shareef777]

Why would you hope to have both TB3 on the left side? A TB3 on either side would be the best placement IMO.

lol, cause I'm an idiot and don't think things through. That's what being in this thread does to you.

 

[cube]

Better 1 TB3 + 1 DP 1.4 than 2 TB3

Even better: 1 TB3 + 1 TB2 + 1 DP 1.4

 

[LevanderK]

All I want is a laptop with a wide gammut screen and enough power to let me grade 4k footage in resolve. Oh and sd card reader and normal usb ports... I dont want my laptop to turn into an octopus when i want to plug something into it

 

[Ma2k5]

Chance of this being released end of Sep/Early Oct? Lectures official start 3rd of October but I am sure I could go amiss without a computer for a week or two..

 

[Hellsurfer]

sierra out yet???

 

[gnsallman]

sierra out yet???

10:00 Pacific Time

 

[Ty1eRRR]

am I the only person who check this thread and this website, with hope for some leaked rumors about rMBP, every 15 min each day for the last 2 months ?

 

[RohirrimV]

am I the only person who check this thread and this website, with hope for some leaked rumors about rMBP, every 15 min each day for the last 2 months ?

For only the last 2 months? Yeah, probably. I've been coming here (almost) every day for the past 6 months, and several times a day for the past 4 months.

But then again, that might just be because I lead an uninteresting life.

 

[Lollo]

am I the only person who check this thread and this website, with hope for some leaked rumors about rMBP, every 15 min each day for the last 2 months ?

Yes, because I refresh every 7-8 minutes, with peaks of 2-3 during last 10 pages til 1000

 

[ThisBougieLife]

Man, college classes start tomorrow for me! I'm excited, but using an iPad is a bit of a bummer. Though I have been using the Smart Keyboard more and can type quite quickly on it now. It'll be fine for taking notes, but that's about it. I hope I can get a laptop of some sort soon!

 

[NoWayBehind]

am I the only person who check this thread and this website, with hope for some leaked rumors about rMBP, every 15 min each day for the last 2 months ?

Yes! It's getting really annoying but I just can't stop haha

 

[Mattsasa]

No redesign. No gimmick. Yes spec bump. Yes TB3. Yes, take my wallet.

What?? TB3? spec bump? The only thing I am looking for in this MacBook pro update is color change to rose gold

Yeah but it will have the power of laptop and it'll bend

but but, the iPad already has the power of a laptop

Anyone of you thought about using an external GPU like the razer core via TB3 ? Might be a good solution with a 13" MBP or a 15" without dgpu.

This has been discussed quite a bit

am I the only person who check this thread and this website, with hope for some leaked rumors about rMBP, every 15 min each day for the last 2 months ?

sad

 

[SeanG1027]

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.

Right....I can only imagine how stagnant their careers have been unless of course they've been working on new Macs for years.

 

[RohirrimV]

Man, college classes start tomorrow for me! I'm excited, but using an iPad is a bit of a bummer. Though I have been using the Smart Keyboard more and can type quite quickly on it now. It'll be fine for taking notes, but that's about it. I hope I can get a laptop of some sort soon!

I'm sure you'll be fine. I got through a whole year of biochemistry using an iPad Air by CHOICE. You'll be okay for just a month or two.

Good luck in college!

 

[navaira]

RE: Running games on Mac and its Fan.

I play UT2004 and TF2 on my hackintosh and maxed out 2014 Rmbp 15". A 12 year old game played at 720p and medium settings will cause the fans to come on. Same scenario with TF2.

OSX just isn't properly adapted to run games. I'm not an expert but it could be due to lack of drivers, as even on my back which uses official videos GPU drivers, the fans will come on.

On my Big Mac the fans go off A BIT when I am using Sims 4 with maxed out settings. On the rMBP I can't run it with lowest detail and all pretty stuff disabled. There's something very disappointing about the fact my €1300 Hackintosh performs better than most Macs on the market – it has pretty much the same Geekbench results as a Mac Pro, but I know there is a difference between a regular i7 and Xeons. (Not that I know what the difference is exactly...)

I've planned a hack build for my husband. It will cost about €1800 and put every actual Mac to shame. I'm quietly hoping that the iMac refresh will not include 5400rpm drivers or mobile processors (or, Gods forbid, the rMB processors...) so we can get him that instead. I'm happy to pay up to €2200 or so for a GOOD iMac, but the config that sort of approaches my hack, with today's prices would cost me €3600+.

Yes, despite what I just wrote, I AM waiting for a Skylake MBP. In some sort of masochistic way, but I am.

 

[SeanG1027]

I feel bad for all the students who are waiting for a new Mac. Stick with the old or endlessly wait (hopefully not much longer) for the new?

 

[navaira]

We will totally reach 1000 pages before Friday. Can you hear me Tim? You are announcing new Macs this Friday or there will be consequences*

*consequences being us aiming at 2000 pages