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Waiting for the 2018 MBP
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gobikerider
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Honestly for basic use you could just pick up a 2017 Air and rock that for the next 5+ years.
Falhófnir
macrumors 603
Could happen next month (be tagged onto the rumoured iPad refresh?) or anytime up until WWDC, with a relatively outside chance it could be even longer than that.
midouglas
macrumors member
What does this benchmark suggest? 32gb ram, tested this month. Could be March...
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/7000901
Falhófnir
macrumors 603
An i7 6700 is a desktop cpu as best I can tell - iMac maybe?
Probably a hackintosh... could be legit though. I don’t know how to interpret the strings.
CmdrLaForge
macrumors 601
Queen6
macrumors G5
Interesting although does appear to have a MBP Logic Board, equally a desktop CPU, maybe a test bench, maybe Apple is listening...
Q-6
I wonder if they’ll shrink the trackpad a bit and improve the keyboard. I can’t get excited about MBPs anymore, they feel gimped. I’m torn between the 15” and an iMac/iPad Pro combo now. Just have to wait and see what 2018 offers.
Interesting. The benchmark purports to be a MacBook Pro 14,3, which is the 2017 model. If this were a 2018 model in testing, wouldn't it be identified as 15,3?
It says i7-8700 for me. That is the coffee lake desktop cpu that was released a few months ago. I highly doubt they would put that in a MBP. Suspect its a hackintosh of some sort maybe ?
Falhófnir
macrumors 603
Sorry, the 6 was a typo, meant to be an 8! I was thinking along the lines of the hardware identification only really being reliable for the chipset - I believe the iMac pro even tripped up Ming Chi Kuo last year (seems he thought it was a 32gb MBP?)
midouglas
macrumors member
Yes, you’re right in saying that:
http://iphone.appleinsider.com/arti...-top-end-2017-macbook-pro-16gb-for-12-macbook
Looking at the CPU specs, I'm positive its just a hackintosh desktop using a standard desktop CPU. Nothing interesting.
gobikerider
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Poki
macrumors 65816
Damn, another notebook with a 13.9“ 3:2 screen, an MX150 GPU and a quad-core CPU at a similar size and weight as a 13.3“ MBP ... I‘m really starting to hope for a redesign, although I know it won‘t happen this year.
https://wccftech.com/huawei-matebook-x-91-screen-ratio-camera-present-keyboard/
https://wccftech.com/huawei-matebook-x-91-screen-ratio-camera-present-keyboard/
Loge
macrumors 68030
Webcam on the keyboard!! All in the name of fighting the ridiculous bezel wars.
HerbertDerb
macrumors 6502
Actually i really really like the webcam design.
a) when you don't need it, it's hidden away making room for the actual screen.
b) privacy issues are gone, when its closed it's closed.
Shame it's Windows though 🙁 And no 15" is bummer.
Falhófnir
macrumors 603
It seems 3:2 is having a bit of a renaissance, I always liked apple for keeping to 16:10 rather than following the industry to 16:9, but 3:2 is probably the sweet spot of aspect ratios for my taste.
Given that this is a desktop part, does anyone have thoughts on what might actually be a feasible geekbench score if in fact the laptops go to 6 core / 12 threads?
I saw a purported leaked benchmark from august '17 that suggested 19k multicore on geekbench. Is this still the expectation?
Just returned my 2017 MacBook Pro. After a week of using it the light guide in the display came loose and was rattling around. Apparently this is a common issue, my girlfriends has the same problem. I returned it because for 2300 dollars I expect a laptop that doesn’t make rattling noises when I move it around.
Any chance this issue will be fixed with the 2018 version?
Any chance this issue will be fixed with the 2018 version?
sputnikBA
macrumors 6502
This is absolutely a hackintosh.
For those unaware, MacBookPro14,3 is the 2017 15" MBP. Its processors are a choice of the i7-7700HQ, i7-7820HQ, & i7-7920HQ. These are all 45w chips. Don't forget that Apple dropped the batteries from 99.5Wh to 76Wh in the 2016/17 MBPs. There is no way they are putting in an 8700 (65w chip) in models that have always been 45w after already losing so much battery.
Also, an unreleased Mac wouldn't have the same ID as an existing one. It would either be a testing designation to conceal what type of Mac it is (see the iMac Pro's AAPJ1371,1 from last year), or it will just have its correct designator (eg MacBookPro15,1 etc). EDIT: also a model launching in March wouldnt still be using a testing designator at this stage. It would definitely be using its correct ID.
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