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That was post 6000 in this thread. There are a few of us waiting for it
Nice!
... Or rather sad, come to think of it!
Apple should authorize MacOS to third-party manufacturers so that they can make suitable trucks
I actually don't think they should, as the hardware/software integration makes a lot of sense. Apple has enough resources to spin anything up it wants, and if anything it could put more people into advancing the hardware for each segment. I don't know the numbers on it, but I think there's a good chance that Apple ships more MBPs than many high-end "PC" models. If that's the case, component availability is a challenge with every release, and people complain when products get too far sold out. I think that's the reason Apple announced it's going to make more of its own chips.
Apple probably could put one of these new high-core CPUs in machines without any issue at all, until it gets millions of orders and its vendor can't produce…
[doublepost=1528991633][/doublepost]At the risk of derailing my own post, here's the video Apple made and I enjoyed when I was selling Radius Macs back at CompUSA in the 1990s:
Nope. Only means we'll be two generations of LPDDR old.
My money is on a time before then. If it's that late, it's going to be quite a different machine.
Interesting, any evidence to back that up or just a guess?
'well all I know is I'm banking on a top spec'ed 2015 model or whatever they come up with by october'ish. If the 2018 update is not impressive enough, hopefully I'll save a little on a used 2015, since I'll have waited till it's 3 generations old..
That's what I'm thinking too. October would bring the MBP to around 600 days without update which is how long it took to release the touchbar version. I'm not sure what they would come up with to justify (maybe not the best word) such a wait though.
If so I'd expect them to be released in July/August. Basing that speculation on the usual time it takes for spec updates, even if they rarely release new products during those months.
To wait until October and just do a spec update would make people wait unnecessarily long. Swapping chips isn't all that hard to do, even though you may have some inventory hanging out there.
They may very well do a press release for spec updates but my guess is October along side the new budget 13” MacBook that’s been rumoured for a while now (and confirmed by Mark Gurman). Maybe they are waiting for a specific chip that isn’t ready from intel yet or maybe they are fixing the keyboard issues but I don’t expect a redesign or anything drastic until around 2020.
Sorry this is a little off topic but any guesses as to when Apple might launch the back to school promo? I thought the delay last year was because of all the hardware they announced at WWDC, but since there was nothing this year shouldnt it come soon? I remember they started it on June 2 in 2016 and they didnt announce any hardware at that WWDC either.
Shinny new refreshed MacBooks/Pros are probably coming real soon, but I feel this must be the longest we haven't had any rumours on upcoming MacBooks yet.
Is anyone else feeling the same?
Is anyone else feeling the same?
I'm in a tough situation. I start school in September but have pre work I must do now. Should I pull the trigger on a new MacBook Pro?
The fact that they would update it October, then update it 6 months later again, would really suck. Glad I can hold out as long as I can.
Unfortunately Apple was to late for me, I was in terrible need of an upgrade, purchased a Dell XPS. Delivery July 16th... I sure hope there is a development from Apple before then. Switching to Windows is going to take some getting used to.
XPS 15
XPS 15 (9570)
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i9-8950HK Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.8 GHz, 6 cores)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit English
Memory
32GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x16GB
Hard Drive
1TB M.2 2280 PCIe Solid State Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 4GB GDDR5
LCD
15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective Touch IPS100% AdobeRGB 400-Nits display
XPS 15
XPS 15 (9570)
Processor
8th Generation Intel® Core™ i9-8950HK Processor (12M Cache, up to 4.8 GHz, 6 cores)
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit English
Memory
32GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x16GB
Hard Drive
1TB M.2 2280 PCIe Solid State Drive
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 4GB GDDR5
LCD
15.6" 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160) InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective Touch IPS100% AdobeRGB 400-Nits display
I don't recall when, but I've seen Apple releasing product not long after an event like WWDC because they didn't want to take away from the software innovation with people making a big deal about hardware.
Nice Spec, I doubt the XPS will hold 4.8GHz on all cores, equally it will be blisteringly fast for a notebook, trust me
Asus S7BS8750; Intel 8750H, Nvidia GTX 1070, 32Gb RAM @ 2666MHz, NVMe SSD & HDD
Your XPS 15 will be pushing past 1300CB with ease
Well worth undervolting the new hex core H series CPU's as it takes real well. Majority of the 8th Gen H series CPU's tending to boost fast & high, subsequently rolling back due power limit constraints, barring the most massive gaming & portable Workstation behemoths As for Apple, I'm highly confident that they'll have some "amazing" excuses, after all Phil's such a fabulous entertainer
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That's my point, they aren't like they used to be. Hence, lost 'computer' from their branding.
They are in the top 5 because they make great computers for most people. Sounds like a good business strategy to me. Why waste more focus on making things for the few when you can make much more money focusing on things for the majority.
As I said there are options available for you and unfortunately it does involve Win 10. I got an iMacpro and am really happy with the performance on the whole, and see the MBP as an ancillary device to it, where I get more lightweight work done. I always support the right tool for the right job, rather than a do everything solution, as the latter always compromises.
The current MBP are fantastic machines, well designed, reasonable specs etc and is the reason why people buy them. Personally I would love to see a 6 core I7 and Nvidia 1070 GPU & 32gb in the top end MBP but I know I wont, so I dont waste time complaining or wishing there was one. Move on and resign yourself to either a nice desktop with more power or a Dell / HP / Lenovo laptop.