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Waiting for the 2018 MBP

Queen6 said:
For the form factor yes, for performance orientated notebooks no. My hex core GL703GS is lucky to exceed 70C under a maximum 100% 45W load. Apple places the user experience over practicalities such as cooling, likely as the majority of it's user's don't push the hardware.
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I don't know what qualifies as "pushing the hardware", but the fans on my MBP go into turbo mode every time I look at StreetView or watch a 1080p YouTube video.

I'm tired of what I consider to be basic tasks overheating my computer. And it's a laptop problem specifically. Doing those things on my iPad doesn't faze it! The MBP is in that "sweet spot" of not having the efficiency of an iPad and not having the power of an iMac. This is part of the reason I'm considering an iMac (or possibly a modular MacPro) as my next computer.
 
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ryansebiz said:
No updates today nor at 10am PST.

When Apple does a press release refresh it happens early in the morning, around 5am PST.

https://www.macrumors.com/2016/04/19/new-2016-12-inch-macbook-released/
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I was noticing this as well. Everyone has been getting all hyped up over a release time that was already stated to be "later this year". Now technically July is later than June from WWDC, but I am leaning more to Sept/Oct as a release window.

From what I remember, Apple hardware that was a "soft" announcement was done before 8AM EST in order to get into the news cycles for everyone. Software updates come out after the people in Cupertino are awake and had some coffee :)

My .02 is MacBook Pro is not today
 
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lambertjohn said:
I agree. Nothing happening today. But I'm sure Apple loves all the hype! It's great to be loved, isn't it Tim? Now how about giving some of that love back to us??
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I don't know why... but this makes me think of Sky Ferreira, who has been intermittently posting about how new music is coming soon, she is in the studio right now, the album is close, a big announcement soon. I think those posts have been appearing since 2015 now. A lot of fans are super pissed off, but they still get excited – less and less, but they do – every time Sky posts.

The non-existent album has a title.

The title is Masochism.
 
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Hong Kong: Update from a friend of mine who works at the Apple Store.

Stocks are low and he said they are expecting new stock to arrive over the next few days. He says he "cannot" say if these are refreshed with updated chips but what he can say is, he has been discouraging some people from buying unless they really need to. He told me to wait a week before consider buying.

He's a manager... Can't say more. Shhh.... :)
 
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mr.anthonyramos said:
Hong Kong: Update from a friend of mine who works at the Apple Store.

Stocks are low and he said they are expecting new stock to arrive over the next few days. He says he "cannot" say if these are refreshed with updated chips but what he can say is, he has been discouraging some people from buying unless they really need to. He told me to wait a week before consider buying.

He's a manager... Can't say more. Shhh.... :)
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And so the wait for Tuesday begins again? :D
 
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ryannel2003 said:
Either Apple is making a running change to the keyboard or they are releasing new Mac’s soon. None of local retailers have any of the Pro’s in stock. That usually means something.
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I checked, and the biggest Apple reseller has no Pros in stock either, not a single model. Delivery dates range from July 13 to mid-August depending on model. This either means something or (most probably) not.

Falhófnir said:
And so the wait for Tuesday begins again? :D
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Another Tuesday is almost certainly coming ;)
 
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Not sure if it's just me, but a few times when I was selecting a Macbook Pro or iMac Pro on the Apple Store website, I would get this error message :

An error has occurred during your session. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.

That probably doesn't mean anything, but still...
 
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jessydmd said:
Not sure if it's just me, but a few times when I was selecting a Macbook Pro or iMac Pro on the Apple Store website, I would get this error message :

An error has occurred during your session. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.

That probably doesn't mean anything, but still...
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Same thing happened to me. Screen Shot 2018-07-11 at 1.08.43 AM.png
[doublepost=1531243032][/doublepost]Now I have this...Screen Shot 2018-07-11 at 1.16.46 AM.png
 
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navaira said:
I checked, and the biggest Apple reseller has no Pros in stock either, not a single model. Delivery dates range from July 13 to mid-August depending on model. This either means something or (most probably) not.


Another Tuesday is almost certainly coming ;)
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Maybe. But what's completely certain is that there will come a time when there are actually no more Tuesdays coming. Not saying that's necessarily now, just allowing for the possibility...
 
jessydmd said:
Not sure if it's just me, but a few times when I was selecting a Macbook Pro or iMac Pro on the Apple Store website, I would get this error message :

An error has occurred during your session. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.

That probably doesn't mean anything, but still...
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mr.anthonyramos said:
Same thing happened to me. View attachment 769917
[doublepost=1531243032][/doublepost]Now I have this...View attachment 769918
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Its working fine for me
 
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jessydmd said:
Not sure if it's just me, but a few times when I was selecting a Macbook Pro or iMac Pro on the Apple Store website, I would get this error message :

An error has occurred during your session. Please return to the Store Menu to continue shopping.

That probably doesn't mean anything, but still...
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Yeah, and now BTO options are showing up in a different font. What did you do, and would you mind undoing it please?

;-)
 
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