when will the new mac book pro 2018 come out?

[devraras]

Hey

i live in belgium and my english is not so good!

But my old mac 2014 version is getting old and slow... so i wanted to buy a now one..
but when looking on internet i saw that there was a new mac book pro coming out?
but when will this be? what should i do? wait of not?

what will be the differences between the 2017 version? he will have 32 RAM and the 2017 version has 16 RAM i think!

i use my mac to work with photoshop, illustrator, lightroom, premiere and cinema4D!

 

[Glmnet1]

No one knows when they will be refreshed. I think it'll be worth it if you wait. They could be announced anytime now but most people are expecting an October event.

Coffee lake chips are bringing the core count from 2 to 4 on the 13" and 4 to 6 on the 15". It's also possible that they will come with improved, more reliable, keyboards. Vega GPU would be a nice surprise but I doubt it.

32gb of RAM is very unlikely though.

 

[devraras]

what is coffee lake and vega GPU? i also think i need to wait but my old one is dying i am always thinking he just wil stop working soon... battery goes low verry fast... he is getting old

so i hope the new one wil come soon..

 

[Glmnet1]

Coffee Lake is the new generation of Intel CPUs. There are already adequate CPUs for all the MacBook Pros and all the iMacs so it's just a question of time before Apple uses them.

Vega is the new generation of AMD GPUs. It's already used in the iMac Pro but there aren't adequate GPUs for the rest of the lineup yet.

I hope so too! I've been waiting for a few months already...

 

[maflynn]

Vega is the new generation of AMD GPUs. It's already used in the iMac Pro but there aren't adequate GPUs for the rest of the lineup yet.

Not for nothing, but apple's track record of using the fastest GPUs in the laptop line is not the best. Yeah, I think many people are eager to see a top of the line GPU in the MBP but Apple hasn't really done that in the past. That doesn't mean we won't see it next generation, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't use Vega.

One thing to consider is that heat. Will the Vega run as hot as its competitor, Nvidia GTX 1070/1080? Between the heat generated from a 6 core coffee lake processor and Nvidia 1070, many laptops are throttling and/or are dealing with heating issues. The MBP is even thinner then those and there's less tolerances to try to move even more heat.

 

[Glmnet1]

Not for nothing, but apple's track record of using the fastest GPUs in the laptop line is not the best. Yeah, I think many people are eager to see a top of the line GPU in the MBP but Apple hasn't really done that in the past. That doesn't mean we won't see it next generation, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't use Vega.

One thing to consider is that heat. Will the Vega run as hot as its competitor, Nvidia GTX 1070/1080? Between the heat generated from a 6 core coffee lake processor and Nvidia 1070, many laptops are throttling and/or are dealing with heating issues. The MBP is even thinner then those and there's less tolerances to try to move even more heat.

Correct, I don't expect them to use the current Vega 56/64. If they do put a Vega chip it would have to be new, less powerful, vega 24/32 which I think have been vaguely talked about by AMD but are not released yet.

 

[Fishrrman]

When will it come out?

Those who are talking don't know.
Those who know, aren't talking.

 

[michael.richard1982]

I only know Apple doesn't care about laptops anymore. iGadgets are the cash cow.

When/if they decide to update it, it will only be to take the next incremental step on making the Macbook identical to an iPad. Whatever happens, you won't like it.

 

[vaugha]

When will it come out?

Those who are talking don't know.
Those who know, aren't talking.

Couldn't have said better myself. My guess is October - November this year.

 

[Wreckus]

All depends when they release the new version of MacOS. My guess is announcement in early Oct and release mid to late Oct or November.

Won't be September as (IMO) that time is reserved for iPhone & probably the new iPad.