Which macbook is worth buying right now?

[eastamherstbias]

I would hold. I am currently holding for SKYLAKE.

 

[Samuelsan2001]

thanks! yes, i'm loving it so far. on it right now. great battery life too! i have a question though...what does flash storage mean? i only have 256 GB storage? but my iMac has 1 TB, and I have about 250 gb of that filled. is it worth copying everything over? or just copying over things i absolutely need?

Flash storage is solid state storage storage chips instead of a spinning platter drive, the speed of solid state drives is much better than normal mechanincal ones as in your iMac and it's the reason that your macbook is so fast booting up opening apps and files etc.

Do note that your SSD is currently non-user upgradeable there are no third party drives for it and apple will not upgrade it so 256gb is what you are stuck with, if you feel this will be a problem over the next few years you may want to return and get one with the 512GB ssd while in your return period.

If you keep it at 256Gb then usb sticks or an external USB drive is good for storing media and not filling up your SSD.

 

[maflynn]

I would hold. I am currently holding for SKYLAKE.

At this point, I think that makes the most sense. Its also people's belief, that we may see a new design coming out of apple, i.e., thinner and/or USB-C

 

[eastamherstbias]

At this point, I think that makes the most sense. Its also people's belief, that we may see a new design coming out of apple, i.e., thinner and/or USB-C

Agreed, it is killing me to hold but it is the right call. I am only getting 3 hours of battery on my mid 2012 retina and really want a longer battery powered macbook pro.

The only annoying thing is the minute I get it. Someone will say you should have held out for Kaby Lake.

 

[David58117]

Agreed, it is killing me to hold but it is the right call. I am only getting 3 hours of battery on my mid 2012 retina and really want a longer battery powered macbook pro.

The only annoying thing is the minute I get it. Someone will say you should have held out for Kaby Lake.

True - first gen Apple products or redesigns usually have issues.

Look at first gen retina, first gen retina iPad, even iPad pro including inferior Touch ID, ..

 

[maflynn]

Look at first gen retina,

Not for nothing, by the 2012 Retina MacBook Pro was and is the best laptop I ever bought.

 

[snarestud940]

Hey everyone! Thank you for all the comments! I get what you all mean by waiting for the bugs to be worked out, and that's why I didn't want to wait for first-generation new MacBook Pro. I love the one that I bought, and I am very happy with it so far.

 

[dualmax]

I actually just returned the rMB and iPad Pro, and bought the 512GB 15"..

The rMB was pretty great, and it performed alright with Sibelius 7. I tried MuseScore, and even with the lightest sound font I could find, play back was static. I didn't have that issue with Sibelius.

I had the 15" retina prior, and kind of missed the simplicity of anything I throw at it - working. Also the screen size..writing out parts on the 12" definitely wasn't as easy.

If you're in the USA, bhphotovideo has the 15" base on sale for $1,799, and Best Buy price matches with them. The 512GB version is on sale for $2,249.

I just bought one using the price match at Bestbuy and used apple pay with Discovercard, which gives me 22% cash back total