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Why no Thunderbolt 3?
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Its not about money. I tried Macbook Pro 13. It can't compare to Macbook 12. It is heavy, noisy and simply too bulky.
built in? no. they would still need the alpine ridge controller to accommodate TB3 (which the MBP does for their skylake processors). i highly doubt Apple would want to redesign their already tiny PCB to allow TB3 on what is a minor spec update to the MacBook.
i believe TB3 will be supported on the low powered chips in Coffeelake, so *maybe* we can expect TB3 to show up then.
to be honest, i don't see a need for TB3 (which is geared towards more pro users) on the MacBook. What Apple should have done is at least update the USB-C standard to 3.1 gen 2 (10Gbps bandwidth). I have no idea why they are still stuck on gen 1 (5Gbps) speeds.
Just looking at the specs, yes, but in practice it's really noticeable. And the Air is at least tapered, which the MBP isn't, and that completely changes the way it feels and how you handle it.
Next Coffee may provide as Intel build the controller inside.
I'm unhappy this year MB12 don't upgrade to TB3 and P3 display.
Also they actually can introduced 14" MacBook system use some board as MB12
with large battery and display, lighter and thinner that 13" MBPR.
I'm unhappy this year MB12 don't upgrade to TB3 and P3 display.
Also they actually can introduced 14" MacBook system use some board as MB12
with large battery and display, lighter and thinner that 13" MBPR.
Small amount of storage is not really a problem anymore with the rise of cloud storage. But agreed, I will likely upgrade it to a 256GB for ease of mind.
Well, to be honest for me tb3 si a game changer. Bascially you can travel with the compact MacBook 12 and at home attach it to a dock which is capable of VR and has all the ports you need.
I use the mb12 for lightweight video editing and it works perfectly. Just the export is painfully slow. With tb3 you can edit on the go, attach it to the dock at home, and export fast with the help of an external gpu.
The problem is that Katy lake has no native tb3 controller. Definitely looking forward to coffee lake.
I use the mb12 for lightweight video editing and it works perfectly. Just the export is painfully slow. With tb3 you can edit on the go, attach it to the dock at home, and export fast with the help of an external gpu.
The problem is that Katy lake has no native tb3 controller. Definitely looking forward to coffee lake.
Because the standard Kaby Lake chipset does not support TB3 natively. Apple would need to add a second chipset, which would require a more thorough redesign to accommodate the extra heat generated. My guess is that we won't see Thunderbolt until the first "major" redesign.Anyone knows why the new 2017 Kaby Lake Macbook 12 does not have Thunderbolt 3 and is still stuck with inferior USB-C?
As far as I can tell, Coffee Lake won't have Thunderbolt 3 onboard either. Can you point to any sources indicating that it will?
Intel has promised to integrate Thunderbolt 3 into its CPUs but it doesn't say which ones. It's not clear that something that has TDP 4.5W might have it. The current Intel Thunderbolt 3 controller has a TDP of 2.2W. Even if made more efficient, that'd still be a substantial penalty.
I suspect if you want Thunderbolt 3 in a 5W CPU, you may be waiting a couple of years, so around 2019 perhaps.
Mhmm... then whatever lake it will be: looking forward to tb3 on the MacBook! It will be the ultimate machine.
I agree about that. Two TB3 USB-C ports (since the controllers support 2) and better cooling. But it won't happen.