ElBoxyBrown
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Yep. Retina is godlike.
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Bloomberg: Apple to announce updated Macbooks at WWDC
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Yep. Retina is godlike.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Kaby Lake and 32GB of RAM seem like very likely additions, and would be enough to get me to buy.
Ideally, I'd like to see a slightly better GPU than the 4GB 460 they have in the BTO right now. Sure, a 1050/1060 would be ideal, but I can't imagine them going Nvidia. AMD works better with their pro software like FCX. But "better" would be nice.
And finally, I'd happily forgo the Touchbar in favor of better battery, but I highly, highly doubt that will happen.
Ideally, I'd like to see a slightly better GPU than the 4GB 460 they have in the BTO right now. Sure, a 1050/1060 would be ideal, but I can't imagine them going Nvidia. AMD works better with their pro software like FCX. But "better" would be nice.
And finally, I'd happily forgo the Touchbar in favor of better battery, but I highly, highly doubt that will happen.
It's already flying off the shelves.
SliChillax
Member
I still have a late 2009 Macbook and it works great. I don't like the keyboard and the touchpad of the new MacBooks, hopefully they improve these new ones.
The keyboard on the new MBP is great once you get used to it. I wouldn't trade it for the old one.
Battery improvements will come from utilizing the non-square batteries that they couldn't get finalized in time for the release last Fall. The Touchbar isn't going away.
Kaby Lake doesn't allow for 32GB with low-power DDR RAM (specifically LPDDR4 that they'd need to get to 32GB with the space they have) so they're stuck at 16GB until the next major Intel refresh after KL.
Battery improvements will come from utilizing the non-square batteries that they couldn't get finalized in time for the release last Fall. The Touchbar isn't going away.
Maintenance
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I call that courage.
It's always a "tiny minorty" when arguing about removing things.
What does a Mac Mini have to do with the laptop line?
32GB of RAM won't happen until they can go to LPDDR4, which won't be the case on Kaby Lake.
They also can't really go far outside 35W TDP for the GPU with the current design, which is the current limiting factor for how much GPU power they can squeeze in it.
Hari Seldon
Member
Yeah I would bite if they did this.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Yep - forgot all about the RAM limitation by the CPU. Drats.
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I "downgraded" from a top-spec 2013 15" to a 2016 rMB 12". I love the portability and battery life - but everything else kinda sucks if you need to do anything more than Word/Excel/Internet/Email.
Lightroom, even when just working through ~100 or so photos off your memory card for an import, is basically unusable. Just... awful. Beachballing just switching between photos.
I'm very, very eager to "re-up" to the 15", so I'm glad it looks like we might get an update, regardless.
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I "downgraded" from a top-spec 2013 15" to a 2016 rMB 12". I love the portability and battery life - but everything else kinda sucks if you need to do anything more than Word/Excel/Internet/Email.
Lightroom, even when just working through ~100 or so photos off your memory card for an import, is basically unusable. Just... awful. Beachballing just switching between photos.
I'm very, very eager to "re-up" to the 15", so I'm glad it looks like we might get an update, regardless.
Lightroom performance on mac has always been a joke though :/
Pour one out for Aperture rip
A little surprised they would bother with the Air considering how poorly it shows itself. That screen is the dregs at any price, to be frank. It's awful to look at next to another Macintosh of any sort. Though if they lower prices on the MBP line (it's been a year now, so I wonder if they can), maybe the base 13" can move close to filling that space.
It's a $1,499 model now so it's tight. But I really prefer it to keeping the Air with poorer specifications, a poor screen, and larger dimensions.
It's a $1,499 model now so it's tight. But I really prefer it to keeping the Air with poorer specifications, a poor screen, and larger dimensions.
badcrumble
Member
Sounds like that's getting updated sometime in late summer or fall.
The Air will die once the 12" MB can hit $999 and the 13" Pro can get to $1299, if I had to guess.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I'll keep an eye on the MBP stuff I guess.
I wouldn't mind stepping out of my 2011 MBP if the power and performance is right. Otherwise I'll keep on using this 2011 and keep an eye on the PC laptop market when it's time to replace it.
I wouldn't mind stepping out of my 2011 MBP if the power and performance is right. Otherwise I'll keep on using this 2011 and keep an eye on the PC laptop market when it's time to replace it.
Sorry but Thunderbolt 3 is objectively better than this. It has USB C (the latest 10GB/s 3.1 gen 2 and backwards compat with all other USB's), 100W power, 40GB/s throughput, and 5K 10bit 60hz output.
And the best part is that it's already on all 2016 MBP's.
Chrome on Mac is probably not a big priority for Google considering how you can just use Safari instead.
catapult37
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Just chiming in to say I hate my touchbar mac with the passion of 1000 suns. They are going to drive me to a PC, and that is saying a lot.
Apple has nothing to do with Chrome for Mac.
Also unless you absolutely need to use Chrome for whatever reason, you should be using Safari.
It's not a MS-type case where you should swap Internet Explorer/Edge for an alternative as soon as possible.
I was just issued one at my new job. Its such a useless "innovation"! Time to brush up on my keyboard commands.
Oops I meant Google obviously. Fixed it now.
UnluckyKate
Member
wonder if the price will go up 100$ like every year
Mammoth Jones
Member
2012 MBP running like a champ. I plan to upgrade later this year. If the new pro model isn't something to behold I'm getting an XPS 15. If Im gonna drop 2G I need rock solid specs and tons of ram.
Theonik
Member
I'd be all in for an updated 13" Air. Apple's managed to make the rest of the range completely unappealing.
Ditching flash is not a choice. If you want to do anything that uses flash then you can't. It's not very complicated. Things that don't don't.
I use Safari almost exclusively, but some websites run like shit on it (video heavy sites, in addition to my heathcare provider's website, which needs flash, still, and just doesn't work on safari), so I use Chrome like once a week.
Why the heck would you want to downgrade from TB3?
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Dang I hope the 12inch gets the touch bar thingy.
TTOOLL
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I was actually talking about Chrome in general, Android and Windows mostly.
On Mac I keep Chrome for the sole purpose of running Flash stuff.
What would be the next tier? AMD 560?
Do you guys prefer Safari to Chrome? Just wondering.
The Greek Freak
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Make an mbp with bigger ram options you fucks. It doesnt need to double as a shaving razxor.
michaelius
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Air updated with new cpu and better screen would be very good news as it's hard to recommend people to spend on MBPr 13" which is way too expensive.
And give us geforce 1030 as option for gpu in bigger ones.
And give us geforce 1030 as option for gpu in bigger ones.
Jony Ive won't be satisfied until he can literally shave himself with Apple products.
Theonik
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I use firefox exclusively on all my desktop computers.
Johnny Ive must be stopped before apple users hurt themselves.
On a battery powered device it's essential, the downside would be not having all the extensions you need but fortunately enough i have everything i need on Safari; on desktop i could see myself not using it.
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Jesus Christ. I just bought a 2016 Pro today.
Hard to say, since the current MBPs use semi-custom AMD GPUs that aren't used in any other product. Hypothetically it'd be a "Radeon Pro 560", I guess, probably based on the refreshed Polaris in the other Radeon RX 5xx products. Wouldn't be a huge change, but might help narrow the gap between the current Pro 460 and the GTX 1050 a bit.
Buy it from Apple? Return it! They'll take it back in 15 days, even if opened.
Autumn Wind
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Solideliquid
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Welp. I just got a MacBook Pro Touchbar in late January. Oh well.