imagine not being able to read
(they all come with dedicated amd navi gpus, either a 5300m or 5500m)
16-inch MacBook Pro officially announced, starting at 2399$
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imagine not being able to read
(they all come with dedicated amd navi gpus, either a 5300m or 5500m)
This sounds like an upgrade from my 2015 and a downgrade :(
I just want all my ports back. I don't want this dongle life TT_TT
I just want all my ports back. I don't want this dongle life TT_TT
They have to save something for next year's revision...
I'm a very fast typist - and I type more quickly on my butterfly MBP than I do any other machine/keyboard I use - including some mechanicals and ergonomics.
It feels like crap on your finger tips. It would suck for games. But for pure speed? It can't be beat, IMO.
The WiFi 6 - Obvious upgrade for Apple to purposefully offer next spring.
The more concerning thing for me is I have no confidence that Apple will improve the web cam next spring. It seems like Apple has always lagged behind on the web cams on MacBooks. Where's my 4K FaceID, Apple?
This is a solid update and honestly this fixed nearly everything I had gripes about. To be fair, I still want 10nm CPUs from Intel and WiFi 6 but that's probably a 2020/2021 revision - overall this is a welcome improvement in almost every way.
they're very different kinds of computers. the 15" sb2 only uses 15w cpus and lpddr3 ram - it wasn't even competing with the previous gen 15" mbp in those regards (which used 45w cpus and ddr4). the gtx 1060 was a nicer gpu due to apple's weird insistence on sticking with amd, but that's about the only leg up it has. unless ms makes some major strategic changes for the sb3 i doubt it'll compete with this.
Hard drive sizes are pathetic at those prices.
1TB SSD should be the base size, they're insanely cheap..and Apple can get them cheaper than a consumer..far cheaper.
They could freaking put two M.2 drives in there if they wanted to. Heck, two 1TB M.2 drives is cheaper than one 2TB, and there's only a $40± price difference from a 512GB if you buy them as a consumer.
2TB minimum on the higher end model should be the absolute minimum too. Come on.
1TB SSD should be the base size, they're insanely cheap..and Apple can get them cheaper than a consumer..far cheaper.
They could freaking put two M.2 drives in there if they wanted to. Heck, two 1TB M.2 drives is cheaper than one 2TB, and there's only a $40± price difference from a 512GB if you buy them as a consumer.
2TB minimum on the higher end model should be the absolute minimum too. Come on.
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I have to imagine they will implement Face ID at some point. It makes more sense on a Mac than on a phone.
Maybe then we can have a non-terrible Macbook camera.
Yeah, I really wouldn't be surprised to see it implemented on the next iMac/iMac Pro revision, whenever that happens.
online. scroll all the way down and click on "shop for college"
Man I JUST bought a base model 15 inch 3 weeks ago from MC, got a 320$ discount so it doesn't sting as bad but it still stings
Wonder how well the resale value could be, might try to sell it since im 2 weeks out of return policy, can maybe get 2000-2100 for it on CL
Wonder how well the resale value could be, might try to sell it since im 2 weeks out of return policy, can maybe get 2000-2100 for it on CL
MS has never quite nailed the landing on any of their devices. So I doubt it.
EDIT: misread the specs
Surface Book 2 was a great device.
- 2.4GHz 8‑core 9th Gen Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz
- 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory
- AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory
- 8TB SSD storage
Surface Book 2 was a great device.
The recent generations of Surface have been really good though (thinking Surface/Pro after Gen 4, since those had a screen flicker issue).
I mean, it took them a while, but I think they're where they want to be quality-wise.
Best laptop in the industry. The only problem with the MacBook Pro is that it makes all other laptops feel like shit.
They really need to get rid of that thing. The touchbar locks up way too often and it's clear by now that no one outside of Apple really wants to support it.
Assholes they put the escape key back. Time to accidentally drop this thing from a ridiculous height and call the helpdesk.
Meh I have a MacBook Pro but I prefer the 'feel' of my gaming laptop with mechanical keyboard and 17" screen.
Just like they did with the switch to Retina, i feel like the 'smaller' one is going to release half a year later (retina 15" was early 2012, 13" was late 2012)
I just gotta compare my late 2012 13" retina's weight and feel to a colleague's 15" Retina-with-touchbar model ... To see if i'll get this one or wait for the 14".
My current laptop is 1.62 kg - this new one's an even 2kg...
95% of the time, my laptop's on my desk - i barely take it on vacations anymore - so it's really a mobile productivity machine and i could use the screen real estate.
I imagine scaling is still enabled by default with a resolution of 3072x1920? On the 15.4" MBPs of the past few years, scaling has been the default. On those machines everything is rendered at 3360x2100, then scaled down to the native resolution of 2880x1800. I wish they would use higher resolution panels to support the desired work space without scaling, but with the chosen resolution and display size this does not appear to be the case.
I'll never understand how these tech personalities get the jobs they do. I want to review fancy gadgets for a living. :/
No it's not.
I'm absolutely looking into buying this for school because I know it'll last me the 4 years and more. Guess I'm really out here getting fafsa lol.
I'm not gonna have a laptop for a while, I guess.
Especially if Best Buy is sold out later this week.
Would love to get 32GB RAM and upgrade a few other things, and make it last for several years, but Best Buy credit is all I have.
Especially if Best Buy is sold out later this week.
Would love to get 32GB RAM and upgrade a few other things, and make it last for several years, but Best Buy credit is all I have.