Apple launches new MacBook Pros Touch Bar Only starting @$1799
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If my 2016 MBP keyboard craps out again, hope they replace it with a third gen.
32GB Ram makes me giddy. But in no rush to upgrade yet.
32GB Ram makes me giddy. But in no rush to upgrade yet.
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Touch bar only sucks. Would rather have the option of the new processors but without the touch bar fluff.
I'd also still be worried about those shitty as butterfly keys in the same casing.
I'd also still be worried about those shitty as butterfly keys in the same casing.
It's time for Apple to just suck it up and admit the Touch Bar is a disaster, it reminds me of the Wii U, nobody wants to be looking up and down at two different screens
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Barely, but it's definitely not going to be enough past 2020 even by optimistic standards.
I wish Apple shrank the bezels. They look huge compared to the new Razer Blade or the Dell XPS line
You're going to shell out $500 more for it and like it!
Actually glad didn't release new n-TB models, I would've been so salty since I bought a 2017 model like a month ago.
Depends, would she consider a 1440 X 900 TN panel display to be acceptable in 2018? If so, then it's good enough.
oh cool wonder if there are any significant hardware improvements
oh... it still has the touch bar... and the butterfly keyboard...
oh... it still has the touch bar... and the butterfly keyboard...
So they only updated the Touchbar models? The non-touchbar model is still stuck at dual-core using last-year's processors with no price change. A $2400 starting price (CDN) for a 13-inch laptop using eight-month-old CPUs and nothing much else new is ridiculous.
lol, "Honey, is a 1440 x 900 TN acceptable to you in 2018?"
As if most users a MacBook Air are aimed at are really going to see a real world difference for their use case.
Having said that I would wait and see what this new 'low-cost' MacBook range that's runoured pans out to be
conventional wisdom is to buy a windows laptop if you are planning to use it for games more than occasionally
Depends on what you're doing and the configuration of your computer (cpu, gpu, ssd), but I'd say yes for the most part. 8gb configurations are still probably the most popular laptop setups today. I'd say for web and email browsing, word processing, photo editing, and, in come cases, light video editing 8gb works just fine.
I was definitely excited to see this news this morning only to be let down by the non-touch bar options be left out. Hopefully, Apple still upgrades the so-called lesser models with 8th gen i5 and i7 CPUs before August.
We still have no idea how would 8th gen chips perform in MBP's thin chasis. Most windows laptops that used older designs with the new chip often thermal throttle.
Still looks like the best option to me. It doesn't seem to me like Apple's learned anything over the past year beyond adjusting the keyboard, and that's firmly in "wait and see" territory.
200$ to go from 128 to 256gb ? Get fucked Apple. I just bought a 256gb SSD for 60$...
Now, will the improved butterfly keys won't break ?
Will it be easy to change SSD ?
Now, will the improved butterfly keys won't break ?
Will it be easy to change SSD ?
I would say this is definitely a case of waiting and seeing how reliable the keyboards are for regular consumers.
For people in development and creative industries the spec bumps seem to be getting a positive response, but this does little for me.
I wonder what they're going to do with the rest of the macbook line.
I wouldn't recommend buying a Macbook Pro for gaming.
For people in development and creative industries the spec bumps seem to be getting a positive response, but this does little for me.
I wonder what they're going to do with the rest of the macbook line.
I wouldn't recommend buying a Macbook Pro for gaming.
8 GB is practically enough, 16 GB is overkill. 32 GB is completely irrelevant for gaming and would do literally nothing to improve gaming.
I would say that 16gb would still be sufficient for gaming. Although gaming on a Laptop is limited by throttling (thermal limitations) and the GPU's that are placed (Mid-tier GPU's such as Radeon 555/560). https://www.notebookcheck.net/Apple...5-Laptop-Review.230096.0.html#toc-performance
However, I haven't experienced a lot of issues regarding thermals and the possibility of having an eGPU attached makes it much easier to get better performance.
As we all know, Mac's aren't really marketed as gaming laptops, but you can game on it if you'd like. Don't expect to run at native resolution (probably 1080p). Also, performance is better in bootcamp for most games.
Hopefully, the GPU's placed in these laptops are better than the ones now and I'm rooting that they've placed the same GPU that's available in the Intel NUC (performance close to GTX 1060).
Beautiful machines no doubt.
Difficulty of replacing parts is an issue.
i9/32gb....god that thing would be an absolute beast for video production. I might pick it up next year when it's on sale on BHPhoto.
I bought a used 2015 13' MBP as my first MacBook for school and I'm pretty darn happy with it. My only concern is the anti-glare coming coating coming off when cleaning the screen, which is apparently a problem with these models.
Avoided the new MBP's mainly for the price and all the keyboard issues. Maybe I'll upgrade in a few years!
Avoided the new MBP's mainly for the price and all the keyboard issues. Maybe I'll upgrade in a few years!
Not for 13" unfortunately. I don't get how Apple gets away with this and still charge obscene amounts of cash in 2018. :( There shouldn't even be an option of 8GIG with 2018 models.
8gb may be enough for some (it's really pushing it nowadays for me), but only 8 on an $1800 laptop? I don't look at windows laptops,are the high end ones still only 8gb too?
I'm not really in the market for one of these. I'd like to upgrade my 2014 13", but these don't seem like a good deal to me.
I'm not really in the market for one of these. I'd like to upgrade my 2014 13", but these don't seem like a good deal to me.
From The Verge:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/...-touchbar-2018-intel-processor-siri-true-tone
I take it back. Apple's learned nothing.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/...-touchbar-2018-intel-processor-siri-true-tone
I take it back. Apple's learned nothing.