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Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by cimmanom » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:41 PM UTC

mFixman wrote: post #179

eej71 wrote: post #6

If only they might restore the escape key in the 15 inch model...

I just remap Caps Lock to the escape key.

But then you can't use it for Ctrl!

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by eric_khun » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:41 PM UTC

Deciding between with/without touchbar. Is there a real difference between both? I'm really bad comparing hardware. Here the main difference I've notice:

Non-touchbar:

• Up to 2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i7, with 64MB of eDRAM

• 2 USB-c ports

• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640

With-touchbar:

• Up to 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with 128MB of eDRAM

• Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655

• 4 USB-c ports

As a developer point of view, it looks like the non-touch bar is a good option, and there is not a big gap between both?

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by jek0 » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:42 PM UTC

boobsbr wrote: post #55

eej71 wrote: post #6

If only they might restore the escape key in the 15 inch model...

Seriously, how do you exit vim insert mode without an ESC key?

inoremap jk

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by robinwassen » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:42 PM UTC

Related question: Anyone that has tried an eGPU for a MacBook Pro and care to share their experiences if it is worth it?

I am looking for something to make my workstation high performance for handling multiple monitors while I have the flexibility of just grabbing the computer and run into a meeting with it.

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by gurkendoktor » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:42 PM UTC

melling wrote: post #73

“Hey Siri” is available because a T2 chip is included. We’re slowly crawling towards Voice as a User Interface on the personal computer. Hope this happens in my lifetime. I’ve been waiting several decades.

Macs had support for always-on speech control for over a decade: http://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/input-devices/how-do-i-use-...

(The earliest mention of macOS voice control that I can find is almost two decades old: http://lowendmac.com/1999/computer-tell-me-a-joke/)

The issue is that Siri can't do a whole lot on macOS. I don't think the T2 chip is a game changer here.

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by scarface74 » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:43 PM UTC

linguae wrote: post #87

I’m glad to see that Apple has finally updated its MacBook Pro line, but it’s a little too late for me. After using Macs for nearly 12 years, I bought a Dell XPS 15 9570 a week after WWDC 2018 (I couldn’t put off a new computer purchase any longer), and I couldn’t be happier. It turns out that Windows 10 really shines on a computer with six processor cores, a 4K display, and a NVMe SSD, a dramatic improvement from th…

I have a Dell 2n1 for both my work laptop and my personal laptop. I have no problem with either. For the last 20+ years I’ve been exclusively a Windows Developer. But lately as I’ve moved to cloud implementations, Docker and cross platform languages, the “Microsoft Tax” is starting to hit home in terms of costs and resources.

My next personal computer will be a Mac. I’ve had a few in the past. But it will either be a 5K iMac or a hopefully updated Mac Mini. With the Mac you get a true Unix environment and the flexibility to develop for any platform - .Net Core, Android, iOS, etc. and in a pinch you can run Windows.

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by anentropic » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:43 PM UTC

victor106 wrote: post #137

Anyone here knows if we can upgrade existing post 2017 MacBook Pro’s from 16gb to 32gb?

No

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by jaxondu » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:44 PM UTC

princekolt wrote: post #67

pornel wrote: post #47

It's not possible to buy it without the TouchBar any more :( I really wanted to like it, and the concept could perhaps eventually be good, but the current implementation is infuriatingly bad: • I need more than one tap to change the brightness, volume or skip to the next song. • The buttons are in different locations depending on context, so it's not possible to use it by muscle memory. • TouchBar automatically goes…

Wasn't the Touch Bar-less model 13" only? That's hardly a Pro machine anyway, since it has no discrete graphics.

The touchbar-less 13” is last year model with 7th gen CPU and old keyboard design.

Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:44 PM UTC

_bxg1 wrote: post #108

_bxg1 wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard this before too, that the Surface Book is the best replacement MBP you can get right now, even if you never plan on separating the tablet.

Also that the current-gen Surface Book solved a lot of the shortcomings of the first-gen

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Re: MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros

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Post by jhack » Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 1:45 PM UTC

(All prices Canadian)

- A $2400 entry price for a quad-core 13" Macbook Pro. - Minimum $3675 spend for a Macbook with 32GB of memory (and still only comes with 256GB of storage). - Non-touchbar Macbook Pro stagnating with 7th-gen dual-core at the same exact price.

Looks like I'll be holding on to my 2014 model like grim death.