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Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by 40acres »

kgabis wrote: post #618
40acres wrote: post #252

I was very intruged by the Dell XPS 13/15, especially since they come in a developer edition which runs Ubuntu. I've been holding off on a purchase because I wanted to see what Apple would come up with, Dell looks pretty strong today.

I have a 2016 XPS 15 and it's nowhere near a mbp when it comes to build quality. Keyboard and touchpad are much worse than on my 2010 mbp 13, palm rests are made of grease-absorbing plastic, fans can get VERY loud and it's impossible to open it with one hand. It just sits in my drawer nowadays.

Yikes, yeah I've heard the build quality is not up to par. Even the base MBP (no touch bar) is a tough pill to swallow.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by [deleted] »

npgatech wrote: post #165

This event was by far the most disappointing Mac event in the history. A lot of the time was wasted in: - Mildly funny jokes and comparison with 90's technology. - 90% of the talk was about the touch bar. - Awful demos of Photoshop & some cringy DJ. I was hoping we would see: - A new MacBook with all day battery life and touch bar, even thinner design. Ok, I understand that they are trying to consolidate their produc…

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Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by smnplk »

hartator wrote: post #327

I think it's also interesting to note that for the first time Apple is lagging behind in term of CPU generation when introducing redesigned MacBooks. The new MacBook Pro are said to be using 6th generation of Intel CPU (Skylake) when you have already on the market the 7th generation on Intel CPU (Kaby Lake). You are even competitive laptops using them already: http://www.gsmarena.com/new_dell_xps_13_laptop_comes_in_r…

yupp, the new dell xps looks like a legit macbook killer.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by asenna »

jaxn wrote: post #535
ynniv wrote: post #143

Apple has replaced the MacBook Pro with a faster MacBook Air labeled "Pro". I have no idea how they could think that professionals would use a MacBook Air (no ports, shallow keyboard, no expansion, no innovative features, marginally lighter). A tiny ribbon display is completely useless to me. They removed the escape key. Twenty years of using Macs and I'm not sure what my next laptop is going to be.

I am feeling the same way, except that I know what my next laptop will be. I am ordering a Surface Book. The weird screen thing looks terrible on this MBP. It will require me to look at my keyboard, not my screen. Meanwhile, the Surface Book gives me a touch screen (which is important to me because I create web software that is used on touch screens), the pen is great, the dial looks interesting, so I will probably b…

> The question for me is, will I end up ditching the iPhone too?

You must've read the discussions earlier but I really think it's worth giving the Google Pixels a shot.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by KingMob »

6stringmerc wrote: post #64

So, Apple didn't stick with their, ahem, "courage" and eliminate the headphone jack from the MBP? How curious.

Possibly because professionals with actual pro headphones won't stand for it? I'm seriously contemplating switching, but if they'd tried to make me buy a dongle for my $300 headphones, there'd be no question I'd buy a Win/Linux box.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by dorianm »

Starts stockpiling 2013 Macbook Pros for my lifetime use

(Seriously the 2013 Macbook Pro 13" feels so perfect)

P.S.: It's weird how they never mentioned programmers in the keynote but I'm sure they are far more programmers than video editors on Macs

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by smnplk »

stock_toaster wrote: post #474
smnplk wrote: post #333

I think my next ultrabook is going to be the new Dell xps 13(Kaby Lake) or Razer Blade Stealth. Probably not mac anymore.

I want to like the xps 13 too, but the non touch model (I want the matte screen of the non touch model) has a max config of 8gb board soldered ram. :(

I didn't know the ram was soldered. I was looking at the same model in hopes of upgrading ram myself.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by jackmaney »

rayiner wrote: post #259
npgatech wrote: post #165

This event was by far the most disappointing Mac event in the history. A lot of the time was wasted in: - Mildly funny jokes and comparison with 90's technology. - 90% of the talk was about the touch bar. - Awful demos of Photoshop & some cringy DJ. I was hoping we would see: - A new MacBook with all day battery life and touch bar, even thinner design. Ok, I understand that they are trying to consolidate their produc…

> Microsoft really hit it out of the park yesterday. Did we watch the same event? Microsoft introduced a $3,000 desktop PC in an era when nobody uses desktops anymore. It introduced a minor update to the Surface Book that starts at $2,300 with dual-core CPU, only 8GB of RAM, and last-gen graphics hardware. For the same price as the new Surface Book i7, I can get an MBP 15" with bigger screen, twice the RAM, and a qua…

> ...in an era when nobody uses desktops anymore.

Speak for yourself.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by derekmcloughlin »

robtaylor wrote: post #157
Longhanks wrote: post #141

The website isn't even updated yet...

It is with UK prices http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro

And despite Sterling getting a hammering at the moment, the UK price of the fully-specced out MBP works out 500 Euro cheaper than the price from Ireland.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by bpesquet »

Do you remember the last time you weren't totally or at least partially disappointed at the end of an Apple event?

Me neither.

Maybe we expect too much. Maybe Apple has consistently failed to deliver for a long, long time.

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