Macbook Pro (2016)

[scratch pervert]

Guvernator said:

Those rumour website are full of BS tbh. They've been reporting a new Macbook Pro announcement since the beginning of the year which have all turned out to be nonsense so I've given up reading them now. I'll believe it when I can actually go into an Apple Store and see a physical one.

I'm going to wait till end of October, if there's not been an official announcement I'll be buying the current (my first) Macbook. It'll hopefully be a huge improvement over the 8 year old windows laptop I'm currently using.

[Murph7355]

scratch pervert said:

I'm going to wait till end of October, if there's not been an official announcement I'll be buying the current (my first) Macbook. It'll hopefully be a huge improvement over the 8 year old windows laptop I'm currently using.

If my current MBA's screen holds out I'll be doing similar. But will be buying a Dell XPS 13.

[Craikeybaby]

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/17/macbook-pro-st...

It still seems to be expected this month.

I'm interested to see what the relationship between 13" MBB, 13" MBA and 12" MacBook, as they all seem very close to each other.

[craigjm]

Have Apple ever announced anything quietly with just a press release?

[ZesPak]

Craikeybaby said:

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/17/macbook-pro-st...

It still seems to be expected this month.

I'm interested to see what the relationship between 13" MBB, 13" MBA and 12" MacBook, as they all seem very close to each other.

Very close but quite different though.
The MB is an underperformer really and just a very expensive netbook with a good screen, or a high end tablet with a keyboard. Great portability but in reality just for surfing and email.
The MBA is a good lower range laptop, but a bit let down by the screen these days.
The MBPr is a viable working machine, well designed with good (albeit, as per this thread, a bit dated) internals, good screen and reasonable portability.

Imho the only one worth the price of admission was the MBPr (both in 13 and 15" a good buy), but a bit stale these days to justify the price.

[Zoon]

craigjm said:

Have Apple ever announced anything quietly with just a press release?

Why would they when their current regime seems to work so well?

[craigjm]

Zoon said:

craigjm said:

Have Apple ever announced anything quietly with just a press release?

Why would they when their current regime seems to work so well?

Which is why I am asking because Craikeybaby's post before mine suggested that they might

[Murph7355]

craigjm said:

Which is why I am asking because Craikeybaby's post before mine suggested that they might

I think tweaks to internals have been done this way in the past (a page on the front of their website). Maybe they'll just put updated processors in, more memory, more SSD capacity. The actual machines aren't that bad and the MBPr could possibly get away with that (MBAs would need a screen update IMO).

I wonder if they're having issues with the soft F-keys which might be delaying them...

[TonyToniTone]

Hope the rumours aren't true about then dropping the USB ports.

[W00DY]

TonyToniTone said:

Hope the rumours aren't true about then dropping the USB ports.

Me too.


Not to mention with the vale of the pound, I'm wondering if prices will sky-rocket. The rumour sites are very odd, lots of speculation, but very few facts.

[craigjm]

W00DY said:

The rumour sites are very odd, lots of speculation, but very few facts.

Isnt that the very definition of rumour?

[768]

There's normally more leaks than this.

[gizlaroc]

craigjm said:

W00DY said:

The rumour sites are very odd, lots of speculation, but very few facts.

Isnt that the very definition of rumour?

[W00DY]

craigjm said:

W00DY said:

The rumour sites are very odd, lots of speculation, but very few facts.

Isnt that the very definition of rumour?

I suppose so yes. But endlessly pontificating over vague third-hand info doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

[craigjm]

W00DY said:

craigjm said:

W00DY said:

The rumour sites are very odd, lots of speculation, but very few facts.

Isnt that the very definition of rumour?

I suppose so yes. But endlessly pontificating over vague third-hand info doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

Nor me which is why I will just wait for the announcement

[Craikeybaby]

W00DY said:

TonyToniTone said:

Hope the rumours aren't true about then dropping the USB ports.

Me too.


Not to mention with the vale of the pound, I'm wondering if prices will sky-rocket. The rumour sites are very odd, lots of speculation, but very few facts.

The change to USB-C has been easier than I expected, although it would be harder if my MacBook was my main machine.

Prices will go up - iPhone prices jumped at the release of the 7, the mid tier device was priced at what the top tier device used to be priced at.

[MitchT]

What's USB-C? Does this mean the numerous USB devices I rely on won't be compatible? Most significantly the dongle containing the licenses for a load of the plug-ins that I use in Logic Pro and my Korg Micro key controller keyboard?

Edited to add: Solved the problem already! http://www.cusby.com/

Edited by MitchT on Tuesday 18th October 22:12

[Murph7355]

MitchT said:

What's USB-C? Does this mean the numerous USB devices I rely on won't be compatible? Most significantly the dongle containing the licenses for a load of the plug-ins that I use in Logic Pro and my Korg Micro key controller keyboard?

You can get adapters...

[Bikerjon]

I wouldn't be surprised if everything moves to USB-C, it's obvious that regular USB ports are on borrowed time.

It's hard work being a Mac fanboi at the moment - the entire computer range needs updating but it all feels a little bit irrelevant compared to the iPhone!

[tim0409]

Looks like the 27th will be the keynote according to various sites tonight.