New MacBook Pros
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hstewie said:
My 2012 MBP is showing it's age, so if the new improved keyboard isn't a hot broken mess that it was on the last gen I might pick one uphstewie said:...still wish it had mag-safe charging and more ports
I have a 2014 macbook pro, the MGXC2B/A. It has magsafe and loads of sockets, if I were to replace it with something new I wouldn't even look at apple anymore, no magsafe is a backwards step, never mind the removal of every bloody port but 1. Previous to that I had a 2008 macbook pro that did me proud, magsafe + loads of connections.
Who knows what the hell they were thinking removing the lot.
Who knows what the hell they were thinking removing the lot.
Will wait for more feedback on the latest keyboards. I was replacing my 2012 model in January and opted for a second hand 2015 with the older keyboard for now. 16GB memory runs at around 70% according to the brilliant iStats app and that's mostly down to Chrome.
New one specced with 32GB of memory comes in around £3k. I really need to finish my studies and start bringing some money in first. Thanks for the heads up though.
New one specced with 32GB of memory comes in around £3k. I really need to finish my studies and start bringing some money in first. Thanks for the heads up though.
Phunk said:
If you check every box, it goes up to £6200 
It's about £1500 more expensive than the Dell XPS with 32GB, i9 and 1TB storage. Okay, there has often been an Apple tax, but that's hard to swallow. Still, it's good that they've done it. Was Apple actually worried I wonder? It's not like them to update out of the blue like this. Their computers in general seem to be getting a bit of a hammering on youtube recently for being out of date and too expensive.
leglessAlex said:
It's about £1500 more expensive than the Dell XPS with 32GB, i9 and 1TB storage. Okay, there has often been an Apple tax, but that's hard to swallow.
Still, it's good that they've done it. Was Apple actually worried I wonder? It's not like them to update out of the blue like this. Their computers in general seem to be getting a bit of a hammering on youtube recently for being out of date and too expensive.
I was thinking the same, when I was looking at laptops relatively recently for the other half Windows based competitors were equaling or surpassing Apple in almost every stat, yet still undercutting them price wise.Still, it's good that they've done it. Was Apple actually worried I wonder? It's not like them to update out of the blue like this. Their computers in general seem to be getting a bit of a hammering on youtube recently for being out of date and too expensive.
Edited by CrouchingWayne on Thursday 12th July 21:17
leglessAlex said:
Phunk said:
If you check every box, it goes up to £6200
It's about £1500 more expensive than the Dell XPS with 32GB, i9 and 1TB storage. Okay, there has often been an Apple tax, but that's hard to swallow. Still, it's good that they've done it. Was Apple actually worried I wonder? It's not like them to update out of the blue like this. Their computers in general seem to be getting a bit of a hammering on youtube recently for being out of date and too expensive.
Essentially one of these https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-intel-dc-p4500...
qube_TA said:
leglessAlex said:
Phunk said:
If you check every box, it goes up to £6200
It's about £1500 more expensive than the Dell XPS with 32GB, i9 and 1TB storage. Okay, there has often been an Apple tax, but that's hard to swallow. Still, it's good that they've done it. Was Apple actually worried I wonder? It's not like them to update out of the blue like this. Their computers in general seem to be getting a bit of a hammering on youtube recently for being out of date and too expensive.
Essentially one of these https://www.scan.co.uk/products/4tb-intel-dc-p4500...
New 15" XPS with i9, 32GB RAM, 4k screen and 1TB storage: £2,599
New MacBook Pro with i9, 32GB RAM and 1TB of storage: £3,689
Ok, so £1,100 or so, not £1,500. That changes to £1,400 difference though when you change the processor on both models to an i7.
I get that there are no shortage of people out there with money, and that Apple products have never been cheap. I also welcome the fact that for once Apple laptops have a processor in them that isn't about to be outdated in a couple of months. They'll probably have a better battery life too (for lightweight tasks), and the trackpad will be unquestionably better to use.
I get there are positives. But £1,100-1,400 more than the equivalent Windows based machine? I really like using OSX, but that's a tough pill to swallow. Even if it wasn't, and I know it's not very PH of me to say this, but I just couldn't afford that. I've been loyal to Apple for a long time, but I'm being priced out. Maybe Apple just doesn't care? I'm not sure I'm alone in that situation though...
Sweet spot is probably a mid range with 512gb SSD and 32gb RAM.
Annoyingly I refreshed my work machine back in December last year (went for a MacBook pro with 16gb RAM and 512gb SSD).
I'd be interested in seeing how the battery life / weight / heat is on these. They may end up being awesome machines if they've fixed a lot of the problems that the usual mobile workstation like machines have (think Lenovo P series etc with a huge power supply etc).
I saw they _finally_ have a 13" quad core too. That's tempting for a new personal machine, although at 1750 quid or so I'm not sure!
Annoyingly I refreshed my work machine back in December last year (went for a MacBook pro with 16gb RAM and 512gb SSD).
I'd be interested in seeing how the battery life / weight / heat is on these. They may end up being awesome machines if they've fixed a lot of the problems that the usual mobile workstation like machines have (think Lenovo P series etc with a huge power supply etc).
I saw they _finally_ have a 13" quad core too. That's tempting for a new personal machine, although at 1750 quid or so I'm not sure!
I bought my kids a 2015 13" Macbook Pro with i5, 8Gb and 128Gb SSD. The Macbooks have been trouble free despite being used several hours a day every day by teenagers and I've had no complaints about performance, battery life, or reliability.
Same spec (but newer versions of same chips) is about £1250, so another £250 over what I paid, which isn't that bad. However I'd want to double the RAM and the SSD to 16Gb and 256Gb (most of their stuff is on onedrive or streams, but they could do with a bit more room for software), and that really pushes the price up. Seriously considering pushing them back to Windows now...
I did want to get them a 15" but that price jump is something else, don't remember it being that much of a jump back in 2015?
Same spec (but newer versions of same chips) is about £1250, so another £250 over what I paid, which isn't that bad. However I'd want to double the RAM and the SSD to 16Gb and 256Gb (most of their stuff is on onedrive or streams, but they could do with a bit more room for software), and that really pushes the price up. Seriously considering pushing them back to Windows now...
I did want to get them a 15" but that price jump is something else, don't remember it being that much of a jump back in 2015?
tankplanker said:
I did want to get them a 15" but that price jump is something else, don't remember it being that much of a jump back in 2015?
If the site I found was correct, the 13" and 15" were £999 and £1599 respectively in 2015. That is about the same as the latest 13" and 15" at £1749 and £2349. You can get the non-touchbar one for a fair whack cheaper of course, but it's not really a like for like comparison seeimg as there is no non-touchbar 15".
leglessAlex said:
If the site I found was correct, the 13" and 15" were £999 and £1599 respectively in 2015.
That is about the same as the latest 13" and 15" at £1749 and £2349. You can get the non-touchbar one for a fair whack cheaper of course, but it's not really a like for like comparison seeimg as there is no non-touchbar 15".
Depends if you want the touchbar? I wouldn't so would not pay for it on the 13" at that price differential. That is about the same as the latest 13" and 15" at £1749 and £2349. You can get the non-touchbar one for a fair whack cheaper of course, but it's not really a like for like comparison seeimg as there is no non-touchbar 15".
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