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The "I just ordered / bought / got my new/refurb MBP" thread [Merged]
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On my 1st MBP, Apple used UPS Worldwide Expedited (regular shipping). On my 2nd MBP, since I paid the extra $8 for express shipping, Apple used UPS Worldwide Express Saver. Here are the logs from both shipments. The 1st image corresponds to the regular shipping and the 2nd picture is for the express shipping.
Finally received my very first Mac computer - MBP 13" i5/8/256. I love it!
Waiting for a 13"/i5/16G/512G. Expected to be ready on 3rd September at first, now the Apple website shows 31st of August (personal pick-up at Apple Store). 
ordered mine 15" 2.6/16GB/560x/512GB upgrading from late 2013 MBP 15". Cant wait to pick it up.
some initial thoughts after a full day usage:
- are there fans in this thing? the fans haven't kicked yet
- battery is amazing for my workflow, i think i can get 8-10 hours without any problem
- speakers, screen, touchpad, build quality... i am very amazed
- like everyone else i too had some doubts whether i really want the 13" model, now i am sure, i love the size of this thing
- i haven't customised the touch bar yet, but i think it will be very useful
- the keyboard is nice, it feels premium to me
- all i did was browsing, watching videos, going through settings and installing some apps
- no issues yet
Just picked up the base 13" with education discount and a free set of Beats. Just want to make sure I don't need 16GB. Absolutely love this machine!
I'm sat in Costa now. It's the perfect size for me on the go. I really like the keyboard, True Tone screen and the Touch bar. I'm coming from a 15" 2014 Base MBP which is used as a family desktop machine now. I know they reduced the weight and dimensions of the newer 15", but the footprint isn't that much smaller. I'm trying to run as many apps as possible to see how I get on with 8GB. Any opinions on my RAM usage anyone please?
today I just received my mbp 560x 2.6/16/512 space grey, really love it
good question.
256 vs 512
it is just personal preference. basically i wouldn't get the 256 storage as not enough for my use. I think the fastest SSD for laptop today in the 2018 MBP is worth to buy and the 512 amount is what i need as i may need it for installing windows bootcamp.
interesting to watch - 2018 Macbook Pro 13" i5/8gb ram vs 2016 MacBook Pro 13" i7/16gb ram
also, the quad core cpu in 2018 13" is already faster than the quad core in 2017 15"... benchmark said so
8gb vs 16gb ram
I have been struggling for a long while when deciding between 8gb and 16gb of ram.
well i know, some people will need 128gb of ram to do multiple VMs, i get it.
but i just don't do VM at all.
and some pro video editing with motions and effect will need a lot of ram and some will even need that a lot of ram to have normal working app or it will crash without it. i get it. but i never use effect in video editing...
what i do is usually 60 tabs in chrome, MS office, some video editing, some programming. that's it.
currently I am having a 2015 MBP i5/16/512, never have any lag on this machine. and i think MacOS will just use as many ram as possible in order to give user a smooth experience. in fact, I am on budget and I need to get two MBPs at the same time for myself and my family. the deal i got is about US$1980 for a MBP 13" 2018 i5/8/512 with apple care. brand new. this is the best deal i can get.
to be honest, if 8gb makes it lag, i would be ok to close some apps and less tabs in browser. but I don't think it will happen to me when a 2015 MBP i5/16/512 will work just fine. the amount i need to pay for just 8gb of ram is just too high for me (as i said I got the special deal for the base model). don't judge
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Went for the 13” 2.3GHz i5/16/512 MacBook Pro last Thursday (23/8).
I didn’t go for the i7 like I did with my current early 2015 model but I’m banking on the fact that if I’m doing anything that’d push the CPU (like rendering images) then that might be done better by an eGPU in the future.
Ship dates ranged from the 4-6th of September but seem fixed on the 6th once I chose to collect from an Apple store in the UK. Still hoping that might move a little this week since my card was charged the day after I ordered.
I didn’t go for the i7 like I did with my current early 2015 model but I’m banking on the fact that if I’m doing anything that’d push the CPU (like rendering images) then that might be done better by an eGPU in the future.
Ship dates ranged from the 4-6th of September but seem fixed on the 6th once I chose to collect from an Apple store in the UK. Still hoping that might move a little this week since my card was charged the day after I ordered.
Just wanted to ask - since it seems like you are all buying from apple direct. Why not from Adorama/B&H Photo? The fact that you don't pay sales tax makes it quite a bit cheaper, and they always have $100-$200 deals going on.
i got mine from Apple due to back to school promotion also i used my credit card deal to purchase so will be getting back most of my tax anyway!
Getting mine - 2.2/16/560x/512!
Any reason you went for this rather than going for the 2.6GHz stock model for only a little more?
I ordered an MBP 15“ 2.2/560x/16GB/1TB with Apple Back to School few days ago.
My MacBook is now preparing for shipment.
I also got my Beats Solo It should be free... But I don’t understand why Apple took money from my account 299€.
For the moment they didn’t took money for the MBP.
I don’t really understand, is it normal?
My MacBook is now preparing for shipment.
I also got my Beats Solo It should be free... But I don’t understand why Apple took money from my account 299€.
For the moment they didn’t took money for the MBP.
I don’t really understand, is it normal?