If you need it now I'd buy it now. If you can wait until October (and you say you can) I'd wait.
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Waiting for the 2020 MBP
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If you need it now I'd buy it now. If you can wait until October (and you say you can) I'd wait.
Consensus seems to be that if there's a new model coming in 2019 it will be this larger 16" one which will probably be an all-new design. But details have been sketchy to say the least.
They've just updated the current range, so my bets are that if this new model lands, the design will then go in to rest of the range next Spring or Summer.
Its all guesswork though
If you need a new laptop, the current 13" is a lovely machine (2018 refurb or brand new 2019), but if you can wait, there's no harm in doing so.
They've just updated the current range, so my bets are that if this new model lands, the design will then go in to rest of the range next Spring or Summer.
Its all guesswork though
If you need a new laptop, the current 13" is a lovely machine (2018 refurb or brand new 2019), but if you can wait, there's no harm in doing so.
If they increase key travel and get rid of the butterfly switches, I’ll be tempted...unless the price starts at something absurd. I really want to return to Mac OS.
How do you know the 16" mbp will have 8c cpu and 1.1mm of keyboard travel? I haven't heard anything about what you're describing.
What advantages would an 8 core Mac offer however over a quad core? I'm thinking more heat and more throttling is a given especially if they offer something with a dedicated gpu. Do people use a MacBook Pro as a dedicated video editing machine because video editing is where you can have an advantage with those 8 cores. Otherwise anything with four cores does well with final cut pro and adobe premiere.
ya they get hot up to 100 degrees Celsius and throttle to 3.0ghz
It’s not throttling. Turbo boost isn’t meant to be 5ghz continuously. The 8 cores run cooler than the 6 from last year so your logic is out the window.
What’s the base speed? Does it “throttle” under that? Ok then so it doesn’t throttle
Well all these
Well do they actually have a review where they run a prolonged session of final cut pro for say 30-45 minutes and measure temps, and clock speeds during that period? Would be interesting to see. All these youtube guys are running these short small benchmarks when in reality, if you are plunging $3k on a MacBook Pro you probably want to do some heavy video editing I gather. Been trying to find one where the really stress the cpu for prolonged periods but can't find one as of yet.
Well do they actually have a review where they run a prolonged session of final cut pro for say 30-45 minutes and measure temps, and clock speeds during that period? Would be interesting to see. All these youtube guys are running these short small benchmarks when in reality, if you are plunging $3k on a MacBook Pro you probably want to do some heavy video editing I gather. Been trying to find one where the really stress the cpu for prolonged periods but can't find one as of yet.
I really hope that they replace the 13" with a 14" and go to a 12/14/16 model with the same sizes for all, just reduced bezels.
Consensus seems to be that if there's a new model coming in 2019 it will be this larger 16" one which will probably be an all-new design. But details have been sketchy to say the least.
They've just updated the current range, so my bets are that if this new model lands, the design will then go in to rest of the range next Spring or Summer.
Its all guesswork though
If you need a new laptop, the current 13" is a lovely machine (2018 refurb or brand new 2019), but if you can wait, there's no harm in doing so.
Thanks for the Answers guys, but really can we see a new Mac Book Pro 13" in Oct? Just questioning Apple's motive, surely there would be alot of annoyed people?
I don't expect to see a new 13" or 15" in October - like you say, that would lead to a lot of pi**ed-off new owners.
If the new larger machine arrives, I'd expect a new 13 & 15 next Spring/Summer.
not sure about 30-45 minute one heres a decent review comparing all the years back to 2016. He does some 15min 4k stuff around the 18 mark.
Another good one
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I don’t really think Apple would care. Nor should they. If better tech comes along that makes for a better laptop I hope they put it onto the market. I’d hate to see them hold off just because some folks might get butt-hurt about a new device coming out.
There are always new devices coming out.
Not really. Not full redesigns 3 months after a product came out.
Apple doesn’t release new designs that often if you haven’t noticed by now. Once a year usually. 4 years for redesigns
Its all guesswork, but its always been the same in technology, if you keep waiting for the next new thing, you'll never buy anything. And just because something new comes out, it won't render your laptop any less useful than it was the day before.
Nothing wrong with the current keyboard, at least in my opinion, for what it's worth.
A new 16" wouldn't supplant the current 15", it'd be a different model. So they're not deprecating the model released 3 months earlier.
According to who? Nobody knows. It’s 1” bigger it could very well be the new model that replaces the 15”.
This thread stickies seems premauture since we have the 16+ incher with maybe FaceID possibly this year. Bring back old thread. Keep the faith people.
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If apple didn't release the new chips - people complain. If they do - people complain if you release something else. They release stuff when they got it,.
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if it's a 16 incher with FaceID that'd be a redesign.
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Oh my lord. There is no pattern where either new models or redesigns do not appear if there has been a spec bump on the product line.
If apple didn't release the new chips - people complain. If they do - people complain if you release something else. They release stuff when they got it,.
it is just speculation is all. These new model numbers can be for updates to other lines also. I can see apple replacing the 15" with a 16" and also a 14" in place of the 13. Just like how they did the new sizing for the ipads with slimmer bezels.
Nobody would have cried if apple never updated the 2019's a month ago and then updated the lines in October like usual like it seems like they will do in a few months. Just saying a lot of people where mad that the vega gpu's came out 4-5 months after they updated the 2018's and it wasn't a whole new machine like the mysterious 16".