Are you going to buy the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and Touch ID?

[TripleOne]

I'm still pushing my 7 plus. Spent almost $2850 on the 2017 15" MacBook Pro. I have no money for a new iPhone this year. Even with At&t next. Still trying to come up with the $380 for AppleCare.

Yeah man!
I think you're all set for a few years.

 

[Abu Khadija]

Yeah man!
I think you're all set for a few years.

I went to the Apple Store today and paid the $379 for AppleCare.

 

[TripleOne]

I went to the Apple Store today and paid the $379 for AppleCare.

That’s good to hear!

 

[Abu Khadija]

Now I can relax. Bad thing IMO that I've heard about the iPhone 8 is it's getting bigger. I'm struggling just to find carpenter pants to hold my 7 plus. Another reason I'm not getting it.

 

[TripleOne]

Now I can relax. Bad thing IMO that I've heard about the iPhone 8 is it's getting bigger. I'm struggling just to find carpenter pants to hold my 7 plus. Another reason I'm not getting it.

The Edition/Pro/X will be slightly larger than the iPhone 7 with a 5.8” display so they say.

 

[Abu Khadija]

When I had the Note 3 I was barely able to put it in my pocket.

 

[Javascripter]

I need to buy a new machine - my 2014 macbook pro is falling apart (I hammer it). I write code... and do the odd bit of photoshop if I have to, but don't need a video editing powerhouse etc. I like mac because its unix / posix... and I can run photoshop on it. If Ubuntu had decent native apps - I'd be there... I rarely use finder - doing everything through the command line (I know what you're thinking). I will probably have no use for Touchbar.

I also like 'Retina' screens - and really can't go back to anything else. I'm having difficulty in figuring out which Macbook pro offers best bang for buck. Any advice?


** Edit **

I checked out https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks - and a i7 is only 4% faster than stock i5... so decided to go for stock 256GB SSD 13" macbook, no touchbar, and up the ram to 16gb. I store most of my stuff in git... 256GB is more than enough for me. Worse case scenario - I can pick up a decent 1TB SSD for £100.

 

[Abu Khadija]

Buy what you need or want. I’ve got the 2017 15” MacBook Pro and still ain’t really using the touch bar.

 

[TripleOne]

Buy what you need or want. I’ve got the 2017 15” MacBook Pro and still ain’t really using the touch bar.

I doubt I’ll use the TouchBar often, it’s super cool though.

 

[msm0511]

I doubt I’ll use the TouchBar often, it’s super cool though.

I use mine mostly for controlling brightness and volume. It's really nice to use the slider over pressing buttons though. I use it to scrub through video as well.

 

[TripleOne]

I use mine mostly for controlling brightness and volume. It's really nice to use the slider over pressing buttons though. I use it to scrub through video as well.

It sure is!
It looks great too.

 

[Lee_Bo]

I ended up getting a 2016 model:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Graphics
Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB
Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB

And I got it for $500 less than the 2017 Cadillac model.



Now I just gotta figure out how to post images that aren't 90 degrees rotated.

 

[TripleOne]

I ended up getting a 2016 model:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Graphics
Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB
Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB

And I got it for $500 less than the 2017 Cadillac model.

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Now I just gotta figure out how to post images that aren't 90 degrees rotated.

LOL.
Congrats! It’ll last you for a few years for sure.

 

[Lee_Bo]

LOL.
Congrats! It’ll last you for a few years for sure.

Thanks. I've been using Windows for way too long.

 

[Abu Khadija]

Hope you like it. I could of gotten the 2016 15” model for about $400 less than what I paid but I went with the 2017 anyway.

 

[dimexby]

Is it good idea to upgrade macbook pro (2013) to the newest one? I'm worried about the count of ports (only usb type-c...). Maybe some one has such experience with the upgrading?

 

[Rob Phillips]

Is it good idea to upgrade macbook pro (2013) to the newest one? I'm worried about the count of ports (only usb type-c...). Maybe some one has such experience with the upgrading?

Is your 2013 model still suiting your needs? If that’s the case then I’d stick with it. Hopefully Apple will realize that they made a mistake not including any type A USB ports on this year’s models and takes a step back next year.

 

[dimexby]

Is your 2013 model still suiting your needs? If that’s the case then I’d stick with it. Hopefully Apple will realize that they made a mistake not including any type A USB ports on this year’s models and takes a step back next year.

Mostly I'm happy, but my model has 8gb RAM, it's not enough for my daily basis for today, when you need to run a lot of programs. Maybe in 2018 Apple will introduce some updates of macbook pro. I hope..

 

[TurboTiger]

I ended up getting a 2016 model:
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2016)
Processor 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Graphics
Radeon Pro 460 4096 MB
Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB

And I got it for $500 less than the 2017 Cadillac model.

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Now I just gotta figure out how to post images that aren't 90 degrees rotated.

I just bought the same one last week.
Good Luck

 

[TripleOne]

It seems like my sibling might upgrade from her 2012 rMBP to the new MBP with TB.
I would love to upgrade, but I can’t afford it yet.