Apple 10/27 Event Thread (New MacBook Pro, Updates to rest of Mac lineup)

[peppe]

i got that $$ pleighboi

 

[Golayitdown]

Apple leaks new MacBook Pro with touch strip

Apple is widely expected to unveil a redesigned MacBook Pro at an event on Thursday, but it looks like it may have let a couple images slip out early. MacRumors spotted a pair of images hidden inside yesterday's update to macOS Sierra, both of which show a new MacBook Pro, a touch panel above its keyboard, and a fingerprint reader.

The images show a narrower MacBook Pro with slimmer bezels around both the keys and screen. The keys all look to be flatter, likely adopting the same slim format used on the MacBook. Otherwise, the design looks more or less like the Pro we know today.

But the highlight of these images is of course the touch strip at the top of the keyboard, which has been rumored for months. The images give an early idea of what it'll be like in use: completely blank and black when the computer is off, and able to display colors, buttons, and symbols in response to whatever comes up on-screen.

One of the pictures shows it being used for Apple Pay. An arrow points to the right corner of the touch strip, where a Touch ID fingerprint reader is located.


Apple could end up calling this touch strip the Magic Toolbar. Brian Conroy at The Trademark Ninja, who's caught a number of other product names early, spotted a trademark filing for the name that he's traced back to Apple. That doesn't make the name a certainty, but it certainly sounds like a name Apple would come up with. After all, it already has a Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Mouse.

I just bought a MacBook Pro last summer so I can't justify this but

 

[Cat piss martini]

Coppin.

 

[-DMP-]

It still has a bezel

 

[detroitwalt]

Power beats 3 now available for preorder. Delivers early next month.

 

[Ziggiy]

No word on upcoming iPads

 

[illadope]

That touch strip is basically an Apple Watch funny enough. iOS + MacOS

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

.......................

 

[The Frozen One]

im good, i copped this for $600 and im throwing osx on it
HP EliteBook 1040 G3 Laptop - Customizable

Have fun with your 2 hour battery life. Old I need to be sitting near a wall plug ass nikka

 

[levitate]

My wallet is ready.
256GB 13" MBP

Debating 8 vs 16 GB RAM...

 

[Brooklynzson]

when ya girl works for Apple and let's ya use her discount

Hey big head

 

[Ciggavelli]

I've been a long time mac laptop supporter, but I'm skeptical. M$ is taking the crown with the Surface Book. It just does so much more. Apple has really got to wow me with this one to trade in my Surface Book for a new MBP

 

[Flackaveli]

Is the 15 worth getting over the 13??

 

[GZR]

Is the 15 worth getting over the 13??

Typing this from a 15" retina.
It is a lot bigger and much better for productivity, although it is only a 2.1" diagonal difference, the screen area is actually 34% bigger. I went from a 13" classic MBP to this and would find it difficult to go back to 13". However, I am having serious difficulty with this machine in lecture theatres/seminar rooms etc. so if you are going to be using it outside your house a lot the 13" may actually be the superior offering.
The 15" is more powerful with the quad core processor but I don't make use of the extra power besides the odd video transcode

 

[Regular_P]

I hope they give the MBA 11" one more update instead of killing it off.