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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #45 on: October 20, 2016, 08:33:08 »
 One more.....week
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #46 on: October 20, 2016, 08:51:23 »
Will the price of older MAC Books plummet?

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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #47 on: October 20, 2016, 09:55:30 »
Thanks JA ;)

Yes they will
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #48 on: October 20, 2016, 10:05:43 »
Jakov might follow Dave's footsteps.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #49 on: October 20, 2016, 16:42:52 »
In the USA, Apple sells refurbished versions which have been a good deal for me.  Full warranty as new.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #50 on: October 20, 2016, 21:05:25 »
mmm I am also in the market for a new laptop soon. Very interested in whats coming.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #51 on: October 26, 2016, 00:11:18 »
Apple themselves leaked a few images of the upcoming 13" MacBook Pro:
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/images-of-new-macbook-pro-leaked/

Note the OLED Magic Toolbar with fingerprint scanner and the speakers on both sides for the keyboard.

Slowly getting excited now  :)
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2016, 00:52:18 »
Is it true that there will be no SD card slot?
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2016, 00:59:02 »
Is it true that there will be no SD card slot?

I wonder what would replace that slot? An XQD reader? oops wrong letter combo will be USB-C

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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2016, 01:19:59 »
Is it true that there will be no SD card slot?
So far the specs are only based on rumours, we'll know for sure on Thursday.

The pic above is from Apple themselves however so the OLED toolbar and fingerprint scanner are now unofficially confirmed by Apple ;D
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #55 on: October 26, 2016, 01:49:35 »
Card slots may be obsolete, given the fact that many potable devices including cameras can now be connected to the computer via wifi or bluetooth.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #56 on: October 26, 2016, 03:24:22 »
I hope to god that card slots and USB3/ThunderBolt connections don't disappear just yet!

Olympus have done a reasonable job on their WiFi implementation, but the rest are still only performing during 'amateur hour'.  Maybe the new foolography WiFi initiative will bear fruit for Canon & Nikon users?

Card slots may be obsolete, given the fact that many potable devices including cameras can now be connected to the computer via wifi or bluetooth.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #57 on: October 26, 2016, 04:04:23 »
I hope to god that card slots and USB3/ThunderBolt connections don't disappear just yet!

Olympus have done a reasonable job on their WiFi implementation, but the rest are still only performing during 'amateur hour'.  Maybe the new foolography WiFi initiative will bear fruit for Canon & Nikon users?

Canon has been ahead of Nikon in terms of tethering even with the cable.  My friend pro photogs who use Canon seem to be using wifi pretty efficiently to show each shot to the clients on iPads.  Of course, a USB card reader should be much more efficient when transferring RAW data.  SD card aside, both XQD and CFast are too obscure for their card readers to be on the notebook PCs or Macs.  Also, the card socket should prevent the notebook from being made thinner.  So, the pro photogs and enthusiasts would need to rely on wifi/bluetooth more than the amateurs and beginners.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #58 on: October 26, 2016, 06:44:02 »
The thing I saw mentioned on the "interwebs" is the possible lack of an ESC key.
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Re: Rumor: New MacBooks enroute
« Reply #59 on: October 27, 2016, 20:36:32 »
I just saw the MAC Special Event and I am impressed. At first I thought I was going to buy the old model, but now that I saw how it looks like...
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