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We've gotten to the point that our iPads and MacBooks are so good, that updates (however much appreciated they are) just "feel" a bit lackluster.  There's little from Apple (other than VisionPro) that rattles us these days.  Even if all notches were eliminated (which would be glorious), it just wouldn't recapture the magic of Apple Announcements in decades past.  Some think it was because Steve Jobs was alive back then, but I'm not so sure.  Apple broke new ground back then.  These days we get updates only.  

This isn't so much a complaint from me as it is an acknowledgement of the times in which we live.  But I do hope to see more innovation from Apple in the near future.  Having Vision Pro pave the way to new exciting technologies is what I am looking forward to.

pulseimages said:

hexclock said:

Convicted of a bullshit...

People as dumb as you shouldn’t be allowed to breed.

I found it rather intriguing that your post tally for that particular post numbers "666".

But I must admit I've been seeing that number a lot lately, on everything from license plates to forum posts like yours.  Regardless of what you believe about the number, it is a bit ominous.

Article QUOTE: "More importantly, the storage technology helps to alleviate perceived system slowdowns blamed on MacBook Pro's 16GB RAM ceiling... batch processing and video editing did momentarily cue the spinning beach ball of death, likely due to our system's 8GB of RAM."

I interpret the above-mentioned "perceived" slowdowns as a term to fend off other stories in the media which decry the 16GB RAM limit.  But as mentioned above, the super-fast SSD is used an excuse for why 16GB of RAM is enough, but it appears that the SSD is not an adequate excuse for having only 8GB of RAM. How long was "momentary" with regard to that "spinning beachball of DEATH"?

The beachball appeared due to the fact RAM was not sufficient and the fact that even the super fast SSD in these new Macs is still not speed-match for the speed of RAM. As such, it goes without saying that there will be times when that same "spinning beachball of DEATH" will appear even with 16GB of RAM. This is an important consideration for anyone pondering a purchase of these MacBook Pros, especially for people who like to use multiple users (like a husband and wife team) and who tend to leave apps open in each user.

Lastly, another benefit to 32GB even for people who normally don't use a lot of RAM hungry apps is that you almost never will see anything under "Swap Used" in the "Memory" section of Activity Monitor. I can vouch for the truth in this with my late 2015 5K iMac which has 32GB of RAM. My older iMac at home has only 16GB, and "Swap Used" on that machine is always several GB in size.

If only it had front glass edge-to-edge like my 5K iMac. The matte bezels coupled with a glossy screen just don't look good together at all.

A disgraceful set of updates.  Rose Gold and the same 480p camera for the MacBook, and only 8GB of RAM standard for the AIR.  Let's say Apple is saving the best for last, reserving a new set of all-new MacBook Pro designs for June.  In that case, anyone foolish enough to buy the MacBook or AIR right now would be reliving the Mac IIvx fiasco of days gone by, regretting their purchase BIG TIME when the new MBP's debut only months later.  But if there is no big update in June, then such further drives home the point that Apple is waning when it comes to innovation.  In either case, it does not look pretty at all.  I just sent my feedback to Apple.  Perhaps you should too:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookair.html

480p camera = Light years ahead.

Oh wait...  It's actually:

Light. Years Ahead.

Clever, Apple.  Very clever.

I waited a year for gen-2 and they still insult my intelligence with a horrific camera of epic proportions.  I just sent Apple my displeasure.  Perhaps you should as well:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html

And don't give us the "there isn't a 720p camera that's thin enough" cop out.  Making excuses for Apple only says "I'm as smart as Apple."  Which isn't very smart at all since neither you nor Apple can fit good tech in a thin chassis.  I say DO A STEVE JOBS.  When stupid engineers tell me it can't be done, I say, DO IT ANYWAY.  Where there's a will, there's a way.  There's always a way.  No excuses for stupid 480p tech.  None.  Zero.  Nada.

Want a great iPhone? Just wait until 2017.
Want a great iPad. Just wait until 2018.
Want a Kaby Lake MacBook Pro? Just wait until... well... who knows when.

 I don't know about you, but I'm pretty sick of playing the waiting game. And frankly, until Apple kicks out those promised devices (specifically, OLED tech), all that "blathering" a previous poster spoke of will continue in full force, and rightfully so. If Apple had those devices out now (which except perhaps for Kaby Lake is very possible, seeing other manufacturers have such tech), Apple would sell a huge amount (i.e., more than usual). But by delaying them for so long, our expectations grow higher and higher such that when they debut, our reaction, while still positive, is muted. And some people during that time go off and buy non-Apple products, which make it less likely they will be inclined to by those fancy new Apple devices.

I want to be wowed by Apple again. I don't want to be strung along playing the waiting game and then get let-down when it finally comes out because it's not so much better than anything else out there. This is Apple we're talking about. It should be possible to wow us if they really tried. Or are they so deluded that they think mediocrity will wow us?

Although the cause of death has not been released, one cannot entirely dismiss the possibility of trouble within Apple having driven this young gentleman over the edge. That remains true even if pressure and stress doesn't cause "most people" to take their lives. Consider a software engineer suicide from Apple's past...

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/business/marketer-s-dream-engineer-s-nightmare.html

Although SIRI may have had nothing to do with this recent death at all, SIRI is in many ways is terribly flawed, not too unlike handwriting recognition on the Newton. The pressure within Apple to create the insanely great may very often drive the engineering geniuses behind it to the edge of sanity.