thewhitefalcon

rob53 said:

thewhitefalcon said:

Actually, the company at fault here isn't Apple, but Intel. Skylake doesn't support the needed LPDDR4 that would allow them to go to higher capacities. And Kaby Lake will only have support in the U chips, and U chips aren't mobile quad cores, so the 15" won't be able to get the upgrade even when they do go to KBL. 

In short, Intel continues to drop the ball. It's hard to imagine Apple isn't getting tired of this kind of crap. 

Yep, it's time for an A-series MBP. Are there any RAM limitations with these CPUs? Intel has been late and underwhelming so time to move on, again. 

The A9 and A10 both support LPDDR4, but the performance curve isn't quite there yet, and they'd lose Windows capability with a switch to ARM. 

mazda 3s said:

And who's fault is that?

2015 15-inch MacBook Pro: 99.5 WHr battery
2016 15-inch MacBook Pro: 76 WHr battery

2015 13-inch MacBook Pro: 74.9 WHr battery
2016 13-inch MacBook Pro: 54.5 WHr battery
2016 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar: 49 WHr battery

The quest for thinness in a "Pro" machine is bringing out the causalities. 

iPad 4: 42.5wh. 
iPad Air: 32.4wh
iPad Air 2: 27.3wh

Guess what? Each successive model was thinner, more powerful and capable, and got the same 10+ hour battery life. 

mazda 3s said:

thewhitefalcon said:

Actually, the company at fault here isn't Apple, but Intel. Skylake doesn't support the needed LPDDR4 that would allow them to go to higher capacities. And Kaby Lake will only have support in the U chips, and U chips aren't mobile quad cores, so the 15" won't be able to get the upgrade even when they do go to KBL. 

In short, Intel continues to drop the ball. It's hard to imagine Apple isn't getting tired of this kind of crap. 

Skylake, 32GB, DDR4 

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DDR4 is not LPDDR4. 

Actually, the company at fault here isn't Apple, but Intel. Skylake doesn't support the needed LPDDR4 that would allow them to go to higher capacities. And Kaby Lake will only have support in the U chips, and U chips aren't mobile quad cores, so the 15" won't be able to get the upgrade even when they do go to KBL. 

In short, Intel continues to drop the ball. It's hard to imagine Apple isn't getting tired of this kind of crap. 

anderkh said:

Maybe they can make the current software work better first?

As someone who uses Office 2016 for Mac daily, I call bull. What problems do you claim exist?