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If true, this is a big fuck you to everyone who spent ~$3K+ just a couple months ago (not to mention it will totally stall any informed purchases of MBP's for the rest of the year). They better also be considering a generous trade-in program. I expect the hardware I buy from Apple to at least outlive the Apple Care warranty it comes with + the extension I add.

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Damned if you do, damned if you don't. Apple receives criticism if they don't rev fast enough, and if they rev too fast. IIRC, there were rumors that 32GB updates would be coming four days after the most recent release on Oct 27.

http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/31/macbooks-2017-price-cuts...

An article, in which the author spends a good amount of space explaining why the title itself is not true. You're right, you can't win. Maybe I'm just bitter that I spent a good chunk of change on a new system that isn't any more impressive than the 2012 model I was replacing. Doubling down on RAM mid-generation really makes people like me pause when considering a purchase of what was supposed to be the newest and best.

Are you seriously complaining about Apple continuing to update Macs? They should be updating them every year!

No, I'm not complaining that they are updating yearly. Like I said above, I'm bitter that a mid-generation update like this would be so big as to make my 2016 model obsolete. These things don't exactly sell for pocket change.

I didn't buy the emoji MBP because it wasn't good enough for me. But if you bought it and it is good for you today, it won't become any slower when a revised MBP comes out.

Such drama. When this releases your MBP isn't going to have any less RAM or run any slower than it does today.

Apple has been on a yearly refresh cycle for how many decades?

Anyone who spent $3k just a couple months ago is either tech savvy enough to know the Apple's potential revision cycle or too rich to care. Either way I'm not shedding any tears. You have 30 days to return the machine.

If you actually look at the data of how often the MacBook Pro gets updated, this is perfectly normal and expected: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro

"we won't sell anybody else something newer"-guarantee is a whole new business model... probably not applicable outside of massive enterprise or government sales though...

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