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Finally adding 32GB gets a big thumbs-up from me, somebody at Apple is finally listening.

I'll have to check the keyboard, however I don't expect any improvement - maybe it'll get stuck a bit less, but I bet travel will still be atrocious.

The MBPr was released in 2012 and redesigned in 2016, so I guess we might expect the next big iteration to come in 2020 or so; then it will take a year or two to work out the bugs, as it always does. This model is clearly the mature version of the 2016 design. It's a good time to buy.

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> "Finally adding 32GB gets a big from me, somebody at Apple is finally listening."

More accurately, Intel released chips that supported 32GB of memory with the power and heat requirements Apple wanted.

https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/28/new-macbook-pros-no-32g...

That's not the case - the 32gb config in these machines is regular DDR4, not Low-Power DDR4 as the lower-spec ones. This possibility was already there two years ago. Apparently they just ship a bigger battery to compensate for higher power requirements - something that was suggested when the 2016 model came out (and promptly dismissed by the Apple faithful as wishful thinking).

Intel only shipped their first LPDDR4 big-ram chips last May [1], and they are not the type Apple would use (not powerful enough). It's possible that Apple decided to go ahead with this configuration as a temporary solution, and will eventually swap-in "real" LPDDR4 chips when they land.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/05/intel-makes-its-firs...

> Finally adding 32GB gets a big thumbs-up from me

Worth noting the 32GB option is only available on the 15" model and costs £2,700+

For a professional, that's a few days of work. Over 5 years, after tax etc etc, it's still a blip for what is effectively one's main tool.

An IT pro must invest in three primary tools: chair, monitor, and laptop. A £5K budget to amortize over 5 years is fair game, and in the grand scheme of things (traders etc) is actually very very low.

If it's to watch movies and play games, then of course it's insanely pricey; but then you don't really need 32GB, nor a MBP in the first place.

For a professional, that's a few days of work.

Nice stealth brag (:

I'm an intermediate dev in a first world country with a salary that locals would call good. That's over a months work for me.

No, that’s still a few days of work... for your employer. If s/he won’t invest them on your wellbeing, that’s another problem.

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