Ok, yeah. I've pretty much decided that I'm not going to get the new quad core 13" MacBook Pro.
Rational:
- I have a home PC with a 2600, RX 580, and 16GB of 2666
- I live extremely close to my college (like 45min walking, 20min on the bus depending on timing), so the intermediary period where I could benefit from a 75% CPU performance bump in my MacBook is very short
- My College has computer labs with desktop core i7s which can beat the new 13" MBPs CPU anyway
- The new MBP has Iris 645 Graphics which are only 13% more powerful than my current MacBook Pros Iris 540 Graphics
- While getting the TouchBar would be sick, the TouchBar comes with the T2 chip and with that comes non-removable, non-serviceable, and non-upgradable storage
So of I'll be doing any upgrading, I'll most likely be picking up an eGPU and an RX 480. Having graphics performance is more important to me than CPU performance 90% of the time imo. Preferably a reference blower card, because I've always wanted one of those.
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The novelty might wear off pretty quick. Had a Vega Frontier for a while and even undervolted it was LOUD. Also a Palit 970 blower card that was the loudest fan in the system by a lot. There might have been something wrong with that card actually...
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@TheGlenlivet Yeah, I already have the best RX 580 you can get, a Nitro+. It's the best looking, most silent, and has one of the best coolers on it. Buying another one just seems like a copout
That reference design is sexy af tho
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@Den-Fi Why would I buy a 2017? There is no functional difference between them.
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Also, @Den-Fi any 13" MacBook Pro prior to 2018 are dual cores. Even the Touch Bar models.