#2018 MACBOOK PRO THUNDERBOLT PORT ISSUE UPGRADE#

There was also the problem with the design of the keyboard. It was still limited to 16GB of RAM and no significant speed benefit. Apple upgraded the MacBook Pro again in 2017 moving to a faster Kaby Lake processor, but that was about it. It’s not really any faster than my previous model.” This coupled with having to buy a bunch of dongles and adapters AND still being limited to 16GB of RAM meant a pass from me. Everyone I asked “so how is it?” the response was pretty much the same “it’s OK. I didn’t find a single friend/colleague that raved about the new 2016 MacBook Pro. I was still intrigued until I talked with others that had the new one. At the time this was painful for most users because it meant buying an adapter for every single peripheral that you wanted to connect. In the process they did away with all the traditional ports and instead went with 4 Thunderbolt 3/USB C type ports. In 2016 Apple made the radical decision to redesign the MacBook Pro. Therefore a nice fast desktop Mac was the way to go.

I don’t do roadshows and tours like I used to. Most of my day-to-day work and live streaming is done from my home office these days. Instead of going with a 2017 MacBook Pro (which wasn’t much better than the 2016 MacBook Pro), I opted to go with a 27″ iMac instead.

#2018 MACBOOK PRO THUNDERBOLT PORT ISSUE UPGRADE#

At work we are allowed to upgrade computers every 3 years and unfortunately for me that was in 2017. I was still using my work Mid-2014 MacBook Pro 15″. I had been holding out going to a new MacBook Pro for years. I was just as surprised as the rest of the world. Perhaps when Apple starts using their own processors instead of Intel.

I wasn’t expecting it as everyone was telling me not to expect a MacBook Pro capable of supporting 32GB of RAM until 2019. It was a surprise low-key announcement by Apple.

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