Nexus Special

Brandon Johnson and Brian Mitchell discuss and recap the new MacBook Pros from the October 2016 Apple Event.

Links

• Accessibility – Apple
• Apple’s new ‘TV’ app is its way of simplifying all your streaming content | Ars Technica
• NSTouchBar – AppKit | Apple Developer Documentation
• Touch Bar
• Ryan Smith on Twitter: “New Radeon Pro laptop GPUs. 460: 16 CUs, ~910Mhz. 455: 12 CUs, ~850MHz, 450: 10 CUs, ~780Mhz. All are Polaris 11, 35W, 5Gbps GDDR5”

Apple TV:

• http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/10/apples-new-tv-app-is-its-way-of-simplifying-all-your-streaming-content/
• Two prongs
  • iOS
  • Apple TV
  • Where’s the Mac?!
• Content providers at launch
  • HBO Now
  • Showtime
  • Hulu
  • CBS
  • Potentially others (unannounced)

MacBook Pros:

• Touch Bar
  • https://developer.apple.com/reference/appkit/nstouchbar
  • Touch ID
  • Dynamically reassigning what displays on the Touch Bar
    • Apps can do this (Brandon’s super excited for the Creative Suite setup)
    • Accessibility
    • https://developer.apple.com/macos/touch-bar/
  • Escape “Key”
    • It’s still there!
• Tech Specs
  • All models
    • Thunderbolt 3
    • Space Gray or Silver
    • RIP backlit Apple logo
    • Thinner
    • Lighter 3lbs for 13”, 4lbs for 15”
    • 500 nits brightness (67% brighter)
    • Wide color gamut (P3)
    • 256GB PCIe-based onboard SSD
    • 8GB of RAM
    • Skylake
    • Speakers
      • Up to 58% more volume
      • Up to 2.5x louder bass
      • 2x dynamic range
    • Massive Force Touch Trackpad
    • New 2nd generation butterfly keyed keyboard
      • 4x more key stability
  • Low end 13”
    • 2 Thunderbolt 3
    • 8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
    • Intel Iris Graphics 540
    • Two microphones
    • 61W USB-C Power Adapter
    • $1499
  • 13”
    • 4 Thunderbolt 3
    • Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor
    • 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
    • Intel Iris Graphics 550
    • Three microphones
    • 61W USB-C Power Adapter
    • $1799
  • 15”
    • 4 Thunderbolt 3
    • Touch Bar with integrated Touch ID sensor
    • Up to 2TB SSD
    • 8GB of 2133MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
    • Intel HD Graphics 530
    • Radeon Pro 450 or 455 with 2GB of GDDR5 memory or Radeon Pro 460 with 4GB of GDDR5 memory and automatic graphics switching https://twitter.com/RyanSmithAT/status/791737906905829376
    • Up to two displays with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
    • Up to four displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors
    • Three microphones
    • 87W USB-C Power Adapter
    • $2399

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