Nexus Special #49: Apple Event October 2016

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

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”

News

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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