INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
8-core Intel Core i9 parts at the highest end of its 15-inch configuration
The 8-core MBP is real.The news comes unceremoniously via a press release from Apple, with little to nothing else changing about its
flagship laptops for professionals and 'prosumers' alike.Apple has updated the 15-inch MacBook Pro configuration with a six-core Intel Core
i7 CPU to start, while the more expensive setup now houses that aforementioned 8-core Intel Core i9 part
respectively.What does an 8-core MacBook Pro meanTo put things into context, Apple has provided some figures as to what this jump from last
year's quad-core or 6-core MacBook Pro models means for the end user
Naturally, the 8-core, 15-inch MacBook Pro is twice as fast as the most recent quad-core model, and 40% faster than the previous 6-core
configurations.Of course, basic math could tell you as much.As for what this means in actual everyday use, Apple promises 75% faster complex
edits and filter rendering in Photoshop from the 9th-gen Intel Core i9 CPU than the fastest quad-core MacBook Pro model
Likewise, coders can expect 65% faster compiling in a similar comparison via the Xcode software development tool
Apple even highlights light gaming as a possibility on a 15-inch MacBook Pro, particularly Fortnite.Beyond this processor bump, it appears
that absolutely nothing else about the 15-inch MacBook Pro has changed, and any changes to the 13-inch models are even less clear due to the
limited amount of information via Apple's news release, much less its product purchase webpage
We've contacted Apple for more clarity on the changes to Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro models.However, it's likely that these new models
contain the keyboard fixes that iFixit uncovered earlier this year in later runs of the 2018 products, which could help with longevity of
the crucial, much-maligned aspect of the laptop.This means that, with everything else equal down to the pixel, upgraders from last year's
models will experience an immediately noticeable uptick in performance
However, if you're coming in from anything older than that, you can expect a rather transformative level of increased speed and
responsiveness.The MacBook Pro 2019 we've been waiting forThis hardware update comes amidst rumors that Apple will once again revisit its
MacBook Pro design with a model sporting a 16-inch display, possibly this year or perhaps not until 2020 or even 2021
though, it does certainly produce less favorable odds of such a drastic change in mid- to-late 2019.It would be a strange move for any
laptop maker to issue models with an all-new design in the same year that it would have just released otherwise unchanged ones with the very
If anything, this would only confuse consumers deciding between which model to purchase.At this point, we'd say that chances are low that we
will see this rumored major redesign in 2019, and will likely have to wait until 2020 or even further off into 2021
Perhaps Apple is saving that chassis redesign to house its new ARM-based Mac processors that are reportedly in the works.Regardless, Apple's
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