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)
- 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
- All models
