if u are buying 13-inch, i think 2018 is a no brainer. it is not only for the single-core or multi-core speed only matter, but the no cores (quard-core) will make a difference.

basically for 2018 13-inch,

u get:
1) better CPU
2) better screen (True Tone)
3) 2 x extra full speed thunderbot 3 ports
4) better graphic card
5) Apple T2 Chip
6) better keyboard (quieter)

yes, you cannot do any upgrade ram or cpu later at all. SSD is possible but will be too troublesome to do and not easy to do. the cost of buying new SSD with bigger capacity that can be used for macbook pro will be super expensive, and it will cost you more than you pay now for the right size of SSD. importantly, the bigger capacity SSD macbook may look expensive, but in real, those third party of external SSD in terms of performance (read/write speed) are totally sky and earth. 512GB is a minmum even for normal users. dun waste time on 256GB or below.

if you are serious video editing user, the insance write/read speed will make a big difference when you work on the project within the 'working space' instead of external storage etc.

16GB is good if you are heavy user again such as video editing, running VMs etc. else 8GB is more than sufficient even for gaming.

upgrading of CPU is totally not a must, even i5 can do well for normal tasks not to mention it is quard-core, for application that can tap on the benefits of multi-core, it will be good. but of course if you have real need of i7 and money is not an issue, by all means you should go for it.

In the event that you need more RAM and CPU, you should just go for 15-inch, it will save the trouble to even think of upgrading processor or RAM, since it is already i7 6-cores and 16GB, more than sufficient for most people.

photo editing i think it is pretty much considered normal tasks.

i5 + 8gb ram should be sufficient.

but if really to upgrade, this will my order.
512GB SSD (a must) > 16GB ram > i7

For photo, I'd just go with 256gb and archive the photos on an external RAID instead. After shooting, import to the macbook, edit, and when you're done, transfer all to external.

but of course, if you already have an external RAID setup then might as well go for 512gb lah hehe

why choose silver in the first place? 

new MBP? which one are you referring to? non-touch bar?

Hi, I ordered a 13" inch touch bar model with 512GB and maxed out RAM on the 18/7 and the website stated that the delivery date will be around 20/8 - 4/9.
Until now, my order status is still Order In Progress and there's no update since then.
Hopefully it'll arrive earlier because I really need it and I'm impatiently waiting for it to come too. 

Hope it helps to those who are wondering!

Update: I've been checking my order status every single day and to my surprise, it is now Preparing For Shipment!! 
But the delivery date remains unchanged though..
Yeah I was initially aiming for the non touch bar version but ended up waiting for this year's updates and yeah, no updates for the non touch bar model. Hence, opting for the touch bar model instead for the upgrades.

the website stated 9th August delivery, is it will most likely getting it next week?

Yeah! Same here. Yeah, I was also surprised that it's coming from Shanghai too. Our laptops are probably being shipped together then!
But the last update was yesterday 9 something in the morning and it was still in China. Is yours the same too?

Hopefully then Was worried that there'll be delays because they're not updating anything since yesterday. Heh.
Was hoping to get it earlier like tomorrow but oh well 

i think we all in the same batch, do you think today or tomorrow will arrived?

Well I hope you are wrong then!
So close yet so far

Update: Went and call DHL to ask if it’s possible for them to deliver it by today and they said yes as they will try to arrange to deliver my parcel by today!

That is weird because I'm pretty sure that our laptops are in the same shipment.
The person whom I spoke with was really nice and reassuring. I hope she didn't lie to me la

I’m so sorry to hear that. But I think you’re right.
Because another person called to update me on my parcel and told me that they will deliver tomorrow instead.
I was then confused and told her that her colleague told me that it can be delivered by today.

Long story short, it will still be delivered today because of the arrangement made when I called earlier.
I got a feeling our laptops came together with other orders and also the in-store stocks. That’s why it’s taking some time to sort things out.

Hehe yeah. Received my laptop at 5pm and already started using it. Happy with it

Hello. What dongles do/will you guys use for the MacBook Pro?