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Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Post by cjcampbell »

Except for some hardware issues (stuck on my 2013 MBA for 3-5 days), I have been generally happy with my 2016 MBP. Performance is solid, even for processor and memory intensive tasks. I attribute this in part to the memory management improvements to macOS in the past 5 years (without which, 16GB would be quite horrid). Battery life is generally acceptable as long as I reboot occasionally. The keyboard is a bit louder than my prior Macbook's, but I find that I type more accurately. The 15" screen is beautiful, especially given that I won't need to break my back to lug it around.

32GB RAM option (at price point of current 16GB configuration) Face ID (in addition to retaining Touch ID) Integrated FIDO U2F Upgradeable SSD (or M.2 expansion slot) Improve battery life by 30 - 40% Don't be cheap ... put the wall cord back in the box High-speed SD slot

In terms of the Touch Bar, I'm fine with it as long as I have a way to pad some dead space in the top right (where Siri is by default).

I have a couple of software quibbles as well, including:

Bring back Ctrl-Shift-Power shortcut Enable U2F support in Safari Disable Touch ID for unlock while continuing to use it for authorizing privileged actions Integrated Touch ID for sudo

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Post by milkytron »

jlgaddis wrote: post #33
DanHulton wrote: post #26

I know you say "apart from the obvious 32 GB ram", but I'm gonna say it anyway. On the off chance anyone from Apple reads this, I want to signal boost that as much as I can. It gets in the way daily, and as more places adopt docker (and Mac not having a native docker layer worth using), the RAM limit is stifling . A keyboard nobody complains about again. Better battery life. A return to Magsafe.

Indeed, RAM. I have a two-year-old MBP that has 16 GB. I have an almost five-year-old ThinkPad that has had 32 GB since the day I got it. My workstation has 128 GB. Actually, I should just sell the MBP. I've probably used it two or three times -- and for maybe two hours altogether -- in the last year or so.

Just out of curiosity, what do you do with all that RAM?

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Post by subinsebastien »

To conclude all

- Magnetic-USB-C OR Magsafe power connector on both sides

- Remove touch bar

- A lot more battery life, even if the MBP is a little more thicker

- A cutting edge silicon lottery intel processor, ideally Xeon

- Face ID

- Super Retina OLED Display

- Inverted T cursor block (arrow keys)

- A powerful GPU

- Multi-boot support for Linux also

- At least 32GB Ram

- Fast charging

People like us makes a living out of these machines. We are not here to "getting used to" all the shit Apple produces.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Post by NotSammyHagar »

jsjohnst wrote: post #48
Bud wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HDMI 4 doesn't even exist. What are you talking about?

The 4 is a list entry number. He wants an HDMI port back on the MBP.

right, sorry for the mistype.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Post by NotSammyHagar »

jsjohnst wrote: post #47
NotSammyHagar wrote: post #24

These are all obvious fixes. 1. 32+gb ram, don't be stupid 2. 2+ usb-c, plus at least one legacy usb-a 3. hdmi 4. either drop touch bar or make it easily support normal top row buttons

Re: #1 Go rant to Intel. It’s their fault they don’t support LP-DDR4 or DDR4L.

on the ram limitation, other laptops have more than 16 gig, like the lenovo laptops my company uses for ubuntu dev with 32 gig. so apple could make other choices. these other laptops work just fine.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see most in the next iteration of the Macbook Pro?

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Post by graeme »

stephenr wrote: post #83
graeme wrote: post #20

More ports. The new version only has four, and one is for power. My 2015 model has power, two thunderbolt, two usb, hdmi, sd card, audio in. I use all of them most days. I'd also want an option with the higher travel keyboard and function keys. I use those frequently. I tried the lower travel keyboard on a macbook, and it hurt my arms.

The whole point of USB-C is that a single port can do multiple things at once. What four devices are you plugging in that none of them can also supply charge?

Sorry, missed replying to this earlier:

  *Audiobox and powered USB Hub, into the two USB Ports
  *Often an ethernet cable with adaptor into the thunderbolt port
  *Magsafe adaptor
  * HDMI cable to external monitor
  * Line in audio for speakers
  * SD Card into SD card slot
  * The USB Hub has: lightning cable for ios device, external keyboard, wacom tablet, usb mouse
I haven't yet familiarized myself USB C. Would they solve this issue? I think I would need a lot more hubs, since I count 9-10 connections on a typical day.
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