Pro device with emojis. Did you hear about emojis? I guess they mentioned it five times in the keynote.
Well, you -know- the Surface Studio doesn't have an emoji keyboard.
MacBook Pro
271–280 of 1001 posts
Re: MacBook Pro
#272Dual core i5? What year is it, 2004?
I'm still using a 2008 Macbook for most of my development. You'd be surprised how much OSX can do with little resources.
That being said I wouldn't buy a new laptop without a quad core.
Re: MacBook Pro
#273Apple has replaced the MacBook Pro with a faster MacBook Air labeled "Pro". I have no idea how they could think that professionals would use a MacBook Air (no ports, shallow keyboard, no expansion, no innovative features, marginally lighter). A tiny ribbon display is completely useless to me. They removed the escape key. Twenty years of using Macs and I'm not sure what my next laptop is going to be.
To me, the signature feature of the MacBook Air is the low-wattage CPU. And maybe the non-retina display. This new MacBook Pro is a Skylake i7. Not at all in the same ballpark.
The 15" is quad core i7, the 13" is dual core i5.
Re: MacBook Pro
#274I know USB-C is the future, but it's going to be a long, long, long time before all our devices are using it - particularly external displays. My current Macbook Pro has an HDMI port. I use it every day. I do not want to carry a converter dongle with me everywhere (I did that with my old Air that only had a DisplayPort). To echo other complaints: this is supposed to be a professional machine. I don't care about it be…
Yeah, I would consider retiring my Air for one of the new Pros, but I'll have to spend ~$300 replacing power cords (home, office, backpack), monitor adapters (backpack, around office, at home), while still having to keep the old chargers and adapters due to my old work computer. That dissuades me.
At the office - this now means that the conference room adapters, power cords, etc will have to be swapped out as soon as a new employee starts.
Re: MacBook Pro
#27516GB RAM max, DP1.2 (so no 5k display support), worthless Touch Bar when I use my current MBP dual monitor with the lid closed. Pass. Sadly I really wanted something better since I'm on an old 2012 MBP that badly needs an upgrade but I'm not dropping $1500+ for something that doesn't support 32GB and 5k displays.
I'm a bit confused. I thought the event showcased a setup with two 5k displays attached to one 15" macbook pro.
They did.
Re: MacBook Pro
#276Re: the wide gamut display
I really really hope there's proper sRGB emulation for those of us who want to make content for the 99.99% of users out there.
Edit: not every app is color managed
Re: MacBook Pro
#277This event was by far the most disappointing Mac event in the history. A lot of the time was wasted in: - Mildly funny jokes and comparison with 90's technology. - 90% of the talk was about the touch bar. - Awful demos of Photoshop & some cringy DJ. I was hoping we would see: - A new MacBook with all day battery life and touch bar, even thinner design. Ok, I understand that they are trying to consolidate their produc…
16GB max. No iMac update. No Mac Pro update. Buyer's Guide on MacRumors now: "iMac: Might as well buy. Nothing on the horizon." "Mac Pro: Buy. If you like paying 2013 prices for 2013 hardware."
Looks like they still use LPDDR3, with no 32GB option even in the 15-inch. I wonder if they want to go to LPDDR4 when Intel supports it.
Re: MacBook Pro
#278Replacing hardware keys with a touchscreen on a laptop made for power users is a sign that Apple has lost touch with what made the MacBook Pro popular in the first place. I think they could have just upgraded to the newest CPU and put a new battery in and made everyone happy.
I think the thing that is being missed here is that Apple doesn't make much money off of "power users". They make money off people buying movies on itunes and subscribing to icloud for their photos. Everything Apple is building is aimed toward that market, emojis and all. If you feel that Apple isn't designing with you in mind it's probably because you've outgrown them. Time to look at alternatives.
Apple catered to power users for years with the MBP. That was the entire point of the device and why many programmers said it was the best laptop on the market. I'm not saying it was necessarily a good market decision (though you'll see no shortage of MBPs in the bay area) but that was the strategy. Now that's clearly changing.
Re: MacBook Pro
#279I'm sure it's a great machine, but disappointed that it's still capped at 16GB (since there have been lightweight machines like the XPS15 that support 32 for a bit)
Re: MacBook Pro
#280No USB-C port? That's I call consistency!