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Re: MacBook Pro

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rayiner wrote: post #259
npgatech wrote: post #165

This 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…

> Microsoft really hit it out of the park yesterday. Did we watch the same event? Microsoft introduced a $3,000 desktop PC in an era when nobody uses desktops anymore. It introduced a minor update to the Surface Book that starts at $2,300 with dual-core CPU, only 8GB of RAM, and last-gen graphics hardware. For the same price as the new Surface Book i7, I can get an MBP 15" with bigger screen, twice the RAM, and a qua…

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Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by artimaeis »

ROFISH wrote: post #225

16GB 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.

Thanks to Thunderbolt3 it supports 1 5k display or 2 4k displays..

https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/

> One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz [...] > Up to two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz [...]

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by stephenr »

javajosh wrote: post #281
untog wrote: post #179

I 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…

Yes, I've never once thought about my MPBr "This beast, it's just too thick!" Honestly the only improvements I would like are the following: 1. Stop making new power connector standards. 2. Stop making power adapters that fray after a year. 3. Increase battery life. 4. *Add* at least one standard USB port. 5. Decrease display bezel. 6. Increase RAM and HDD to 32G and 10TB.

1. They have, new Apple laptops are now using USB-C.

2. They have, new Apple laptops now use a USB-C charger that has a separate cable, rather than a fixed attachment point.

3. The 15" has increased by an hour.

4. USB-C is a standard, and is backwards compatible via cheap adapters/cables. USB-A ports are not forwards compatible, and cannot be used for charging, thunderbolt, display port, etc.

5. They have. Both 13" and 15" are smaller externally with the same screen size.

6. RAM, I agree with. My 2011 17" MBP has 16GB RAM so I don't know why they aren't up to 32GB yet, at least in the 15". I doubt 10TB is feasible as SSD in a portable device this size.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by jakebasile »

kylec wrote: post #205
ynniv wrote: post #143

Apple 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.

You must have missed the fact that you can type emojis on the touch bar

Maybe I can remap some emoji to Vim functions.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by mickronome »

/rant mode partially activated

While I want more RAM and better GPU to be able to connect more and bigger screens, I don't want any gimmicks. If they could get the keyboard to feel crisp longer, or make it cheaper to replace would also be great. But instead they add a bar that will probably make keyboard replacement even more expensive, and then they remove the magsafe which has saved my computer on several occasions, what's up with that ? Stupidly hunting for a mm thinner profile ?

I never really like Jobs, but to me he always appeared to want to build beautiful tools, and while I have not always agreed with the aesthetics and the hows, they were still tools, and I respected both him and Apple for that.

In contrast to that, Apple today appears to think they are selling a innovative fashion statement, or maybe a lifestyle ? Completely foregoing the tools aspect, and now it has reached the MBP line which have been mostly spared until now.

It's a pity.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by te_platt »

I've been looking forward to this for while now but my first reaction is that I don't think I need a new laptop. And I really wanted a new laptop.

It looks nice, the last model looks nice too. The touch bar looks like it could be nice, 95% of my time I use an external keyboard. The new display looks really nice, 95% of my time I use two large external monitors. The USB-C ports will in the long run be more convenient, right now I'm looking at > $100 in adapters.

I'll check them out at the store but I may just look for a good price on the last model.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by dasmoth »

milankragujevic wrote: post #337

DAAAMN what a disappointment. No Mac Mini, no iMac... Well, might as well not buy a new computer afterall... :S

I think Apple are looking to kill off desktops within a few years now. If you watched the event, they had a sequence showing a "pro workstation" with a laptop taking the "keyboard position on the desk" plus external monitors and thunderbolt storage. That's where they're heading...

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by vladimir-y »

So now there will be no way to use new Macbooks with Linux/Windows installed due to that weird numeric touch keys row?

I better consider recently updated HP Spectre x360 with newest Kaby Lake CPU and usual fn keys row, plus it's convertible if someone needs that.

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