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Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by andrepd »

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…

>A new MacBook with all day battery life and even thinner design.

And I want a 700hp car that does 80mpg.

Pick one.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by ohstopitu »

slg wrote: post #299

I find the back to back introduction of the Surface Dial and the Touch Bar to be interesting. These two input devices are going to rely on developer commitments for any real level of success, but why should developers spend time on them when they will only be available on a relatively small percentage of devices? If these were web browsers we would all be complaining about standards, but there seems to be little blow…

my bets are, major devs (corps like Adobe) are going to integrate with the surface dial, a few more devs are going to integrate with the touchbar (and that will probably increase over time) but in my opinion, both are going to be relatively niche devices for the next few years (one more so, than the other)

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by stcredzero »

throwanem wrote: post #324
rayiner wrote: post #259

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

> Microsoft introduced a 28" desktop PC No. Microsoft introduced an entirely new kind of tool for digital artists. I'm not one myself, but the Surface Studio makes me wish I were. And the people I know who are, are over the moon about it. They can't wait to get their hands on one. Yes, it's Microsoft that hit it out of the park, and made Apple look amazingly weak by comparison. Today's event wouldn't have been partic…

No. Microsoft introduced an entirely new kind of tool for digital artists. I'm not one myself, but the Surface Studio makes me wish I were.

I'd bet that one could make a revolutionary stats program with the new form factor/interface possibility.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by m3rc »

leejoramo wrote: post #84
dchuk wrote: post #12

(Posted in another thread, that probably will not make it as high as this) I think conceptually this is really neat, but it could potentially suffer from one major flaw: I hardly ever look down at my keyboard. A flat, digital screen containing changing buttons does not cater well to touch typists, of which you can reasonably assume most are who use a macbook pro. Touch ID is sweet though.

I live in terminal about a third of my day. I seldom use the function keys for anything other than adjusting the volume and brightness. I can't remember the last time I needed to use a pure Function key in any app. I am a keyboard junky. I have long used LaunchBar (since OS X Beta), Keyboard Maestro and other utilities to do almost everything on my computer and while keeping my hands on the home keys. And I mapped th…

Do you never enter apps like htop? Even without function keys for filter and search you at least would need an esc key to quit.

I have esc remapped to capslock on my laptop, but how easy is it to remap keys in OSX?

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by Rezo »

I hope the Touch ID reader w/ secure enclave can be used with 3rd party apps like LastPass. Could be more convenient than a Yubikey (that you now cannot connect without an adapter!).

My biggest worry is the new regular MacBook-style keyboard (which is complete rubbish), even if they claim it's improved. That's definitely something you'll want to try in person if you have a current MacBook Pro, at these prices.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by tedmiston »

There's a lot of dislike for the new machines in this thread. It's a good time to remember that previous gen machines are often found in the Refurbished [1] and Clearance [2] sections of the Apple site in the months following a launch. Clearance is empty right now, but there are plenty of rMBP in refurbished.

[1]: http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/mac

[2]: http://www.apple.com/shop/browse/home/specialdeals/clearance...

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by lelandbatey »

j45 wrote: post #595

Boy, I'm a little relieved to have a fully loaded 13" rMBP with 1TB SSD, doesn't look like the new 13" with touchbar can let you go higher than 256 GB storage. If one standard was going to be picked, maybe 512 would have been better for a $3000 computer. The new Base model rMBP may be the next one for me for that reason for now. Keep finding it worth to always wait until the 2nd generation of a Mac laptop before divi…

The new 13 inch rMBP can definitely have up to a 1TB SSD. See this order page: http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MLL42L...
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