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I will copy very interesting question from ifixit: > How do you do a power rest if the machine hangs? Before you held down the power button for a few seconds. Would that work with a touch ID button? Any ideas?
And the power button on the laptops has been part of the keyboard for years now.
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I imagine the majority of professionals that use computers as part of their professional work don't even know what an SSD is or has given any thought to its upgradability.
A lot of people know how to add a bigger disk or more RAM. Or they know somebody who knows.
I'm wondering what necessitates the second fan. The 2016 function keys MBP only has one fan.
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I imagine the majority of professionals that use computers as part of their professional work don't even know what an SSD is or has given any thought to its upgradability.
A lot of people know how to add a bigger disk or more RAM. Or they know somebody who knows.
This is really an iPad running MacOS, with everything soldered on, zero upgradeability and near-zero repairability. That's the antithesis of a "professional" machine. I wonder if we'll see a similar trend with the mac pro if Apple doesn't decide to scrap it completely. We run quite a few mac pros and macbook pros at work, so this has us thinking hard.
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I imagine the majority of professionals that use computers as part of their professional work don't even know what an SSD is or has given any thought to its upgradability.
A lot of people know how to add a bigger disk or more RAM. Or they know somebody who knows.
That said, I added it last year to my late-2008 Macbook Pro so that I could keep using it for simple stuff at home like browsing HN and watching YouTube.
At work, my professional machines get replaced every few years, so I've never had to monkey with the insides. They're capital assets, and once the depreciation is fully taken, there's no point in holding onto them. We sell them and get new ones.
So the question is, what does it mean to be a "professional" developer?
This is really an iPad running MacOS, with everything soldered on, zero upgradeability and near-zero repairability. That's the antithesis of a "professional" machine. I wonder if we'll see a similar trend with the mac pro if Apple doesn't decide to scrap it completely. We run quite a few mac pros and macbook pros at work, so this has us thinking hard.
Why is upgradability inherent in professional? I've never worked somewhere that upgrades work machines. Every couple of years we get new ones.
> Repairability 1 out of 10 This is my main reason to stop buying Apple hardware, not so much the lack of an Esc key. The Mid 2012 model still scored 7 / 10.
I have used 1 Apple device in the last 15 years, an iPod shuffle I got as a gift (I shorted it out by sweating near it). Are other manufacturers doing much better? On my older laptop, the HDD is 2 screws to access. On the laptop my mom used previously, you had to take the CPU fan assembly out after removing the keyboard to get at the HDD.
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I have used 1 Apple device in the last 15 years, an iPod shuffle I got as a gift (I shorted it out by sweating near it). Are other manufacturers doing much better? On my older laptop, the HDD is 2 screws to access. On the laptop my mom used previously, you had to take the CPU fan assembly out after removing the keyboard to get at the HDD.
Was the HDD soldered in place once you got there?
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Why is upgradability inherent in professional? I've never worked somewhere that upgrades work machines. Every couple of years we get new ones.
We upgrade the SSD for every dev. 1TB instead of a paltry 256GB.
It would be nice to be able to upgrade, but really, it's not a dealbreaker for me. I really enjoy developing on Mac and I needed to upgrade for my AIr, so I bought a new one of these.
Windows is still lacking on the dev side (though I'm hoping it gets there soon), and Linux isn't quite where I need it to be for my personal stuff.