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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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External gpu support for Nvidia https://developer.apple.com/development-kit/external-graphic... Boot camp dual boot option for Linux Official command line package manager

You can already dual boot Linux. Just hold alt when turning on the computer and select the installation media, set it up to boot with EFI, and use the same alt trick to select your Linux partition on boot.

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

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This will sound trite, but I'm completely serious. The number one thing I want to see in the next MacBook Pro is the abandonment of the Touch Bar. Make it a row on the keyboard again. I didn't think that the Touch Bar was useful when I first saw it, and now, six months later, I haven't found one more reason that I'd want ever want it. I don't want haptic feedback or any other kind of improvement. Apple made a mistake…

I also hate the touch bar, but far worse is how they ruined all the other keys with the new, super loud low travel design.

I want the keyboard from my 2013 model back. It was nearly perfect.

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This will sound trite, but I'm completely serious. The number one thing I want to see in the next MacBook Pro is the abandonment of the Touch Bar. Make it a row on the keyboard again. I didn't think that the Touch Bar was useful when I first saw it, and now, six months later, I haven't found one more reason that I'd want ever want it. I don't want haptic feedback or any other kind of improvement. Apple made a mistake…

Before seeing your post, and at the risk of possibly garnering snark-downvotes, I was going to write "a real keyboard".

Much as I find OS X (OK macOS if we must) the best balanced OS for my purposes, and am attached to so much of the great software it has available, I'm never going to have imposed on me a keyboard I can't touch type on.

Assuming Apple remains stubborn on the fake function keys, my current ageing MBPro will absolutely be my last.

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

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This will sound trite, but I'm completely serious. The number one thing I want to see in the next MacBook Pro is the abandonment of the Touch Bar. Make it a row on the keyboard again. I didn't think that the Touch Bar was useful when I first saw it, and now, six months later, I haven't found one more reason that I'd want ever want it. I don't want haptic feedback or any other kind of improvement. Apple made a mistake…

Agreed. But please keep the Touch ID button.

Remove the touch bar and reintroduce the magnetic power connector - it was such a great thing. And then please make the arrow up and down keys larger - I find myself hitting the wrong key several times every day.

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

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This will sound trite, but I'm completely serious. The number one thing I want to see in the next MacBook Pro is the abandonment of the Touch Bar. Make it a row on the keyboard again. I didn't think that the Touch Bar was useful when I first saw it, and now, six months later, I haven't found one more reason that I'd want ever want it. I don't want haptic feedback or any other kind of improvement. Apple made a mistake…

The Touch Bar isn't that bad in and of itself. What is annoying is that there is no way to get rid of the Siri icon. Unless they're giving them away for free, you shouldn't have to constantly see advertising for their shitty search engine.

You can remove Siri in preferences.

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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. But please keep the Touch ID button.

Remove the touch bar and reintroduce the magnetic power connector - it was such a great thing. And then please make the arrow up and down keys larger - I find myself hitting the wrong key several times every day.

I personally don’t miss MagSafe like I thought I would. I’d rather have charging ports on both sides like the current MBP.

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

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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.

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