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

Post by matt_oriordan » Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 1:30 AM UTC

ajeet_dhaliwal wrote: post #71

clra wrote: post #5

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 bought the version without Touch Bar because I hated it so much (after trying one at the store) and desperately need a new Macbook Pro to replace my old 8 year old one. So I agree even though I won't be buying another computer for a few years. I do like the new keyboard though. Shame about it having worse specs but it's more than enough for my dev needs. Apple's continuing with the bizarre / bad design decisions, t…

Post by twobyfour » Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 1:58 AM UTC

jsjohnst wrote: post #41

DanHulton wrote: post #26

I know you say "apart from the obvious 32 GB ram", but I'm gonna say it anyway. On the off chance anyone from Apple reads this, I want to signal boost that as much as I can. It gets in the way daily, and as more places adopt docker (and Mac not having a native docker layer worth using), the RAM limit is stifling . A keyboard nobody complains about again. Better battery life. A return to Magsafe.

Rant to Intel. It’s an Intel limitation, not a specific choice Apple made. If you use LP DDR ram, which all power efficient laptops do (aka not just Apple), you can’t have more than 16gb ram.

Post by twobyfour » Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 2:07 AM UTC

lj3 wrote: post #74

With all of this kvetching over the keyboard, what I'd like to see in the next version of the Macbook Pro is no keyboard at all. Go the way of Microsoft Surface Pro and make it a tablet with a full OS, great screen, battery life and let everybody use the keyboard of their choice.

Post by mamcx » Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 3:08 AM UTC

twobyfour wrote: post #94

mamcx wrote: post #57

The one thing I want from any mac is ALL SSD. And >512GB. This is the thing that make me consider using a hackintosh. I totally will not buy a mac without a decently sized SSD disk, hopefully starting at 1TB. I can live with the rest.... and for the keyboard? I have never like the modern mac keyboard (never used the old ALPS) so I use a external one. However, how about put a mechanical at least for the iMac/MacPro?

The iMac and Mac Pro you're going to be using with an external keyboard regardless, so you can just swap in whatever keyboard suits you. I for one don't mind shallow travel keyboards but people who complain about the keyboards on laptops do so because most of us don't lug an external keyboard with us to the proverbial coffee shop.

Post by twobyfour » Thu, Sep 28, 2017, 11:46 AM UTC

lj3 wrote: post #98

twobyfour wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ugh, no. Do that with the MacBook ultraportable, which is basically a glorified tablet anyway. But not with a workhorse machine for keyboard-driven occupations like programming.

Nope.