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Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by jetti »

no1youknowz wrote: post #23

I've been combing over the reviews on youtube and I came across this link [0]. > A teardown of the hardware on Friday, however, reveals a new silicone membrane encases each key that potentially serves as a dust-repelling feature to protect against malfunctions. I'm going to give it a bit, but if it turns out to be the case that for dust at least the problem is resolved. They'll definitely get a purchase from me. I'll…

> I'll have to get used to the reduced travel after working with a late 2012 for 5+ years!

I have been working on my 2012 MBP since my wife got it for me new as a birthday gift. I absolutely love it and actually just put in an SSD the other day and it is even more amazing now. I just can't imagine not being able to easily change parts on my own laptop and the fact that this is the last model to allow that for MBP has driven the price up relative to other model years.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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bodas wrote: post #142
lclarkmichalek wrote: post #135

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Honestly, I've been working with the USB-C only MBP as my only development machine for a year now, and I haven't once wished it had a classic USB port on it. At my desk it's plugged into monitors which have ports on them. Having a single cable for all my peripherals is quite nice.

If it's meant to be used at a desk all the time why does it have to be thin and light?

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Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by lucidone »

I have a 2015 Macbook. I like it, but I know that my next work computer will likely be a desktop dual booting linux and windows. Containers and kubernetes hog RAM like crazy, my laptop is used at the same desk 99% of the time, and for the price of a macbook I could build a phenomenal desktop that I can easily upgrade as necessary.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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keyle wrote: post #146
stupidcar wrote: post #96

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It's almost as if Apple aren't even basing their hardware strategy on what developers are complaining about on Hacker News.

I haven't met anyone saying nice things about the missing ESC key... And the touchbar is too fiddly and situational to be useful, even to power users.

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Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by saagarjha »

scarface74 wrote: post #144
saagarjha wrote: post #107

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I develop iPad apps on a 13" laptop, and it's not actually too bad. You scale your iPad simulator down so that it fits on the screen and stick it another space if necessary.

When I ramp back up on actually doing side work. iOS Development is on my bucket list along with more web work and I’ll probably need to be running a Windows VM. I want at least 32GB of RAM. My ideal iMac setup - 5K, 32GB of RAM, 2TB fusion drive, 4.2Ghz i7 - is $3099 A similarly equipped MacBook Pro would be $3000 with 512GB of storage (that would be enough). But I would still want a 5K external display - adding ano…

When I'm doing UI usability I usually just pull out a real iPad–the simulator is just there for "this change looks about right", and I coalesce a couple of these changes together before running on a real device. I rely heavily on AutoLayout, so most basic UI work is done on the iPhone simulator anyways; I only switch to iPad when I'm testing specific features such as split-screen support.

By the way, battery life on virtual machines has gotten better, I can get around 3-4 hours with a Windows VM running and seven or so with a lightweight Linux one. It seems like Windows has a penchant for preventing the VM from idling which really kills battery life.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by systoll »

keyle wrote: post #146
stupidcar wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's almost as if Apple aren't even basing their hardware strategy on what developers are complaining about on Hacker News.

I haven't met anyone saying nice things about the missing ESC key... And the touchbar is too fiddly and situational to be useful, even to power users.

Apple's removal of the Escape key is courageously guiding its users into the superior Caps-lock-as-escape configuration.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by FPGAhacker »

systoll wrote: post #166
keyle wrote: post #146

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I haven't met anyone saying nice things about the missing ESC key... And the touchbar is too fiddly and situational to be useful, even to power users.

Apple's removal of the Escape key is courageously guiding its users into the superior Caps-lock-as-escape configuration.

I prefer caps lock as control. Although for a while I ran in a hybrid mode where if I hit caps lock and released quickly it was escape. If I held it down and tapped another key it was control.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by threeseed »

thewizardofaus wrote: post #108
threeseed wrote: post #49

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Such nonsense. Please show me a laptop with the same quality trackpad and an operating system that works as well with my iOS devices e.g. AirDrop, Continuity, iCloud Notes, Photos, Keychain. And of course one that has perfect driver support and supports apps like Pixelmator and Omnigraffle.

Basically any better specced laptop that is hackintoshed.

This is not a serious option.

I've tried it and it's very difficult to get everything to work in particular iCloud and Messages.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by threeseed »

21 wrote: post #52
threeseed wrote: post #49

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Such nonsense. Please show me a laptop with the same quality trackpad and an operating system that works as well with my iOS devices e.g. AirDrop, Continuity, iCloud Notes, Photos, Keychain. And of course one that has perfect driver support and supports apps like Pixelmator and Omnigraffle.

Your requirements sound like those rigged bids in corrupted countries where the bid book conditions are like "car length to be between 2531 mm and 2533 mm" and "car weight between 1203 kg and 1205 kg"

Yes people have different requirements from a laptop and blanket statements like "Macs are bad, use X" don't really apply to everyone.

You really think everyone in the world could care less about a hardware Escape key like you would think if you just read HN.

Re: 2018 MacBook Pro Review

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Post by josephg »

chrisseaton wrote: post #159
bodas wrote: post #118

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I'd go further and say that Apple isn't basing their hardware strategy on the needs of any real person. It's a laptop with only USB-C ports (and the 13-inch only has two of them). You can't even plug a USB stick into it. The only people who asked for a laptop like that are working at Apple.

> You can't even plug a USB stick into it. I don't think I've used, or seen anyone else use, a USB stick in about a decade. We can't just keep these legacy ports around forever, cluttering up our devices.

I use USB sticks semi regularly and I have a USB-c MacBook Pro. I picked up a few USB sticks with dual A and C plugs on them. They work a treat.
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