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Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by noncoml »

danso wrote: post #3

> When Apple first launched MagSafe, the company loudly proclaimed they did so because customers kept breaking the connectors that plugged into the laptop. You know, like what’s in the current MacBook. I have a new MBP and I don't miss the MagSafe, to be honest. Mostly because I have the USB-C power cable connect through a USB-C hub -- what I lose in the usability of MagSafe, is mostly made up in flexibility. And wit…

Same here. Actually I like the fact that I can now plug it in to power from either sides.

I do miss the Escape key though..

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by lemcoe9 »

Just a point worth mentioning: if the MacBook Pro is actually "marketed to professionals," then the removal of the SD card slot makes a lot of sense. No "professional" is using an SD card; they are using Compact Flash, CFast, XQD, 2.5" SSD, or a proprietary interface.

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by tjr »

lemcoe9 wrote: post #12

Just a point worth mentioning: if the MacBook Pro is actually "marketed to professionals," then the removal of the SD card slot makes a lot of sense. No "professional" is using an SD card; they are using Compact Flash, CFast, XQD, 2.5" SSD, or a proprietary interface.

Canon 5D cameras can use SD and CF cards simultaneously. I personally use the "less professional" 6D, which is SD-card only, but even for the "more professional" 5D users, it makes sense to me that they might want to load JPEGs off an SD card onto their laptop for quick editing, and RAW images off a CF card onto their Mac Pro.

[EDIT: though, of course, if you're already hauling around a laptop and an SLR camera system, it's no big deal to keep an external card reader in your bag too...]

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by codetrotter »

lemcoe9 wrote: post #12

Just a point worth mentioning: if the MacBook Pro is actually "marketed to professionals," then the removal of the SD card slot makes a lot of sense. No "professional" is using an SD card; they are using Compact Flash, CFast, XQD, 2.5" SSD, or a proprietary interface.

Professional what though? Just because a pro photog has CF cards in all his cameras don’t mean there aren’t other professions where the pros need an SD card.

Field recording and audio engineering people might have audio recording equipment that use SD cards.

Software developers working with Raspberry Pi might appreciate having the SD slot built in.

And also, just because the photogs don’t need SD don’t mean that people in other professions never need to transfer photos from SD.

Probably a lot of journalists have cameras with SD cards. You can’t always bring a photographer for every article that you write.

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by tjr »

java-man wrote: post #2

Good luck getting those in the next MBP. Once a company exceeds a certain size, the normal rules of designing a product for the users stop applying. Mag safe, headphone jack, multiple USB ports, escape key - why were they removed? Who made these decisions? I might add a lack of dedicated PgUp/PgDn/Home/End keys on larger laptops. There's plenty of space, but no, we are going to use the same keyboard for all of them (…

I want an Ethernet port again... but that seems even less likely. So far Dante audio does not work over WiFi! :-(

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by FireBeyond »

lemcoe9 wrote: post #12

Just a point worth mentioning: if the MacBook Pro is actually "marketed to professionals," then the removal of the SD card slot makes a lot of sense. No "professional" is using an SD card; they are using Compact Flash, CFast, XQD, 2.5" SSD, or a proprietary interface.

I get what you're trying to say, but given that the 5D Mk IV still has an SD slot as does the D850 ("second tier" cameras to be sure, but still the work horse of a very large majority of professional photographers), it's not really that accurate.

And I say that as someone who uses CF in his 5D4 (with SD for overflow, or simultaneous writing for more critical events).

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by lostlogin »

akerl_ wrote: post #8

Worth noting for folks who don't use Siri that the TouchBar contents are customizable. I was in the same boat as the author, accidentally activating Siri non-stop, and then I figured out I could just remove that button. System Preferences -> Keyboard -> "Customize Control Strip" button

It’s a bad sign when setup involves turning so many things off. On iOS for me it’s keyboard clicks (worst feature ever) most notifications, Siri, those notifications that tell me travel time to home every hour and reachability.

Re: Basic features that will hopefully return to the MacBook Pro

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Post by bunderbunder »

akerl_ wrote: post #9

I was originally on board for comments like "If a person buys a MacBook Pro and iPhone, that person cannot connect their iPhone to their new MacBook Pro without buying an adapter or cable." But I can't remember a time I've plugged my current iPhone into a computer, ever. I had the original iPhone, where I had to plug it in constantly to manage music, sync contacts, and update the OS, but it hasn't been like that in m…

I never plug it into my computer to sync, but I often plug it in to charge. Plugging it into the wall to charge would require carrying an adapter, which would be annoying.
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