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Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

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Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

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Excited for the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Hopefully they will bump the pixel density and keep the 15” footprint by just using the black bezels around the screen. It’s kind of a shame that’s the current 15” doesn’t have a pixel density high enought to support 1:4 pixel matching in their default resolution. It results in blurry text.

Just need to add a notch for the Webcam

Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

#32

I want my ports back. I want the same ports on the iphone as on the macbook. No one cares about the damn touch bar. No one cares to have another few tenths of a mm shaved off the thickness.

I don’t! I love the new form factor, the new keyboard, and I don’t need ports I use once a month, if ever, to create clutter on my machine. Those few MMs are huge savings. I love the new style pro. Looking forward to a bigger model and especially LOWER PRICES, which they’ll hopefully do. The prices are a bit outrageous and dont signal an intent to movie inventory, which hopefully now will change that the iPhone is stumbling. Though, maybe not, since the iPhone may recover.

Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

#33

At CES, "Samsung Unveil[ed a] 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops," https://www.anandtech.com/show/13896/samsung-unveils-15-6-in... . I wonder if Apple is going to round 15.6 inches up and call it 16".

11.6" MacBook Air was called MacBook Air 11, so I doubt that.

Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

#35
An improved MBP would be great, but they've lost me. Those ridiculous keyboards (butterfly keys, touchbar), the general falloff in quality, and the insane prices sent me searching elsewhere. My main machine is now a System76 Darter. $2100 buys an 8-core i7, 32GB, 1TB SSD, running Pop OS (a very good-looking variant of Ubuntu). The hardware is not quite as stunning as a Mac, but it's nice, and the keyboard is excellent.

Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No one cares to have another few tenths of a mm shaved off the thickness I do. (To be fair, it's why I use a MacBook Air.) Apple's R&D department also does. Miniaturization is still a trend. By pushing the envelope on the iPhone they were well positioned for watches.

That's a good example though: they should have the Air focus on thinness and portability. But have the Pro focus on a workstation-like setup.

Very true. They should have pushed the limits of portability with the Air and then moved the Pro in the other direction in terms of speed and versatility. I don't even understand what the MacBook (not Air, not Pro) does in the middle.

Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

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I've yet to find a monitor that "just works" with my MBP. I'll take whatever they release. My LG is nice, but often gets confused about when my laptop is plugged in. Both of my Dells are ok, but randomly lose signal and can't control the volume from the Apple keyboard or from the OS. It would also be nice to not need a docking station and or adapter anymore.

This is something I cannot stand. I have two external monitors, and each time it wakes from display sleep they switch around - so the desktops are reversed. It's infuriating . I have tried and tried to find a solution but so far have nothing.

+1 most annoying thing. There is a workaround. Create a new desktop on one of the display, this will then give you options to move app around when you right click on the app icon. Still pretty bad but it beats moving around windows manually.

Re: Apple Rumors Point to 31.6-inch 6K Display, All-New 16-inch MacBook Pro for 2019

#39

I want my ports back. I want the same ports on the iphone as on the macbook. No one cares about the damn touch bar. No one cares to have another few tenths of a mm shaved off the thickness.

I don't need it thinner but I do need it lighter. LG makes a 17" that weighs 2.95bs. Their 15" weighs 2.4lbs and their 13.1 inch at 2.1lbs. Those effectively put Apple's Macbook/Macbook Air/Macbook Pro lines to shame. Of course I don't personally want to run Windows but damit Apple used to gloat at how light their laptops were. They are no longer competitively light.
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