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Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by chris_7 » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:11 PM UTC

rch wrote: post #5

dancek wrote: post #2

Ars Technica has a summary of what is expected: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/10/report-new-macs-still-c... tl;dr USB Type-C, Thunderbolt 3

So, new macs = different plugs. Awesome.

Taking away MagSafe will be very unfortunate. MagSafe is one of the best things about Macs.

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by russell_h » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:14 PM UTC

The new Macbook Pro is widely rumored to have a fingerprint sensor.

I haven't seen anybody exploring how this will be implemented though: is Apple likely to borrow the secure enclave or other tech they use in the iPhone?

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by leesalminen » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:16 PM UTC

chris_7 wrote: post #11

rch wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, new macs = different plugs. Awesome.

Taking away MagSafe will be very unfortunate. MagSafe is one of the best things about Macs.

If this turns out to be true, I will not purchase Apple laptops for myself again and I will seriously investigate switching our whole company.

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by kylec » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:17 PM UTC

rch wrote: post #5

dancek wrote: post #2

Ars Technica has a summary of what is expected: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2016/10/report-new-macs-still-c... tl;dr USB Type-C, Thunderbolt 3

So, new macs = different plugs. Awesome.

As long as there's at least one standard USB-A port, I'm OK with this. I can just replace my Thunderbolt cables and dongles.

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:17 PM UTC

russell_h wrote: post #12

The new Macbook Pro is widely rumored to have a fingerprint sensor. I haven't seen anybody exploring how this will be implemented though: is Apple likely to borrow the secure enclave or other tech they use in the iPhone?

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Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by eyelidlessness » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:17 PM UTC

leesalminen wrote: post #13

chris_7 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Taking away MagSafe will be very unfortunate. MagSafe is one of the best things about Macs.

If this turns out to be true, I will not purchase Apple laptops for myself again and I will seriously investigate switching our whole company.

... to other products which also lack magsafe?

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by nwrk » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:17 PM UTC

Wish the upgrades will be like 2016 specs and not year behind. (smoke)

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by marricks » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

squarf wrote: post #6

squarf's predictions >mac mini with A10 CPU >MacBook air with the same guts as arm mini >MacBook pros that are more powerful but not more powerfuller enough to satiate tech bloggers >RIP in peace Mac Pro tower >a Siri box for your house

I'm not sure how seriously to take your predictions, but although Apple is making some fast and efficient processors these days I think seeing it cross over to their lap/desktop line ups is pretty far out in the future because of software reasons.

It's not like a program made for amd64 processor could just run on an ARM one, so most programs people know and love just wont work. Also, emulating 64/32 bit is a pain and very slow for ARM.

It seems quite possible that Apple is pushing iPad pro for work to get "desktop" programs working well on the chip, but it seems a bit of a ways offs to have those power efficient A chips anywhere outside of mobile...

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by duck » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

chris_7 wrote: post #11

rch wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, new macs = different plugs. Awesome.

Taking away MagSafe will be very unfortunate. MagSafe is one of the best things about Macs.

I won't argue that it might be the best thing about a Mac, but at the same time it isn't a great feature. They get dirty way too often and will lose contact, the size difference between old and new always bites me (my wife has the older size), and I've never seen a time where it saved my laptop (and I have four crazy kids running around and work remotely some).

Re: Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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Post by rconti » Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 9:20 PM UTC

kylec wrote: post #14

rch wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, new macs = different plugs. Awesome.

As long as there's at least one standard USB-A port, I'm OK with this. I can just replace my Thunderbolt cables and dongles.

I need USB-A so I can plug in my ethernet dongle! Otherwise it's dongles all the way down...