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Re: MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

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post #96

This is literally a dream laptop. Improved in every area and lacking in none I can think of right now. And the price is crazy cheap for this performance if you ask me.

I can think of a huge area in which it's lacking: GPU performance.

Apple were making direct comparisons to the GE76 Raider 11UH-053 which has a RTX 3080 in it, indicating that it had the same performance for 100W less power consumption. That seems pretty competitive to me!

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what's the general need for microSD? My XPS-13 has one but I've never understood why its such a big deal. I almost never use it.

Given how much Apple charges for storage, and the fact that it is not expandable, SD card slots offer a reasonable way to get more storage. With a starting price at $2000, this may not make sense for people who don’t need a pro level machine but were looking forward to features like this

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post #173
post #69

As a PC user, I'm sold and looking to get one soon.

I know what you mean, my current PC laptop is a horrible experience, I used all mbps before this. Dell xps 13z 2n1. It's so, so cool and pretty but it throttles so much that it's absolutely useless for dev work. I got the full blown $2500ish 32gb/16core or whatever, too. Such a waste, sending it to my mom and getting a 14" whenever I can.

I recently shelled out a €1,200 ish on a new laptop too, and it already looks archaic compared to this.

Dell XPS line up is horribly overpriced and has pretty worse performance, and the lack of Ryzen option kept me away from it.

I love my Lenovo's keyboard though.

Re: MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

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I have been waiting on this announcement to buy a new Mac, but now that they are out, I don't think I will buy one.

The prices are 2x a Macbook Air, but the utility for me doesn't match. If the 14" was closer to the previous 13" MBP price of $1500 I would be ordering one now, but I will be getting a Macbook Air instead.

Note to Veterans: Apple gives a 10% Veterans discount on everything, including the refurbished store.

Re: MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch

#236

what's the general need for microSD? My XPS-13 has one but I've never understood why its such a big deal. I almost never use it.

Probably for the photography workflows where you grab the card out of your camera and then process and edit your RAWs.

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post #16

Kills the touch bar, the light touch keyboard, adds back weight, card reader, ports and the mag safe. Feels like an apology for prior design decisions. My 2011 MBP is new again!

I have owned macbooks only since 2017 and found the older (2011 era) aesthetic design to be bulky and not too appealing. I own a 2020 model, which looks sharp and professional. I don't like them going back to this rounded edges on the bottom. I love everything else, except this simple gripe over aesthetics.

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post #92

Wow looks like Apple has abandoned every bad decision on the MBP for the past 5 years in one swoop. No touchbar, increased key travel, added back hdmi/sd/headphone/power jacks. Plus bumped up RAM limit, M1, new displays, 120Hz... Wow.

Did they ever remove the headphone jack?

I don't think Apple has, but people might have had a fear they would do. Now by adding those additional ports it's clear what route they're going and the jack is safe. I guess that's what he meant...
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