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

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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.

And they made a new bad decision: a notch.

I'm afraid other manufacturers are going to copy it.

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

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post #73

I know it will be an unpopular opinion here, but bringing back the HDMI and SD card port is making the macbook much thicker and will eat up some space than can be used by battery instead, all that for ports I will never use. I wish there was another option without these ports.

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

#243
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.

Really? The M1 is a bit slower than a 1650, so 4x that performance gets you solidly into 3000 series range. There might be a handful of PC laptops that can outpace the M1 Max, but none in remotely comparable a package.

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

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Real keys and not touchbar, advertised as a feature in the presentation. What a leap of innovation. Though Apple makes the best hardware, they are arrogant as ever.

It's more amusing than anything. I'll take the correct product decisions over pitch-perfect PR any day.

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.

Did you check what they were saying about the M1 Max? It is comparable to the fastest GPU in a notebook they could find while using 100w less energy. We have to wait for the reviews next week what it actually means though.

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

#248
post #156

Real keys and not touchbar, advertised as a feature in the presentation. What a leap of innovation. Though Apple makes the best hardware, they are arrogant as ever.

Wow! Apple just can't win with you, can they? I'm glad they aren't arrogant enough to revisit some of their design decisions.

I suspect what the OP is reacting to is not revisiting a design decision but the presentation of it.

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

#249
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.

Its not crazy cheap, a lot of people overvalue mobility when 90% of white collar work is done at home or in an office.

Even when mobility just means from the office to the kitchen to the couch, that's a pretty big benefit.
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