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Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by jmull »

gardnr wrote: post #325

The photos in the article do show the physical escape key but do not show the sides of the laptop where the ports would be. I hope that it has a MagSafe charge adapter and an HDMI port.

I'm guessing you're trolling, but just in case not, or for anyone else who doesn't want to look at Apple's web page:

It's four USB-C/thunderbolt ports, two on each side, and a head-phone jack.

BTW, magsafe is an optimization from a bygone era when you had to keep your laptop plugged in while using it. You can now (generally) leave your laptop unplugged as you use it and stow it somewhere out-of-the way to charge when you aren't. Like your phone or tablet. Magsafe is nice, but probably not worth it now that you don't need to routinely charge your laptop in a vulnerable position. And, of course, USB-C is very easy to plug in.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by alexeiz »

Wow! The "New Magic Keyboard." I wonder what it is. Oh, wait, it's the old scissor keyboard. "Largest Retina display ever." With 226ppi... But the Esc key is back! I'm so excited! /s

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by blhack »

It's hilarious to me that their own marketing image has two dongles plugged into the laptop so that the user can still use USB.

Apple please for the love of usability: please give me back USB. I AM the pro that you want to feature in every one of your marketing videos. I have a music studio in my house, I build interactive lighting installations for the biggest music festivals in the world, I build custom hardware controllers for fire effects that travel all over the country, I travel around the world teaching people how to build hardware devices, and when home I spend the majority of my time teaching and building software that people love; I use my laptop for over 10 hours a day.

All of this stuff uses USB. ALL OF IT. Having to carry around stupid dongles all the time is the biggest pain in my ass when I'm trying to do all of this stuff. PLEASE give me back USB, you can even call it the "stupid loser old crappy loser lame macbook for loser non pros". I don't care. This nonsense minimalist sleek design stuff is actually harming my productivity.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by throwaheyy »

bastien-brd wrote: post #212
charleshan wrote: post #184

Don't forget that the Touch Bar costs an additional $400 for consumers. The 2015 model was the best MacBook Pro. Perhaps the best laptop yet.

Agreed, I'm still on a 2015 model and still super happy, even battery life is OK. Every time a new MacBook Pro is announced, I'm a bit excited but then I compare and I find no good enough incentive to upgrade yet. I'm secretly hoping that my 2015 model dies so I can upgrade to a newer sexier one, but the damn beast keeps on working great.

2010 15” here, this might be the model that gets me to update...

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by braum »

right... a "Pro" computer with only USB-C ports, no HDMI out, no SD card reader, soldered memory.... dongle dongle dongle. no thanks. (before i'm accused of being a troll. I have a MBP with all those things circa 2005 or so, it's old and slow AF now. But still works for what I use it for and I have quite a few PC laptops as well.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by Symbiote »

benjymo wrote: post #256
ses1984 wrote: post #80

"I'm so glad this model has a touchbar" "I would buy a dell xps but only if it had a touchbar" things no one ever said.

I may be in the minorty and like the touch bar. Intellij, Outlook and Apple's own programs integrate it very well. Phyisical keys are great but 12 buttons labelled F1 to F12 with different functions depending on the program also isn't he pinnacle of UX.

I can see this in a small number of situations, but how many developers use the laptop's screen and keyboard for coding?

Pretty much everyone I know and every workplace I've seen has proper monitors and keyboards for everyone (developers included). A laptop has terrible ergonomics. That makes the touchbar a bit pointless, except when working on a train or plane, or at a meeting or conference.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by JackFr »

mstade wrote: post #251
ses1984 wrote: post #80

"I'm so glad this model has a touchbar" "I would buy a dell xps but only if it had a touchbar" things no one ever said.

I initially found the touchbar to mostly be a gimmick, new for the sake of being new and not really bringing anything useful to the table. A couple of years later and I'm a convert. If I had to buy a new MBP today I would definitely make sure it has a touchbar. It turns out app makers have found some nifty uses for it, like the ability to quickly mute/unmute when in conference calls, quickly changing volume/brightnes…

No haptic feedback. I am a hunt-and-peck typist, and there is nothing more frustrating than 1) opening a web page to the user manual; 2) starting a build; 3) closing a dialog box; 4) mistakenly completing a word I am typing; all because my ring or middle finger brushed the touch bar.

It's a solution looking for a problem. It's garbage.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by schnable »

bastien-brd wrote: post #212
charleshan wrote: post #184

Don't forget that the Touch Bar costs an additional $400 for consumers. The 2015 model was the best MacBook Pro. Perhaps the best laptop yet.

Agreed, I'm still on a 2015 model and still super happy, even battery life is OK. Every time a new MacBook Pro is announced, I'm a bit excited but then I compare and I find no good enough incentive to upgrade yet. I'm secretly hoping that my 2015 model dies so I can upgrade to a newer sexier one, but the damn beast keeps on working great.

I'm still using a 2010, and while I did upgrade to an SSD and added some RAM, it's still going strong. The only thing making me consider upgrading is that OS X upgrades stopped supporting it.

Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by asdf21 »

baybal2 wrote: post #206
alvern wrote: post #59

So the top of the line specs get you: * 2.4GHz 8‑core 9th‑generation Intel Core i9 processor, Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz * 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory * AMD Radeon Pro 5500M with 8GB of GDDR6 memory * 8TB SSD storage for $6099USD. I wonder how it will handle the thermals.

> for $6099USD. I wonder how it will handle the thermals 45W is easily doable, gaming notebook vendors can easily get up to 100W in a mobile package. Apple and other "major brands" had a string of borderline laughable engineering mistakes over the past 5 years. For example, in their latest 12 inch Macbook, they simply put a blower to work as an exhaust fan, but then forgot that the keyboard membrane has no sealing ju…

Where do you read about stuff like that, out of curiosity?
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