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New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

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Re: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

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Post by kmicklas »

bisby wrote: post #284
ericjang wrote: post #37

I dislike this post intensely. The opinion comes across as uncharitable, as the author probably has not used this Macbook Pro yet. How can you (alexeysemeney) be so sure? I consider myself a developer, and I almost never use the Fn and ESC keys on my Mac. Everybody uses the computer differently, but I'm pretty sure this is not a deal-breaker for most. One could also argue that the touch bar might lead to innovative d…

As a vim user, esc is pretty important. I would say the author clearly knows very little computer specs: "The MacBook Pro had options with 2.4 gigahertz dual-core processors back in 2010. Anything new in 2016? Not really, well… nope." Because a 2010 2.4ghz dual core is identical to a 2016 2.4 ghz dual core.... I thought we got over comparing processors purely by their clock speed a long time ago. (I will agree that t…

> As a vim user, esc is pretty important.

Only if you're too lazy to rebind it to any of the many more finger friendly options.

Re: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

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Post by MollyR »

bsenftner wrote: post #109
rayiner wrote: post #7

Honest question: what's the alternative? I've got a 2013 rMBP 15 inch. What's my next machine? I'm not willing to regress on display (220 ppi or better), screen size, or battery life (8-9 hours real use). I might regress on quad core to dual core if everything else is perfect. EDIT: The XPS 15 gets more like 5-6 hours with the high res display by my understanding. The Surface Book has the right combination of resolut…

I'm testing out a strange setup that is working surprisingly well: I have a beefy desktop: 64GB RAM and 32 cores. Then I carry an Intel Compute Stick, portable laptop and mouse with me. I just plug into any HDMI monitor to do basic work, or RDP/TeamViewer into my desktop for real work. Surprising how well this is working...

Ive been wondering about doing something similar with a compute stick and a nexdock http://nexdock.com/

Re: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

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Post by usernam »

ericjang wrote: post #37

I dislike this post intensely. The opinion comes across as uncharitable, as the author probably has not used this Macbook Pro yet. How can you (alexeysemeney) be so sure? I consider myself a developer, and I almost never use the Fn and ESC keys on my Mac. Everybody uses the computer differently, but I'm pretty sure this is not a deal-breaker for most. One could also argue that the touch bar might lead to innovative d…

I've used the Lenovo's "adaptive keyboard". It's crap to use, especially for development. FN keys are especially easy to remap for macros or lesser used functions, and having no haptic feedback essentially kills their function for a touch typist.

It's also no wonder that newer carbon models came back to regular fn keys.

I actually bought/buy macbooks for their build quality, and generally only install linux on them. Looks like this particular model marks the end of this path.

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Post by ageektrapped »

dan1234 wrote: post #250
pilif wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you need a dongle or an USB-C to Lightning cable. Those exist. And so do any USB-C to any other USB-Plug cables. Considering that Apple revises their hardware builds about every four years, it makes sense to move to strictly USB-C now as two years from now, I'm quite sure no more peripheral will come out that has anything but USB-C. So within the next 2-3 years you'll have collected heaps of USB-C cables that will…

I think Apple could’ve avoided a lot of the hate if they’d bundled a few of the more common adapters as standard, to ease people through the transition to using USB-C for everything. If I bought a new MBP today, I’d need: * a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter at £49 * a USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter (giving HDMI and a USB port) at £69 * a USB-C to USB Adapter at £19 That’s £137 just to connect the t…

Couldn't agree more. I priced Macbook Pro 15" plus adapters in CDN $ and got sticker shock.

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Post by Spooks »

uw_rob wrote: post #42
dorianm wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see a lot of people choosing the XPS (including Linus). I tried it and for those who prefer Linux it's pretty great!

The one issue I have with the XPS is that the camera is in the bottom corner instead of at the top. Although the slick bezel looks great, I just don't think the trade off was worth it.

I think the trade off of small bezel for the camera being at the bottom really justifies it. I am commuting and bringing my laptop around more than I am on the camera.

If I am skyping and the person I am skyping with has upward view of me, I don't really see an issue with that.

Re: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

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Post by guelo »

Everybody is talking about the ESC key but I think the function keys are even worse. My editor has tons of fn key bindings and I touch type them without looking down many times a day. You can imagine being able to touch type a virtual ESC key since it would hopefully be at the far edge of the strip, but for fn you'll have to look down every time.

Let's face it, the bean counters at Apple only care about the iPhone. They've put their b teams to work on the Macs. And the engineers at Apple that actually have to use the laptops obviously have no say.

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

ixtli wrote: post #164
whalesalad wrote: post #134

The new TouchBar is fully defeatable and can behave exactly like an old school fn key row. This post is totally devoid of substance and should actually be flagged.

This sort of surface-y anger makes the rounds every time apple does _anything_ to their hardware.

What were people upset about with the last retina macbook pro refresh?

Re: New MacBook Pro Is Not a Laptop for Developers Anymore

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

ixtli wrote: post #164
whalesalad wrote: post #134

The new TouchBar is fully defeatable and can behave exactly like an old school fn key row. This post is totally devoid of substance and should actually be flagged.

This sort of surface-y anger makes the rounds every time apple does _anything_ to their hardware.

What were people upset about with the last retina macbook pro refresh?
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