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Apple’s expected Mac event on October 27 is official

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

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Post by izacus »

ddorian43 wrote: post #39
izacus wrote: post #38

sigh Apple, can we have at least one USB-A port left on the Pro machines? Please? So we can plug in bunch of useful devices and TheyJustWork(tm)? It's sad enough that quarter of talks I visit start with "Does anyone have their Mac video dongle with them? Anyone? ... " shtick.

Vote with your $. According to $, they're doing pretty great.

So how do I vote with my $ when I need a OSX machine for work with good CPU performance?

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

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Post by izacus »

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.

USB-C charging might actually be a step forward... unless Apple adds DRM for chargers and refuses to charge from non-Apple ones.

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

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Post by kobayashi »

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?

Seems very likely, and they'll probably go over that aspect in the address.

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

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Post by tgb »

Stratoscope wrote: post #45

If an OLED panel replaces the function keys, that ruins it for me. I mostly run Windows on my late-2013 15" MBPR, and I use the function keys all the time . Especially for debugging. F5, F9, F10, F11 are burned into my brain. I used to be a huge ThinkPad fan, but their wilderness years of bad displays and constant keyboard rearrangement turned me off, so I thought I'd try using my MBPR for Windows work instead. Turns…

I just bought a new keyboard. There is literally none on the market that has the keys I want in the right places. This makes some sense since there are too many possibilities, but damn is it annoying to have to make tradeoffs. Please someone make a customized keyboard business. I ended up giving up on have a small (in width) keyboard with F keys, separate media keys, and pg up/dwn.

Now good luck finding a laptop with the right keyboard.

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

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Post by twoodfin »

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?

Might it be as simple as adding a cheap A-series chip to the motherboard?

Or they could be boring and just exploit the SGX on Skylake chips.

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

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

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?

Apple seem to seriously care about security†, it would be surprising if they deployed a MacBook implementation which has less security than the iPhone's. So, presumably it would use the Secure Enclave or something similar?

†I mean, they have a public document detailing the iOS security architecture, so they're at least proud of it. And of course, they went to court over it.

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

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Post by laurentdc »

Stratoscope wrote: post #45

If an OLED panel replaces the function keys, that ruins it for me. I mostly run Windows on my late-2013 15" MBPR, and I use the function keys all the time . Especially for debugging. F5, F9, F10, F11 are burned into my brain. I used to be a huge ThinkPad fan, but their wilderness years of bad displays and constant keyboard rearrangement turned me off, so I thought I'd try using my MBPR for Windows work instead. Turns…

I hope the OLED panel doesn't replace the physical function keys. I have ESC plus F1-12 mapped to stuff like turn on/off spellcheck, paste mode, switch language in vim which I use a lot for LaTeX. I don't want to remap them.

It's something Lenovo already tried and was hated for with the X1 Carbon (luckily they removed the useless OLED gimmick thing in a next iteration). [0]

[0] http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2014/04/lenovoca...

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

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Post by toyg »

Rotten194 wrote: post #40
valm- wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't apply to a lot of people, but I have a mobility disability that makes plugging into ports difficult or impossible without getting someone to help. With MagSafe I really appreciate just lining up the cable imprecisely and letting magnetism do the rest.

There was a Kickstarter a while back for a Magsafe-like solution for USB-C. You might want to check it out if you haven't seen it already. Wish I remembered the name...

Do you mean this? http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/4/10702516/griffin-breaksafe-...

I like it, but leaving a dongle there all the time is dangerous, so you'll end up taking it out and back in every time, defeating much of the convenience. Still good for safety though.

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