Why does every Apple promo read like a Trump speech or propaganda out of North Korea? "Most superlatives ever!" Am I being facetious? This kind of excessive language - every single time - is actually a big turnoff to trusting Apple's product announcements. With such excessive adjectives, I can't take it seriously.
16-inch MacBook Pro
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Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro
#572Don'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.
It always seemed backwards that the touch bar is a pro feature. Aren't pros the group that learn all the keyboard commands? The touch bar seems like it would be most useful to non-pro users.
Faders are the right abstraction for a lot of pro media stuff. The touch bar is an okay middle ground between keyboard/mouse and a separate hardware control surface.
Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro
#573Why does everyone seem grateful that they kept the headphone jack? Where did Apple give the impression that they would remove it from a more stationary device?
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#57464GB RAM is like "hallelujah". Doing enterprise dev with Docker + Java is pretty horrible with 16GB on my 2017 MBP. The fact that this review didn't even once mention the fact that this machine is now thicker & bigger and yet they didn't add any useful ports back in is amazing. I still hate that the 2017 one I have has only USB-C + Headphone jack. I appreciate that it still has the headphone jack. But at our office w…
Any port that isn’t usb-c has to die and I’m glad Apple is contributing to this.
Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro
#575Why does it still have an aux port? I thought Apple had courage.
It doesn't cost anything in this form factor, and laptop users are more likely to use corded headphones, rather than earbuds.
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#576I'm not against spending money on essential tools of the trade that you keep for years but carrying around a super expensive laptop makes me feel really nervous e.g. it could get stolen, dropped, get wet in the rain, drinks spilt on it. When I don't need the extra power, I think I'd rather travel with an easy to replace $900 laptop than a $3,000 one for ease of mind.
adding theft / damage coverage for a $3k laptop is doable with most home/renters insurance.
I've made a claim on a laptop before and it took a couple of weeks to get a replacement, plus claims make your premiums go up. I'm not saying it's not workable, but I feel more at ease carrying around less expensive equipment that's easier to replace.
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#577"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.
Once you install https://pock.dev, the touchbar is useful
Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro
#578Finally a 1TB SSD is not eye-wateringly expensive. Even the base model is 512.
Kinda wish it was $200 more for 32GB of RAM instead of $400 - my only complaint.
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#579Well at least it's not 3000USD as was rumored :)
Re: 16-inch MacBook Pro
#58064GB RAM is like "hallelujah". Doing enterprise dev with Docker + Java is pretty horrible with 16GB on my 2017 MBP. The fact that this review didn't even once mention the fact that this machine is now thicker & bigger and yet they didn't add any useful ports back in is amazing. I still hate that the 2017 one I have has only USB-C + Headphone jack. I appreciate that it still has the headphone jack. But at our office w…
The MSI and ThinkPads have had four ram slots for years...
You can easily upgrade to 128 gb on these models.