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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?
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I imagine the Airs being eaten by the new MacBook.
Just an anecdote but none of the college kids I see get a MacBook , but still opt for the Air, or pay the $100 more to get a pro. USB ports and all that.
My speculation: No upgrade for the Air but I think they'll announce a new lower price for the new Macbook as well as somewhat upgraded internals. They may lower the Air price a bit and keep it around or perhaps kill it outright. Everything about the Macbook seems like it's made to replace the Air apart from the price.
Perhaps they could release a usb c charging cable with a magnetic disconnect in the cable itself (sort of like a cable with a smaller-magsafe-to-usb-c dongle built into it). No reason to suspect they will do this but it should be technically feasible and would allow a migration to USB C without losing all of the benefits of magnetic disconnection.
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?
Wouldn't be happy with this carrying an mbp around with instant LEO access ~ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=fingerprints+iphone+fbi
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I doubt it. Very few people have a legitimate need for 32 GB of RAM in any device, let alone a laptop. Apple doesn't really build their hardware so that it's "developer-oriented", so it's unlikely you'll see 32 GB of RAM anytime soon. Perhaps 8, 12 or 16 GB.
As a VMware developer, hehehe, you're funny. As a user of a modern web browser, yeah, 8GB by default isn't going to cut it anymore. Browsers leak like sieves and routinely I have to kill them once they hit 10+GB. 32GB is not even outlandish. It's a simple upgrade. The memory controllers support it. Apple can charge a fortune for it since it's "memory down" instead of DIMMs. Why wouldn't they do it?
You seemingly missed my comment about Apple machines not being developer-oriented. A developer isn't Apple's target user.
> As a user of a modern web browser, yeah, 8GB by default isn't going to cut it anymore
You're clearly exaggerating this by quite a bit. Everyone knows modern browsers consume more RAM than ever before, but 8 GB's is extreme.
(Anecdotally, I tend to have hundreds of tabs open across multiple windows for weeks-on-end, and never have hit 8 GB's consumed by Chrome or Firefox, usually in the 1-3 GB range, and that's when I start to get concerned some tab has a broken script running).
> 32GB is not even outlandish. It's a simple upgrade.
Not really. If maybe 10% of their customers will use it, why include it? Especially right now when Apple seem to be in this kick of removing everything except exactly what they anticipate most of their users need.
> Apple can charge a fortune for it since it's "memory down" instead of DIMMs
I assume you're referencing the chips being soldered onto the mobo instead of being removable DIMM's - Adding way more RAM than necessary today may in fact preclude "upgrade" revenues later when Apple releases a line-up refresh in a few year's time (when average Joe might actually need 32 GB on his laptop).
> Why wouldn't they do it?
Because 32 GB is overkill in 2016 for majority of their customers. "Upgrading" to 32 GB today prevents them from doing so in the future in another line-up refresh (when 32 GB might be more reasonable for the average Mac purchaser).
I just hope we get 32G of RAM on the MBP. It's desperately needed.
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As a VMware developer, hehehe, you're funny. As a user of a modern web browser, yeah, 8GB by default isn't going to cut it anymore. Browsers leak like sieves and routinely I have to kill them once they hit 10+GB. 32GB is not even outlandish. It's a simple upgrade. The memory controllers support it. Apple can charge a fortune for it since it's "memory down" instead of DIMMs. Why wouldn't they do it?
> As a VMware developer, hehehe, you're funny. You seemingly missed my comment about Apple machines not being developer-oriented. A developer isn't Apple's target user. > As a user of a modern web browser, yeah, 8GB by default isn't going to cut it anymore You're clearly exaggerating this by quite a bit. Everyone knows modern browsers consume more RAM than ever before, but 8 GB's is extreme. (Anecdotally, I tend to h…
So yeah, planned obsolescence. And this is a good thing how, exactly?
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Just an anecdote but none of the college kids I see get a MacBook , but still opt for the Air, or pay the $100 more to get a pro. USB ports and all that.
I see this as well. Students particularly. The Air got popular when the price dropped. Initially, everyone also criticized it for being too expensive and underpowered. Look at this thread and tell me it doesn't sound like they're talking about the new Macbook: http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/why-is-the-macbook-air-s... My speculation: No upgrade for the Air but I think they'll announce a new lower price for the n…
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> As a VMware developer, hehehe, you're funny. You seemingly missed my comment about Apple machines not being developer-oriented. A developer isn't Apple's target user. > As a user of a modern web browser, yeah, 8GB by default isn't going to cut it anymore You're clearly exaggerating this by quite a bit. Everyone knows modern browsers consume more RAM than ever before, but 8 GB's is extreme. (Anecdotally, I tend to h…
> Because 32 GB is overkill in 2016 for majority of their customers. "Upgrading" to 32 GB today prevents them from doing so in the future in another line-up refresh (when 32 GB might be more reasonable for the average Mac purchaser). So yeah, planned obsolescence. And this is a good thing how, exactly?
I see no one here making the claim that it is good.
However, planned obsolescence has been Apple's MO for as long as I can recall.
They are a hardware company, after all, and selling you new hardware is exactly how they make revenue.
Bottom line really is - if you want a developer-oriented laptop (with many high performance CPU, GPU, RAM, Disk and I/O Port options), Apple isn't really the place to get it. Apple is a consumer hardware company.
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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.