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Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by makecheck »

igravious wrote: post #978
makecheck wrote: post #78

When I am at a desk, the lid is closed so both TouchID and touch-anything effectively don’t matter, including any display information. In fact, I am worried about applications gradually putting information only on the Touch Bar that cannot be found anywhere else. Perhaps they could have placed a TouchID button on the SIDE of the laptop (usable when open or closed). And hopefully the ENTIRE Touch Bar display is also a…

Here's my question. Are Apple going to sell the Touch bar and Touch ID as a separate peripheral? The price differential between the 13" non-Touch and 13" Touch is $300 USD. The other differences are 2.0GHz versus 2.9GHz Core i5 and Iris Graphics 540 versus 550. Let's call those other differences $50 for argument's sake. Is Apple going to sell this hypothetical Touch peripheral for $249 for instance? Or would they inc…

I don’t think that Apple needed to create anything separate because they already had separate things: the entire ecosystem of iPhones and iPads! It was ridiculous of them not to leverage those investments.

All they needed to make was an iOS app to display arbitrary “keyboard” keys, some Bluetooth/wireless connection to interface with the Mac (as Handoff and Air Drop practically do already), and a way to make the iPhone/iPad enter a special “display always on” mode when in close proximity to a Mac. This would have been way more flexible.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by x0x0dead »

ok agreed USB-C is way forward, what about.. -no usb typeB (iphone 7 cable) -headphone jack mismatch (lightning to 3.5mm) -no hdmi -no sdCard Reader (dslr pic transfers.?) they should sell a docking station as well., or wait for 802.11ad for wireless hdmi etc but wait no 7th gen intel processors as well. hmm Mac Pro should be called Mac TouchBar

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by davidf18 »

npgatech wrote: post #165

This event was by far the most disappointing Mac event in the history. A lot of the time was wasted in: - Mildly funny jokes and comparison with 90's technology. - 90% of the talk was about the touch bar. - Awful demos of Photoshop & some cringy DJ. I was hoping we would see: - A new MacBook with all day battery life and touch bar, even thinner design. Ok, I understand that they are trying to consolidate their produc…

Regarding the 15" version, I have the 15" 256 GB Intel Graphics 2015 Model and I really, really, was expecting the same unit with the Skylake processor version of the quad core with the Intel graphics that has the on-board graphics RAM.

I was hoping it would be lighter weight and longer battery life.

Instead we have the discrete GPUs that undoubtedly will need more battery life than the Intel internal GPU.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by gejjaxxita »

I'm surprised by the number of people concerned about the lack of ESC key. I literally never ever use it. Perhaps that's because I've been a Linux user for most of my life and only recently began using Macs. I use emacs as my only editor. What do you use ESC for?

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by chmaynard »

On Hacker News, everyone has an opinion about everything and feels compelled to share it with the world at every opportunity. Sheesh!

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by everly »

mixmastamyk wrote: post #795
everly wrote: post #693

Less than two weeks ago I bought a 13-inch retina MBP with a 3.1GHZ i7 and 16GB RAM for $1,799 [0]. I was expecting that the update would make me wish I'd have waited but nope. Would buy the same one I currently have again, if given the option. [0] http://i.imgur.com/IT5LWJy.png

> There's a 13" MBP model that lacks Touch Bar, featuring normal function keys. The upgraded internals and lightness would be welcome.

The internals aren't really upgraded though since I got the 3.1ghz i7 and 16gb memory. I've never once thought it to be heavy. And even if I agreed with those two points, it wouldn't be worth the loss of the ports.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by SnowingXIV »

With all this confusion, has anyone figured out the best scenario for 1 cable to dock for work/home? Are there any good ones made yet? Lot of the third party docks have different watts and other issues. Plus, with TB3/USB-C (getting that right is a headache) what are people doing? Just have a million adapters? I was hoping this would make life more portable not less. I currently have a MBP 13-inch 2011 that I've upgraded RAM to 16GB and a SSD. Was waiting for this announcement for a long time and feeling kinda eh.

Thinking ethernet, charge iPhone, external HD, and connect to external monitor HDMI/DisplayPort?

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by hiram112 »

PhantomGremlin wrote: post #968
hiram112 wrote: post #524

Does anyone know what is to become of the 2012 13" model that they still contine to sell that allows upgradable ram and HD? You can still find them for $800 on EBay (brand new), but it doesn't look like it is still available on Apple's site. There is a 4th 13th inch on the site, instead, but it is not the same as it has 128 SSD and newer graphics. It would be great if this had upgradeable ram and HD.

I think this was discontinued as of yesterday. It was definitely available on Apple's website until then. I have one and it's great. Of course I ordered it with SSD, since the default spinning rust would have made it behave like a slug. But it is 1 pound heavier than more modern 13" models, and 1.5 pounds heavier than the newest ones just announced. Normally I'm OK with the extra weight, but it makes a big difference…

Thanks for the help. Might be time to grab one of them before they're completely gone on ebay.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by pier25 »

makecheck wrote: post #78

When I am at a desk, the lid is closed so both TouchID and touch-anything effectively don’t matter, including any display information. In fact, I am worried about applications gradually putting information only on the Touch Bar that cannot be found anywhere else. Perhaps they could have placed a TouchID button on the SIDE of the laptop (usable when open or closed). And hopefully the ENTIRE Touch Bar display is also a…

> In fact, I am worried about applications gradually putting information only on the Touch Bar that cannot be found anywhere else.

I doubt that is going to happen. What percentage of macOS users are going to have the touch bar? 10% at the most?

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