I'm less sold on the new Pros since I saw them in store. Only two ports on the non-touch strip model? Seriously? Why the **** does my Air have more ports than a "pro" laptop?
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Well, you can't really blame Apple for that, but I think there other intel laptops with 32GBs of Ram.
Also, I thought I read an article on MR saying that Apple didn't go with the 32GB Ram due to potential battery life issues.
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I'm a professional, not complaining, not part of the "Starbucks crowd", looking forward to getting one.
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Ha. You're joking, right?
Cook's Apple is one that would never over-stock anything that was not a sure bet. Meaning, Tim being Tim I doubt they'd ever put themselves in a position to either over stock or scramble to fill. That said, you can bet they've heard the hubbub and are course correcting.
Well made Japanese laptops becoming trendy is a real possibility.
Well made Japanese laptops becoming trendy is a real possibility.
I'm a software developer (primarily iOS, Android, and Java EE) and I'll be getting one. These machines are perfectly suitable for what I do.
The Air is great for portability, but it is definitely underpowered for software development (from my experience). The MBP is a much better option.
What they will get is the college crowd, the young learning their trades, Then when they graduate, they will go oh crap, I cant get it done on this now, and thus the circle of trolls is complete.
Best quote I've seen on this entire topic.
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Integrating Lightning there would add more unit cost and Apple likes it's profits more than our utility. Besides they know they can do whatever they want and a good segment of us will passionately argue why what they are doing is the one and only, very best way forward to counteract those that question such decisions.
Intel has decided that USB3 will be the digital connector replacement for 3.5mm. All Intel chipsets to come will support this feature. Why take on the added unit cost when Intel has already built that functionality in for Apple? In short, Lightning is an orphan digital audio connector to all but the iDeviceverse. 3.5mm will continue to rule as it is everywhere. USB3 will be THE digital alternative that has any chance of similar ubiquity (because Wintels still own the vast majority of the market place and they won't ever come with Apple proprietary Lightning connectors).
See above.
Much more profitable to sell that as an adapter. Apple's will be very profitable but anyone else's will have to pay Apple a license for the Lightning end. Money, money, money.
Proprietary Lightning and various dongles with a Lightning end (and all of the accessories that have to license Lightning to connect) are much more profitable than embracing USB3c on the phone. Apple owns Lightning. USB3 is a non-proprietary standard.
You're viewing this through the lens of consumer utility. Apple seems to be evolving into Sony, where nickel & diming & proprietary "standards" helped Sony make lots of extra profit for a while... until people finally got fed up with such tactics.
All seemingly illogical moves by Apple tend to look very different through the lens of the accounting department. Personally, I think Apple used to do a much better job of (at least) seeming to put customer utility above profit maximization. Now every move seems to be testing how much they can get away with. Much like it worked for Sony for a while, this will work for Apple for a while. Eventually, even the loyal should tire of decisions seeming to exploit them rather than reflect their future- and current- needs.
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Not sure how likely that is. Supposedly the Apple store won't have them until the end of the month.
what I don't understand is what is so hard about connecting the adapter they gave us to your headphones - and - why would you lose it once its connected? I have an expensive set of headphones and connected it - it will stay connected and won't get lost. I flip between those, my wireless beats (that have an all week battery life) and the pair apple provide. I can't image that many people will need more than one or two adapters.
I'm looking forward to the new desktop keyboards with the touch strip.
Well I guess a young entrepreneur working on his startup idea at a Starbucks is not a professional then...
I never understood how anyone can focus on anything working in a busy coffee shop.
This working pro cancelled his order, but the Starbucks crowd obviously loves it and will be sporting it soon to write their Yelp reviews while sipping on their latte.
This is, frankly, correct.
Anyone who wants more than a MacBook is buying this, which includes a majority of Apple's laptop user base. Even without Pro users, this thing will sell now and continue to sell.
Excellent response!
I think the MBP is simply the first one out of the gate in the USB-C ecosystem. Hardware changes take a very long time, and it's unlikely that all the changes can happen at once. It would be quite a disruption if the entire product line was suddenly USB-C one day. I doubt any future release will contain a USB-A port.
Why no lightning port? That's odd, of course. Even the new keyboards charge with Lightning. I suspect Apple is on a deprecation path with Lightning, and they're saving it's termination for the 10th anniversary phone. That would, of course, suck in a major way since they just forced the headphone industry to go to Lightning, but in the end, Apple will be pushing Wireless Audio pretty hard.
They should have included a USBC-Lightning in the box. But, I believe Apple's vision is to not plug the iPhone into computers at all anymore. iCloud backup, etc.. But, people like me require a computer to do the encrypted backup, so I don't have to log into 20 apps with each new iPhone. (Apple could solve this with a single-signon mechanism somehow, but right now, all Apps and websites require you to make their own form of unique user).
People are going crazy about the dongles, but in almost every case, you just have to use an appropriate cable. An appropriate, much faster, chainable cable.
You have no clue what is illegal in my country or not.
Someone at the store on Saturday said they would be but I don't think he knew what he was talking about. Still, it would be nice!