You'd pay $10 more for a film on SD card? As for using the same form factor as the last 20 years, the car, keyboard, bed, pen, mug, knife, Bicycle, sandwich seem to be doing OK, so i think i can put up with a disc for a while longer.
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2010 Macbook Pros, what to add, what to remove?
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You'd pay $10 more for a film on SD card? As for using the same form factor as the last 20 years, the car, keyboard, bed, pen, mug, knife, Bicycle, sandwich seem to be doing OK, so i think i can put up with a disc for a while longer.
While I agree about the express slot, I suggest removal of the SD card slot and bring back the express slot on the 15" and 17" and introduce it to the 13" MBP.
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Maybe we should bring the 8 track back too. Cassettes were great, why not? haha.
While I agree about the express slot, I suggest removal of the SD card slot and bring back the express slot on the 15" and 17" and introduce it to the 13" MBP.
Habitus
I'd go for that, sd can still be used with one.
Ethernet port has to stay, loads of people use a cross over cable to connect to various routers for initial admin, also I used it daily on telecoms administration. MBP's are business tools also....
You stating an obsolete technology (tapes) does not make a different technology (optical discs) obsolete. My point, which you seem to have missed, was that a technology or form factor being around for 20 years doesn't make it rubbish.
A friend of mine is a Mac technician and he saw someone who removed his superdrive and installed a second hard drive. I'd rather just lose the superdrive in favor of a second or larger battery. It would add some more weight, but I'd love to have more battery life.
Wow the name of this post should be changed to "2010 Macbook Pros, remove the ethernet or not??" 
Seriously though, Ethernet HAS to stay in the PRO line, otherwise Apple will be limiting their audience.
I'd like to see HDMI for sure.
Blu-ray and USB3 are great ideas, but won't happen in this half of the year.
EDIT: Blu-ray is a contentious issue, probably discuss this bit more in 2011
Seriously though, Ethernet HAS to stay in the PRO line, otherwise Apple will be limiting their audience.
I'd like to see HDMI for sure.
Blu-ray and USB3 are great ideas, but won't happen in this half of the year.
EDIT: Blu-ray is a contentious issue, probably discuss this bit more in 2011
I also wouldn't mind ditching the optical drive (my only complaint with retrofitting one is the gaping hole left in the side of the case where the optical drive slot).
My ideal solution:
- Ditch Optical Drive
- Use remaining space for high capacity HDD as well as expanded battery
- Change boot disc to an SSD.
- Ship programs/media/everything else via SD Card (I really like this idea).
I'm somewhat impartial about the SD/ExpressCard slot issue as I don't use an ExpressCard. You could restore SD functionality with an SD card reader, although I do like the idea of Macs getting eSATA (which is unlikely since in the eyes of Steve Jobs, the eSATA port is ugly, look at the back of all the Macs, an eSATA slot would look out of place).
My ideal solution:
- Ditch Optical Drive
- Use remaining space for high capacity HDD as well as expanded battery
- Change boot disc to an SSD.
- Ship programs/media/everything else via SD Card (I really like this idea).
I'm somewhat impartial about the SD/ExpressCard slot issue as I don't use an ExpressCard. You could restore SD functionality with an SD card reader, although I do like the idea of Macs getting eSATA (which is unlikely since in the eyes of Steve Jobs, the eSATA port is ugly, look at the back of all the Macs, an eSATA slot would look out of place).
really?... you all want more battery life? 7 hours isn't enough??? That's a full work day (if you take an hour for lunch... and don't eat over your MBP... it doesn't like crumbs). I don't even see this many people clamoring for the MacBook Air to have more battery life, and it's less than any other portable Mac.
When did seven hours become not enough? Do you remember the days when we were amazed that you could watch a full-length DVD movie on one charge???
When did seven hours become not enough? Do you remember the days when we were amazed that you could watch a full-length DVD movie on one charge???
On the Pro level, hell yes we do!!! My MBP also runs VM's, including my Solaris jumpstart server that I use to install clients. Ethernet is a must for me.
It's also much better when I'm copying large files across the nework, like my 50+gb VM disk files to my backup location.
Other than that, I routinely use my wired connection when I'm stable in one place for long periods of time. Wired is still more stable and faster at 1gb speeds than wireless and under heavy usage.
There are lots of reasons to keep the wire for some people. And lack of it would force me to move to another platform. It's an absolute professional requirement for me.
And HDMI. I knwo Apple's Mini DVI is more advanced than HDMI, but its always nice to have one cable with both sound and video.
What's wrong with better battery life? Is it that fun to charge you laptop?
I'd rather not have to worry about charging the laptop so often. I can't wait until the day we won't have to charge laptops for a week or two
Also better battery life often means longer battery lifetime.
Mini-Display Port on current MBP line is technically capable of sending audio. I believe that it is the implementation of the Mini-Display Port --> HDMI adapters that's lacking.
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As with everyone, Ethernet has to stay.
I say they should remove the optical drive and instead include an optical drive (preferably Blu-Ray but we know that won't happen).
Then on the right side you have so much more space for ports, such as an e-SATA, HDMI, 3rd and maybe fourth USB, express card slot and a light peak port or upgrade to USB 3.0.
Then with whatever space you have left in the case use for a more powerful CPU and GPU along with a bigger battery.
Oh and they should adopt some sort of standard for wireless display transmission because as much as I like ports I hate cables.
I say they should remove the optical drive and instead include an optical drive (preferably Blu-Ray but we know that won't happen).
Then on the right side you have so much more space for ports, such as an e-SATA, HDMI, 3rd and maybe fourth USB, express card slot and a light peak port or upgrade to USB 3.0.
Then with whatever space you have left in the case use for a more powerful CPU and GPU along with a bigger battery.
Oh and they should adopt some sort of standard for wireless display transmission because as much as I like ports I hate cables.
keep ethernet. keep the superdrive.
lose sd and firewire
add usb/esata combo port and an hdmi port
bring back expresscard for 15".
lose sd and firewire
add usb/esata combo port and an hdmi port
bring back expresscard for 15".
ill have to agree with the bossman this time....
ethernet does not need to be on the system anymore, a usb 3.0 dongle would do for gigabit or 10gb.
i would rather 3 usb 3.0 ports and scrap the ethernet but include the dongle.
but ethernet can also be a necessity in some cases, but i have a hard time finding any place here in canada without wireless, everyplace up here has it....our wendys , tim hortons , burger king , airports , truck stops.
all wireless.
ethernet does not need to be on the system anymore, a usb 3.0 dongle would do for gigabit or 10gb.
i would rather 3 usb 3.0 ports and scrap the ethernet but include the dongle.
but ethernet can also be a necessity in some cases, but i have a hard time finding any place here in canada without wireless, everyplace up here has it....our wendys , tim hortons , burger king , airports , truck stops.
all wireless.