And you couldn't master using the free adapter either huh? You are right, life is hard.
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And you couldn't master using the free adapter either huh? You are right, life is hard.
They're certainly not designing for developers, technical sales, photographers who work with panographic images. The issue is that it should have been an option, and it isn't. Apple thinks they know best for everyone, rather than letting us make the choice ourselves.
really funny, for me it sounded like hell on earth. 200+ days on the road? uff ... i couldn't imagine. so funny how different expectations for a job are. same probably applies to the expectations towards the new macbook.
Is there an adapter that turns lightning headphones into regular ones?
LOL.
The new MacBooks make the 2015 versions look more appealing.
The new MacBooks make the 2015 versions look more appealing.
There is no doubt a market for the 2016 MBP. Just how large—despite initial orders—will be determined in time.
Apple has made a bet here on all iOS and effectively pulled the plug on their professional customers. If this MBP is anything to go from then they will be discontinuing the remainder of the Macintosh line or eventually releasing desktops no more robust in what they were or could be. Actually, it seems they are not entirely sure what to do; on the one hand wishing to done with all Macintosh already, but in legacy and fear feeling they can't, so at least in the interim devolving and downgrading it more as some type of iPad—and making a mess of that.
There is certainly every chance that Apple, its suppliers, and its 2016 MBP customers will mostly all come to regret this decision. Too soon to say, that better determined once they've had a chance to live with its inherent limitations for awhile.
Of course this is speculation on my part. Wishful thinking as well as I was hoping for something distinctly different and more capable in a new MacBook Pro; feeling that if the 2016 MBP eventually blows up in Apple's face then they might be forced to reconsider their direction. But as said, there will be those who this 2016 MBP largely suits, even perchance love it—if maybe wondering in time why they hadn't just purchased an iPad—and if those numbers prove large enough and sustainable then this die is cast. Apple proved right in its foresight once again, all iOS predominant and off to a bright future.
But that is tomorrow. Today Apple is offering a new MBP that many of its loyal customers want nothing to do with, and rightly so. Their needs and desires may be ignored and dismissed—yet possibly proved valid in the end.
Apple has made a bet here on all iOS and effectively pulled the plug on their professional customers. If this MBP is anything to go from then they will be discontinuing the remainder of the Macintosh line or eventually releasing desktops no more robust in what they were or could be. Actually, it seems they are not entirely sure what to do; on the one hand wishing to done with all Macintosh already, but in legacy and fear feeling they can't, so at least in the interim devolving and downgrading it more as some type of iPad—and making a mess of that.
There is certainly every chance that Apple, its suppliers, and its 2016 MBP customers will mostly all come to regret this decision. Too soon to say, that better determined once they've had a chance to live with its inherent limitations for awhile.
Of course this is speculation on my part. Wishful thinking as well as I was hoping for something distinctly different and more capable in a new MacBook Pro; feeling that if the 2016 MBP eventually blows up in Apple's face then they might be forced to reconsider their direction. But as said, there will be those who this 2016 MBP largely suits, even perchance love it—if maybe wondering in time why they hadn't just purchased an iPad—and if those numbers prove large enough and sustainable then this die is cast. Apple proved right in its foresight once again, all iOS predominant and off to a bright future.
But that is tomorrow. Today Apple is offering a new MBP that many of its loyal customers want nothing to do with, and rightly so. Their needs and desires may be ignored and dismissed—yet possibly proved valid in the end.
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"which then drives lousy performance" - really? have you used one? do you know it has "lousy performance"? People like you were complaining that apples iPhone chip with "only" dual core (vs. quad core) had lower specs that qualcam (or name company) chips. Turns out Apples chips beat all other chips - even a year later. Same complaint about the amount of ram apple puts in their phones.
Yep, no joy in business travel. After the first million miles it gets to be a real grind.
Why are people saying the iPhone 7 should be USB-C? That just means you'd have a USB-A to USB-C cable in the box, or a USB-C to USB-C cable (if Apple had forced people to only be able to plug it into the MacBook and new MacBook Pro).
Leaving the iPhone 7 as Lightning makes no difference to the other end of the included cable.
Leaving the iPhone 7 as Lightning makes no difference to the other end of the included cable.
All the benchmarks available show that the CPU in this year's model is essentially flat to last years. It uses less power, but that's irrelevant to users who need high performance portable machines.
So which processors, regardless of TDP are the amazing performance jump you guys are looking for?
They're mostly in desktops, no?
The refurbished ones are selling out fast - regularly disappearing from the site.
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Exactly the point - there isn't a good option right now (thanks Intel), which is why the price bump is so unwarranted.
The GPU is a different story - there's a LOT of much better options available.
If they'd either had better performance, no dongles, or no price increase, the griping would probably be 10% of what it is.
No idea what the intended audience for this mac is. Artist? nope. Photographers? nope. Illustrators? Nope. Game developers? nope. DJs? definitely no. Videographers? Nope.
This is just an expensive computer not for PROS. They should have called it just Mac book, because it does not have anything Pro.
My Mac Pro is already 3 yo, it is time for me to take the difficult step to move to another platform . Can't wait 3 more years for apple to catch up. I can't do my work on a subpar notebook or ancient desktop, much less on an iPad , phone or watch.'Apple has turned into a behemoth money and revenue oriented, in complete disregard of those that kept it afloat during the apocalypse. Well wish you the best.
This is just an expensive computer not for PROS. They should have called it just Mac book, because it does not have anything Pro.
My Mac Pro is already 3 yo, it is time for me to take the difficult step to move to another platform . Can't wait 3 more years for apple to catch up. I can't do my work on a subpar notebook or ancient desktop, much less on an iPad , phone or watch.'Apple has turned into a behemoth money and revenue oriented, in complete disregard of those that kept it afloat during the apocalypse. Well wish you the best.
I set foot in Starbucks once when I was young and the path to enlightenment hadn't revealed itself to me. I just thought it was a coffee shop. Oh how wrong can one be?
i) Headphones, and/or
ii) Starbucks (or any cafe) is just background noise, doesn't bother me when I work in one
if you're editing a picture that requires more that 16G your not doing it on a laptop. http://gettinggeek.com/much-ram-need-laptop/
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And you couldn't master using the free adapter either huh? You are right, life is hard.
You probably want to go back and re-read the thread. Mildred couldn't remember to bring her lightning equipped headphones or wireless ones with her and would find herself with only her headphones from work which had a 3.5mm plug. She got so frustrated that she couldn't remember to bring her other headphones that she had to sell her iPhone 7. She said life would be easier if everyone followed the same standard, i.e., Apple didn't use lightning plugs on the iPhone 7. I agreed with her that life was hard because you had to either remember to bring the free lightning earbuds, or a wireless pair, or remember that Apple gave her a free adapter so her headphones with a 3.5mm plug would work on her iPhone 7.
It's a good question about a lightning to 3.5mm adapter. I don't know the answer.
And you couldn't master using the free adapter either huh? You are right, life is hard.
You probably want to go back and re-read the thread. Mildred couldn't remember to bring her lightning equipped headphones or wireless ones with her and would find herself with only her headphones from work which had a 3.5mm plug. She got so frustrated that she couldn't remember to bring her other headphones that she had to sell her iPhone 7. She said life would be easier if everyone followed the same standard, i.e., Apple didn't use lightning plugs on the iPhone 7. I agreed with her that life was hard because you had to either remember to bring the free lightning earbuds, or a wireless pair, or remember that Apple gave her a free adapter so her headphones with a 3.5mm plug would work on her iPhone 7.
It's a good question about a lightning to 3.5mm adapter. I don't know the answer.
Here's one thing Apple should not be optimistic about - its long term future.
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Yep, I, and other family members are, all the time. We can only afford a single machine, and have to have portability (for example, to go print on a high-end UV printer).
At work, I have tech reps who regularly blow past even 32 GB of ram when running virtual machines for demos.
Depending on the model, the prices are suggesting you might be right. - The picture below is for the high-end model:
Yeah, I doubt you could - it'd require power for the DAC. I saw the picture of someone with lightning headphones at an ATM underneath Tim's quote about accessibility being important - the ATM, of course, had a 3.4mm port.
It wouldn't help a lot at this very moment, but if you're going to make all digital headphones, it would be nice if I could plug them into my Mac and into my iPhone as well. And, it would be nice if there was a single cable for, more or less, everything. If Apple means to "embrace the future" with this, do it. Dump the proprietary connector.