You can count on it.Please let this be true!
Then we can all switch from complaining about no new Macs to complaining about the new Macs
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Apple to Introduce New Macs at October 27 Event
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Yeah right, because you say so Apple HAS to keep the SD slot. Here's the news, Apple is company who wants to make money. From THEIR point of views those usages you described are a pain in the but because people don't need to upgrade their storage when buying the device and hence Apple doesn't make more money... Just saying.
Seriously? THAT is the deal-breaker for you? Something that can easily be fixed by a $10 reader?
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You guys know what's getting lame? All that whining about how you never ever could live without a SD slot. It really starts me wondering about priorities.
Thing is, I rarely do. I'm either on the go (at a coffee shop, hotel, business meeting, etc.) and I connect NOTHING. I have my laptop, trackpad, keyboard, built in display, and wifi or cellular tethering.
At my desk at the office or at my home I plug into a single dock the gives me my external keyboard, mouse, display, and Ethernet. What used to be USB has long since transitioned to network (printers, scanners, external storage, etc.). This is not a new thing.
That is 99.9% of my use. I have a few adapters for odds an ends—TB Ethernet for when I either need a second Ethernet connection or network troubleshooting outside of my home or office, TB FireWire which is used almost exclusively for working on older Macs in Target Disk Mode (pre-Thunderbolt), my serial adapter, and various video adapters that I've had since 2008 when Apple transitioned to Mini DisplayPort.
It sounds like a lot but they mostly sit in my bag. And I appreciate the fact that I can have two Ethernet ports on my MBP and even my Mini. Thunderbolt means I get native speed and the ports I need, not those that have been predetermined, not some crappy USB to Ethernet connection.
I understand the convenience factor for some people but I am so tired of people telling me what constitutes a "Pro" laptop. Flexibility is king in my opinion and Thunderbolt maximizes that. TB3/USB-C is even better because it's being adopted beyond Apple (thank goodness).
I really hope Apple comes out with their own TB3 hub. I want something that can do 4K @ 60 + 1080p, though I'd prefer 2x 4K for longevity, and then power passthrough. Seems like nobody makes one yet.
I'm prepared to be disappointed . Got a 2010 15" MBP that's starting to develop the Nvidia video issues . I'm near biting the bullet for a HP Z-Book , but guess I'll hold off and see what Cook,Ive &Co have up their sleeves .
they could call it a macbook PRO, like their ipad computers
Oh thank god... now we won't have to see post after post of people whining about it!
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Post of the day!!Please let this be true!
Then we can all switch from complaining about no new Macs to complaining about the new Macs
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take it back if within the time period to do so.
Hmm. Maybe.
It just seems to me that it would have been better all around for them to keep the ER on the 27th (as originally planned), and hold the MacBook event on the 25th.
17" ain't gonna happen. I want one too. Just ain't gonna happen.
If it does, fine, but be prepared to spend for a 15" (or buy another brand, etc). I actually looked at HP and such. Just don't want to go there. I have a Windows 10 machine.
Display scales all weird. Updates every 10 seconds. It's ok, but sort of unfriendly. That fact that it now looks like XP again is amusing. Actually XP home screens and menus are still much better
If it does, fine, but be prepared to spend for a 15" (or buy another brand, etc). I actually looked at HP and such. Just don't want to go there. I have a Windows 10 machine.
Display scales all weird. Updates every 10 seconds. It's ok, but sort of unfriendly. That fact that it now looks like XP again is amusing. Actually XP home screens and menus are still much better
Id really like to see the 15" fit into a 13" chassis. If there's one thing worth removing, it's the bezel.
Yes, that is the deal breaker for me. My priorities are spending money on a machine that suits my needs and use cases. Not buying it just because it's Apple and Phil says it's really thin and beautiful and Tim says I'm gonna love it.
If you don't care about the SD slot, then enjoy your new thinner and beautiful-ER laptop. I don't begrudge you that.
I don't get why people think this will happen. It will keep the Magic keyboard.
When they redesigned the Magic keyboard and put it in the rMBP, Apple was admitting that the rMB's keyboard was a compromise due to its thinness. If they thought the rMB's was so great, they would have put it everywhere. They are only going to put it in machines where portability is the number one priority.
It better keep the SD slot, or make the SSD user replaceable. I have many SD cards and I expect and buy the pro version BECAUSE it has an SD slot. If the new pro doesn't have an SD slot or user replaceable memory or user replaceable SSD then most likely I'm not going to buy it. I don't think Apple understands who it's pro customers are.
In my book, removing the SD slot is much much much worse then removing the audio jack on the iPhone 7.
