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Apple to Launch 'MacBook Ultra' With These Six New Features

applicious84 said:
If it can't have an ultra processor, then it should have a different name. Something silly like the touch screen: The MacBook super touch or something
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Even sillier: Those who detest an interactive screen on a laptop would like it to be named “MacBook Out of Touch” .
 
When it comes to a 16" computer I'd really rather have a slightly taller top bezel than a notch or an island. The one on the 2019 Intel is about a centimeter and you don't really notice it, though it probably makes the top of the display easier to read by separating it from the distant background. We're not going to get it though. Apple sees notches and islands as a point of marketing pride for some reason.
 
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jeffme said:
Ok, ignoring ad hominem assumptions, I appreciate your perspective, but I'd suggest that someone who:
- is willing to carry a 6.6lb laptop (the old 17" MBP weight)
- wants a physical eth port in a wifi world
represents a negligible, unrepresented market segment.

Also, this claim:

really seems to invoke my prior point that people are creating false dilemmas:
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I guess if you want to have mission critical stuff working over wireless then that is your perogative. Really the only thing in the production world that is acceptable as being wireless are microphones and in-ear monitoring. Pretty much everything else is always wired. (Yes we have wireless DMX also now and wireless video, however reliable wireless video is very very expensive.)

But it isn't just Apple. All computer manufacturers are trying to go thin and remove all the "useful" ports.
 
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dalestrauss said:
Would you guys please get off this nonsense. Touchscreens are great for scrolling, pinch to zoom precision, quick selection of links and other targets. They are just another input option and NOT the coming of the devil. If you don't like it, don't use it. And enough with the "I don't want to pay for something I don't use!" nonsense as well. People don't use HDMI or SD cards - people don't complain about that - and Windows laptops have incorporated touch screens for ten years or more without pricing upgrades.

Even more importantly, with macOS capable of running iPadOS apps, a touchscreen MacBook Pro would be a two in one killer device.
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Same thing was said when Windows started doing this. Us desktop users suffered the big start screen and giant UI to adhere to touch interface with Windows 8. Also, Server 2012 was a joke too because that also needed to adhere to a touch UI. So everything was giant blocks and wasted space on 27" displays.
 
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I, personally, don't want a touchscreen. I feel like I'd be babysitting it with cleaning and spraying it more than I'd actually enjoy using my computer. Cellular connectivity would be a welcome addition for me, though. If I didn't have a MBA I might've looked into this. Oh, who am I kidding? I couldn't afford it anyway.
 
Ethosik said:
Same thing was said when Windows started doing this. Us desktop users suffered the big start screen and giant UI to adhere to touch interface with Windows 8. Also, Server 2012 was a joke too because that also needed to adhere to a touch UI. So everything was giant blocks and wasted space on 27" displays.
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Maybe it would be better to allow Wacom tablet like functionality with the Apple Pencil but not full on touch?
 
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nikhsub1 said:
Call me crazy but, there has never been a time where I've wanted or needed a touch screen laptop. As a matter of fact, if someone goes to touch my screen, I recoil my arm with a fist...
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Completely disagree— the way many of use iPads now, on Magic Keyboards, has meant we’re used to commingling a keyboard while sometimes using the touch display. I find myself occasionally trying to work the MBP display with multi-touch. This would be the ultimate machine for me, as long as it doesn’t sacrifice MBP performance in favor of light and thin.
 
Your going to love the new MacBook Neo with the next phone chip because that's all your going to afford to buy.
If Ram and SSD prices climb any higher we are in deep do do.
 
Renaming a macbook pro with the ultra moniker (and without the ultra chip) is strange if the studio ultra still exists.
 
MacRumors said:
Up to six new features have been rumored so far, including an OLED display, touch capabilities, a Dynamic Island, M6 Pro and M6 Max chips manufactured with TSMC's advanced 2nm process, a thinner design, and built-in cellular connectivity.
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It is thin enough already. And, making it thinner would, presumably, reduce battery capacity-- don't do that. Would likely reduce ports. Don't do that either. Built-in cellular-- definitely. I do wish they would dump the whole notch/dynamic island thing. Irritating. Just give us a nice 16:10 3840x2400 display with perfect mirroring of 16:9 3840x2160 to 4K displays. As for touch-- nobody wants that.
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MacBook Ultra is expected to have a thinner design compared to the MacBook Pro.

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As of now, there has been no indication that Apple plans to once again remove ports like HDMI, MagSafe, or the SD card slot in order to achieve this thinner design, but we shall see. That was a very unpopular decision the last time it happened.
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That thinner thing again. Wasn't that a Jony Ive obsession? It's like the thinness obsession at the NYC Ballet. Do not take away the ports to give us thinner! !!! The Air is all about being light, thin, compact. It is great, but, it doesn't meet the needs of people who want a portable workstation.

H.E. Pennypacker said:
Love it. NOBODY wants this. No a single person on the planet wants this pal? C’mon now.
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If you want a thin touch screen computer with no ports, then, you want an iPad. Why disfigure the MBP because it is a more beautiful workstation than your iPad. NOBODY who wants a portable true workstation wants touch screen. They actually want an iPad. And, really, "C'mon now", you can get an iPad with an M5! What more do you want?

On another note, since they are talking about M6, I'm not sure I agree with the current M5 ratios/allocation of Super cores, P-E cores, and GPU cores. I think I would like more Super, fewer P-E, and more GPU, relatively.
 
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should be a 'luggable' with an Ultra chip inside of it ala PowerBook G5
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ChrisA said:
Someone gave me an older Microsoft Surface, 8GB RAM, and an older Intel i7 inside. It performs reasonably well. But it runs Windows. I am now installing Linux Elementary on it. https://elementary.io/ It will look and act like a Mac. The keyboard on a Surface is removable, with a powerful magnet holding it in place, but you can rip it loose.


I suspect I will like it with no keyboard or with a Mac Bluetooth keyboard and use it like I would if an iPad ran macOS.


Maybe I can come back and give an opinion of a Mac-like OS on a touch computer.
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See how Shapr3D works with the touch interface vs mouse & menu. Edit: mmm, I don't think it will run on Linux...sadness.
 
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Goaliegeek said:
As long as OLED is in the basic M6 MBP, I’m fine with that. Don’t care about the other features here. But if OLED is only for an ultra, then I might as well get a M5. Would like a Touch Bar option to come back. Yes, I said it. There are a dozen of us who like it.
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I’d love to see the touchbar come back, especially with decent Adobe support.
 
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Not bothered about any of these features. If they can bring out a redesigned standard Pro that's lighter that would do me.
 
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If I were to get an "ultra device" it would have:

OLED
More ports, not fewer. 2-3 HDMI, 2+ USB-C/TB5, USB-A (yes at least 1 if not 2), ethernet port even if its a foldout door
Heavy duty construction
No screen notch
 
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Supermacguy said:
If I were to get an "ultra device" it would have:

OLED
More ports, not fewer. 2-3 HDMI, 2+ USB-C/TB5, USB-A (yes at least 1 if not 2), ethernet port even if its a foldout door
Heavy duty construction
No screen notch
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2 HDMI is overkill. It would be better for "video" people if it were 1 HDMI and 1 12g SDI (via mini BNC.)
 
Neo, Air, Pro, and Ultra? I'm not sure we need four options. Just stick with three: Neo for the casual, Air for the serious but not power-hungry, and Pro for those who need editing power.
 
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