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Apple to Release Thinner MacBook Pro at WWDC

Get rid of superdrive? Sure, no problem... Get rid of Ethernet port.. IDK... If you can't get wifi to work, you are SOL when it comes to accessing the net.
 
1997: OMG WTF Apple no Floppy drive!? You guys are doomed.

2008: OMG WTF Apple no optical drive!? Apple has lost it

2010: OMG WTF Apple no flash support!? This will never succeed

2012: OMG WTF Apple no Ethernet!? Apple no longer makes professional machines.



People never change. I'm sure Apple will have a solution for people that absolutely need Ethernet, and it will work seamlessly. So let's just wait til Apple announces the thing before grabbing the pitchforks.
 
Yes, we can buy adapters but it sucks when after spending $1500+, we end up buying separate adapters, one for HDMI, One for Ethernet etc.. Also these add up the weigh and space in the bag more than we gain with thinner MBP :(
 
In 2012, would a laptop user rather be stuck without ethernet, or stuck without wifi ?

And all this whining, exactly how many film/graphic design/music/architecture/animation/medical/research folks are relying solely
on a laptop?

The pro moniker always served as a way to say: "this computer is bigger, badder and faster than the other line we offer".

Relax, breath. :)
 
You cannot be serious...

atomicbloke said:
This will doom the company. The thinner laptops are worthless overpriced netbooks. Why pay so much money when you can have the same functionality with a $150 netbook?

Already android phones and tablets are driving Apple out of the market, and once they lose the PC market, the company will probably fold up by 2013-14 at the latest.
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This has to be sarcasm. Nobody can be that sheltered. There is absolutely no comparison between an MBP and a netbook...are you serious?????

Furthermore....Apple is dominating both the tablet and phone market...do you even pay attention to the reports?
 
blow45 said:
Professional people willing to fork out so much for a pro computer (and so much more than what they would have paid for at the competition) for their work that allows for out of the box interface with the most common network protocol on the planet in corporate, university, small business or conference settings (or for that matter on any occasion where ethernet comes very handy as quick ad hoc networking between computers, router set ups, places with poor wifi reception etc. etc.) dongle and hassle free? I would say about 70-80% and I am being modest here.
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Well we have rather distinct perspectives on the world I suppose. My estimate would be around 10%, and that's being modest too. I don't know about you, but I've pretty much accepted the fact that anytime I'm going to a conference or setting outside of my office, I bring all my adapters along because I simply don't trust the IT guys to have me covered. So again, this seems like a non-issue.

What's the retina to do with anything anyway? This is a completely bs non point. All the more so if this is a first gen retina computer it should be a millimeter thicker to allow for better thermals from the gpu to drive it.
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I mentioned Retina just to be clear as to which MBP we are talking about. Nothing else was implied. It's not because it is Retina it needs to be bigger or smaller, that would be an irrelevant point, should anyone try to make it. But no one has in this thread until you came up with it.

The things you read to justify ANYTHING apple does, reminds me of the old joke that if apple come out with a pile of crap and call it the iturd and slap a $2000 on it, sure enough you are going to find quite a few people coming here and saying that it's ushering in a new era of human computer interaction, or how iconic the design is, or that competitors products are **** anyway at least apple are being upfront about it. :D
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I'm not justifying what Apple is doing. If you look at my posts I've been asking for precisely what is here rumored for many years now. I guess there is a convergence with what I desire and with where Apple seems to be going. But honestly, I'm just as mesmerized to see the extent to which people are willing to justify hanging on to useless antiquated technologies. People resist change by any means necessary and come up with elaborate nonsense to rationalize themselves. Just look at the extent to which people are claiming adapters would not be a sufficient solution.
 
wallysb01 said:
Isn't this what the Air is for? If they want to make a 15" Air and cut the MBP, or effectively merge them into a single Air/Pro line, so be it. That is their choice, and they should do what they think will make the most money. However, the Air is little more than an iPad with a built in keyboard. The MBP contains more serious functionality. Thus, between the mobile product lines, what will likely appeal to the most people is offering something closer to the MBP and an iPad. And that might be what they are trying to do. Making sacrifices where they think they can, but they may lose people on the fringes of both the Air and Pro user bases if they try to merge them. A light-Pro may not be pro enough, while a power-Air may just be to bulky. Broad appeal of a single product has its place, but do specialized products for diverse user groups. Apple should be careful if this is the route they choose.
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The Air is about taking the size to the extreme. They did this by soldering the RAM, moving to Blade SSD and ULV processors for easier cooling.

A Macbook Pro simply must have full mobile CPU, upgradable RAM and if possible discrete graphics. It'll never get close to the Air in size and it shouldn't.
 
Give it a chance.

kiwiboi87 said:
yuck,
i dont flash memory.
and will miss the dvd disc drive.

i hope its not true
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You will love a flash start up partition once you try it...simply amazing and way less chance of os corruption. As far as the drive...how often do you seriously use it? In the past four months I have used mine once..when I replaced the hard drive.
 
I'm realistic. No ethernet, No ODD, SSD's standard and yes... even a thinner body. This is no surprise and anyone thinking the evolution of the MBP line would be otherwise is quite naive.

That said... if this "thing" is sealed like the Air then I have no choice but to move on to freaking Windows 8 and the best MacBook knockoff I can find.

God help me. :eek:
 
soundguyami said:
You will love a flash start up partition once you try it...simply amazing and way less chance of os corruption. As far as the drive...how often do you seriously use it? In the past four months I have used mine once..when I replaced the hard drive.
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i use my dvd drive, every few days when i watch a dvd or import a cd.

my only issue with flash, is that i will be limited on my storage.
at the moment i have 750GB hard drive, and its over half full.
and i could easily fill the 750.

i just don't like the idea of have limits placed on my mac,
 
pappasmurfshare said:
Are you saying these rumors are more than likely false? Or that they would be breaking the norm by including ports on the opposite side of the laptop since the superdrive would disappear.
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What are you talking about? The image is a mock up from an earlier rumour and only shows one side. The other side of the mock up had 2 thunderbolt ports. The mock up image was included to make the story look nicer, but has nothing to do with the story or reality.
 
I personally can't remember last time I plugged my computer into Ethernet.

With that said, I'm sure there will be a doogle that plugs into one of the ports and lets not forget the TB ACD includes built-in Ethernet.
 
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