Apple to Release Thinner MacBook Pro at WWDC

[BK.]

Still disappointed (and not about the ethernet, really) but... we'll see. We'll see.

The good thing is, even though I won't be buying this (probably anyway as I need a built-in ODD) it will hopefully push down the price of the 2011 models. Fingers crossed.

However, I can't get the student discount anywhere else but Apple directly, so it probably will work out more expensive to buy the 2011. FML.

 

[WardC]

FINALLY!!! Some SOLID news about this, FINALLY, FINALLY!!!!

I have been waiting my whole entire life for this!!

Well, just a few loooong months at least.

You can say I love Mac news. It's like a party.

 

[theSeb]

To be honest is losing something as vital as an Ethernet port worth those extra millimetres shaved off?



That was sarcasm right? Because I'm pretty sure tonnes of people care.

This conversation was repeated about 2000 times in the previous thread today.

Person A: No Ethernet
Person B: Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor
Person C: No Ethernet!!
Person B: Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor

and so forth.

 

[samdamanPRO]

No Ethernet? I don't see this going down well. Thunderbolt hasn't been adopted enough for it to replace Ethernet.... yet. Will it do in the future, I'm not too convinced about that either. So far, to me, Thunderbolt has been FireWire 3.

You honestly believe that people won't buy the brand new Apple Macbook Pro with a retina display thinner design and flash memory because it doesn't carry an ethernet port?

 

[Kebabselector]

Maybe they'll sell iHub, connected via Thunderbolt to provide Ethernet and Firewire ports.

 

[charlieegan3]

I don't think anyone cares about this. We just want the iPhone 6. Thanks.

what ever happened to iPhone 5?

 

[chrisrosemusic1]

What will go in the vacated SuperDrive area?

- BTO second HDD/SSD
- Bigger battery
- iPhone slot for: charge + auto-tethering option?

Neat idea with the iPhone slot (lol)... Shame hotspot/tethering doesn't work in the UK without yet another additional data bundle.

Never use it so don't really want the space in the MBP to have it. We won't even see 4G here for years to come either so it's hopeless for desktop browsing.

 

[Matthew Yohe]

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.

Enjoy your netbooks.

 

[charlieegan3]

I'm okay with this

that's great, it means Apple can go-ahead with the MacBook Pro launch, phew.

 

[Cynicalone]

I wonder if they will rename the lineup.

I could see the 13 and 17 inch MacBook Pro's being discontinued. And the entire lineup being 11, 13, 15 inch Air/Pro models. Apple loves a simplified lineup.

 

[Diode]

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.

A quadcore macbook would run circles around any current netbook. A lot of people use their laptops for more then browsing the internet.

Development, media editing, complex math applications (R, mathematica etc), CAD etc, etc, etc all require a "real" machine.

A retina display would just be icing on the cake. If they could include all of that and maintain the current price points - this thing will sell.

 

[tido2012]

I hope you're joking right. LTE, more ram, maybe 4", and iOS 6...done for the next 6 months.

I don't think anyone cares about this. We just want the iPhone 6. Thanks.

 

[Peace]

I want one and I don't even need one.

 

[charlieegan3]

- iPhone slot for: charge + auto-tethering option?

cool idea, but not exactly apple's style

 

[BK.]

It's not like the current size MBP is so thick that it ever prevents me from taking it anywhere. Is this thinness for the sake of thinness?

Yep.

The only reason they removed the ethernet port and ODD is so they can make the design thinner.

Which makes no sense to me as they already have the Air as their super-thin super-portable.

But I'm not running Apple.

I'm still confused why Apple are seemingly giving people less reasons to buy the Pro over the Air, but maybe they just want to push the Air. Retina display = win. Lack of ODD = not a win. Lack of ethernet = not a win. Lack of FireWire = not a win. And, if it doesn't have an SSD as standard = not a win.

So basically, apart from the screen, it's going to be a less good Air. Lol...

 

[wallysb01]

It's not like the current size MBP is so thick that it ever prevents me from taking it anywhere. Is this thinness for the sake of thinness?

It will be thinness simply to say its thinner. Marketing and apparently no functionality. A standard SSD would be nice, but only if it also comes with a HDD. At apple prices SSDs of sufficient size for a "professional" computer are just not reasonable.

 

[charlieegan3]

Maybe they'll sell iHub, connected via Thunderbolt to provide Ethernet and Firewire ports.

for only another year's pay cheque...

 

[slrandall]

I'll be that guy ... Mac Pro?

Also, people should stop freaking out about the Ethernet and FW ports based on a mockup. Hopefully it's not the way things will do, but if it does, then oh well.

You'll all upgrade anyways (when the time comes), because we all love Macs and OS X. And truth be told, it won't be anywhere near as bad as people think. It never is.

 

[Ryth]

This is SHOCKING and UNEXPECTED.

Of course they were going to announce this at WWDC.

 

[nuckinfutz]

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.

They still make Netbooks?

No Ethernet? I don't see this going down well. Thunderbolt hasn't been adopted enough for it to replace Ethernet.... yet. Will it do in the future, I'm not too convinced about that either. So far, to me, Thunderbolt has been FireWire 3.

That and a quarter won't buy a cup of coffee. If you don't understand the differences between Thunderbolt and Firewire all the guessing in the world isn't going to get you on the field.

no ethernet in a pro level laptop? WTF Apple.

edit: as soon as I hit send, i figured it out.. it's to upsell you to a Apple Thunderbolt Display...

or minimize legacy ports in lieu of a pretty flexible, if not currently expensive, technology (Thunderbolt)

 

[charlieegan3]

FINALLY!!! Some SOLID news about this, FINALLY, FINALLY!!!!

I have been waiting my whole entire life for this!!

Well, just a few loooong months at least.

You can say I love Mac news. It's like a party.

at least someone is pleased by the news.

 

[Jamie0003]

When the report mentions it using flash memory, does that mean the HDD will be replaced with a flash chip (the same as MBA) Or simply a normal SSD?

Personally I would be very happy if it's the MBA chip as if i'm not mistaken they are upgradeable to some extent? Meaning thinner + faster SSD = very good Mac.

 

[KouThan]

The one thing that worries me the most is the loss of ethernet. Maybe apple can shrink the connector so that you can have full gigabit ethernet just by using a small passive adapter.

 

[charlieegan3]

I want one and I don't even need one.

I'm sure you'll manage to find a use for it.

 

[Matthew Yohe]

And, to those crying about "losing" ethernet, I think if you're going to spend over a thousand dollars on something, you could spare 30 for this: