Apple to Release Thinner MacBook Pro at WWDC

[blow45]

Why are people worrying about the lack of ethernet, almost everyone has an arm and a leg, and that's how much the (easy to lose, misplace, or have stolen) thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor will cost. No problemo.

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Looks fine. I'll give you a quick example.

This is the default 100% whatever DPI. Decent enough for my 1920x1080 monitor.

This is it bumped up to 150%. Not blurry in the least, just...overly large. Which wouldn't be a problem on a 2880x1620 monitor. It'd be the same size as the default, just crisper.

This reminded me how great text looks in windows...finally with retina we might see some good looking text on the mac (which as an aside won't need any font smoothing anymore with retina - apple doesn't do font smoothing on ios with retina), when if ever we lll get the chance to put some custom sized font on the interface is anyone's guess, probably never.

 

[Renzatic]

This reminded me how great text looks in windows...finally with retina we might see some good looking text on the mac (which as an aside won't need any font smoothing anymore with retina - apple doesn't do font smoothing on ios with retina), when if ever we lll get the chance to put some custom sized font on the interface is anyone's guess, probably never.

Liking the text better on a Mac or a PC seems to be a really weirdly subjective thing, depending on which one you use more. You get a PC guy on a Mac, and he'll gripe about how everything is crammed together and mushy, Mac guy on a PC will think the text is too thin and staggered out.

It's a huge point of contention in the Mac vs. PC scenes, and you see a lot of it on geeky tech sites. Personally, I think people just like to gripe for the sake of it.

Also, you do know that Metro doesn't use traditional font smoothing either, right? It has something to do with it not rendering properly when transitioning between landscape and portrait orientations. Doesn't work on iOS, and it won't work on future Win8 tablets.

 

[blow45]

Liking the text better on a Mac or a PC seems to be a really weirdly subjective thing, depending on which one you use more. You get a PC guy on a Mac, and he'll gripe about how everything is crammed together and mushy, Mac guy on a PC will think the text is too thin and staggered out.

It's a huge point of contention in the Mac vs. PC scenes, and you see a lot of it on geeky tech sites. Personally, I think people just like to gripe for the sake of it.

Also, you do know that Metro doesn't use traditional font smoothing either, right? It has something to do with it not rendering properly when transitioning between landscape and portrait orientations. Doesn't work on iOS, and it won't work on future Win8 tablets.

Granted it's geeky point of contention, but I think apple has been on the losing end because of no font dpi setting. Apple's more print like font will come full circle and be really enjoyable with retina, I would hope so at least.

No I wasn't aware of the fact that they don't use traditional font smoothing for metro, but it makes sense...isn't it though font smoothing or no font smoothing at all? Is there something in between? Btw, I didn't mean it in a negative way that ios doesn't have font smoothing, retina's don't require it anyway.

 

[Rogzilla]

the issue is that in certain companies, due to security issues, you have to connect by ethernet cable. I work in such a company where we all like apple computers, hate adapters and wish apple would take us seriously. which they of course do not as the mass market is much more interesting for them (big bucks). apple does not need the corporate dollar.... at least not now.... they will of coarse appeal to businesses again when the consumer market goes belly-up for them.... and that will be too late. well, anyways, this is not a niche market by far my friend!

I can't take you seriously when you spell "course" wrong, use "anyways" and can't use anything resembling grammar.

So your point is that your company is so slow in adapting proper security that they can't use a quality protected WiFi network, uses Macs (which is already niche, by the way) and "hates adapters", that Apple should keep an old port that will doubtlessly go the way of the dodo anyway. Next tell me about how they should never had dropped the 3.5" floppy drives because all of your important data was already on there and CDs can be scratched!

 

[the-wanderer]

OS X is also quite behind "craptastic" Linux in many hardware and software technologies. The Linux kernel is quite a bit more advanced in terms of enterprise support than OS X is.

Volume management is one glaring flaw in OS X's kernel. Linux' LVM support and 3rd party support for solutions like VxVM, it makes it much easier to administer storage.

right... i've hacked on the kernel before and built in with the intel compiler. have you ever even read the source code? it's a ****ing nightmare. i'll take the stability of managed code than that of craptastic Linux kernel any day.

Suse had/has the only decent server kernel.

 

[danielsutton]

don't forget the gamers. the video game industry is catching up to the film industry very fast.

i love having a laptop that i can play games on. it's great. although apple's decision to go back to nvidia has made me consider going back to a pc again...

Yes, gaming is a great market segment, and it will drive more powerful sound and graphics capabilities also. So not only will it be great for gamers, but it will also be great for photo and video pros!

 

[sseaton1971]

But ethernet is not everywhere. It is not available for passengers on planes or trains, or in airline lounges, or at Starbucks, or in most people's homes. There are ethernet ports on most DSL or cable modems, but that doesn't do much for using the computer on the living room couch or in bed.

Even when I work in the office, the ethernet cable is more a hindrance than a help. I can't pick my computer up and take it to a meeting, or to a co-workers desk if I'm tethered to an ethernet hub. I'd much rather be connected via WiFi.

As for the ethernet port and ODD being included for no additional cost in current MBP models, that's true. The cost is built in to the selling price. Great for people who need/want it, but for people who don't need or want it, the extra cost, weight, and thickness could be better used for longer-lasting batteries, faster flash memory, and a slimmer profile.

If the new MBP has no Ethernet or ODD, it doesn't mean it will be cheaper than the current MBP. It could even be more expensive, but it will be cheaper than it would be if they kept those optional features as standard equipment. The money I would be spending for an idle ethernet port and a never-used DVD drive would instead go towards flash memory, retina display, and a lighter backpack.

If you like the old standard features more than the new standard features, buy your MBP now. Or wait, and you will find a lot of used recent-model used MBPs for sale very soon.

OK... Cat5e/Cat6 is everywhere. It is the backbone of the wireless networks you mentioned. Did you really not know what I meant? My point is that ethernet (Cat5e/Cat6) networking is not dead by any means. Jeesh.