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Apple to Release Thinner MacBook Pro at WWDC

samac92 said:
Please don't make this into another argument about ethernet 😛

I'm interested to see how Apple handles the flash storage options!
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I want faster Wifi!!


One thing is obvious in this thread. People do not know the proper definition of a Netbook.
 
theSeb said:
I am not one of the ones crying, but I know that it is practically useless. I use one with my MBA and my N wireless is actually faster since the adaptor only supports 100 Mbits Ethernet. We need a Thunderbolt --> Gigabit Ethernet adaptor.
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kiantech said:
It's not gigabit.
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And you don't think they would update their adapter? There's clearly a port that can support that as was mentioned, and if the USB 3.0 rumors are true, then there's another.
 
wooooo ya! Retina! I've been jealous of the iPads screen, and now that it may be coming to the MBP, I will be a happy man! This is awesome news. I'm getting one, I've been waiting awhile (along with many of you guys)

Let's hope it comes🙂
 
Benjy91 said:
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.
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I'm gonna answer w/ your answer: That was sarcasm right? Because I'm pretty sure tonnes of people care. 😛
In reality most macbook users don't use an ethernet cable for connection; most people that use a hard connection are on a desktop not a laptop. And, the minority that needs or wants the connection, can always buy the adapter. It's definitely NOT vital for most users, just like a DVD drive is not needed to be carried all over as part of the laptop. Let them become home accessories. Of the current ports the firewire and ethernet are the less used by most.
 
nuckinfutz said:
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I want faster Wifi!!


One thing is obvious in this thread. People do not know the proper definition of a Netbook.
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If you are talking about public WiFi, you'll probably have to wait a few years. Most places where public WiFi makes sense already have it and it is unlikely that all these places are going to upgrade their routers/access points any time soon.
 
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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You bored again hey Tommy?
 
Steve Jobs would have never approved of this. He was a professional man and understood that professionals need a functional laptop, not a netbook. What a horrible horrible shame. If any of what is pictured comes to fruition, including the loss of the superdrive Apple is going to be doomed. They are throwing professionals out the window.
 
I think if the current rumors are true I'll just go ahead and buy a current 17" and be done with it. Keep it until it won't run no more and then weigh my options.
 
Ethernet? Get an iMac or a thunderbolt display, laptops are meant to be portable 'wireless'.

Stop whining and get what fits your needs.
 
Carlanga said:
I'm gonna answer w/ your answer: That was sarcasm right? Because I'm pretty sure tonnes of people care. 😛
In reality most macbook users don't use an ethernet cable for connection; most people that use a hard connection are on a desktop not a laptop. And, the minority that needs or wants the connection, can always buy the adapter. It's definitely NOT vital for most users, just like a DVD drive is not needed to be carried all over as part of the laptop. Let them become home accessories. Of the current ports the firewire and ethernet are the less used by most.
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On the other hand. Most people who use MBP with WiFi only connection could probably live with iPads (because you are talking mostly FB, e-mail and web browsing).
 
Matthew Yohe said:
And you don't think they would update their adapter? There's clearly a port that can support that as was mentioned, and if the USB 3.0 rumors are true, then there's another.
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That would be the sensible thing, but if there was one available already that didn't cost $999 and came with a free monitor, it would make it easier to not have this same conversation for another 20 pages. Perhaps it would be more interesting to discuss how the retina graphics will work, what GPU options it will be using and internal storage. All flash? Surely not.

It would be nice to have a discussion instead of a whine fest. 🙂
 
nuckinfutz said:
Ideal solution would be a SSD Blade like the MBA has along with a HDD drive. The Blade would barely take up space and can be upgraded easily.
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Hard Drives are old tech...slow, they fail, they are fragile and can be damaged by impact easily. The only drawback to SSD right now is price/GB which is still high...but there are 512GB+ SSDs that exist and even these can be made into blade storage. It is even likely that Apple could offer 1 Terabyte SSD options on the new MacBook Pros for high-end build-to-order, but this would be a $1000+ add-on. My guess it that the standard MacBook Pro will come with 512GB of SSD space which will be about $700 of the price of the MacBook Pro. Apple can counter this by removing the Optical Drive, FireWire, and possibly Ethernet, keeping Thunderbolt and USB3., Audio-in and Audio-out. Thunderbolt will drive both I/O and video.

But, no, I don't want ANY hard drive in the new MacBooks, I don't like hard drives anymore. Only in my Mac Pro.
 
east85 said:
Steve Jobs would have never approved of this. He was a professional man and understood that professionals need a functional laptop, not a netbook. What a horrible horrible shame. If any of what is pictured comes to fruition, including the loss of the superdrive Apple is going to be doomed. They are throwing professionals out the window.
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External Super Drives and AirDrop duh.
 
WardC said:
The 15" MacBook Pro is a very bulky, heavy laptop. I had been hoping they would slim it down, improve the form-factor, and decrease some of the chunky aluminum and bezel space around the display.
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I agree that it's very heavy, but it's certainly thinner than most similar specced laptops on the market. I bought a decked out 13" MBA and gave my 15" MBP to one of my employees. The other day I asked her if I could borrow it to find some files I left on it. I nearly dropped it when she handed it to me cause I was NOT expecting it to weigh that much. I guess I have weak wrists now that I have an Air. 😉
 
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WardC said:
The 15" MacBook Pro is a very bulky, heavy laptop. /QUOTE]

(directed to everyone who would agree with the above quoted statement, thereby making the following statement NOT a person attach)

OMG, what kind of a puny, 98lb weakling would describe a 15in MBP as "very" bulky and "heavy"? There are reasons why Apple makes MacBook Airs, one of which is that if you want want a reduced-function computer that has all the new cool looks (as opposed to function) in a size that said 98-lb weaklings can carry around there's a Mac for you.

Frankly I like laptops that can do lots of things and that have much of the flexibility that a desktop computer has. Hopefully the 17in will retain its current status of being more useful than an Air.
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mTofu said:
haha... that would be hilarious if you could insert your iPhone into a laptop.
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Maybe you could insert it partially and then it would act like a 3G dongle, notification area and a touch screen? (I am patenting this)
 
east85 said:
Steve Jobs would have never approved of this. He was a professional man and understood that professionals need a functional laptop, not a netbook. What a horrible horrible shame. If any of what is pictured comes to fruition, including the loss of the superdrive Apple is going to be doomed. They are throwing professionals out the window.
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... says the guy with a Macbook Alu (no offense, that's a cool Mac anyway) on the Internetz.🙂

Come on, most Mac users are not creative professionals anymore and spend more time on their couch surfing the internet on wi-fi than doing anything else.

And for all the others, USB3 Gigabit Internet and external superdrive will do the trick. Oh and creative pros will forget to complain when they see the amazing sharpness of retina displays !
 
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