Yeah, I know. Thanks. I just wasn’t wasting my time giving him a complete answer when all the specs are up on the website and people don’t bother to go look.
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Apple Unveils Redesigned MacBook Pro With Notch, Added Ports, ProMotion Mini-LED Display, M1 Pro or M1 Max Chip, and More
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You are in luck — you can ditch the USB C-to-MagSafe cable and just charge with USB C. Even the EU doesn't say you can't offer additional means to charge.
But then, the display is also WAY inferior to what Apple did with the new MacBook Pros.
I am wondering the exact same thing. USB 4 doesnt require it to be backwards compatible with 3.2 gen2x2, it is only optional. So if they dont mention it we will have to wait and see.Do they support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps) to reach 2,000 MB/s with external disks, like Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD?
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Well, they didn't. USB-A would have been legacy, but there's nothing legacy about HDMI and SDXC. Those are still ubiquitous, useful and prevalent ports.
Having said that, the return of MagSafe was total fan service. At least is a regular USB-C at the other end so it'll be easily replaced when it breaks (which won't be as usual, as it's now a braided cable).
This is like finally meeting that most beautiful girl you always dreamt of, everything feels so wonderful, you have waited for such a long time, she is about to kiss you, she opens her mouth and... both her front teeth are missing...
I hate tech Twitter on days like this because people post stupid stuff that they think is clever/funny. Like the WSJ‘s Joanna Stern posting a picture of the HDMI port saying it’s going to be her new wallpaper. Or Nilay Patel joking that Apple’s website is slow because people love buttons and ports. Or of course all the notch jokes. Seriously get new material guys. And honestly what makes these laptops more pro than anything is the silicon, not bringing back an HDMI port.
I am sure, the Apple's notch will be promptly featured in many PC's sarcastic ads in no time.
Yet you failed to recognize my concerns and possibly his by using software that has a dozen dropdowns. I’m quite concerned about it running into the “notch space”. Therefore, I’m at least waiting for reviews to see how it handles it. It was going to be an instant buy for me. I have $3,500 I can spend on it. But now it’s not an instant buy.
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Least important? it’s literally the thing you look at it’s very important.
Thats like saying a TV’s screen isn’t important.
Has anyone tested this or is this just based on Apple's info? I'd be really curious to see real life render tests in non-optimized applications.
Everybody likes good silicon, but the problem is Apple was always touted as a leader in industrial design, but with this release it's clearly no longer the case. This is the official end of Jobs' design approach.
The loss of horizontal space for menu items is definitely something that some applications are going to have to account for. What happens now if an app has too many menus or whose names are very long? I'm usually on an Ultra wide monitor where I have never come close to filling up the menu bar but I am curious what MacOS does. Is there an ability to scroll to access menus that don't fit? Do they all wind up in a single menu drop down as sub-menus?
I was going to say the prices were a bit steep but... 512GB SSD, 16GB RAM, mini LED display with pro motion in the base M1 Pro MBP?
I paid about the same for my 2020 Intel MBP (upgraded to 16GB RAM) that I'm now trying to sell because my M1 MBA eats it for breakfast.
Do I need this sort of power when that MBA does all I want faster than I need it? Nope. So as long as they keep making the MBA like this, I'm fine.
I paid about the same for my 2020 Intel MBP (upgraded to 16GB RAM) that I'm now trying to sell because my M1 MBA eats it for breakfast.
Do I need this sort of power when that MBA does all I want faster than I need it? Nope. So as long as they keep making the MBA like this, I'm fine.
Notch isn’t big deal. HDMI, SD Card and MagSafe, this is what makes the pro real non pro where design is the most ugliest from Apple.