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Be honest design your ideal MacBook Pro No Rules. Any Size.
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16 inch:
- at least 10th gen 10nm Intel CPU with much better iGPU, WiFi 6 (current iGPU gen is like what, 3-4 years old?)
- a CPU without known vulnerabilities
- less heat and noise
- new screen tech or better quality
- at least 10th gen 10nm Intel CPU with much better iGPU, WiFi 6 (current iGPU gen is like what, 3-4 years old?)
- a CPU without known vulnerabilities
- less heat and noise
- new screen tech or better quality
Current iGPU has very low power consumption - hope its replacement would maintain that... If you have a dGPU for heavy tasks, you don't need a high-performance iGPU - you need a low-power one. The fact that the iGPU can use so little power is a big part of the way the 16" MBP happily idles at 5-8 watts (and it can be running Mail, Word and Safari while "idling").
1. Take the now discontinued 12 inch Macbook (and/or current Macbook Air).
2. Update the specs to current/available CPU, SSD etc
3. Chop off the screen
4. Allow me to magnetically attach in my 11"/13" iPad Pro, which turns it into a display for my Macbook while attached...
Will never happen...
2. Update the specs to current/available CPU, SSD etc
3. Chop off the screen
4. Allow me to magnetically attach in my 11"/13" iPad Pro, which turns it into a display for my Macbook while attached...
Will never happen...
Here are my dream features for the MacBook Pro
- MagSafe USB-C charging port
- Battery indicator on the side of the MacBook Pro (the earlier models had them, and it was a useful way of telling the charge of the battery without turning on the computer)
- VRR display/High refresh rate display + TV quality HDR (the Windows laptops that have HDR right now have issues with HDR and it isn't the same as the HDR that is implemented onto TVs. So, if Apple is going to implement HDR on their laptops, I want it to work as seamlessly as it does on TVs because on PCs, it just plain doesn't work seamlessly at the moment)
- FaceID
In order of priority:
- 12” MacBook in size and weight but with the new 16” MBP bezels and OLED so maybe it’d be close to 13” screen
- Actually powerful CPU with true all day better life, if that means ARM so be it
- No fan just like the 12” MacBook
- 16GB Memory
- FaceID
- Bring that nice sound tech to this thin form factor
I want to see more options from Apple. MBP 16" is all good, but what I want:
- a true mobile 13~14" with weight similar to Macbook 12" but with components like Thinkpad X1
Lenovo has done it. Apple can do it.
- Workstation class 17" with replaceable RAM and Storage (including 2.5" space for HDD)
If Apple is so worried about the profit, make it expensive, but atleast offer the possibility.
- a true mobile 13~14" with weight similar to Macbook 12" but with components like Thinkpad X1
Lenovo has done it. Apple can do it.
- Workstation class 17" with replaceable RAM and Storage (including 2.5" space for HDD)
If Apple is so worried about the profit, make it expensive, but atleast offer the possibility.
I’ve revised my idea. Nothing less than a Steve Jobs sexbot like from Chobits the anime will suffice for me.
All this, except I want Jarvis. A sassy Jarvis, not dom.
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I want the magsafe back, more usb ports, replaceable RAM and SSD. Oh, and maybe some sort of holoprojection technology that could serve as a larger or even a second display so you can get a range of display sizes in one (small) machine.
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- Similar screen form factor to 15/16 without dGPU or option to use iGPU with specific port to drive one external monitor (with eGPU no point on dGPU anyway)
- scratch resistant and oleophobic touch screen (the least important part is touchscreen)
- No Touch Bar or more space relative to keyboard. Physical escape key as 16"
- eliminate sharp edges on case
- sufficient space not to imprint keys on screen when closed (and scratch it)
- decent camera with physical privacy toggle switch
- 25W/28W processor with the 15" current cooling capacity
- an OS that focus on reliability and not new features
- fair price on upgrades based on market price (Apple SSD is not the most fast nowadays, windows laptops are getting better speeds with much lower price)
- LPDDR4/X
- Overall focus on thermals and battery, no need for more than 4c/8t processor
Hopefully not in a very distant future we will get the 13 as mini-16" with 10th gen 10nm processor. Fingers crossed on that one. I am done with this dGPU boiling stuff every time I need to connect a projector just to give lectures!
- scratch resistant and oleophobic touch screen (the least important part is touchscreen)
- No Touch Bar or more space relative to keyboard. Physical escape key as 16"
- eliminate sharp edges on case
- sufficient space not to imprint keys on screen when closed (and scratch it)
- decent camera with physical privacy toggle switch
- 25W/28W processor with the 15" current cooling capacity
- an OS that focus on reliability and not new features
- fair price on upgrades based on market price (Apple SSD is not the most fast nowadays, windows laptops are getting better speeds with much lower price)
- LPDDR4/X
- Overall focus on thermals and battery, no need for more than 4c/8t processor
Hopefully not in a very distant future we will get the 13 as mini-16" with 10th gen 10nm processor. Fingers crossed on that one. I am done with this dGPU boiling stuff every time I need to connect a projector just to give lectures!
Current 16" MBP as starting point because it has so much going for it already for me. Dream changes/add-ons below.
-New/proper Intel CPUs or (currently non-existent/not yet released) fantastic AMD Ryzen CPUs for laptops.
-Issue free Micro-LED 4K HDR 16:10 aspect ratio display with Nano matte coating like the XDR display with even slimmer bezels than the current 16".
-I'm actually fine with the current touchbar, i'd just want it more reliable (doesn't freeze up like it does sometimes).
-6 USB C ports (3 each side).
-1080p webcam (with built in hardware off switch for the camera/mic like another user said).
-Since battery capacity is maxed out already. Insane software optimization so the battery life can be a solid/consistent 12 hours unless doing very heavy lifting. Could also be achieved via hardware by having a highly efficient Apple ARM chip as a CPU that handles simple tasks like web browsing and a more heavy duty CPU (Intel or AMD) for big tasks. Seamless switching between the two somehow. Maybe it'd need to be some fantasy advanced combination APU chip that has the two CPUs on a chip together.
-Much like how Apple implemented their own native version of f.lux into Mac OS. Apple should do their own version of (or just buy and implement) BetterTouchTool so that power users have the ability to really make use of the Touch Bar. I feel like that would make them forcing it on us an easier pill to swallow.
-True matte black option in addition to Silver and Space Gray.
-New/proper Intel CPUs or (currently non-existent/not yet released) fantastic AMD Ryzen CPUs for laptops.
-Issue free Micro-LED 4K HDR 16:10 aspect ratio display with Nano matte coating like the XDR display with even slimmer bezels than the current 16".
-I'm actually fine with the current touchbar, i'd just want it more reliable (doesn't freeze up like it does sometimes).
-6 USB C ports (3 each side).
-1080p webcam (with built in hardware off switch for the camera/mic like another user said).
-Since battery capacity is maxed out already. Insane software optimization so the battery life can be a solid/consistent 12 hours unless doing very heavy lifting. Could also be achieved via hardware by having a highly efficient Apple ARM chip as a CPU that handles simple tasks like web browsing and a more heavy duty CPU (Intel or AMD) for big tasks. Seamless switching between the two somehow. Maybe it'd need to be some fantasy advanced combination APU chip that has the two CPUs on a chip together.
-Much like how Apple implemented their own native version of f.lux into Mac OS. Apple should do their own version of (or just buy and implement) BetterTouchTool so that power users have the ability to really make use of the Touch Bar. I feel like that would make them forcing it on us an easier pill to swallow.
-True matte black option in addition to Silver and Space Gray.
I'm not sure the ARM coprocessor idea wouldn't actually draw MORE power - depends on just how low they can get the i9 to idle when the ARM is doing the work. They can't turn the i9 off altogether, because it needs to be able to come back quickly when needed (unless you're proposing a dual-boot architecture that requires a restart or a logout to switch). The i9 is already capable of running around 1.5 watts or less when just running Mail and Safari (the whole machine is at 5-8W, including the 16" screen) - can they get the fully idle, but live i9 plus an ARM chip below that?
17 inch 1920x1200 matte or 2560x1600 no glass front panel
2xNVMe M.2 PCIe SSD slots user accessible
2xDimm slots user accessible up to 64GB RAM
MagSafe Power
4xThunderbolt USB C
2xUSB 3.x Type A
Audio I/O Analogue/Optical
Ethernet
Normal Function keys, no TouchBar
Trackpad smaller than existing
Boot chime, it ain’t a Mac without a boot chime
GPU powerful enough with sufficient VRAM to actually run 3x4k external monitors
2xNVMe M.2 PCIe SSD slots user accessible
2xDimm slots user accessible up to 64GB RAM
MagSafe Power
4xThunderbolt USB C
2xUSB 3.x Type A
Audio I/O Analogue/Optical
Ethernet
Normal Function keys, no TouchBar
Trackpad smaller than existing
Boot chime, it ain’t a Mac without a boot chime
GPU powerful enough with sufficient VRAM to actually run 3x4k external monitors
I can't believe they haven't re-added the SD card slot. It's think enough to fit in the 2016 and 2019 designs, but they refuse to deal with legacy.
A 14.1" 16:10 display is quite spacious, and can fit in a small package. I would gladly buy one over a RevB of the 16".
