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Concept Imagines What a Thinner 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro Might Look Like
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just what pros need - a thinner laptop because who cares about ports & speed. for the same reason we only use gopros on set. reminds me of that "throw away all your old gear and let your new computer roll around in the production van"-nMP.
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Ahh, the old form over function trick. Who wouldn't prioritise thinness over performance and I/O in a Pro device? Oh, wait...
Sweet! I was hoping for a thinner MacBookPro!!!
…said no one ever...
…said no one ever...
Let me make myself clear Apple. Don't change the looks of the MacBook Pro. I want: updated hardware specs and better GPU, better serviceability (like bringing back removable battery and ram), and updated screen. Thinness isn't my concern. The keyboard placement is awful. If that becomes true, I'm done for good. And I also noticed the removal of the Magsafe port. Are we reinventing the meaning of "Pro"? Am I not clear enough, Apple? And can anyone suggest alternatives to the current retina MacBook Pro?
Thinner, I don't really care. Lighter, though, yeah. My back sure would appreciate that.
Whilst I dislike the colour, and the keyboard, I can see the new MacBook Pro's heading in this direction - perhaps a little thicker on the base to accommodate more ports (a little more Air than Retina MacBook).
His post on OSX, or MacOS as he thinks it should go is more interesting - with some pretty good concepts.
His post on OSX, or MacOS as he thinks it should go is more interesting - with some pretty good concepts.
I count what appear to be 4 USB-C ports. Alpine Ridge can only do 2. I doubt that they would have both Thunderbolt 3 and separate USB 3.1-only ports on the same machine, too confusing. And yes, the keyboard placement on these mockups is hideous.
I've got a Macbook Air now that I plan to replace with a (13 inch) Pro when the new ones come out. I'm hoping the new machine just swaps Thunderbolt 2 for Thunderbolt 3. I suppose it might be a bit thinner, but I really hope they don't remove any ports.
I've got a Macbook Air now that I plan to replace with a (13 inch) Pro when the new ones come out. I'm hoping the new machine just swaps Thunderbolt 2 for Thunderbolt 3. I suppose it might be a bit thinner, but I really hope they don't remove any ports.
Yuck. The keyboard spacing is weird. I also will never buy a MacBook that isn't silver. I do hope they leave the glowing Apple logo.
amazing, I never could imagine what an aluminum rectangle with a keyboard on the bottom and a screen on top, but thinner than the current macbook pro might look like. - sarcasm
on another note - laptops look great now. I care more about what they can do. And even if you get that initial buzz from having something that looks a little different, it wont be long before its old hat. And then, just maybe, you'll start to miss the battery life and power you could have had, we're apples goal not always 'thin at all costs'
on another note - laptops look great now. I care more about what they can do. And even if you get that initial buzz from having something that looks a little different, it wont be long before its old hat. And then, just maybe, you'll start to miss the battery life and power you could have had, we're apples goal not always 'thin at all costs'
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What's bloody wrong with people whining about the presumed performance of a mockup?
I admit I hadn't thought about this possibility for the MacBook line. Shrink the size of the MacBook Pro and have a MacBook line based on the Intel Core M-series chip and a MacBook Pro line based on the Intel Core i-series chip.
They look very similar in size to Dell's XPS line.
They look very similar in size to Dell's XPS line.
Love it. Johnny Eve is like that crazy old senile lady who keeps repeating herself: "thinner, Thinner THINNER"
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Because of two things we're sure of:
1) Apple will indeed make a much thinner macbook 'pro'.
2) The laws of physics and thermaldynamics means that laptop will have worse battery life, lower performance, and likely fewer ports than if they just stuck to the current dimensions amd actually made a laptop that totally kicked ass performance-wise
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you hadnt thought of that? were you just born? Making things thinner has been apple one-trick pony with design for like a decade now.
I thought that was gold. It nicely sums up where I feel like the key divide should be between the mobile space and the desktop space. This is the implementation I could get behind. Windows sure went for it, but I think they totally missed.
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Actually more like two, when you consider what the original iMac was designed to replace.
32 GB as an option, 1 TB (2 TB is asking waaaaay too much, even though I'd buy it instantly)
Skylake quad with the Thunderbolt 3 ports in place of the Thunderbolt 2 ports.
Leave the thickness alone and give us the terraced battery design for that extra 5% of battery life.
I personally am not asking much, am I?
Skylake quad with the Thunderbolt 3 ports in place of the Thunderbolt 2 ports.
Leave the thickness alone and give us the terraced battery design for that extra 5% of battery life.
I personally am not asking much, am I?
It's possible MagSafe may be on the way out so...
No MagSafe = no more MacBooks for you (?)
I'm baffled by Apple's quest to make everything thinner, even when it causes significant compromises. Is Jony projecting his own personal issues onto the hardware or something?
IDK, seems a reasonable mockup. It's not like Ive doesn't have a penchant for subsuming function to the sake of form. That keyboard placement would "really allow you to...appreciate....the amazing fidelity of the rose gold finish......no longer is the finish entirely....obscured...........by your hands as you use the device. It's a seamless experience blending eye and use"
This rendering is strange. It hits and misses so many things at once. The Keyboard placement is absolutely horrendous, and the material is way too shiny to be anodized aluminum. I do think he hit the mark on the overall body shape and port placement, though.
My guess is: The old macbook pro 2012 is discontinued by this year. Macbook Air might be discontinued aswell, maybe not this year, but it will not stay for much longer.
The new cleaned up lineup will consist only of the Macbook 12 and MacBook Pro Retina 13/15 although a 12 inch MacBook and a 14 inch MacBook Pro Retina would probably be totally enough.
It would be cheaper for apple to do so rather than having a complex lineup.
The new cleaned up lineup will consist only of the Macbook 12 and MacBook Pro Retina 13/15 although a 12 inch MacBook and a 14 inch MacBook Pro Retina would probably be totally enough.
It would be cheaper for apple to do so rather than having a complex lineup.