If Apple would finally ditch the enormous bezels they could nearly fit a 15" screen into a 13" or 13.5" case.
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Concept Imagines What a Thinner 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro Might Look Like
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Lose USB 3 = Lose me as a customer. Pro should not mean that the user has to be a pro Macgyver at having just the right adapter for any and every situation under the sun when in need. The device should already be EQUIPPED. How's that for GREAT DESIGN?
The adoption rate on USB C hasn't been phenomenal. Granted, the change will eventually come. I hate the length of time it takes to transition to a new standard. What a pain.
The adoption rate on USB C hasn't been phenomenal. Granted, the change will eventually come. I hate the length of time it takes to transition to a new standard. What a pain.
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I think that would be very good, the current 15" MacBook Pro trackpad looks too small compared to the rest of the laptop. There is plenty of room so I hope they use it.
As far as I can tell, all this guy did was take product shots of a MacBook Air and then shift the keyboard into bizarre locations so people wouldn't say "it's just a colorized MacBook Air".
In any case, I'm looking forward to getting hold of the current-gen MacBook Pro my boss just let me order. When nothing got announced at the SE non-event, I pulled the trigger. If the rumors about the redesign are true, then I'm really glad I ordered the current model! I don't want to have to carry dongles around with me for everything...
In any case, I'm looking forward to getting hold of the current-gen MacBook Pro my boss just let me order. When nothing got announced at the SE non-event, I pulled the trigger. If the rumors about the redesign are true, then I'm really glad I ordered the current model! I don't want to have to carry dongles around with me for everything...
Yes. He is out of real ideas. But ... the thinner and thinner thing has worked so far. Frankly it's all they got ... so they'll keep doing it.
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Wow. So 3lbs for the current laptops is too much on your back? I gotta say, I feel sorry for you dude.
That's only part of the story of course: Between the pants you wear and the wallet and iphone in your pockets ... my god! that must add up to 5 pounds or so!!! I can't believe your knees can even sustain that incredible weight!
Then that girly iwatch on your wrist ... they gotta reduce the weight of that in v.2, or it's gonna hurt the limp part of it.
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I said 'for the past decade or so'. You bring up the original iMac ... which came out almost 20 years ago (yes, 18 to be exact). So not sure what point you're trying to make.
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Considering some of their design decisions lately (Magic Mouse port, Apple Pencil charging via iPad, iP6+ battery case), I wouldn't be surprised.
TBF, I think the Pencil charging is way overblown. They give you the option to top off the pencil with the iPad (or fully charge it, your choice) or you can use the included adapter and charge it with a standard lighting cable. I think that was a smart idea, but people look at it as 'I have to have this thing dangling from my iPad for hours and it'll break so easily' instead of '30 seconds of charge via my iPad will give me an hour of use with the pencil if I don't have the cable nearby'.
Oh and the 6 Plus doesn't have a battery case.
Or...ya know- people might value the lightest machine possible (while balancing this with the power of the machine)? For anyone that travels a lot with a minimal amount of baggage, this is something that would be very valuable.
TBF, I think the Pencil charging is way overblown. They give you the option to top off the pencil with the iPad (or fully charge it, your choice) or you can use the included adapter and charge it with a standard lighting cable. I think that was a smart idea, but people look at it as 'I have to have this thing dangling from my iPad for hours and it'll break so easily' instead of '30 seconds of charge via my iPad will give me an hour of use with the pencil if I don't have the cable nearby'.
Oh and the 6 Plus doesn't have a battery case.
That's what I didn't understand about the backlash over the pencil Either. Its just a convenient way to quickly get charge. It allows you to always have battery for the Apple Pencil. Ingenious idea, I thought.
there may be a thinner 15-inch but it won't be a MacBook PRO...just a 15-inch MacBook
I just imagined Johnny as a fat little boy with a complex and laughed so hard I cried!
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100% exactly right, a USB port as it stands now is very different from an optical drive and I don't see that changing for at least another 3 years.
This is going to be tough for Apple; they don't have much room to it down so it'll be hard to make it thinner without losing ports. Maybe they just focus on upgrading specs and trying to make it weigh less (lighter internals).
But please no gold options!
But please no gold options!
I honestly don't understand why people say it's heavy. My Macbook Pro 15 inch is light as a feather. Try carrying around a crappy heavy windows.
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I agree with you 100%. That keyboard looks like a blind person built it. The color sucks. I don't like the space grey either, i think Macbook Pro's should only be that beautiful sexy silver, just like you said, and the apple glowing logo is a must have. It looks so cool and futuristic in the dark...I LOVE IT!!!;-)
I would not buy an MBP retina in rose gold though I love it on my 6s. I am however rooting for an MBP in classic stripper gold. I know it's trashy but sometimes I think I have a religious experience when I look at the gold MacBook. BUT IF APPLE TAKES AWAY MY USB 3 PORT, to the refurbished market we go. I know my response isn't threatening at all for the all caps but I ain't about that pc/hackintosh life. Been there done that, not going back.
I don't think we have to worry that much. I think we will get Three levels. Sub notebook (MacBook), MacBook Air and Pro but in new shapes.
Pro is pro and even apple knows this (I hope)
Pro is pro and even apple knows this (I hope)
Yep. Enough is enough. The obsession with making things thinner will sooner or later (i bet sooner) "kill" the Pro name anyways...
I think we all can imagine a slightly different MacBook Pro in a slimmer case. But what does it all mean?!
It means that no one gives a hoot.
Put those mockups of iOS devices and Macs in a place where the sun doesn't shine. Thank you.
It means that no one gives a hoot.
Put those mockups of iOS devices and Macs in a place where the sun doesn't shine. Thank you.
In the age of tablets the laptop would already be dead, if it hadn't become thinner and lighter as well. Do you want to go back to spinning disks? I know I don't.
TBF, I think the Pencil charging is way overblown. They give you the option to top off the pencil with the iPad (or fully charge it, your choice) or you can use the included adapter and charge it with a standard lighting cable. I think that was a smart idea, but people look at it as 'I have to have this thing dangling from my iPad for hours and it'll break so easily' instead of '30 seconds of charge via my iPad will give me an hour of use with the pencil if I don't have the cable nearby'.
Oh and the 6 Plus doesn't have a battery case.
Yeah, i know it got way more hate than it deserved, but it just looks funny.
And yeah, you're right. The 6 has the case, my bad. Agreed. The problem is, thin and light, with compromises to everything else, is no longer becoming a choice in the Apple product line, It used to the air line was for that. Unfortuantely, and soon (I think) there won't be a mac product available that isn't full of compromises because of the quest for thinness.
