…has been debunked less than 24 hours after that rumour came up: that's simply the existing 12" rMB.
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Concept Imagines What a Thinner 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro Might Look Like
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Not sure who says that. I certainly did not.
No it isn't.
The 12-inch MacBook weighs 55% less.
The 13-inch MacBook Pro weighs 22% less.
My iPad mini 2 weighs 83% less.
So, when I want "light as a feather", I sure aren't going to pick another 15" rMBP. I still love it. I just don't always love carrying it on my commute very single time.
Try avoiding meaningless absurd points, and instead envisioning future improvements.
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You sure listened closely and intently in How To Be A Dick 101.
Oh, and I don't have an Apple Watch, but if I did, it wouldn't be "girly", whatever that even means. (You might have some issues with your gender identity?) I don't not have one because of its weight, but because it's clearly an early-adoptee product so far.
Spinning disks, no
. But when Apple tells you "we removed the sd card, magsafe, mini jack etc. because we wanted it even thinner", im out.
Spinning disks, no
Well, they did; it's called the MacBook Air / 2015 MacBook.
It's always a compromise, and you could make the argument, for instance, that the removal of ExpressCard from the MacBook Pro was a step too far.
Here's what would make sense for the MacBook Pro, considering recent Apple trends:
- Thinner design but not as thin as MacBook, because it still needs a fan, GPU, and decent speakers
- True-Tone display like new iPad Pro that changes the display's white balance to match environment
- Redesigned short-travel MacBook-style keyboard
- Terraced batteries to fit tapered design
- Force-touch trackpad
- No ports. You buy the computer and it comes charged with about 30 days of battery power. After that, you just buy a new computer anyway.
Where did I hear that Skylake was no faster?
Don't go wishing for what you might not want.
Yes, if they can make some improvements in performance, but not until then.
The concept presented here could do with another try.
The display surround & hinge need be much smaller, leading to a much smaller footprint.
MacBook style keys would take up more of the available space over the logic board.
Thinner, but still all the ports - USB-C of course, including Thunderbolt & Display-out.
Probably will still need fans, so not as thin as MacBook.
Right. What I said. "More like two (decades)." My point was that your suggestion that Apple has only been focused on reducing physical size as their primary design push is two decades old, not just one, and there's no indication that it's going to change.
Whoops. I hurt your feelings. Maybe a little too strongly worded, but obviously more than a few people marveled at your claim that the current mbps are too heavy. Sadly it's buyers like you that are causing apple to incrementally neuter the 'pro' line in the quest for lightness.
That ticks me off. So if my response to you seemed a little too strong (which i agree it probably was) you at least know where it's coming from.
I made no such claim.
I wouldn't mind them being lighter. It does not follow that there is anything wrong with the current line-up's weight.
Oh, ********. There's a trade-off being made, and if the MBP is already "neutered" to you, then Apple isn't going to please you in probably****ingever. Not with a low-cost headless Mac, not with a fully extensible Mac Pro, not with high-end graphics in an iMac, and not with "neutered" features in the MBP like the optical drive, ExpressCard, a second disk slot (or, really, any 2.5-inch slot at all), andwhathaveyou. There's plenty of other vendors for that.
You don't have to antagonize people just because no tooth fairy gave you your wishful-thinking Apple-branded product.
Designer Martin Hajek, who often creates renderings of upcoming devices based on rumors, has mocked up what a thinner 15-inch Retina MacBook Pro with some MacBook-style design elements could look like.
The design, which also includes a conceptual version of "macOS," features smaller side bezels and a much thinner chassis, one that's not quite as thin as the Retina MacBook but much thinner than the Retina MacBook Pro today.
Hajek's slimmed-down Retina MacBook Pro concept comes amid rumors Apple is working on "ultra-thin" 13 and 15-inch "MacBooks." That rumor suggests new MacBooks are being developed that feature a design similar to the existing 12-inch MacBook that are also thinner than the existing MacBook Air.
The rumor, which is the second we've heard about thinner notebooks, does not make it clear if the MacBooks will belong to the MacBook line, the MacBook Pro line, or the MacBook Air line. Because the fate of the MacBook Air line is in question and the MacBook line already has a 12-inch MacBook, it's entirely possible the rumor refers to thinner MacBooks that are in development as part of the MacBook Pro family.
It is not clear when these thinner 13 and 15-inch mystery MacBooks will launch if they are indeed in development, but rumors suggest they will debut at the end of the second quarter or in the third quarter, pointing towards an introduction in the summer or fall months.
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I would never buy a laptop
From the macOS ideas: "the goal has been to introduce a brand new stack that forms a cloud filesystem and model for organizing content. The model is simple and the implementation complex– it lacks hierarchy and relies on powerful search and self-organization, along with building in sharing and collaboration into the filesystem itself."
Please do NOT change the hierarchical file system! This is the only way to manage and organize larger projects that use different file types and apps without having to make a custom database solution. Also hierarchical file systems are inherently intuitive. A file sytem that "relies on powerful search and self-organization" means just it's going to be a mess that makes you search a lot.
Please do NOT change the hierarchical file system! This is the only way to manage and organize larger projects that use different file types and apps without having to make a custom database solution. Also hierarchical file systems are inherently intuitive. A file sytem that "relies on powerful search and self-organization" means just it's going to be a mess that makes you search a lot.
They really are not, though. Decades of usability research shows that users don't think in multiple levels of hierarchies. And it isn't that surprising, either: while a folder with files (single level) is an actual real-world metaphor, multiple levels lack a real-world equivalent.
I'd be for the rMBP being _slightly_ thinner and lighter leveraging stuff like Apple's tiered batteries. I'd be for a lot of port reduction also (3-4 USB-C ports only).
But I really do want this thing to be a powerhouse. Mobile Xeon, 32GB+ RAM, 1TB super-fast SSD, etc. Oh, and a 16-17" screen. Gimmie!
But I really do want this thing to be a powerhouse. Mobile Xeon, 32GB+ RAM, 1TB super-fast SSD, etc. Oh, and a 16-17" screen. Gimmie!
Not sure why the keyboard is in the middle like that.
I just hope that they redesign the thing because it's been a few year, but keep all the ports and don't gimp the processor and gpu. I need a workhorse not a prettyhorse.
I just hope that they redesign the thing because it's been a few year, but keep all the ports and don't gimp the processor and gpu. I need a workhorse not a prettyhorse.
I'm not a fan of the slanted design at all, I hope they make the new MBP thinner, but keep a constant thickness on it and used the gained space for batteries.
Can you just imagine trying to work on your lap (why it's called a laptop), with a large port emulator hanging off the side, so that you can connect to various other externals and charge at the same time. I looked at buying a 12" retina Macbook, but decided against it because of the absence of ports. Combining the main connection port with the charge port is close to the stupidest idea Apple have ever come up with. I very much doubt if it would have passed the Jobs "does this make sense and will our customers like it" test. A big red X would have gone on the plans, followed by a very sticky interview with the designer.