I and a lot of people have been waiting for Apple to wake up! Pro's don't want fangled cables, adapter or Hubs! Thats fine for someone that doesn't use the ports heavily. We do!
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I and a lot of people have been waiting for Apple to wake up! Pro's don't want fangled cables, adapter or Hubs! Thats fine for someone that doesn't use the ports heavily. We do!
Same size chassis probably means no improved cooling for a more “pro” device. Will be interesting to see if there is a major spec bump over the 15s or not.
I bought every 17" MacBook Pro ever made. I still use my 17" 2011 MacBook Pro. And so dedicated am I to the screen real estate, I put 1 TB solid state drive, removed to optical disk for additional hard disk space, and maxed out the RAM. Surprisingly, it runs OS X perfectly with those hardware upgrades. But it's still running an ancient processor on old screen resolution technology. Some of us believed Apple would listen to us. I even participated in a Facebook group called "bring back the 17" MBP. It appears that those who mocked the believers were wrong.
We need a better FaceTime camera.. faceid.. thinner bezels.
Question is. Do they keep the touchbar?
Question is. Do they keep the touchbar?
People really still want a giant Ethernet port on their laptops? What's wrong with a USB to ethernet adapter?
The 17" Pro was my first Mac -- the good ole college days. Loved it.
Its the more used interface even today! So your wired keyboard or mouse has a USB-C connection? Nope! Your 20 or so USB hard drives have hardwired USB-C Nope!
And don't drop the dongle bomb NO!
Real working Pro's don't want Dongles, Hubs or wacky cable solutions even today! And not likely for the next 10 of so years! I tried it and it was a mess!
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Because its a needless dongle!
It’s going to be a great device but for sure its going to be way too expensive...for the first few iterations before they bring the price down.
swingerofbirch
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I want a MacBook Pro like the old MacBook Pros and MacBooks that had easily replaceable drives and were fairly sturdy.
The display on my 2013 rMBP is already very fragile. I had to pay to replace it out of warranty because it cracked internally (with no cracking of the glass or film or whatever is on the surface and with no dents to the aluminum). It was dropped but with a case on and not from a high height.
I've been tempted to go Lenovo but I still like Mac OS.
The display on my 2013 rMBP is already very fragile. I had to pay to replace it out of warranty because it cracked internally (with no cracking of the glass or film or whatever is on the surface and with no dents to the aluminum). It was dropped but with a case on and not from a high height.
I've been tempted to go Lenovo but I still like Mac OS.
Good for whom? Well, I guess Apple is happy if they sell two of them. That’s already at least one more than the total number of the new displays and stands they’ve sold.
So, “Pros” don’t want a port with 40Gb/s throughput capable of:
- charging laptop
- converting to any legacy port
- daisy-changing
- driving external displays
- supporting audio
- all of the above simultaneously
And instead want a USB-A port capable of ... USB A?
Here’s the thing. If Apple decide what ports to have, somebody will be pissed. USB-A? Why not HDMI? DVI? MiniDisplay? Ethernet? Line In? FireWire?
You’ve got a port that can literally be any other port you need. What’s the issue? A $4 converter?
I hope thats not true! I don't want a thermally constrained system.
Maybe someone needs to design a replacement bottom cover with a cooling solution!
No thunderbolt? I for one thoroughly enjoy my four thunderbolt 3 ports which give me all of this and more out of a single port. The dock is back behind one of my monitors hiding all my cables and leaving my work space open and clean. When I’m not at my desk, being able to plug into power on whichever side of the computer the outlet is closest to is little short of magical.
You're kidding, right? My medical practice plans on buying a handful of the new displays & stands at launch. Just because you can't afford it doesn't mean no one else can.
swingerofbirch
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For the same reason that every iPhone ships with a USB-A charging cord—it's the most ubiquitous charger/transer port currenlty in existence.
Apple could make USB-A a thing with the original iMac by forcing it on people and forcing accessory manufacturers to change to USB-A because at the time personal computers (desktops/laptops) were the only thing going and wired connections were the most prevalent way of transferring data.
But now traditional personal computers take a backseat to smartphones and tablets and wired connections aren't as necessary as before. So when Apple comes out with an all USB-C Mac it's not throwing a monkey wrench into the system and forcing a change like before. They've continued to come out with USB-A Macs since the new MBPs with every single desktop they've released since then. So even Apple knows it's useful. They just don't consider it useful enough to take up space on the MacBooks.
I am a media composer and have a sweet Mac mini 2018, i7 processor, six core, 32GB machine. Everything I have runs off of USB-C. It’s time to get with the times. This is saying more about you than it is Apple or professionals at large.
Obviously there will be more to it. I mean it's not like they couldn't have offered these features years ago, right?
You and I are on the same version of hardware (2013 13" rMBP). I will probably upgrade to the just recently refreshed MBP w/ 16 GB Ram and 512 GB (or possibly even 1TB) SSD. I am holding off just a little longer to see if the price on those drop any when the 16" comes out. I would be happy to see the current MBP replace the discontinued MacBook and the "Pro" name transfer to the laptop(s) coming out in September.
Re-read what I stated IN ADDITION to the USB-C ports! Do you also not see we want MAGSAFE back via the USB-C port! We are embracing USB-C, just not giving up on what we need.
ONE WHOLE INCH?!?!?!?!? Wow. Maybe they'll increase the resolution even further so that I can make everything on the screen look like gnats. And how much will this one cost...?
Looking forward to a matching 14 inch. (Although I really wish they would ditch the touch bar...)
But...
Where is the iSight webcam going to go?
But...
Where is the iSight webcam going to go?