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If the new MBP doesn't have _______ I'm switching/not buying

If not included, what would prevent you from buying the next MBP?

  • Arrandale (Core i5/i7)

    Votes: 174 63.3%

  • USB 3.0

    Votes: 48 17.5%

  • Discrete graphics (Arrandale has onboard graphics)

    Votes: 108 39.3%

  • Blu-Ray

    Votes: 25 9.1%

  • Higher resolution/IPS displays

    Votes: 77 28.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 12 4.4%

  • I'll buy it anyway

    Votes: 69 25.1%

  • I'm not going to buy it

    Votes: 18 6.5%
  • Total voters
    275
If the next Macbook Pro doesn't have a 42 inch 4K screen that can be shrunken down to a 13 inch screen. With 4 Ghz Core i8 procesor, 360 TB Hard Drive and a 5 GB NVidia graphics card with 16 hours of battery lfe. You can count me out, Apple! C'mon!
 
To me the next Macbook Pro should have something other than just a speed upgrade. Don't need a BluRay drive because I have a PS3. Higher res display would be nice, but it has its issues due to OSX's lack of resolution independence. I use my MBP with an external monitor most of the time anyway. Better graphics in the 13" would be nice, it struggles just a tiny bit with my 30" 2560x1600 res display (mostly noticeable in Expose and stacks animations).

So at the moment I'm very happy with my 13" MBP. I would like to see something that makes it even easier to use, don't know what that would be exactly but Apple has always been good at finding better ways to do things.

Dropping FireWire would be one of the things that would make me not buy the new one. I like being able to connect a proper audio interface to my Mac.
 
How can some of you be saying usb3 isn't needed. Are you as mad as your posts make out?? Are you telling me you won't need this next year??? The way apple are going it'll be next year before the Mbps are updated again and I really don't think you'll enjoy the speeds of USB2 when you could be enjoying usb3. And before some smart ass says there aren't enough compatible products yet well the thing has only just come out and there are already a shed load of devices supporting it, imagine the amount in 2 months time!

The lack of usb3 will make your laptop more obselte quicker than anything else. Even with backwards compatibility, who wants to drive a Honda when could be in a zonda.
 
ibizarocks said:
How can some of you be saying usb3 isn't needed. Are you as mad as your posts make out?? Are you telling me you won't need this next year??? The way apple are going it'll be next year before the Mbps are updated again and I really don't think you'll enjoy the speeds of USB2 when you could be enjoying usb3. And before some smart ass says there aren't enough compatible products yet well the thing has only just come out and there are already a shed load of devices supporting it, imagine the amount in 2 months time!

The lack of usb3 will make your laptop more obselte quicker than anything else. Even with backwards compatibility, who wants to drive a Honda when could be in a zonda.
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Agreed. I'd even argue that any new laptop without USB 3.0 is pretty much outdated out of the box.
 
ibizarocks said:
How can some of you be saying usb3 isn't needed. Are you as mad as your posts make out?? Are you telling me you won't need this next year??? The way apple are going it'll be next year before the Mbps are updated again and I really don't think you'll enjoy the speeds of USB2 when you could be enjoying usb3. And before some smart ass says there aren't enough compatible products yet well the thing has only just come out and there are already a shed load of devices supporting it, imagine the amount in 2 months time!

The lack of usb3 will make your laptop more obselte quicker than anything else. Even with backwards compatibility, who wants to drive a Honda when could be in a zonda.
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USB 2.0 is fast enough, honestly. Sure 3.0 is nice, but I won't lose any sleep over it. I'll insist on dedicated graphics and i5 processors in the 13" MBP's, though.
 
Below should really be the minimum Apple should offer. I know it is not realistic as far as Apple is concerned, but it should be.

i5/i7 processors

IPS Panels with higher resolution

Matte Screen Option

ExpressCard Slot

HDMI Out

Blu-Ray Optical Drive Option

Optical Drive Delete with option for SSD, HD, or Extra Battery in its place

External Battery Option (not sure what they are called but they basically add slight thickness to entire bottom of laptop)

Discrete graphics option in all models with at least 1GB option in 15"/17"

FW800

USB3

At *LEAST* one other anodized color—constant silver metallic is definitely timeless but it's been getting a bit boring after 10 years
 
awesomedeluxe said:
Great topic. Given how long it's taking Apple to update their notebooks, expectations ought to be a little high--if they're going to trump the Viao Z and HP Envy, anyway.

Arrandale: no-brainer.

Blu-ray: Don't care. I will replace the optical drive with an hdd regardless.

USB 3.0: not happening, but a major selling point if it did.

Dedicated graphics: at this point optimus implementation is pretty much expected and if they wait too much longer I'm going to want to see Fermi.

Screen: IPS. iMac has it, iPad has it, and it could really help sell the notebooks too. A res boost never hurts either.
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Changing the optical drive won't you make that your mbp get more temperature having one more hdd working all the time?
 
Beric said:
USB 2.0 is fast enough, honestly. Sure 3.0 is nice, but I won't lose any sleep over it. I'll insist on dedicated graphics and i5 processors in the 13" MBP's, though.
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How can you be completely happy with 2.0?! Are you telling me you like sitting there when transferring huge amounts of data on an external hard drive when things could happen in half the time? I agree core i5/7s HAVE to happen and soon but so does 3.0 as 2.0 is officially now old. How can a pro line be using anything but the latest and greatest?

ps get rid of the optical drive! externals will do but who uses these things regularly these days!!?
 
blake. said:
why would you buy a computer at such a high premium, with outdated technology, just because it looks nice?

i was all ready to buy until i asked myself that question, now i'm waiting for the refresh.
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Exactly. Even if it means sharing the iMac with the wife until then. :D
 
niuniu said:
Wow yeah, it's really not time yet to remove ethernet, not in the UK anyway. I still use it when the wireless starts playing up, which happens quite often.

As for the DVD drive. I wouldn't miss it as long as we started getting USB drives with drivers, installers on them etc when we bought stuff. A lot of people have big DVD collections though, so I guess it's too early to lose that also.

If we get Core 2 Duos again now I won't be buying a new one, I'll go refurb instead on the last updates..
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Ethernet can definitely go. Play nice with Apple. :)

Waldszenen said:
The only one that's really a necessity for me is the i5/i7. I'd cry if they removed the optical drive - I have 690 CDs and 300 DVDs that would like to be used :)
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And you too.
 
i7, discreet graphics.

Don't care much about the rest, I'd actually prefer not seeing IPS, Blu-Ray as they would be totally useless to me and would just drive the price up. I'd like to see an ssd boot drive + bigger battery and ditch the DVD option though.
 
ibizarocks said:
How can you be completely happy with 2.0?! Are you telling me you like sitting there when transferring huge amounts of data on an external hard drive when things could happen in half the time? I agree core i5/7s HAVE to happen and soon but so does 3.0 as 2.0 is officially now old. How can a pro line be using anything but the latest and greatest?

ps get rid of the optical drive! externals will do but who uses these things regularly these days!!?
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Since I'm on a laptop, I'm not usually plugged into my external drive (I only back up every week or so). And that's only when I have some spare time. I can still do anything I need to do, USB 2.0 just may be a bit slower. And I don't need instant gratification. Whereas poor CPU and graphics prevent me from running certain applications at all.
 
Beric said:
Since I'm on a laptop, I'm not usually plugged into my external drive (I only back up every week or so). And that's only when I have some spare time. I can still do anything I need to do, USB 2.0 just may be a bit slower. And I don't need instant gratification. Whereas poor CPU and graphics prevent me from running certain applications at all.
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Ok I see where you're coming from but I do think it would be nice
to have that speed for those of us that do video editing that would allow large files to be worked on without having to leave their external
drive due to the speed at which auto and normal saves can occur.
 
Beric said:
Since I'm on a laptop, I'm not usually plugged into my external drive (I only back up every week or so). And that's only when I have some spare time. I can still do anything I need to do, USB 2.0 just may be a bit slower. And I don't need instant gratification. Whereas poor CPU and graphics prevent me from running certain applications at all.
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Fair enough, but anyone who owns an iPhone or iPod would disagree. Syncing takes FOREVER, so I'd give my right nut for USB 3.0.
 
Icaras said:
Ethernet can definitely go. Play nice with Apple.
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It doesn't support gigabit ethernet. Neither is it a "proper" ethernet port since it needs to load the USB interface before it can be used, although that's probably a rather minor concern for a notebook. Probably not a lot of people who use wake-on-lan or network boot on a MBP...
 
Tyrion said:
Fair enough, but anyone who owns an iPhone or iPod would disagree. Syncing takes FOREVER, so I'd give my right nut for USB 3.0.
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The devil take USB 3 ... I want firewire 3200. I prefer a connection that's peer-to-peer and doesn't waste over 50% of the possible throughput in operational overhead.
 
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