Well now I feel this validates all my b*tching about the keyboard. They knew it wasn't a good keyboard, loud as hell, unsatisfying to use, prone to malfunction. Many of us stuck with a piss poor design, thanks Apple.
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In reality, you really need only one dongle (with a custom selection of ports geared towards your specific use case).
Then at your desk, use one usb c port for a monitor dock and another for the external GPU. Seems this is really what Apple’s vision of modularity entails. You have a thin and light laptop for productivity on the move outside, yet still be able to turn it into a desktop replacement at home with the right accessories.
I am glad I bought one of the last 2015 13" MBPs - has a good keyboard which can be typed on. I have a 2016 MBP with Touchbar and absolutely hate the keyboard and it mostly sits in a filing cabinet. When my 2008 iMac dies I will use the 2016 with an external keyboard and mouse.
Can I just say that USB-C only ports are STILL a huge pain in the arse even in 2018. That was and still is a terrible idea. Still waiting for the rest of the world to catch up Apple? Oh wait, no one wants to. They are all smarter, and gradually added it ALONG with the ports people actually use today.
However, what needs to be proven is if the 6-core can keep the speed up while all those cores are churning; otherwise it isn't a suitable desktop replacement if the CPU keeps getting throttled down whenever you decide to compute something.
Whether you accept it or not, while Mag-Safe was the best implementation of its kind … it only did one thing.
The TB3 is many things while, perhaps, not the best at all.
Mag-Safe, while as great as it was, had limited tangible benefit in the overall package.
~~ Queue the guy who almost got his rMPB slaughtered at Starbucks and was saved by the Magsafe.
As for the RAM, certainly no.
As for the flash, probably not, but we'll see. For 2016/2017 MBP, only the 13" base model without Touch Bar had the flash chips on a removable board, but who knows.
i have no problem with Touch Bar. I find it mildly useful. Even the USB C are not a huge issue for me. What really pisses me off is lack of Mag Safe. That is something I have major issues with. If not that I am basically for the last 25 years committed to the OSX i would change the computer because of that. Also whats with horrible FaceTime camera with horrid low light performance. These days you can get 10x better for 1USD. Why cant they fix it for 7 years is beyond me.
I think removing MagSafe is one of those “mistakes” which has to be made. The whole point is that usb C is so versatile that it can be used for anything. MagSafe can only be used for charging. Why not replace MagSafe with another port which can be used for other purposes when not charging?
This may come as a shock, but not all technology and efficiencies just exist off-the-shelf in order to match your expectations.
This was a surprise, and I was so close to getting a new MB this past week. MacR seemed to be caught off guard on this one. Little earlier than September rumors.
I just tried this over an 18month window that included a $4000 Threadripper.
Aside from the long renders/encoding I am still far more productive on my 2013 rMBP15
Mistake? You see it as mistake, I don't and Apple obviously doesn't. So why would they "concede" anything?
The ability to charge from any USB outlet, even a 5W iPhone brick if you have the time (like overnight) or an external battery, and to plug the charging cable in on either side or any of the 4 ports, adds great convenience and flexibility that certainly outweighs the advantages of MagSafe.
If you had one of these devices, you'd know that the power cable slips out very easy if you pull on it (which already saved my MBP twice just like MagSafe would've done), while any other cable or dongle sits firmly of course.
And if that's not enough, there's even a MagSafe-like adapter for USB-C so you can still have "MagSafe" if you want to. The same adapter is available for Lightning, so with that you can even use the same charging cable for Mac and iOS devices.
Basically your complaining comes down to not knowing what you're talking about... Remember, Apple usually knows better than the customer, they do things for a reason.
they again released annoyingly limited overpriced laptop with nothing else than a regular specs bump and people shoud be screaming in joy? They screwed the great laptop in 2016 and it is not getting any better. They are even ashamed to call it new which is totally understandable.
I thought I'd really really miss Magsafe, but I only miss it for one reason and not for a reason I would have been able to predict. I like to sit cross legged on the floor with my laptop sometimes. You can't do that with a spike sticking out on one side so I need to use a lapdesk or only use my laptop unplugged.
I've accidentally caught my USB-C cable on something once and yanked it hard. I came out very easily, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. The ease at which the USB-C cable disconnects mitigates Magsafe as an important safety feature, but of course you now have a cable that's not as secure as you want it to be at other times.
Kill it. Probably will have 1 new 13 inch MBA type update. Don’t want us to have option without touch bar.
Does anyone remember when the 15” MacBook Pro started at $1400? What the hell happened...
No. There's definitely no appropriate 8th gen chip available for it. All new 15W chips have GT2 graphics only (think 12" MacBook), which would be a huge downgrade from the GT3e Iris 640.
Otherwise, I agree with your conclusion that the non-tauchbar model might be replaced entirely this fall together with the MacBook Air, maybe by some 13" MacBook-ish device. Still there first need to be appropriate chips available, because same goes for the 12" MacBook, no 8th gen Y-series chips yet..
When you are involved with technology long enough you start to see this was always the case.
The spasms and hysteria that occurred when the iMac was released without a floppy drive and no serial port was unmeasurable. There was only 1 printer, the Epson 740. Cataclysmic.
9 months later you were either perpetually bitter or moved on and realized it really was better without.
Apple never looked back. Me, lesson learned.
All I’m saying is Apple’s excuse back in 2016 was BS and we now see all it needed was 10% more battery. If there’s anything specific that I’m missing please state facts, I’d like to know.
I used to play Centipede for a quarter. It's now over a dollar at a Dave&Buster … and it isn't even Centipede 1.1 or enhanced anything. Same game.
Oh well...Just read on CNET that Apple told them the 3rd gen keyboard doesn't do anything to address the sticky/stuck key issue.