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Kuo: New MacBook Pro Models to Feature Flat-Edged Design, MagSafe, No Touch Bar and More Ports
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I have a couple of Windows desktops when I want to run things on Windows. It works for some.
That sounds awful. Completely the opposite of something Apple would do to their generally understated laptops in my opinion.
They should allow you to use an apple pencil on the touchpad. Maybe put a screen on it for customizable buttons. Makes it more useful than just sitting there when you have it connected to a mouse and keyboard. Don't make it the default and let people opt in to using it. If it catches on then include it on all models.
That's pretty disappointing. No Touch Bar is a good change, but it doesn't need MagSafe or anything other than USB-C. Waste of space, unnecessary hinderance to the design. I don't need or want a proprietary charger that can't be used with anything else.
Yes! And all the folks who said they would NEVER get rid of it are WRONG! Hallelujah! This is fantastic news!
True, but we have seen over the years that most of the problems with a generation of Macs are redesigned REV As. The M1 is no different from the 2016 model. Internal components are debatable.
Wow, this sounds great. I've had one since it was introduced, and I can't stand the Touch Bar. As for I/O, this is great too. I remember when I bought the first Retina MBP, and was dissapointed that there wasn't firewire 800, ethernet, or a DVD burner. Apple was right about that - I never ended up needing those. But nearly 5 years later, HDMI and the traditional USB ports are still necessary for me when I'm away from home with a laptop. Not having to carry dongles with me will be nice.
All those times when someone I was working with handed my a USB stick with a big file on it, I had to awkwardly dig into my bag and pull out a big ugly dongle.
Removing the dongles will be a design improvement. Having more holes on the side of a laptop is basically unnoticeable. Having white dongles hanging out is pretty gross.
All those times when someone I was working with handed my a USB stick with a big file on it, I had to awkwardly dig into my bag and pull out a big ugly dongle.
Removing the dongles will be a design improvement. Having more holes on the side of a laptop is basically unnoticeable. Having white dongles hanging out is pretty gross.
I would welcome more TB{3,4} ports, but ethernet is just another single use port IMO. It's one I would probably use, but the point is that single use ports mean a compromise for someone else, and At this point I don't think the body is even remotely thick enough to house an ethernet port.
This is outstanding news. I'm recently new to the MBP club and I have to say, I love the MagSafe charger, especially how it has charging indicator lights on both sides of the plug. It's also somewhat satisfying to hear and feel click when plugging it in. I really do wonder why Apple decided to ditch such a unique charger.
But yes, more ports are always welcome (my 2015 was one of the last with HDMI and SD card slot). The Touch Bar was always controversial, I wouldn't mind having one but it's not a deal breaker. I guess more people just prefer the tactical feedback of the physical buttons or maybe muscle memory comes into play.
Anyway, if the rumors in this post are true, I have a feeling these are going to be super popular laptops in line with what Apple produced from 2012-2015. Can't wait to see the finished product!
But yes, more ports are always welcome (my 2015 was one of the last with HDMI and SD card slot). The Touch Bar was always controversial, I wouldn't mind having one but it's not a deal breaker. I guess more people just prefer the tactical feedback of the physical buttons or maybe muscle memory comes into play.
Anyway, if the rumors in this post are true, I have a feeling these are going to be super popular laptops in line with what Apple produced from 2012-2015. Can't wait to see the finished product!
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Won't miss the Turd Bar.
What Apple really needs though is a new form factor to compete with the gorgeous 1.7# Surface Pro X with touch screen, pen input, replaceable SSD, WWAN, etc. Or, at least make it lighter like the 2# Thinkpad X1 Nano if they stick with clamshell design. I don't want to carry a 3#+ brick.
What Apple really needs though is a new form factor to compete with the gorgeous 1.7# Surface Pro X with touch screen, pen input, replaceable SSD, WWAN, etc. Or, at least make it lighter like the 2# Thinkpad X1 Nano if they stick with clamshell design. I don't want to carry a 3#+ brick.
The only part I don't understand is the "flat-edged design" and the report referring to the current models as "curvy." The edges of the 2016+ MBP generation are flat already, and so is the lid/top of the device when closed. 🤨
Unless he's talking about how the bottom of the device is slightly curved.
Unless he's talking about how the bottom of the device is slightly curved.
I'm tired of changing power supplies and keeping track of which supply works for which device in this iteration of the devices. Old MagSafe (remember?), interim Magsafe (remember?), Lightning, USB C, iPhone Qi, iPhone MagSafe, back to Mac MagSafe, ...
Seriously? Soon we'll have different chargers for weekend and weekdays ...
Seriously? Soon we'll have different chargers for weekend and weekdays ...
It would be interesting, if Apple added a new MagSafe charging puck that would connect to a spot on the bottom (middle towards the back), perhaps indented so it doesn't protrude, and allows for the charger puck to have the cable rotate to whichever direction you want. It clearly wouldn't be like the old MagSafe chargers meant to be a safe guard from pulling the laptop off a desk when you trip on the cable, but that's not been a thing for years now anyway.
Although that being said, between the efficiency of the new M1 Macs and the speed that current USB C chargers can recharge the batteries, I'm just not sure there is the same demand to make plug-in-free charging on MacBooks. In the past, you needed to be able to charge during the day, because you HAD to plug in to keep working.
Although that being said, between the efficiency of the new M1 Macs and the speed that current USB C chargers can recharge the batteries, I'm just not sure there is the same demand to make plug-in-free charging on MacBooks. In the past, you needed to be able to charge during the day, because you HAD to plug in to keep working.
Funny listening to you discuss it in past tense when the M1 MacBooks came out pretty recently.
Hmmm...
Don’t know if this has been said, but I envision a machine that looks like two sandwiched iPad Pro slabs.
They could then play with the weight distribution and component placement freely to their exact specifications between the keyboard and the screen pieces. It would allow space for FaceID, a webcam design, stereo speakers, etc, in the screen and still allow them to be overall thinner than the current design (two iPad Pro’s would be 11.8mm thick, while the current MBP designs are 15.6mm thick). They could play around with the thickness of the screen and keyboard pieces as well - maybe make the screen slab 5.9mm thick like and iPad Pro and the keyboard slab 8.1mm thick for a total of 14mm, for example.
They could put extra battery in the bottom part of the screen slab, and shape it for exact to their own spec weight distribution. The keyboard slab is thicker for cooling, i/o, bigger battery and correct weight distribution, etc.
MagSafe could be a USB-C connection with the Magsafe part being a special USB-C cable that comes apart via magnet before the actual connector on one side. Apple uses its cables for data as well in DFU and similar rescue circumstances, so I don’t see them abandoning that connector at this point. It would also make it backwards compatible with all USB-C connector MBP’s. Just buy the Apple MagSafe USB-C power cable. They’d sell tons of those.
Just some thoughts!
Don’t know if this has been said, but I envision a machine that looks like two sandwiched iPad Pro slabs.
They could then play with the weight distribution and component placement freely to their exact specifications between the keyboard and the screen pieces. It would allow space for FaceID, a webcam design, stereo speakers, etc, in the screen and still allow them to be overall thinner than the current design (two iPad Pro’s would be 11.8mm thick, while the current MBP designs are 15.6mm thick). They could play around with the thickness of the screen and keyboard pieces as well - maybe make the screen slab 5.9mm thick like and iPad Pro and the keyboard slab 8.1mm thick for a total of 14mm, for example.
They could put extra battery in the bottom part of the screen slab, and shape it for exact to their own spec weight distribution. The keyboard slab is thicker for cooling, i/o, bigger battery and correct weight distribution, etc.
MagSafe could be a USB-C connection with the Magsafe part being a special USB-C cable that comes apart via magnet before the actual connector on one side. Apple uses its cables for data as well in DFU and similar rescue circumstances, so I don’t see them abandoning that connector at this point. It would also make it backwards compatible with all USB-C connector MBP’s. Just buy the Apple MagSafe USB-C power cable. They’d sell tons of those.
Just some thoughts!
