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Leaked Photos May Show Upcoming MacBook Pro's Top Case With Space for OLED Touch Panel, Four USB-C Ports

jeremiah256 said:
Not quite a fair comparison, then, is it? And while I've seen much praise heaped on this computer due to it's great battery life, I've seen nothing that says it can output two 4K/60Hz streams as you claim. It does have an integrated HDMI and Mini DisplayPort ports, which is nice.
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Mine has this processor: http://ark.intel.com/products/88192/Intel-Core-i7-6600U-Processor-4M-Cache-up-to-3_40-GHz

It's capable of doing it. Most review/out of box units are the i5 model which I don't think can.

Perhaps my comparison wasn't strictly Apples to Apples but I stand by it because Apple markets the MBP as a professional machine.

jeremiah256 said:
The ThinkPad X260 is an mid-level executive's laptop. It's for someone who needs to be on the go and has to have those multiple ports, just in case, and yet, remain affordable. As such, a fairer comparison would probably be against a MacBook Air.
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Not really, the x260 has 1 more USB port, card reader, HDMI and DisplayPort (as you rightly mention), LTE/4G, Gigabit Ethernet, Kensington, Fingerprint reader and a dock connector.

Did I mention the Skylake i7 and 16GB of ram too?
 
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No SD card slot? No ports other than USB-C? Garbage butterfly keyboard? No f-keys? No inverted T arrow keys? No Magsafe?

Cook is the spawn of hell! He destroyed Apple.
 
Osty said:
I can on my Thinkpad X260. It's got built in LTE/4G too and a keyboard that's a pleasure to type on.

When I set it down on my Lenovo docking station, I have more IO than three MBPs put together.

I guess that makes it enterprise or business rather than all you lucky Apple-blessed Pro.

Here's a thought though. The Thinkpad you turn your nose up at costs less than the rMB - the macbook without the pro - even when upgraded to i7 and 16GB of Ram). It can be completely stripped down with off-the-shelf tools and every part can be replaced. Runs multiple operating systems without Refit/Refind hackery.

In what universe does a Macbook Pro qualify as a professional, enterprise-grade machine?

Pro means nothing, it's marketing BS! You're a professional when you practice a profession. A computer isn't going to make a pro any more than a paintbrush makes you a painter.

Apple has lost entire swathes of its former professional market and they don't care because that market is minuscule next to the hordes of aspirational, latte-sipping, fashion-conscience consumers who buy their devices as status symbols for disposable wealth.
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Having suffered with Lenovo Thinkpads for 6 years (my last one being the X220) my 2 cents:

on the positive side:
- plenty of ports
- very sturdy
- easy to repair
- keyboard that can direct liquid to the outside, i.e no laptop killing if you drop a glass of water on it (this by the way I found a really brilliant idea and something Apple could learn from them!)


on the negative side:
- horrible horrible touchpad. And don't say that little red dot is anyway better. No it is not unless you are a middle to old age executive that has grown up with it and doesn't know better.
- overheating issues
- regular blue screens
- protruding battery if you need decent battery life
- ugly as hell

I do NOT miss them! (And they are not exactly cheap either by the way!)
 
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MarvinHC said:
on the negative side:
- horrible horrible touchpad. And don't say that little red dot is anyway better. No it is not unless you are a middle to old age executive that has grown up with it and doesn't know better.
- overheating issues
- regular blue screens
- protruding battery if you need decent battery life
- ugly as hell

I do NOT miss them! (And they are not exactly cheap either by the way!)
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- agreed and for the record I'm neither old nor an executive.
- hasn't been an issue for me
- I use Linux, what's a Blue Screen, is that a Windows thing?
- x260 has two batteries and neither protrude
- My wife is beautiful. Looking at her is a joy. I Couldn't care less what my work laptop looks like.

Look, I'm not any brand's fanboy: though I do love OS X and Linux. I've got and used hardware from Apple and other vendors. I guess I have a more pragmatic view on what I consider to be a tool than most.
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jeremiah256 said:
Very impressive.
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Certainly makes my professional life easier :) Portable, powerful and expandable.
 
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Well again to missing Function Keys topic. What i want is F1 F2 F3 this will work badly as OLED.
Volume up down etc. as OLED is okay but F1 F2 F3 etc. i use daily as normal keys in the shell. They won't map them to OLED for sure.
 
Osty said:
- agreed and for the record I'm neither old nor an executive.
- hasn't been an issue for me
- I use Linux, what's a Blue Screen, is that a Windows thing?
- x260 has two batteries and neither protrude
- My wife is beautiful. Looking at her is a joy. I Couldn't care less what my work laptop looks like.

Look, I'm not any brand's fanboy: though I do love OS X and Linux. I've got and used hardware from Apple and other vendors. I guess I have a more pragmatic view on what I consider to be a tool than most.
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Certainly makes my professional life easier :) Portable, powerful and expandable.
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Agree looks are not the most important thing on a work machine but I find it particularly displeasing to the eye.
Bluescreen is most likely due to windows but very annoying nevertheless.

One more thing I forgot (and again, this might be Win7 related): It regularly went into what I called 'suicidal mode'. At random times it would wake up from sleep, usually when stowed away in a bag) and keep on running until the battery is empty. I found it more than once burning hot inside my bag.
And already the general overheating was so bad that it was unpleasant to type on it for a longer time unless you like your fingers well done.
 
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They removed the MagSafe and SD Card? I definitely need both of them.

MagSafe kinda old interface, and quite thick compared to USB-C. I don't think I can accept the change in a short term, but in the future I will be more happy since I can use any laptop charger to charge my macbook, just like charging a phone.

SD Card is thin, I cannot think a single reason why they should remove it. Probably just because less people use it now, but definitely most DSLR and Camcorder out there use this kind of memory. I also can move my iTunes library to SD Card using those flush insert SD Cards.

I hope the battery life is around MacBook Air 13", and fast charging is supported. External GPU Support by thunderbolt 3 is a must.
 
MarvinHC said:
Agree looks are not the most important thing on a work machine but I find it particularly displeasing to the eye.
Bluescreen is most likely due to windows but very annoying nevertheless.

One more thing I forgot (and again, this might be Win7 related): It regularly went into what I called 'suicidal mode'. At random times it would wake up from sleep, usually when stowed away in a bag) and keep on running until the battery is empty. I found it more than once burning hot inside my bag.
And already the general overheating was so bad that it was unpleasant to type on it for a longer time unless you like your fingers well done.
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Most of the time, it's docked on the side of my desk, out of the way and connected to a couple of monitors, keyboard and mouse. So I don't look at it much and it's very rarely on my lap, so if there are heat issues I don't notice them.

If I used it as a laptop, I'd probably start to feel as you do. Macbooks are gorgeous, don't get me wrong, and a huge part of me is tempted to pick a space grey rMB as a portable, personal writing machine - assuming I can ever adapt to that keyboard and no-click trackpad.
 
Virinprew said:
If you think about it, it makes sense. Laptop these days is so light that the magnet might be too strong it won't pop out like before. And if you make the magnet weaker, it will get yank out too easily. Imagine the magsafe for ipad. It won't work.
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There is MagSafe for iPad...its called a Smart Connector, and thats what were going to see on this MacBook Pro. Mark my words.
 
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libmanj said:
A headphone jack in a redesigned Apple product that is coming out in late 2016...if they're making lightning headphones for the phone, why not a lightning port in the Macbook Pro? I don't understand while Apple is making it so you can't use the same headphones in both your phone and your computer.
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Be thankful for less proprietary ********.
The best thing would be to completely replace Lightning with USB-C.
 
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Zirel said:
Nothing "pro" uses SD cards.
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Not true at all. The Sony A7s/A7RII both use SD, most audio recording devices use SD, as does our 5DSR and most other flagship DSLRs/mirrorless cameras. All Fuji bodies, etc.

There are plenty of professional uses for SD cards. They're fast, durable, and compact and I rely on them daily in my career. Everybody I know using a 15" rMBP is swapping cards in and out of that slot all day.
 
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grayskyz said:
I'd much rather spend the 25-35 bucks for a quality USB-C Charger than 85 for the MagSafe. The size difference between the two is significant also. USB-C Charger for the win.
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I'd much rather spend 85 in a MagSafe Charger than having to buy a new computer after a nose dive in the floor.

MagSafe is one of the best features of the macbook lineup.
 
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libmanj said:
A headphone jack in a redesigned Apple product that is coming out in late 2016...if they're making lightning headphones for the phone, why not a lightning port in the Macbook Pro? I don't understand while Apple is making it so you can't use the same headphones in both your phone and your computer.
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They will, Apple can't release a Lightning port on a MacBook, or drop the 3.5mm Jack before they do it on the biggest selling flagship product they have. The MacBooks are clearly being designed so that Lightning ports can easily be added when the time comes, which will be after September assuming Apple really does drop the 3.5mm Jack from the iPhone.

The Lightning port is either going to go where the headphone jack is now on this leaked case, or it will go on the opposite side where nothing is now.
 
If this is a legit chassis then:
* love the overall design - best of MBP and MB mixed together
* a little sad to see only USB-C's - would have nice to see one USB-A and one HDMI port
* very sceptic about OLED display. At this point it's hard to say how will it look and feel but... .. dunno
 
Mac 128 said:
They will, Apple can't release a Lightning port on a MacBook, or drop the 3.5mm Jack before they do it on the biggest selling flagship product they have. The MacBooks are clearly being designed so that Lightning ports can easily be added when the time comes, which will be after September assuming Apple really does drop the 3.5mm Jack from the iPhone.

The Lightning port is either going to go where the headphone jack is now on this leaked case, or it will go on the opposite side where nothing is now.
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You sound very sure of yourself, but it could have been in the case prototype, and it wasn't.

Not that I want headphone jacks to become lightning ports. I want headphone jacks in both iPhones and MacBooks like they are now.
 
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Cool. Now I'm just missing the rumor: ”To show its commitment to the environment Apple is developing a modular desktop computer with user replaceable and upgradable components.” :)
 
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