I don't deny that some people still need a USB port frequently. I've just come to realize that I no longer do.
I've given my external optical drive to my sister, who still gets Netflix discs in the mail.
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macOS Sierra Code Confirms Thunderbolt 3 and 10Gb/s USB 3.1 Transfer Speeds in Future Macs
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I've given my external optical drive to my sister, who still gets Netflix discs in the mail.
For me I personally am hoping for a good update to the MacBook Pro range. I tend to use high-performance devices attached to Thunderbolt 2 most of the time. I would like to see USB 3.1 separate from TB3, personally in my opinion, because if you have both then it will default down to the slowest speed being USB 3.1. I wonder about other peoples interpretation of this protocol. To me TB3 at 40gbps is the way forward, I would like to see thumb drives using this protocol and not USB 3. (But then I am a speed freak!) I am more excited about getting a new Laptop than the new iPhone, for this year.
There is no word on when Apple plans to debut its new MacBook Pro, but it is rumored to be debuting before the end of the year, perhaps at an event set to be held in October or November.
Don't forget September and December, they are also rumoured to be months before the end of the year.
Indeed. When I bought my Macmini in 2011, it still had USB 2.0, when almost every other computer at best buy at a similar price level had USB 3.0.
So, instead of a Macbook Pro we get a HipsterBulk "Pro"? Another thing wrong with the image above (which is photoshopped, I know) is the useless excuse of a keyboard. Why not just replace the whole keyboard with an OLED panel? It would be exactly as 'pleasant' to use and the hipsters would soil yet another pair of pants when they saw it.
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Their current understanding seems to be that 'cutting edge' equals thin. Sorry, Apple. You got it wrong. It doesn't mean you should try to make knife thin macbooks. It means you should make them useful. Which is the total opposite of what I currently see. I do hope I'm totally wrong.
limited ports... is there going to be a thunderbolt Hub that comes with this stupid thing?
1 port for Power
1 port for Second Monitor
1 port for ethernet
1 port for Headphones?
1 port for USB key?
Need to see the other side... but for now, this looks like a dog.
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BUY an out of Date product so they have to buy new next year/sooner than later
or
WAIT a month into the school year to BUY the latest and "greatest"
1 port for Power
1 port for Second Monitor
1 port for ethernet
1 port for Headphones?
1 port for USB key?
Need to see the other side... but for now, this looks like a dog.
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Generally Apple releases new products JUST after schools starts so that students do one of 2 things.
BUY an out of Date product so they have to buy new next year/sooner than later
or
WAIT a month into the school year to BUY the latest and "greatest"
Everyone I know that has a MacBook finds it useful. If you can't, maybe you're not the target market for that particular machine?
dongle fatigue - that's a brilliant phrase.
I'm still rolling along with my CMP with all the ports - and all of them get used.
"upgrading" to something that screws with ethernet, FW and my usb2.0 devices will bring some pain, no doubt.
I'm still rolling along with my CMP with all the ports - and all of them get used.
"upgrading" to something that screws with ethernet, FW and my usb2.0 devices will bring some pain, no doubt.
Out of curiosity, what do you do on your MacBook Pro that would require or benefit from 64GB of RAM?I'd like 64GB in a laptop.
Photoshop, Lightroom etc. 50MP photos. 32GB would be minimum for a new laptop for me. I've got 16GB in a 2 year old laptop.
The ports are both Thunderbolt 3 & USB C using the same port.
TB3 is USB C Version 2
Where did you read that?
And I'm totally cool with that! Hopefully my thunderbolt display will plug right into my new beauty
That wasn't quite right.
USB-C is the connector type
USB 3 v1 and v2 (10 and 20Gbps) are protocols that use that connector
Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) is also a protocol that uses that connector
Not all USB-C ports will support Thunderbolt 3, as in the case of the MacBook.
intel's thunderbolt 3 website pages mention that TB3 uses the USB C port version 2.
As TB3 it does 40gbps, as USB C.2 it does 10gbps.
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Yes, but I really don't care about overpriced MacBook Retina toys.
We were both mistaken — there is USB 3.1 Gen 1 and Gen 2 and there is USB-C. The former two are protocols, the latter is a connector. USB 3.1 Gen 1 is 5Gbps, Gen 2 is 10Gbps. TB3 which uses the same USB-C connector is 40Gpbs.
I was wrong about the speeds (I said 10/20Gbps vs 5/10). But there is no USB-C v1 or v2. USB-C is USB-C. It's a port/connector.
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no
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Type-C
TB2 used the miniDisplayPort
TB 3 uses the same shape port as USB C, so you will need an adapter for TB2/TB1 devices.
I know that, but I tend not to care about pedantic levels of precision in descriptions.
They took FOREVER. When I bought my 2011 Macmini at Best Buy, it was the only desktop in the store at that price level that still had USB 2.0...!
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THIS^^^ pisses me off to no end!
Randomly ejecting USB drives is a "feature" of Yosemite and El Capitan. It is being fixed again in Sierra apparently.