Yes, actually, I do. (Well, not Lost, but various other things.) My portable computer is my computer, period. I use it in many places, only one of which is my home where external storage is readily available. Everything I want to use anywhere else needs to be on the computer itself. And don't give me that **** about keeping things 'in the cloud'. Some of the places I use it don't have internet access, either.
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Yes, actually, I do. (Well, not Lost, but various other things.) My portable computer is my computer, period. I use it in many places, only one of which is my home where external storage is readily available. Everything I want to use anywhere else needs to be on the computer itself. And don't give me that **** about keeping things 'in the cloud'. Some of the places I use it don't have internet access, either.
You can external. Or Windows. You always have choice.
Precious SSD space; wouldn't it be great to have another SSD and/or HDD in there. If only there was room...
If that's what you like, great. But know you are the minority.
In saying that, I'd hope that they make better use of the space rather than just remove it in the PRO line.
does anyone think that they could implement this to retain the OD for the MBP while still making it thinner?
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/10/apple-working-on-a-thinner-macbook-pro-design.html
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2011/10/apple-working-on-a-thinner-macbook-pro-design.html
Then progress is leaving you behind. Or at least, Apple is. Just as it left behind those who absolutely, positively needed to use floppy disks.
People who need the optical disk to be inside the computer will also be left behind.
It's okay. You will still be able to get the current model for a while yet. Probably at a discount from people like me who are ready for a thinner, lighter MacBook. Maybe by the time you're ready to move on, the capacity and price of onboard SSD's will meet your needs.
You don't have to be on the cutting edge. And Apple's products have never been the right solution for everyone. There's no shame in switching, if you and Apple are no longer a good fit for each other.
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I jumped onto the MacBook Air bandwagon (and actually back onto the Mac bandwagon, for that matter) 4 years ago when the MacBook Air was first announced.
What's ironic is that back then, when it was released, the Mac message boards (I frequented Macworld more back then) were highly dismissive of the MacBook Air and claimed it would be a flop. Remember the hype back then was about a "magic" docking station, and the introduction of a notebook with no ODD and only 1 USB port, and no docking station was somewhat underwhelming.
However, I had long been a fan of ultraportables, and once I saw Steve Jobs embrace it wholeheartedly I knew back then that Apple would stick with it until it got it right. Even the first MacBook Air, as crippled as it was by the slow HDD (I wasn't about to pay for the $3000 SSD model back then) and integrated graphics, refused to compromise on screen quality and a full sized keyboard. A few, particularly Jason Snell at Macworld, were on board right away just like me, but others dismissed it as the next Cube. Sales were relatively slow at first, and its success wasn't guaranteed. Heck, right before the 2010 MacBook Air was released there were rumors that Apple was going to drop the Air.
Already HP and a few others have announced or hinted at 14" and 15" Ultrabooks, and Intel even has some spec requirements for them, so it would not be surprising at all for Apple to expand the Air line. Remember, too, that the 2010 MacBook Air's tagline was "The Next Generation of MacBooks."
I think the 17" Pro may be the holdover that retains the ODD and HDD a bit longer. Remember, it is the only MacBook Pro that still has an ExpressCard slot. I think the 13" Pro will likely go the way of the white MacBook once the Ivy Bridge chip is released, particularly if Apple is able to fit a quad-core into the Air's form factor. The 15" is interesting territory, though. It might retain the discrete GPU, and possibly even the HDD, though I wouldn't be surprised if it went all SSD, or at least primarily SSD.
Personally, if they make the MBP a small little thing like the Air, and drop down the battery and bring in a SSD...I will be getting a refurb 2011 one and hopefully it will last until 500gb+ ssd is a lot more affordable and the battery increases again.
I wasn't sure what to make of the MBA when it first came out. Then a buddy brought one into work one day, and that was that, we had seen the future.
These are magnificent computers, closest thing to putting the "P" in "PC" outside an iPad.
You also forgot to mention that the MB Pros would also use quad-core CPU's as opposed to dual-core CPU's on the MB Air.
"I think the 13" Pro will likely go the way of the white MacBook once the Ivy Bridge chip is released, particularly if Apple is able to fit a quad-core into the Air's form factor."
I don't think we'll be seeing a quad-core in an Air's form factor until 2014 when Intel transitions to 14nm die shrink.
There is no reason to make a 17 inch Air as (Obviously) portability is not an issue at that point.
So, all you whiners that call yourselves "Pros" will still have that.
And if you are ARE a Pro, you can afford it.
NOW - That being said, nobody has of yet decided to take the 15 inch pro off the market. The 12 is soooooooooooo gone but wait !!!! ....Before you cry about that just let me say : "Shut up"
So, all you whiners that call yourselves "Pros" will still have that.
And if you are ARE a Pro, you can afford it.
NOW - That being said, nobody has of yet decided to take the 15 inch pro off the market. The 12 is soooooooooooo gone but wait !!!! ....Before you cry about that just let me say : "Shut up"
Really? I'm A Quadriplegic keep the macbook pros!
I have a macbook pro 15" 2010 and it doesn't need to be any lighter and I'm a quadriplegic!
I use this laptop from home and work when I can get there, for heavy Photoshop vehicle wrap design. Please Apple don't forget about the people that use these incredible computers to make a living. Keep the airs for play and the pros for the designers ect.!
I have a macbook pro 15" 2010 and it doesn't need to be any lighter and I'm a quadriplegic!
I use this laptop from home and work when I can get there, for heavy Photoshop vehicle wrap design. Please Apple don't forget about the people that use these incredible computers to make a living. Keep the airs for play and the pros for the designers ect.!
There will be no Macbook Air anymore or Macbook Pro, there will only be Macbook. It may also come to pass that there is no more iMac or Mac Pro. Then there may only be the Mac, which will exist as 11" to 17" MBA style computers. To me, it sounds simple, elegant, and exactly Apple's style.
I am someone who still uses his optical drive to rip CDs mostly. But I am completely fine with an external drive. Now if they use to the space to put dual SSDs in then they could have more than a gig HD space.... possibly more soon
I am an Avid editor using a Thunderbolt MBP 17" and a thunderbolt raid. My concern is latency, thunderbolt is a big pipe but until its speedbumped in a few years, adding two monitors, plus the speed requirements of ever-increasing file sizes of HD video codecs (we are due for 2k footage from some cameras soon), has me worried that gigabit ethernet added to this mix might actually find the limit of current generation Thunderbolt.
No matter how good apple are, you need surface area to cool the internals
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My friends 17" couldn't even browse the web without the fans spinning up, and there are countless reports of this.
even my 2009 MBP core2 due gets too hot to have on my lap when converting a DVD.
Nooooooooo !!! Goodbuy Skyrim
I assume, that would mean external display would suffer.
Reagrdless of the *rumormed* deisgn of *these new macbooks*, allot of poeple would be unhappy if they rely on the mini-display /thunderbiolt port.
Havaing read recently. now its gonna be May as Apple is waiting for Ivy Bridge, that puts me in a bad mood
I might as well get the 13" Air now then... No point in leaving it.
No matter how good apple are, you need surface area to cool the internals
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My friends 17" couldn't even browse the web without the fans spinning up, and there are countless reports of this.
even my 2009 MBP core2 due gets too hot to have on my lap when converting a DVD.
Fans spinning up is completely normal. I'm aware that "reports" exist but honestly, its from people who don't know much about computers.
I work in IT for a living and I assure you fans spinning is a normal operation. Computers shut themselves down when they overheat. If this isn't happening the cooling systems are doing their jobs and the computer isn't overheating.
If the hard drive makers can reduce a 750 GB to 1 TB notebook hard drive to a single platter and make it really thin, it's possible the new MacBook Pros will retain hard drives for now, but in a slightly thinner former factor than current models. The reason is simple: SSD's are still VERY expensive, and the data integrity on a SSD is supposedly not as good as a decent quality hard drive.
Like many others, I'll be buying the last generation of MBP 17s if this happens.
I couldn't care less about optical drives - those are almost as dead as floppies as far as I'm concerned - but I do want that bay for a second drive.
As someone else said, my MBP is my computer, and the whole point of it being a laptop is that I have all of my files with me whether I'm at home or on the other side of the world, so no, I don't want a dock-based solution, and no, I don't want to have to mess around with carrying external drives that completely negate the increased portability.
I have 2 x 1Tb hard drives in mine. When 1Tb SSDs are available at a sensible price, that will be the time for me to make the switch to a SSD-based laptop.
I couldn't care less about optical drives - those are almost as dead as floppies as far as I'm concerned - but I do want that bay for a second drive.
As someone else said, my MBP is my computer, and the whole point of it being a laptop is that I have all of my files with me whether I'm at home or on the other side of the world, so no, I don't want a dock-based solution, and no, I don't want to have to mess around with carrying external drives that completely negate the increased portability.
I have 2 x 1Tb hard drives in mine. When 1Tb SSDs are available at a sensible price, that will be the time for me to make the switch to a SSD-based laptop.
This would be amazing, I use my girlfriends MBP but I would definitely be up for buying my own if this was the update.