My 14" MBP (32GB/2TB) arrives next Monday. I ordered it in 2019 though. Still worth the wait.
//Seriously, just ordered about 3 weeks ago.
//Seriously, just ordered about 3 weeks ago.
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Three Months After Launch, Apple Still Struggling to Meet Demand for Redesigned 14-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pro
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They used to make those for CFast and CF drives. They do not make one for CF Express and that would be a very expensive and hot device. SD card slots are indeed a feature for the bulk of consumers, so shove it on the consumer laptops like the MBA.
Probably a good example of demand barely keeping up with maintaining kitting those with laptop shipments. I also suspect customized RAM and SSD configurations mated to the SoC to be made got to be challenging to meet.
The point is that SD Cards are still in the majority of enthusiast, semi pro, pro cameras (many also support SD), drones, and action cameras and Apple wants to make them useful to the majority of cameras which is why Apple select SD. But Apple should have used a multi format slot like on the A1.
Maybe he didn’t want to spend $2000+ on a premium product that was damaged out of the box
Yes, needs to be without a single blemish.
You pay literally a fortune for it so you have to get a product in perfect condition.
QC exist for a reason.
Ok, be it as it may. I personally think the days of DLSRs are numbered anyway, all the Canon R models have SD-Slots...
My take on the issue is, SDcards are used in many other applications beside photography, especially in engineering. So, the usuefullness of exactly this slot is far higher than a dedicated CF 'something' slot, that may not even be compatible to your specfic camera model...
This is for a personal airplane, not an airline. Getting avionics certified by the FAA is a long process and all modern avionics use SD cards. I didn't mind the dongle on my 2019 16" but sure like the SD card on my 2021 14".
Devices should absolutely not be coming with scratches and dings and apples quality control needs some help, but its so wasteful to trade them out, a small scratch would have been personally easier to live with than the knowledge of how much waste was generated swapping it 4 times
The multi format SD/CF Express A slot would only suit Sony users. CF Express B is the dominate format used by Canon and Nikon. At least Sony users have 'a' decent card now and don't need to wait with their camera locked up (not even menu access) while the buffer clears now.
Many people find, after a couple of day working with it, the notch becomes just part of the background. Speaking of which, there are several apps that you can install that will convert the menubar to a dark background and then the notch will blend in even more.
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It is not the dominant format used across the majority of all types of cameras. People using minority formats like XQD or CF can just use a reader or USB-C cable; while people using the majority format get a nice internal slot.
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Not sure I agree with that. While modern cameras (and by modern I mean newer than, say 5 years old) can transfer photos via WiFi and such, there are a gazillion cameras out there that can't. Plus there are a gazillion reasons to own a MBP without being a pro photographer or in a "niche" industry. And I wouldn't sell that "newbie photographer" angle short. That's an enormous market.
Interestingly, though, I think about all the times my family has needed to transfer something via a physical device/drive, and I'm thinking we have had more of a need for USB based flash drives than for SD cards. So...that's something to think about.
This is really confusing. So the TB4 port itself only supports one lane, but once you hook up a TB4 dock, it suddenly supports more lanes? I am referring to 2 minutes in the video. So which is it. TB4 either supports 4 lanes or it doesn't.
I agree...but Apple's marketing strategy has deliberately created a significant customer segment that uses Apple products as status symbols. That's why the former CEO of Burberry, Angela Ahrendts, was put in charge of Apple Stores for 2014-2019.
I purchased another 16" BTO MBP (M1Pro/32GB/2TB) on 1/8 with an ETA of 2/10. It arrived (from China to NY) on 1/18. While demand is definitely up, you can't go by Apple's ETAs as they are often super conservative and based on worst-case delays. Of course, your specific configuration will have a lot to do with it as well.
Something to take into account in environmental impact calculations–or emotions–is that Apple will resell "OCD returns" as refurbs.
I just order a 16" with the m1 max and 64gb ram over the weekend and the delivery date is end of march.
You can always buy another brand laptop with a built-in CF express reader... right?
Yeah something is seriously not right. I just returned one today for creaking and being scratched right out of the box. Prior to this every Mac I’ve purchased in my life has been in pristine shape out of the box.
We are not talking about building in a CF Express reader. That would melt a MacBook Pro.
But only after replacing the top case + battery, bottom case, and display. Only really the logic board and a couple other small parts get reused, which yes is better than nothing.
These machine only cost a fortune if you are not their target market. The enhanced productivity they provide to professionals actually makes them cheap!