Try again. I have a 2010 MBP with the branding, and was looking forward to a machine that looks as classy as the front of my iPhone. But it looks like it is not to be.
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Try again. I have a 2010 MBP with the branding, and was looking forward to a machine that looks as classy as the front of my iPhone. But it looks like it is not to be.
I'm hoping that the Magic Toolbar pulls a little more key travel for the butterfly keyboard out of its hat. Sold my rMB primarily because of the rMB keyboard, and I'm not going back to it, unless of course it comes on a matte black MBP. I may be shallower than that damn keyboard.
What programmers do you know that use the top row of keys to program.... they are the keys for volume, expose, screen brightness. We use the numerical keys a lot but most programmers would have a lot more use for contextual stuff than the current keys we use almost never.
This thread is depressing. For the most part people are so negative about anything that is leaked. The leaked photo looks cracking. TouchID on the mac will be useful and the function row is going to be as good or better than what's there at the moment.
Yeah I've never used the function keys while typing so I could see if you do that, or use it coding, then it could be an issue, but then again I stare at the keyboard and type so it wouldn't effect me.
I envision it more as a tool for music sampling and dragging where you want to be in the song (same idea for video editing), or showing the white balance levels (various other photo editing uses), so you can use more of your screen for the actual photo
And for the record I think this is apples way of slowly transitioning us year by year with a main goal having a total touch screen keyboard eventually ha
Yah, I think the reason is that people who buy MacBooks are mostly doing it for the flash. They aren't using it as a tool in any way more than as a word processor or as a web browser. Those types of people want a label because it makes them feel good about their purchase when people see the branding and say, whoa is that the new Apple laptop!" People in tech circles know what laptop is what, but the average consumer doesn't. The branding gives them a way to show off to on tech people who are impressed by the name alone. It has no place on any laptop labeled as pro because a pro laptop is not a fashion statement. Just like expensive clothes made for fashion have the company name or logos printed in easy to see locations so everyone knows you have one.
This picture is pretty dumb because USBC/TB3 can do all of that in one plug...
lets tone down the negativity folks! it just the usual from apple! "give little and get more $$$"
I was using the function keys the other day debugging javascript on a web page using Chrome Web developer tools.
You wouldn't use them for iOS particularly but then again its never likely to be an issue for first party apps like Xcode. Therein lies the problem with this, its great if your using Apple software but what if you aren't ?
Is it so much to ask for something aesthetically pleasing as well as 'Pro'? I don't want a Thinkpad here, as it's ugly as hell. I'm a creative, working on something that looks good tends to be a better fit than working on something resembling a moulded bin raid...
Whilst I think yes, there are people out there who purely buy a Mac for the 'Brand', I think it's a very small minority. The same people who probably return the device after a week of use. There are a lot of Pro users, but most pros who use a laptop will have a desktop at home for the heavy lifting. A laptop is still a compromise and isn't going to be as powerful as a desktop, not for a long time at least. The run of the mill consumers who buy one to only run Word or something, nothing wrong with that? Maybe they just want a good quality machine that will run for several years without fault.
If you use a computer for work, then the contents of the computer should be far more valuable than the machine itself. And so the main priority is the reliability of that machine. Personally, I've never had an issue with any Apple device, so I trust that it won't break down in the middle of something or loose all my files.
Of course yes, it's nice to look at, but there's nothing wrong with that. If you want value for money you'll buy the cheapest thing with the highest specs. There is a premium with Apple products but a lot of that is in R&D as much as maintaining set margins and stuff.
tldr; people buy Macs for many reasons, just because a reason is different to yours doesn't make them wrong. Unless it's just a rich Chav wanting to show off or someone buying it as a gaming rig... Their just dumb!
For the quarter, Apple sold 45.5 million iPhones, down from 48 million in the year-ago quarter. iPad sales were down to 9.3 million from 9.9 million in the fourth quarter of 2015, and Mac sales fell to 4.9 million from 5.7 million. Still making billions
There was a question as to why the gross margin forecast was lower than the analysts' forecast and the finance guy (Luca) pretty much said that the last couple of years have been tough due to the US Dollar appreciating by 15%, so Apple has made some compromises here and there to keep the margins at a reasonable level. Given that Luca talked of the strong dollar becoming a new norm, and the fact that Apple's forecast for the upcoming quarter is lower than the analyst forecasts, I'm still hoping that no ugly pricing surprises on Thursday
WHY APPLE, why didn't you give me this!
Its gonna cost me a finger, so I added some realism.
Instead of this GIANT UNIBROW!
See the resemblance for yourself!
Its gonna cost me a finger, so I added some realism.
Instead of this GIANT UNIBROW!
See the resemblance for yourself!
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Can you all complaining about the keyboard, MacBook Pro print on the bezel etc all not place an order? Ensures the rest of us get our orders on time cheers
I'm guessing this is what the larger retina MacBook is going to look like. If it has a core i5 offering, or even a A10 as absurd as that sounds, I might go for that.
But why Apple, why didn't you give me this!
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Instead of this GIANT UNIBROW!
Finger chopped off for spending too much?
Can you all complaining about the keyboard, MacBook Pro print on the bezel etc all not place an order? Ensures the rest of us get our orders on time cheers
Also, nobody else should order the maxed out config. I want mine to be the fastest!
Dear god, is getting almost impossible to read every post!
22 more pages!
I love you guys!
Here we come, page 1400!
You're lucky.
If I could had earned 0,01 € for my every posts/visit here, I could have bought Apple three months ago and release earlier the MBP.
...damn
I wonder that too.
These new tidbits of rumors are getting us at top level of craziness.
The thread will by divided by zero the 27th.
Aaaaanyway, just my two cents about this leaked pictures of the MBP: honestly, I don't like it.
- First, the bezels. Apple, you had three years for making something new. Come on.
- Second, the keyboard. I tried the MB, and I didn't like it so much, but probably because I was too much used to my 6 years old keyboard. I suppose I should get used to the new one.
- Third, the OLED Bar doesn't look that good.
But that said, those are just system pictures.
The MBP in his entirety will be completely better, I know.
41 hours to go.
Let's go Apple!
22 more pages!
I love you guys!
Here we come, page 1400!
You're lucky.
If I could had earned 0,01 € for my every posts/visit here, I could have bought Apple three months ago and release earlier the MBP.
...damn
Guys! Calm down... It's almost impossible to follow for people who have a life outside this thread!
10 pages in the past 5 hours is just too much
Wonder how loud the explosion in here will be, come time of revelation on thursday
I wonder that too.
These new tidbits of rumors are getting us at top level of craziness.
The thread will by divided by zero the 27th.
Aaaaanyway, just my two cents about this leaked pictures of the MBP: honestly, I don't like it.
- First, the bezels. Apple, you had three years for making something new. Come on.
- Second, the keyboard. I tried the MB, and I didn't like it so much, but probably because I was too much used to my 6 years old keyboard. I suppose I should get used to the new one.
- Third, the OLED Bar doesn't look that good.
But that said, those are just system pictures.
The MBP in his entirety will be completely better, I know.
41 hours to go.
Let's go Apple!
Yeah, way to wait up to 3 years for a product you guys are gonna now bail on because it has "new" stuff lol.....wut
WHY APPLE, why didn't you give me this!
Its gonna cost me a finger, so I added some realism.
View attachment 667934
Instead of this GIANT UNIBROW!
See the resemblance for yourself!
lool love this.. really I'm too not that excited about it.. but I guess it will look better when i see it in front of me
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