You know, I really wish that Apple would create a MacBook Classic...a notebook that takes all of the best of features that they have jettisoned in recent years and marries them with the best technology that the market has to offer in 2016. Just imagine it! They could take the design of the cMBP and stuff some really awesome tech into it in order to make a fantastic computer. Sure, it would be thicker, but they could also put in a bigger battery, better graphics cards, they could put both USB-A and USB-C into it (it's classic, after all!), a sleep/wake LED, a battery indicator, etc. Of course, there would be no optical drive, which is where I was getting the increase in battery life and power! A machine like this would have a retina display, Skylake i7 (quad, of course), Polaris/Pascal dGPU, and more modern design language with the all metal hinge.
And of course it would have user upgradeable components. I've been thinking about it, and I think a 90's approach where you would pull up a keyboard tray that's been integrated into the aluminum body so you wouldn't have to flip it over and putz around with a screwdriver. Once you pop off the tray with the keyboard, below it you would have your RAM and SSD sticks that you could swap out. Maybe even the wireless card would be there too, so whenever new 801.11 and Bluetooth standards were released you could just buy a new card and install it. It would be feasible I think, because they wouldn't need to solder everything down as the focus isn't being thin.
I don't understand this obsession with weight and thickness. Even a 5 lb notebook doesn't bother me that much, and the thickness doesn't matter either. These things don't impede portability in my opinion, so I would be all for a computer like this.
Of course, I know that this will never ever happen, but it's always fun to dream!
And of course it would have user upgradeable components. I've been thinking about it, and I think a 90's approach where you would pull up a keyboard tray that's been integrated into the aluminum body so you wouldn't have to flip it over and putz around with a screwdriver. Once you pop off the tray with the keyboard, below it you would have your RAM and SSD sticks that you could swap out. Maybe even the wireless card would be there too, so whenever new 801.11 and Bluetooth standards were released you could just buy a new card and install it. It would be feasible I think, because they wouldn't need to solder everything down as the focus isn't being thin.
I don't understand this obsession with weight and thickness. Even a 5 lb notebook doesn't bother me that much, and the thickness doesn't matter either. These things don't impede portability in my opinion, so I would be all for a computer like this.
Of course, I know that this will never ever happen, but it's always fun to dream!
