One way to make the new MBP thinner would be to get rid of the screen. That would probably help margins as well. (c) (tm)
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+1 for portable headless computer. While we're at it, let's also remove the keyboard to make it even thinner and cheaper to manufacture.
It actually would work great in my setup (carried around but mostly docked)
I think you're on to something.
External GPU, dongle for USB-C, dongle for audio (I know, iPhone 7 only for now).
The Skylake MacBook Pro could just be a Skylake processor in a teeny, tiny aluminum case with 4 USB-C ports. The battery, display, GPU, audio port, keyboard, track pad, OLED strip, memory, and of course the hard drive are all external (and sold separately).
It's like when someone runs over a frog with a car and the organs all pop out: the inevitable conclusion to an unending quest to become thinner and lighter.
+1 for portable headless computer. While we're at it, let's also remove the keyboard to make it even thinner and cheaper to manufacture.
It actually would work great in my setup (carried around but mostly docked)
Intel made one of those: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016...n-nuc-is-a-workstation-for-the-size-obsessed/
I get all of the anger and frustration at Apple. Seriously I'm right there with you guys. But it's funny that the day they release these forsaken laptops, and we all buy them, we will forget about how angry we were and go on our merry ways.
Hoping the window laptop scene can make more improvements. Surface book and xps have made some great progress.
Hoping the window laptop scene can make more improvements. Surface book and xps have made some great progress.
who knows. moderators have banned our insider source
. Mid September at least!PS: the thread is so dead right now...
We did this with Mac Minis in a job I had about ten years ago. Worked very well, but startup wasn't very instant back then, so it was kind of annoying every time you had to move desks.+1 for portable headless computer. While we're at it, let's also remove the keyboard to make it even thinner and cheaper to manufacture.
It actually would work great in my setup (carried around but mostly docked)
Why? We all had to do customer support hours a few days a week, but kept working while we did, so we brought our computers with us into the CS offices.
Don't worry, 600 of those pages are full of people discussing the length of the thread.
Yes, it would work the same as an internal GPU if it used Thunderbolt 3. TB simply allows you to access the PCIe bus through a cable.
But it has the same restrictions as the TB display has now. So you can't daisychain through it, it has to be the last item on the chain.
In fact, I assume you shouldn't daisychain at all but use a single port for a single TB display since you'll be using both the PCIe and the DP part of the TB3 port fully.
But it has the same restrictions as the TB display has now. So you can't daisychain through it, it has to be the last item on the chain.
In fact, I assume you shouldn't daisychain at all but use a single port for a single TB display since you'll be using both the PCIe and the DP part of the TB3 port fully.
yeah. because some of us have work to do and have resorted to renting and borrowing computers because paying premium price for a 2-4 year old platform is ridiculous. RIDICULOUS I SAY!
[doublepost=1467376805][/doublepost]And for those who asked this spring when my dad bought a Razer Stealth for himself, nut for me to use for 3-4 months; it's a very nice laptop. Windows 10 sucked, but then I completely disabled Cortana and all the live tiles and it worked just fine. Also, some of our old electrical engineering software that couldn't work on Vista, 8 , but did work on 7 magically worked when using 10's built in emulator for starting the executable as an older version (16bit or 32 bit).
I wish I had tried Ubuntu or Mint on it before sending it to him.
I currently repurposed our 2007 white MacBook with Lion, Win 7 and have been testing Ubuntu and OpenBSD. Ubuntu and OpenBSD blazes. the OWC ssd helps. Still have Snow leopard on my crunched up half destroyed 06 MBP, but it doesn't always boot.
I'm getting my old BSD and UNIX chops back, because I need to plan for the day macOS poops the bed.
Went into an apple store to try the rMB keyboard .
Holy shitballs it's AWFUL. I could feel the strain in my hands after they bottom out.
How could so many people oversee this and not think the keyboard was a massive failure?
I type for a living, and if the new skylake MBP has the same keyboard, I'll blow my savings travelling europe or something cos **** that.
Holy shitballs it's AWFUL. I could feel the strain in my hands after they bottom out.
How could so many people oversee this and not think the keyboard was a massive failure?
I type for a living, and if the new skylake MBP has the same keyboard, I'll blow my savings travelling europe or something cos **** that.
The calls for a price reduction of the current models is not realistic. Suppose Apple cut the price $300 across the board for these older "new" Macbook Pros? Most would say that's reasonable and a good move. And yet, they would still not buy one. Then the new ones are released. Guess what, they are now $400 more than the last model. The screams would be so loud you'd go deaf. Apple has to ride out the pricing as it is so the new ones won't cause sticker shock.
I got used to it. Really fast. And after 3 months of using it, going back to the MBP the keyboard felt broken. I develop for a living so I do a fair bit of typing myself.
Sure my experience might be different to yours, I'm just saying it's better than 5 mins in an Apple might tell you.
Given the option, I'd love the next MBP to have rMB's keyboard.
what "STRAIN" are you talking about. barely feels like your hitting a key. does typing on a glass screen cause you strain too?
No. No "but still." Let's frame your post and replace processors with cars:
Its funny they will release the 2017 Ford Fiesta soon and we still have to wait months for the 2016 Mustang. Yes I know they are different cars but still.
Interesting. My girlfriend (who bought the new Macbook last month) says exactly the same: she got used to the keyboard very fast and now she prefers it to any other keyboard in the market.
Maybe Apple was onto something after all? I dunno, I personally cant stand typing on that thing...
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