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What Do You Want to See From Apple in 2017?

Reviewing what others posted, I see quite a few people asking for lower priced Pro/Mini desktops. Honestly, price doesn't matter. The important thing is that Apple releases true pro desktops. I've always paid higher prices for Mac products because such higher prices were really worth it: better quality, the machine lasted longer, bugs were soon fixed, everything worked OOB.

Even if you think that Macs are 50% (or even 100%) overpriced compared to an equivalent PC, the truth is that in the past it wasn't an overprice, it's just that you paid all the money in advance, while with the PC you'd pay more through the years (while getting a more buggy/unreliable system).

If the new Mac Pro starts at $3500-$4000, that's fine. That's what I paid for my current PC box (because Apple didn't want my money, as they didn't have an updated Mac Pro when I needed it).

The important thing is that a true (and I mean a true) updated Mac Pro is released.

@Tim Cook: You might say augmented reality is "more profound" than virtual reality, but the people who need professional Macs, need VR-capable GPUs. You should understand this. Besides, VR-capable GPUs are suitable for augmented reality as well, so we get everything: our professional needs and your "profound" feeling. Releasing a Mac that supports 2 (or more) top-class Pascal GPUs in SLI is cheap, and you should do it.
 
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Apple to announce modular designs for all future products.
- A commitment to user serviceability and the recognition that being able to replace a faulty part and carry out upgrades on products we buy is FAR more valuable to users and - more importantly - the environment, sustainability and future generations, than shaving another .3mm off a design.

Which, of course, is also the least likely thing Apple will announce.
 
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Less Trolls. Oh ops, that was for Macrumors.

Better iPad multitasking.
 
I would like to see Apple fix the graphics card issue with the new MacBook Pro that is still occurring when using Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 even after their 10.12.2 update. I have experienced the defective graphics card on multiple new MacBook Pro computers.
 
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In a weird way I'd like a reason to get a new iPad. I have a 128 GB iPad Air and wouldn't mind upgrading. But I'm not sure what they could do to justify another $1,000 purchase. I'd love a completely new screen that doesn't wash out in direct sunlight. Baring that, I'd just like to be excited by apple again.

The things I want, Apple won't give me. I'd like a 4K Apple TV but I doubt if we'll get that for another 5 yrs and/or a nicely specked Mac Mini.
 
i also want to see Apple Music copy Spotify's New Music Friday, and Discovery playlists. Have found so much good music with those playlists and just don't find the same consistent go to lists for discovery with Apple Music.
 
asiga said:
Reviewing what others posted, I see quite a few people asking for lower priced Pro/Mini desktops. Honestly, price doesn't matter. The important thing is that Apple releases true pro desktops. I've always paid higher prices for Mac products because such higher prices were really worth it: better quality, the machine lasted longer, bugs were soon fixed, everything worked OOB.

Even if you think that Macs are 50% (or even 100%) overpriced compared to an equivalent PC, the truth is that in the past it wasn't an overprice, it's just that you paid all the money in advance, while with the PC you'd pay more through the years (while getting a more buggy/unreliable system).

If the new Mac Pro starts at $3500-$4000, that's fine. That's what I paid for my current PC box (because Apple didn't want my money, as they didn't have an updated Mac Pro when I needed it).

The important thing is that a true (and I mean a true) updated Mac Pro is released.

@Tim Cook: You might say augmented reality is "more profound" than virtual reality, but the people who need professional Macs, need VR-capable GPUs. You should understand this. Besides, VR-capable GPUs are suitable for augmented reality as well, so we get everything: our professional needs and your "profound" feeling. Releasing a Mac that supports 2 (or more) top-class Pascal GPUs in SLI is cheap, and you should do it.
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Price doesn't matter? Talk about elitist a.
 
  1. A new, ambitious 4.0" iPhone which is actually pleasant to hold (rounded edges), to replace my iPhone 5s.
  2. Macbook Pro's:
    1. 32 GB memory option.
    2. Top-of-the-line GPU.
    3. USB-C MagSafe-adapter (à la the ZapTip-scam - yes, I backed it...) combining the best of both worlds: A high-bandwidth, versatile interface with a magnetic connector.
    4. Touch Bar as an option. For me as a developer (often running Windows under Parallels, which also explains the need for additional memory) the F5 and Escape keys are really nice to have as physical keys.
    5. More reasonable/less insulting pricing which matches the performance, so I won't feel completely stupid if buying a replacement for my 2013 Retina Macbook Pro (16 GB memory). Macs have always had a higher retail than PCs price when looking only at the hardware specs.
    6. Ability to (relatively easily) swap the storage and memory myself (as in the olden days of the pre-retina unibody Macbook Pro's).
  3. Corded backlit full keyboard to match Macbook Pro's keyboard. Why this hasn't been available for years is an enigma for me (but perhaps I'm the only one who would buy such a product).
I guess that I just want to (once again) be able to buy their products, knowing that they meet my needs and leave me without the feeling of having to compromise, e.g. sacrificing the exterior design for power - which I feel would be the case if for instance I ended up getting a laptop from another vendor. Basically, I want to experience that I'm getting great design in addition to great performance - not at the cost of it. Or even better: Great design in addition to the best performance available. Arguing that, e.g. increased memory (16+ GB) would have required more battery, while reducing the thickness of an already thin chassis thus reducing the space for battery, in my opinion, shows an unbalanced view of design over performance.
 
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Price always matters. There are people, including businessmen, for whom price is always the deciding factor. The fact that the more expensive item may be more efficient or reliable or have more useful features will not sway those businesses. The larger the price difference is then the larger the number of people who will purchase the cheaper item even if it really costs them more in the long run.

My company supplies computers to talk to manufacturing machines and we specify a $4000.00 Win 7 Industrial computer. A lot of industrial machines still use Win 7. Actually, a lot of them use XP or earlier OS's, including DOS. The customer will specify a cheap computer, usually sub $1000.00 and will get mad since we spec'd one costing 4 times as much. Frequently this cheaper computer lasts far less than a year. Now they are looking for ANY computer they can load their software on because "it's costing us $10,000.00 an hour " to have their production line down.

But they will make exactly the same cheap choice on the replacement computer.

Dealing with this was one of the reasons I moved to Mac, personally, in 2007. And seeing the quality and reliability of Macs go down while the price doesn't is why I am concerned with Apples current philosophy. They already are more expensive initially and a lot of people never look beyond that fact.
 
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USB-C for everything Apple.
At least 2 ports minimum on all laptops.
A kick-butt iPhone 8.
More Apple TV developments.
A modern laptop I can afford.
A stock price above $130. :)
A surprise that is reminiscent of the SJ days.
 
I am beginning to question Steve Jobs' disdain for All-in-one touch enabled computers, and am losing my reasons for waiting around for the next iMac, especially after the gorgeous Microsoft Surface Studio. The TouchBar on the new MBPs are such a half-assed measure to bring touch to the mac.

That said, I don't expect Jony, Tim & Co. to suddenly drop their Designed By Apple books and decide to come out with a touch enabled Mac. At this point, all I can ask for is an iMac with target display mode that I can connect my 12-inch macbook to. That way I can have power and portability covered. The only things holding me back are my investment in FCPX, LogicX, and Xcode for iOS development... which I have to say are pretty hard to give up.

Esentially, what it boils down to is that, I want to want the mac again; Not feel forced to stick with it.
 
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Popeye206 said:
USB-C for everything Apple.
At least 2 ports minimum on all laptops.
A kick-butt iPhone 8.
More Apple TV developments.
A modern laptop I can afford.
A stock price above $130. :)
A surprise that is reminiscent of the SJ days.
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Wishful thinking coming from the same company that charges $299.99 for an app (Final Cut Pro).

I would love if Apple brings back all the ports for the MacBook and headphone jack for the iPhone. Not have the 2015 rMacBook Pro/Air and iPhone 6s/6s Plus/SE to feature those old school features.

Considering all the famous deaths last year including the Galaxy Note7 and democracy, Apple bringing back some of those ports back would be like a big FU for posters defending their courage and being duped by their forward thinking. Kill the dongle. Not the industry standards. USB-C won't automatically replace the older standards overnight. They can co-exist like 720p/1080p/4K panels, different sizes with phones, and DVD, Blu-ray, and digital downloads.
 
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With modern Dual Xeon's and modern GPUs and crucially, Thunderbolt

There's a reason MacRumors is ripe with people hacking PSUs on these things to run dual GTX 1080s, or dual r9 280x's and swapping to X5690 CPUs.

I don't even care if it doesn't look exactly like the old ones, but the Mac Pro is dying for a dual-CPU set up with user serviceable GPUs.
 
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Price doesn't matter? Talk about elitist a.
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You didn't get my point. In this moment, it's not price what matters, but product existence. Mac prices have always been right (maybe they're overpriced now because of the hardware not being serviceable/upgradeable and because of the reduced satisfaction of MacOS: bugs, update downloads that never end, reduced features of key tools...), but apart from these current issues, price has always been right: higher than a PC, because you got a rock-stable machine that worked OOB, and superior support/quality/productivity/longevity: all this stuff has a price (there's a lot of man hours in it), or do you expect to pay a PC price and get the rest for free?

In this moment, the most important thing is that there's an updated Mac Pro. Then, you will be able to plan if you can buy it or if you can save for buying it. But if there's no Mac Pro, there's no point in asking for a cheap Mac.
 
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Full virtual machine support for OSX on other platforms so I can get a real computer and develop for iOS without hacks.

Seriously. 16? years since I bought a Titanium powerbook.

Your computers are bad jokes now. Apple used to push the envelope. Now we hear excuses. Why don't you have a machine that can run VR? Why can't I have a laptop with 128GB of ram? Pro? Pro what?

iPad Pro? Why can't I run xCode on it? Why don't I have a real keyboard case for it, not a silicone piece of crap?

Why do the new keyboards hurt my hands?

The rest of the world caught up, I think. I'm looking for alternatives. Never thought I'd say that.

My next phone might be a Pixel, and my next notebook might be a Lenovo. I just dropped 4 grand on a setup for VR. It wasn't a mac. Haha. The Surface 4 is looking pretty damn good.

The pendulum starts to swing back..
 
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