I don't get people's obsession with smaller bezels. Is that really what sets a machine apart?
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What to Expect at November's Apple Event: Macs With Arm-Based Apple Silicon Chips
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I don't get people's obsession with smaller bezels. Is that really what sets a machine apart?
I do a lot of product label design and most printer companies want them as AI. That’s hard for me to ditch Adobe and switch to Affinity.
You’ll have to wait till November 2021 ... probably.
I doubt Tim Cook has any enthusiasm to make the product more outstanding rather than just swapping the processor architecture.
I mean, some users succinctly pointed out that Tim Cook literally developed the product such as MacBook Pro to become less impressive and more costly.
I mean, some users succinctly pointed out that Tim Cook literally developed the product such as MacBook Pro to become less impressive and more costly.
I still can not believe that the design will be the same. It will be so unApple to do something like that on something so important like a change of architecture.
So, fingers crossed for a 14inch macbook!
So, fingers crossed for a 14inch macbook!
unApple? You mean how they did exactly that both in the 68k-to-PowerPC and the PowerPC-to-Intel transitions?
That doesn’t make any sense. Does this reference a hypothetical 16.4-inch MBP? There wasn’t one under Jobs with an edge-to-edge display (also, how do you do that and not end up with an even worse camera?), or any 16-inch one.
This is cherry-picking things and attributing them to CEOs.
I hope they don’t announce anything besides the new macs, don’t steal the thunder from them for once.
*Insert Cartman pacing back and forth in front of the video game store gif*
"Come on...come on..!"
MacBook Pros will now be overpriced iPads that you can’t install any software (now simply apps), unless the developer sells it through the Apple Store...am I missing something? As long as I can still have some open source freedom and good virtualization of all key OS systems, I would give it a go, but mentally preparing myself for a switch...it sounds to me like a complete vendor lockdown and forcing developers to pay Apple a share of their profit...
The AirPods Studio mockup looks like a cheap set one buys in a pinch at the airport.
I don’t get this obsession with new design. The iPhone 12 is a “new” design which is mostly just the iPhone 4 in a larger case.
Yes. What you are missing is that MacBook Pro’s are not overpriced, and are not iPads, and won’t be restricted to the Apple store.
Me too. The mac lineups are basically a unibody metal with a slab of glass. It’s already as simple as it can be, maybe just a thinner bezel needed.
swingerofbirch
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The first MacBook Pro with Intel chip and the first iMac with Intel chip were almost identical to the computers they replaced in appearance.
But with the Arm chip, I wonder if they will still include a fan?
But with the Arm chip, I wonder if they will still include a fan?
swingerofbirch
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They used to have a slab of glass--up until 2012 or so. Now it's some sort of very thin and fragile laminate. Maybe it's glass, but it's very fragile compared to what they had before. Edit: On the laptops, that is.
Apple has said repeatedly that they have no plans to lock down the Mac into an App-store only model a la iOS. You will be able to install third-party software from other sources on Apple Silicon Macs just as you can today on Intel Macs, so long as it's compatible with the new system.
If average battery life on any of these over 15hrs+ then I'm SOLD!!!
I agree, but I think it's more to do with the fact that Apple is known for selling computers that are expensive and gorgeous (reliable, too).
People are fine with the price as long as they get the great design as well, so when they don't have thin bezels but other PC manufacturers do (and when they have unreliable keyboards), people start to hate how expensive they are.
What really baffles me is how much people lament the removal of the glowing Apple logo. People hold it against apple that their laptops are not longer glowing advertisements.
You’re missing a lot. Apple has clearly and loudly stated they’re not merging ipads and macs. You’ll be able to install software outside the mac app store.