Ok what you’re describing is just standard social network management practice for companies. I thought you were saying that twitter themselves do things like that.
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Ok what you’re describing is just standard social network management practice for companies. I thought you were saying that twitter themselves do things like that.
Of course it backfired, it is none of his business just like it is no one else’s business to say how much computing hardware one does or does not need.
The fact they even asked says they already have an agenda and are also possibly critical of other’s choices.
Then there is the fact the person posts, gets lots of legit replies and the only thing they can talk about is Twitter????
I call troll BS on this one...
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The ones who don't really need a macbook pro's power are comparable to people buying a SUV while never going off-road. Now we've reached a point where the biggest group of people are exactly like this. The 'original' power-users are dwarfed by the majority and soon the future SUV models are incapable of going off-road.
If only you do is write text or browse the web you really do not need 6 or 8 cores. You never stress or really use the hardware so anything is fine for you. Meanwhile I'll start looking at Dell or Lenovo and put MacOS on it. Superior hardware in almost every sense nowadays.
I'm probably wrong because the majority disagrees.
If only you do is write text or browse the web you really do not need 6 or 8 cores. You never stress or really use the hardware so anything is fine for you. Meanwhile I'll start looking at Dell or Lenovo and put MacOS on it. Superior hardware in almost every sense nowadays.
I'm probably wrong because the majority disagrees.
You're going to get extremely skewed answers asking here dude.
This specific sub is dedicated to the macbook pro and its going to of course attract the people that are using one. So if you were to make a poll on here asking the question and 90% said yes, that doesn't mean anything. That's like going to a niche internet forum about dog food and asking how many people own dogs lol.
As someone who runs a full time business as a photographer and videographer, a macbook pro will never be ideal. The screen is just too small, once you've worked with a 5k 27" imac you'll cringe trying to do pro level work on the lower resolution screen that's less than a third of the screen real estate.
CAN it be done? Sure. Heck in a pinch I'll use whatever I can get my hands on. But it's not the best tool for the job for photo/video work.
This specific sub is dedicated to the macbook pro and its going to of course attract the people that are using one. So if you were to make a poll on here asking the question and 90% said yes, that doesn't mean anything. That's like going to a niche internet forum about dog food and asking how many people own dogs lol.
As someone who runs a full time business as a photographer and videographer, a macbook pro will never be ideal. The screen is just too small, once you've worked with a 5k 27" imac you'll cringe trying to do pro level work on the lower resolution screen that's less than a third of the screen real estate.
CAN it be done? Sure. Heck in a pinch I'll use whatever I can get my hands on. But it's not the best tool for the job for photo/video work.
i am,
tech support for our techs and customers.
i'm the only one using a MBP, everyone else using a Windows laptop. Since we're traveling sometimes and i also need to be able to support after hours, a laptop is a must
got the 2019 version after i upgraded from my 2014 MBP, since we have a few programs still on 32bit and need Mojave for this.
also using VMware Fusion to connect to ESXi servers and managing VM's or even run them from my MBP
You're probably wrong about the future of SUVs because SUV owners have been mostly people not going off-road for decades, and yet the vehicles remain able to go off-road.
The same principle applies to MBPs.
As for superior hardware, hard to interpret that in a way that fits my experience and that of others, but it's such a tired, tired subject anyway.
Using mine for 3D modeling (Rhino 3D)
Will upgrade to 2015 15inch fully specd when will be able to get one in perfect condition
Will upgrade to 2015 15inch fully specd when will be able to get one in perfect condition
I'm doing professional work on it, but not creative work. I just need a Mac with the biggest screen possible, which kinda forces me to spend an arm and a leg on the MBP. A 15" MBA would sure be an interesting move by Apple.
The Macbook Air is so underpowered the 13" Macbook Pro is the only laptop to get from Apple if you want to be able to push it at times or be future proof.
To me, the Macbook Pro is the entry level laptop at base spec and professional with a few upgrades.
To me, the Macbook Pro is the entry level laptop at base spec and professional with a few upgrades.
I have been a very successful commercial and fine art photographer for well over 30 years and have been using Apple portables on location since 1999. When you are in a place like a resort doing a lifestyle shoot in Bali for two weeks pulling in $3K a day, a machine like a 16" MacBook Pro and a couple of Thunderblade's start looking pretty nice when the alternative is hauling an iMacPro through check in and customs.
So ummm...sorry man, I call BS on the cringing using a MacBook Pro when I would not trade my life for anyone's at this point.
I have to admit to being slightly baffled by the tone of the question. I work in the financial industry and use a 2016 MacBook Pro daily for light development and heavy administrative tasks. The laptop has never let me down, and I foresee getting another year of use before upgrading. Not all professional careers require massive computing resources.
The freelance job market for creative work (graphic design, photo retouching, a few other things for me) for a while shifted away from:
- "Come work for us; A workstation will be provided" which I preferred because it allowed me to use a more powerful iMac at home,
to:"Come work for us; bring a laptop."
The obvious reason for this is because companies want to pay less and less for work, and having workstations is a cost that can be passed off to the worker as well as the data responsibility of having to get tied into a company's infrastructure instead of just working on a computer that is already integrated.
That's not to say that some places still offer workstations, but the laptop requirement is much greater now. Having a laptop simply allows you to get more work when it comes to freelance gigs.
Edit - One upside to having a current and well equipped laptop is that sometimes in a "workstation will be provided" job, you are shown to a computer that is old and underpowered. This happened to me when I was supposed to be doing high volume photo retouching that was supposed to be quick, and they had me working on an old mac mini that left me twiddling my thumbs when I had to wait for the computer to perform batch automations.
- "Come work for us; A workstation will be provided" which I preferred because it allowed me to use a more powerful iMac at home,
to:"Come work for us; bring a laptop."
The obvious reason for this is because companies want to pay less and less for work, and having workstations is a cost that can be passed off to the worker as well as the data responsibility of having to get tied into a company's infrastructure instead of just working on a computer that is already integrated.
That's not to say that some places still offer workstations, but the laptop requirement is much greater now. Having a laptop simply allows you to get more work when it comes to freelance gigs.
Edit - One upside to having a current and well equipped laptop is that sometimes in a "workstation will be provided" job, you are shown to a computer that is old and underpowered. This happened to me when I was supposed to be doing high volume photo retouching that was supposed to be quick, and they had me working on an old mac mini that left me twiddling my thumbs when I had to wait for the computer to perform batch automations.
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Ah yes. The open office. My idea of hell. Glad when I was at MSFT everyone had a private office per BillG.
Yes. I was there for 15 years and went from having a nice office to open space by the time I left. Now I think it's all that. I'm currently at Expedia and it's the same deal. So in spite of all studies showing how bad it is, everyone sure jumped in with both feet.
Our company, fairly large- is a software and IT House specializing in financial solutions. They issue our consultants Lenovo x1 carbons primarily. I choose to run my own MBP as my comfort with the OS has been secured over the past 20+ years now.
I run a team of implementation consultants that do large scale enterprise client projects. We travel 50% minimum during the course of the year, so when I am home, my 16” MBP gets plugged into 2 large monitors. Most of my work today is both OS X compatible- JiRA, slack, Cisco, office, JavaScript, etc. however I do have to run VMs to utilize our primary software which is windows based. Last time I checked my machine uses approximately 18-20 GB if ram, so I went with a 32gb machine this time.
This 16” is great to travel with and has all the power that I need.
I run a team of implementation consultants that do large scale enterprise client projects. We travel 50% minimum during the course of the year, so when I am home, my 16” MBP gets plugged into 2 large monitors. Most of my work today is both OS X compatible- JiRA, slack, Cisco, office, JavaScript, etc. however I do have to run VMs to utilize our primary software which is windows based. Last time I checked my machine uses approximately 18-20 GB if ram, so I went with a 32gb machine this time.
This 16” is great to travel with and has all the power that I need.
It is still not ideal. I'm happy you've found your niche and are doing great at it but come on man, you know full well your editing experience would be significantly faster and more accurate using a 27" 5k screen compared to this little 16" screen.
You "could" also do your job on my old 13" macbook pro. You also "could" do you photogrphy work with an old 5d mark 2. Doesn't mean it's anywhere close to ideal considering the other options available on the market. Don't be that guy.
Like Lemmings to the sea, my friend.
Now sitting in my private office with windows, and most importantly a door that shuts and is soundproof.
Totally agree. The thing is, no matter how much evidence there is that open spaces are detrimental to mood, health and productivity, employers believe they're cheaper and allow them to better monitor people (which is in reality not the case but I digress), so they refuse to listen.
In my previous office (which I luckily moved from this year) the constant distraction was so bad that it wasn't uncommon for people to wear noise canceling headphones all the time to be able to concentrate.
I'm a implementation and maintenance consultant working mostly with SAP. My daily doings is connecting to servers on the cloud via VPN and work there so it doesn't really matter which device I have at the end of the day because most of the days I'm simply connecting via RDP or SSH.
I do rock my own laptop since I love MacOS and how iCloud keeps everything in sync in all my devices. I also connect a lot via SSH using the Terminal so that's a huge plus for me.
Also I do run a Windows VM in Parallels for when I need to use the SAP GUI or the Moba Xterm program.
Is it SAP?
I do rock my own laptop since I love MacOS and how iCloud keeps everything in sync in all my devices. I also connect a lot via SSH using the Terminal so that's a huge plus for me.
Also I do run a Windows VM in Parallels for when I need to use the SAP GUI or the Moba Xterm program.
Is it SAP?
It would be of great assistance to 'this' long term Mac User if - 1/the assumption that the reader knows every an-acronym in the so called tech world & 2/my honesty was not the first thing an OP questions
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Real answer until retirement the MBP was the single most important and relied upon piece of equipment in my business (photography) that was not carried in a camera case. After ¾ years struggling to get reliable Windows based machines my first 12" G4 MBP saved my business and the rest was history /profitable/enjoyable and worked.
.Real answer until retirement the MBP was the single most important and relied upon piece of equipment in my business (photography) that was not carried in a camera case. After ¾ years struggling to get reliable Windows based machines my first 12" G4 MBP saved my business and the rest was history /profitable/enjoyable and worked.