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Your DREAM-MBP

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IndigoDesign

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With all the discussions going on around the new MBP I was wondering, what would make you people happy?
For me, it's simple:

- no-hipster-bar optional on all sizes
- 1x lightning port 1x USB A legacy on all versions, no headpone jack, 2x USB-C-TB3 on all versions
- 1 mm thicker and better battery life all round
- trackpad actually works with pencil (this would be a killer-feature for me)
- 32 GB Ram Option on the highest end 15 inch
- no faux-speaker grilles
- a tad more key travel
- 100% Adobe RGB (91% currently is fine enough though)
- 200-300 bucks cheaper across the board

I already kissed my "user-upgradability-dreams" good bye so I'm not even dreaming about it anymore.

What's your dream MBP?
 
IndigoDesign said:
With all the discussions going on around the new MBP I was wondering, what would make you people happy?
For me, it's simple:

- no-hipster-bar optional on all sizes
- 1x lightning port 1x USB A legacy on all versions, no headpone jack, 2x USB-C-TB3 on all versions
- 1 mm thicker and better battery life all round
- trackpad actually works with pencil (this would be a killer-feature for me)
- 32 GB Ram Option on the highest end 15 inch
- no faux-speaker grilles
- a tad more key travel
- 100% Adobe RGB (91% currently is fine enough though)
- 200-300 bucks cheaper across the board

I already kissed my "user-upgradability-dreams" good bye so I'm not even dreaming about it anymore.

What's your dream MBP?
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Mmmkay...

10 hour battery even with heavy use.
Adaptive dynamic keyboard, where each key changes depending on app.
Usable stylus trackpad.
Holographic projector for FaceTime.
Wireless charging.
Ultrasonic tactile screen/keys.

Cause why not?
 
Whatever Satya Nadella or Michael S. Dell would guide the creation of using Apple's aesthetic and facilities...
 
Essentially the maxed non-TB 13". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That being said I'll be damned if I spend that much on a MacBook.
 
My MBP would be:

1. Same processors or next best
2. 32GB optional
3. Larger case to allow for 100wh battery
4. 17" screen in full retina
5. The nicest keyboard keys ever
6. 4 USB-C, 1 USB-A, 1 UHS II compliant SD card slow
7. I actually don't mind the concept of the touch bar but I would rather it be changed up. Have the function keys still there but each of those be a small screen to show the current functionality. Best of both worlds kind of thing.

Yes, I'd pay $3000-3500 for this.
 
In a perfect world I would go back to Nextel cell phones and an internet minus social media.
 
The current 2016 touch bar 13 inch MacBook Pro is my dream machine, pity my 2013 is so bloody good I have no good reason to get one.
 
Current 15" except:

- 32Gb DDR4
- starting at 512Gb
- nVidia 1060 or better dGPU
- Iris Pro 580
- option to spec out the touch bar but keep the fingerprint sensor
- previous size trackpad
- previous keyboard
- only 2xUSB-C, but 2xUSB-A, SD card reader
- MagSafe
- better QA or cheaper AppleCare

For this I'd gladly pay their currently asking prices.
 
To keep it in the realms of feasible:

- 1080p Webcam, up from 720p now
- Previous year's battery capacity (99wh for 15", 76wh for 13")
- Touch ID without the touch bar
- E-ink keyboard as a potential replacement for the touch bar (possibly due to launch in next few years)
- Bring back last years keyboard travel
- Near-silent keys
- Bring back last years trackpad size
- Option of Matte screen
- Matte black coloured MacBook Pro

More in the realms of dreams:

- GT4e GPu's across the board (yes i know, they don't exist for some variants)
- Quad core option for 13"
- Wireless charging
 
I want a ddr4 xeon machine with iris pro. I don't care if the battery only lasts 2 hours. Make it last 1 hour for all I care its just a UPS to me. I dont care if it has integrated graphics because in this fantasy world apple has released 42" 4k displays with external gpu. I would not pay more than $10,000 for this stuff.
 
symphara said:
Current 15" except:

- 32Gb DDR4
- starting at 512Gb
- nVidia 1060 or better dGPU
- Iris Pro 580
- option to spec out the touch bar but keep the fingerprint sensor
- previous size trackpad
- previous keyboard
- only 2xUSB-C, but 2xUSB-A, SD card reader
- MagSafe
- better QA or cheaper AppleCare

For this I'd gladly pay their currently asking prices.
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It doesn't work like this.
First DDR3 used in mbp has the same speed as DDR4.
Second if it starts at 512, it will see flat increase by 200-300$ just as current gen seen from going baseline 128 to 256.
Nvidia 1060 GPU has bigger thermal output then all current mbp combined.
USB-A and SD are gone, deal with it.
Magsafe is too specific, if you need it, buy adapter.
 
A dGPU that isn't utterly terrible.



Voley said:
Nvidia 1060 GPU has bigger thermal output then all current mbp combined.
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Please stop saying "thermal output" or any variation of excuses for Apple. The 14" Razer Blade uses it and it's fine. Apple has sacrificed everything for the sake of thinness. Even their underpowered PSU causes their already existing hardware to throttle, so they purposely gimp their own hardware. Enough with the excuses, please. I'm not saying it should use a 1060, but they've literally chosen to put the cheapest possible GPU they could into a machine that starts at 2400. There is no logical way to defend this. Apple's obsession with thinness is the reason for all of this nonsense. All you have to do is look at Phil Schiller's excuses to realize how far Apple's heads are up their arses now. I don't know if you remember, but Apple used to brag about their GPU power compared to other laptops in keynotes. They haven't done that in years. Now all they brag about is thinness.

And seriously get out of this thread with that. The thread title is "Your Dream MBP" ... not "Bash On People's Dream MBP."
 
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For me it is pretty simple. The current 13" rMBP (with touchbar) but with a few improvements:

- Edge to edge screen. How can a dell laptop have this for over a year and Apple still has a half inch bezel on the top and a third inch on each side...This would also require bumping the resolution slightly.
- 1080p webcam.
- visible touchbar screen extends to the left edge of the keyboard.
- touchbar gives haptic feedback
- a reasonable price (should be starting at $1499, if not lower.)
- Longer battery life

Those are the ones that will probably happen at some point in the future. The one thing I do want to happen that probably never will - a dGPU on the 13" model. Or at least Iris Pro. Make it a BTO option so people can have their cheaper models with the base Iris, and those who need it can upgrade.

By next year USB-C will become more widely used, so no reason to go backwards on ports at this point.
 
They should just make a Macbook Pro **** model to appease everyone unhappy with their "courage".

-same size/weight as 2015
-addition of 2x TB3/USB-c
-I don't care about dedicated GPU but give us complete eGPU support
-magsafe
-32/512 standard
-i7 quad core
-4k resolution
-no OLED bar
-water resistant keyboard
-avail in silver, space grey, glossy white and glossy black
 
For me:

32 GB of RAM (as soon as it's reasonably possible to do so)
More battery life, even at the expense of weight
 
Voley said:
It doesn't work like this.
First DDR3 used in mbp has the same speed as DDR4.
Second if it starts at 512, it will see flat increase by 200-300$ just as current gen seen from going baseline 128 to 256.
Nvidia 1060 GPU has bigger thermal output then all current mbp combined.
USB-A and SD are gone, deal with it.
Magsafe is too specific, if you need it, buy adapter.
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It doesn't work like this. I'm allowed to dream of anything I please. This Macbook is very far away from what I wanted, and I've been waiting for a long time for it.
 
32gb optional
battery life over weight loss
More than *just* USB-c ports (don't remove headphone jack yet)
Power supply NOT STRAIGHT CORD... Magsafe or USB-c I don't care, but angled cord so it's NOT IN THE WAY
better dGPU options
physical fn keys *along* with touch bar and Touch ID

Honestly not much else i'd want.
 
What s the point of all this mental masturbation?? Apple will make what they make you either buy it or you don't.

This is the sort of bull that gives people ridiculous and unrealistic expectations.

It is this sort of nonsense that has made so many people so angry despite the fact that anyone with any sense would have known exactly what the new MBP would be. The same as the last one the best balance of portability and performance with the current tech available. It's what Apple always make and always have made, if that is not your bag their notebooks are not for you move on.
 
13" with quad core and iris pro. dGPU will always throttle in a mbp (with any worth while option) :(
Trackpad with apple pencil support is something I have been dreaming about for a long time.
 
Function Keys AND Touch Bar :)

Just move the keyboard down 1/2" and add a TouchBar, it would have saved all this headache with the TouchBar, then everyone gets their ESC key, power button, and all the old way of using that section of the keyboard, PLUS, you get shiny new TouchBar.

Less Bezel and a slightly larger screen on the 13" MBP.
Cold fusion powered battery, last 100 years...
Quadcore CPU.
User replaceable m.2 slot.
 
Samuelsan2001 said:
What s the point of all this mental masturbation?? Apple will make what they make you either buy it or you don't.

This is the sort of bull that gives people ridiculous and unrealistic expectations.

It is this sort of nonsense that has made so many people so angry despite the fact that anyone with any sense would have known exactly what the new MBP would be. The same as the last one the best balance of portability and performance with the current tech available. It's what Apple always make and always have made, if that is not your bag their notebooks are not for you move on.
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Because nobody can wish or want right? Just take what is given and like it. I remember Apple making a commercial about that once...

If you pay attention you can see many people have said NO to apple's newest MBP (myself included) and have posted in this thread many of the reasons why.
 
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