MacBook Pro - Hackdot

Re:MacBook Pro by javajosh on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:45PM (#12808167)

Yes, I've never once thought about my MPBr "This beast, it's just too thick!" Honestly the only improvements I would like are the following:

   1. Stop making new power connector standards.
   2. Stop making power adapters that fray after a year.
   3. Increase battery life.
   4. *Add* at least one standard USB port.
   5. Decrease display bezel.
   6. Increase RAM and HDD to 32G and 10TB.

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Re:MacBook Pro by stephenr on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:58PM (#12808413)

1. They have, new Apple laptops are now using USB-C.

2. They have, new Apple laptops now use a USB-C charger that has a separate cable, rather than a fixed attachment point.

3. The 15" has increased by an hour.

4. USB-C is a standard, and is backwards compatible via cheap adapters/cables. USB-A ports are not forwards compatible, and cannot be used for charging, thunderbolt, display port, etc.

5. They have. Both 13" and 15" are smaller externally with the same screen size.

6. RAM, I agree with. My 2011 17" MBP has 16GB RAM so I don't know why they aren't up to 32GB yet, at least in the 15". I doubt 10TB is feasible as SSD in a portable device this size.

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Re:MacBook Pro by Rebelgecko on Thursday October 27, 2016 @05:10PM (#12810186)

After a quick perusal of Amazon, if I got a new MBP I'd need to spend at least $100 to be able to plug in what I have hooked up to my current one. Not to mention the annoyance of turning my desk into a rat's nest of adapters

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Re:MacBook Pro by bane on Thursday October 27, 2016 @09:02PM (#12811989)

At my work we call a fully plugged in MBP a "Cthulhu of dongles".

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Re:MacBook Pro by ynniv on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:01PM (#12808477)

1. They have, new Apple laptops are now using USB-C.

I don't think you understood the question.

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Re:MacBook Pro by snom380 on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:23PM (#12808789)

OTOH, since 2005 they've changed the connector _once_, and the adapter is seamless enough that I still use 2006 and 2008 model chargers without giving it a second thought.

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Re:MacBook Pro by ynniv on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:25PM (#12808811)

It was a good run. I enjoyed being able to have a suite of adapters scattered about home and work.

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Re:MacBook Pro by Yeroc on Thursday October 27, 2016 @11:58PM (#12812943)

The power connector had a good run but they couldn't get the video connector right! Every new generation Apple laptop I buy has a different video adaptor.

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Re:MacBook Pro by stephenr on Friday October 28, 2016 @02:29AM (#12813576)

I've had similar - my 2007 MBP had full DVI. My 2011 MBP has Thunderbolt. My next one will have USB-C.

But what is the alternative you'd prefer? They still ship with that massive DVI connector?

Frankly, one they stopped using an apple-proprietary connector (ADC, which was basically DVI + USB + Power in a single cable, 14 years before USB-C) in 2004, there's not much to complain about.

Since they dropped ADC, they've used combinations of DVI, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, Thunderbolt1 & 2, USB-C, and now Thunderbolt 3.

Those are all industry standard ports. Some are influenced by Apple, but none are limited to Apple.

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Re:MacBook Pro by jzl on Friday October 28, 2016 @04:35PM (#12820403)

But displays have advanced rapidly as well and have constantly increasing data requirements. The new MBP can drive a 5K monitor at 60Hz (two, even!), and that much bandwith requires TB3.

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Re:MacBook Pro by hundchenkatze on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:23PM (#12808788)

I don't think you did either since there wasn't a question. javajosh didn't ask a question.

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Re:MacBook Pro by masklinn on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:14PM (#12808671)

> 6. Increase HDD to 10TB.

Are you high? Samsung just announced the 2TB 960 Pro for >$1200, their 4TB SSD the year before was like $4000. 10TB is enterprise-class 2.5" $10000 a pop land (or cheaper in bulk, Seagate announced a 60TB SSD for $40000 in 3.5" format)

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Re:MacBook Pro by FireBeyond on Thursday October 27, 2016 @04:23PM (#12809602)

You can buy a Sandisk 2TB SSD for $650. Not that that changes the point about 10TB.

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Re:MacBook Pro by nobodyshere on Thursday October 27, 2016 @05:06PM (#12810142)

That 2tb from sandisk would likely be a sata drive. Slow.

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Re:MacBook Pro by trymas on Friday October 28, 2016 @01:28AM (#12813339)

I bet OP meant 1TB..

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Re:MacBook Pro by jswny on Thursday October 27, 2016 @04:35PM (#12809753)

> 6. Increase RAM and HDD to 32G and 10TB.

I very much hope that you meant "1TB."

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