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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by bdcravens on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:06AM (#17413985)
> what can they do? Make the battery thinner so they can get sane key travel back within the case without increasing overall thickness?

Go back to previous thickness; it wasn't that bad, and thin for the most powerful portable they sell isn't necessarily a good thing. They could even couple it with advancements in battery tech to finally put 32GB on their laptop.

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by oldcynic on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:18AM (#17414026)
That's my preferred answer. We can have magsafe back too. :)

Sadly Apple rate thinness too highly, so I suspect they'll not give it up easily.

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by gaius on Thursday June 28, 2018 @01:56AM (#17414423)
I don’t see why they can’t have Air for customers that want thinness and Pro for customers that want portable workstations. Is there a reason, other than “marketing”?
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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by dsuth on Thursday June 28, 2018 @06:13AM (#17415556)
> We can have magsafe back too. :)

Yes please. Honestly the new format is such a clusterfuck of unwanted features, poor hardware implementation, and removal of wanted features that it makes you wonder how it got out the door.

Hanging onto my circa 2013 MBP until they come up with a more appealing offer, or going elsewhere.

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by voltagex_ on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:43AM (#17414131)
Consumers seem to - I'd take a Galaxy S8+ with twice the thickness to get some decent battery life.
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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by ajmurmann on Thursday June 28, 2018 @10:09AM (#17416971)
It irks me even more when they try to keep their desktops thin.
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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by soziawa on Thursday June 28, 2018 @03:36AM (#17414823)
They wouldn't even have to go back to the previous thickness. The current MBP should be the MBA and then the MBP can be an actual pro machine.
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