MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown

Re:MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown by crumpington on Monday July 16, 2018 @11:10PM (#17547015)

Actually, Apple does have LTE modems. It's just that they insist on referring to them as iPhones or iPads.

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Re:MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown by gsich on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:58AM (#17548069)

I thought it was clear that this is about laptops...

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Re:MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown by crumpington on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:04AM (#17550155)

Apple's latest laptops mostly require dongles now...

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Re:MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown by gsich on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @11:22AM (#17550306)

Mostly? I would say all. Which is bad obviously.

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Re:MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown by koffiezet on Thursday July 19, 2018 @05:22AM (#17564852)

No, they just require you to have an iPhone or LTE iPad. Then it's one click away without any dongles or wires.

They do expect you to stay within the Apple ecosystem, and it works surprisingly well if you can live with it. It severely limits choice - and won't work for everyone.

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Re:MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar 2018 Teardown by gsich on Thursday July 19, 2018 @08:56AM (#17565752)

>No, they just require you to have an iPhone or LTE iPad. Then it's one click away without any dongles or wires.

Which is the same as an embedded modem. I know the US a third-world country when it comes to mobile networks, but why Apple assumes this is the case in other countries -- I don't get it.

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