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Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by curiousgal on Monday May 04, 2020 @08:46AM (#23067276)
Another year, another laughable release with the same BS language trying to dazzle "Pro" wanna-be's. There is nothing Pro about these machines.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by thethethethe on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:29AM (#23069182)
Have you ever been to a FAANG campus? There are thousands of engineers walking around with MacBooks. I’m pretty sure those engineers would be considered to be professional
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by neuronic on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:19PM (#23069895)
Where it doesn't matter that the maxed out specs at which point you can call the machine "Pro" cost something like €3000?

I'm sorry, but 8GB LPDDR3 and 256GB SSD with 2 USB-C ports and jet engine fans aren't really that "Pro".

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by thethethethe on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:06PM (#23070551)
You are moving the goalposts. So the high end version of the laptop is “pro” but the cheaper one isn’t? Doesn’t this follow for other similar ultra books?

Why does a computer have to be cheap-ish to be “pro”?

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by neuronic on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:48AM (#23089052)
Because it carries the "Pro" label. Why not just call it Macbook then? Why release what is essentially 2 products under one label, confusing consumers. It's predatory because Apple charges way too much for way too little when it comes to the Intel Gen8 models of the 2020 MBP.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by sturza on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:38AM (#23068583)
if 32 GB is not “pro”, i don’t know if we have the same understanding about what “pro” means
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by SnowflakeOnIce on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:57AM (#23068794)
That’s like... 1 Slack and a dozen Chrome tabs. :|
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by SparkleBunny on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:43AM (#23069348)
I have 64GB in my Thinkpad P71. I got it ~2 years ago. Why so much ram? I make money with this beast. How's your Starbucks?
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by pb7 on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:20PM (#23069905)
I bet I make at least twice the money with half the RAM. ;)

Weird thing to belittle someone over there man.

Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by sturza on Monday May 04, 2020 @12:46PM (#23070279)
you basically did the same thing with your comment
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by pb7 on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:07PM (#23070571)
I'm just speaking his language to deflate his ego a little bit by showing him that his point that RAM = money has no basis in reality.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by SparkleBunny on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:18PM (#23070717)
I was making fun of the fact that he thought 32 was pro. I slam into the 64gb limit on my laptop daily.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by pb7 on Monday May 04, 2020 @01:28PM (#23070833)
I think that's egotistical gatekeeping. There's no basis for 64GB being "pro" and 32GB not (or even 16GB or 8GB, for that matter). You can make millions of dollars on an MacBook Air with 8GB of RAM. Your use case does not dictate what is a reasonable amount for other professionals.
Re:New 13-inch MacBook Pro by codeisawesome on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:40PM (#23074673)
What do you do with 64 GB on your personal machine to use it up completely? Just curious..