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Re:I Hate the New Macbooks by k-mcgrady on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:54PM (#9813308)
>> CD Drive

It's 2015. Very, very few people need that.

>> Ethernet

Probably should be on a pro laptop but again it's not used very much anymore.

>> 17" screen

Doesn't the addition of retina resolution to the 15" make up for this?

Also this is nothing to do with the new MacBooks as those things have been gone for quite a while now.

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Re:I Hate the New Macbooks by Tloewald on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:57PM (#9813333)
I'd love a 17" rMBP. It would still be lighter than the older 15" MBPs with optical drives.

I'm sure there are some pro users who need ethernet ports (e.g. for tethered shooting with a pro camera body at sporting events where wifi is not even an option).

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Re:I Hate the New Macbooks by lurkinggrue on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:39PM (#9814975)
Ethernet is great if you want network stability and speed.
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Re:I Hate the New Macbooks by scott_karana on Thursday July 02, 2015 @12:59PM (#9820127)
Or the ability to directly wire to factory-fresh "192.168.0.1" routers/switches/etc.
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