I voted user replaceable hard drive. I agree with a 1680x1050 15" screen resolution option should be offered very, very soon as well.
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Killer feature of the next MacBook Pro
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I voted user replaceable hard drive. I agree with a 1680x1050 15" screen resolution option should be offered very, very soon as well.
Not to be sarcastic or throw vinegar at everyone's wounds but a killer feature on the next new mbp would be nice bright white screens without any yellowing issues for everyone to deal with. If the next mbp looked exactly the same except for a speed bump to Peryn and all had perfect white lcd screens, that we could just pick one up without going through this little exercise of " I never heard of that before..." , I believe that would be the best feature Apple could include to restore its credibility. I know it is an amazing laptop - I just wish they get it right in the most important area - the screen.
out of the options listed i'd say User replaceable HD.
not having a magnetic latch is hardly a deal breaker. non-user replaceable HD = deal breaker for a lot of people, would be a killer feature.
Cleaner lines...yea..i dont think there are an excessive amount of lines on a MBP.
not having a magnetic latch is hardly a deal breaker. non-user replaceable HD = deal breaker for a lot of people, would be a killer feature.
Cleaner lines...yea..i dont think there are an excessive amount of lines on a MBP.
I would never want a easy to replace drive. It would be far to easy for someone to walk off with. Yes i know its a laptop...but even so, hard drives are that much easier to pocket.
Believe me, if someone wants to take something from you and they have access to your HDD, they will take your entire machine before they take a screw driver and rip your drive out.
It just as easy to pocket a laptop as you would anything else someone would want from you.
I'd also like to see a higher resolution screen in the 15" MBP. Anything else, I'm not really that fussed one way or the other.
really? I havent seen any posts about macbook owners getting their hard drives stolen. Nor have i heard of a controversy of windows based laptops getting their hard drives stolen. If a person really wanted whats on your HD i think they'd rather take the entire computer. I live on a college campus, people dont take hard drives by themselves. Why bother taking the time to undo the screws in the open?
MBPro needs Easy Replaceable Hard Drive and RAM access. If the MBnon-pro has it, why not the "PRO"? Seems this would benefit the pro user more, though it will hurt apple severely with respect to their profit margins on RAM upgrades. The Mag-Latch of the MB was a test form, like the Mini was to the nano. We will see the evolution of this design in the new Pro models marking a departure from the days of the Powerbook. I hope that the long standing design was due to refinement of a new form and not just a play of the market, though it may share both traits.
The MacBook Pro does currently have easily replaceable ram, just take the battery out, then 2 or 3 screws. A hard drive would be great.
errr... totally agreed!
No-one will undo screws... it looks suspect and takes time.
HDD are worth nothing either.
Someone walking around with a Macbook - doesn't look so suspect.
In addition to some of the good suggestions given here (espresso machine for example) I would like for it:
- Not to crumple if you so much as look at it
- For the 17" not to start drooping
- For the batteries to be at least as reliable as notebooks I have from other manufacturers
- For it to be built better
- For the Power Supply to not die as often or to fail to engage correctly the first time around
- For it not to turn into a furnace inside and out the moment you start scratching just a little at the power that the components on the laptop should offer
- For Apple to start offering on-site, next business day maintenance
So basically, to be built and supported like Sony, Dell or HP 'Actually Pro' business notebooks.
That would be good for starters.
- Not to crumple if you so much as look at it
- For the 17" not to start drooping
- For the batteries to be at least as reliable as notebooks I have from other manufacturers
- For it to be built better
- For the Power Supply to not die as often or to fail to engage correctly the first time around
- For it not to turn into a furnace inside and out the moment you start scratching just a little at the power that the components on the laptop should offer
- For Apple to start offering on-site, next business day maintenance
So basically, to be built and supported like Sony, Dell or HP 'Actually Pro' business notebooks.
That would be good for starters.
yeh, next business day apple care would be great, with my dell notebook, i paid arround $250 for 3 years, next business day, all parts and labour... i made good use of it as i had: New montherboard X2, new CD drive, new Hard Drive, New Fan X 3, new Ram, and a new screen.
for my MacBook Pro, in 2 years i have needed the top case replacing because the aluminum started to flake.
for my MacBook Pro, in 2 years i have needed the top case replacing because the aluminum started to flake.
The magnetic latch is quite cool, I'm a new mac owner I've owned and seen a lot of laptops (windows), but hadn't noticed any magnetic latches on other laptops.
My Dell m1210 has a magnetic latch, both the Dell 1330 and 1530 have them. Sony has the SZ, the TZ, and pretty much their entire lineup. All of HP's consumer notebooks have them. I could keep going on, but I won't. This isn't a cutting edge technology that Apple developed for the macbook. It's a magnet. As an earlier poster reminded us, his fridge has a magnetic latch.
I personally prefer the MBP's current latch. Either way, not a killer feature.
-Ado
p.s. - don't give me that face!
That is why I think it really needs to be on the MBP. I don't mind the current latch myself, but once you open any laptop that has it and go back to the MBP it's really a noticeable pain in the @$$. Replaceable HDDs are another one, but one I can live without.
I'd rather see a bigger thicker MBP that has better cooling and much more BTO options. And maybe even an Apple Desktop Replacement notebook that sacrifices style and cuteness for functionality and a dual 2.8 GHz processor and 512 MB GFX card. And I can't forget the option of dual drives, for a SSD and a HDD, I may never stop whining about that.
That, and hey can make a new remote that slides into the Express Card slot so that I can always have it RIGHT THERE!, and not somewhere in my bag.
You should research a bit more before making such a statement.
It is not simply putting flash memory together as a memory stick.
There is a reason a memory stick has a read speed of 10MB/sec and write speed of 3MB/sec and a Solid State Harddisk has a read speed of ten times that.
You also have to learn the difference between 256Mbit, 512Mbit and 1024Mbit memory.
Cleaner lines are good, but I really wish it had a floppy disk drive.
And not that phony 3.25" diskette either... we mean the real 5.25" floppy disks. Come on Apple, I want to go old school, like driving a '69 Chevy Impala!
p.s. For those that aren't old enough to remember or just don't know. The 1969 Chevrolet Impala was an American Classic and a staple in the African American communities for being a really huge car that guzzled gas at a rate twice that of current SUVs today. The slanted fins on the back and tail lights that mimicked rocket ships are an iconic feature on that model car. As were hydraulics and fuzzy dice.
I think we'll have to agree to disagree on this one skunk. I really love the mechanical action of opening up the MBP. I like the light on the latch release, I like the way the lid pops open a little when you press the release, and I like the way it holds itself closed better than the macbook's magnets. If you hold a macbook vertically, with it's hinge on your desk, it will crack open a little bit, whereas the MBP stays secure. Again, this is personal preference, but I like it the way it is and I think it adds to the design, rather than detracts.
-Ado
I've noticed other people baby the Macbook Pro more as well. I'm sure if you treated the MBP like you did your Dell - even if we aren't comparing Apples to Apples with a Latitude or Precision - it'll fall apart far quicker.