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Phil Schiller Says 32GB RAM on New MacBook Pro Would Have Required Battery Compromising Design
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They need to change the name to 'MacBook Amateur'
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It needs RAM. Lots of it for multiple VM's.
Apple has never been the highest performance machine for pro use. There's no reason for them to change now when their machines have been adequate for such use for the past 15 years.
You just made me remember the Dell mini 9 from 7 years ago. Famous for being a hackintosh netbook.
http://gizmodo.com/5156903/how-to-hackintosh-a-dell-mini-9-into-the-ultimate-os-x-netbook
Understatement of the year....
Tim is an operations guys. No way he should be CEO of Apple.
It really looks like Steve appointed Tim so that Steve will be remembered (correctly) as irreplacebale.
Ha ha ha. We all know that ain't ever happening. The most we can hope for is that the battery is made serviceable by Apple or a professional.
Depends on your use case. If I'm not expecting to do much work over the weekend, I will just bring a lightning charger for my iPad and my iPhone and a USB charger for my other stuff. As someone who uses PCs and Android devices, Apples standby is an important advantage. I can leave my Apple stuff unplugged and comfortably know I will return to the device and it will have a nice charge. PCs and Android devices just die on their own (or at least they used to). If I'm using a PC laptop I have to bring the charger since Windows just doesn't put the machines to sleep as well.
Apple doesn't have this issue and this is nice if you rotate between a half dozen or so devices depending on your work or needs at the time.
Yes, I did hear this from a few colleagues.
Also, to all the clamshell guys... a lot in here say they always use clamshell mode. Why did you not purchase a desktop?
What an odd thing to say. QB's don't design products. Engineers do. And they do it armchairs. At least the good ones get arm rests, though I'm sure Apples Engineers gave it 110%.
I never doubted it for a second.. they didn't not put 32GB just to piss off the elitists who think they need it. Maybe some other design changes could have helped but lets be honest... the 'omg they have made it thicker' camp would have been far more vocal than 'omg they have made it thinner' camp.
Apple couldn't win either way, people would have complained whatever the size and weight.
Apple couldn't win either way, people would have complained whatever the size and weight.
Because I'd look like a cock on the plane.
Hardware is continuously getting smaller. I'm sure 32 will be an option in a year.
Yes, there is Pro-fit. It's the new Macbook Profit.
A more perfect response could not have been sought or delivered. Well done, you.
Curious, how is your Razer Blade? I am still undecided between a XPS and the Razer. How loud does it get?
I always removed my armrests when I was a microprocessor designer. Got in the way.
What is happening here is the techs and designers are going to Tim for approval being all cutesy and explaining why this that and the other works best and Tim is simply saying "Fabulous! Do it!" where as Steve would of said no effing way, you make 32gig work in this machine or you don't make it at all.
Tim is a yes man to his underlings, you can tell by his character, presentation, poise and personality that he caves to their suggestions instead of telling them no.
Tim is a yes man to his underlings, you can tell by his character, presentation, poise and personality that he caves to their suggestions instead of telling them no.
You just described your need as the Macbook Air
It's everything that I wanted from the MBP save for macOS and TouchID, neither of which are dealbreakers obviously. The fans are noticeable under heavy load but definitely not so loud that it's off-putting. If you need a true workstation class machine, you'll be hard-pressed to find better.
4K launched in 2003, so that sounds about right. But no one is questioning the ability of the PPC that could. I think the point they are trying to make is that a MacBook Pro purchased today should handle software for at least the next six years. The 2010 MacBook Pro can barely run the newest version of Photoshop, and yet you seem to be suggesting that 16 GB of ram will run the version of PhotoShop that is released in 2023. I know you can't predict the demands of unwritten software, but we can evaluate the trends. The trends suggest that line of thinking is bunk.
Im going to take a wild guess, I think its because desktops are more difficult to travel with.
Stop making it so thin and you would have space for a bigger battery Phil.
Lame excuses - the design has totally compromised this Pro refresh and turned it into a bad joke.
Lame excuses - the design has totally compromised this Pro refresh and turned it into a bad joke.
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This is why you are not the target audience. Most people use their laptop 90% on the go. Thinner, lighter, excellent battery life are very important to me. When you travel around the world every pound counts.