sedicivalvole

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The designers of the chair, Barber and Ed Osgerby, met with Ive several years ago over drinks, Fast Company said on Tuesday. The pair explained to him that the Pacific was designed to be "quiet," with curves that let it blend into any environment. 

Ive reportedly raised an eyebrow, telling the Osgerbys "That's interesting."

macxpress said:

People still use Spotify?  

wood1208 said:

Nothing new here. Practical approach Apple knows is SE upgrade on 2-3 year cycle for those who never want to use larger phones like my Dad. To keep cost down with good hardware inside, have trickle down spec from it's larger sibling. Focus should always be on larger phones.

EsquireCats said:

The core problem with the complaints is that people hate change, they hate seeing the industry move on without them and they think it's the industry's fault for progressing without accomodating their particular workflow. Even when the replacement workflow is superior in every single way. A person who starts their workflow today is not going to have any problems with Apple's new laptop, hence the device is not flawed.

Naturally such complaints are myopic - Apple have replaced a laptop which had around 7 static-function ports, with 4 variable-function ports. Each of those 4 ports can replace the 7 on its own. There is simply not an audience that uses every static-function port, but everyone will be able to use the 4 ports on a macbook pro.

Now about "pros" - a lot of people think they're "pros" when they're not, and these criticisms really do sort the men from the boys - a professional doesn't worry about switching out a few inexpensive USB3 cables to keep their current peripherals working with their latest hardware purchase - it's not an outrageous cost to bear, and it's a tiny additional spend when buying a $2000+ laptop. For comparison my first pro laptop cost around $7k (closer to $9k in today's money), it didn't have a VGA port despite VGA being ubiquitous. I didn't throw out my screen, I used a dongle - however when I did eventually upgrade my screen you couldn't even buy a proper screen that still used VGA, and the whole market (myself included) were better for that.

The only complaint in this argument with even a little weight is SD-card based workflows, but this harkens back to floppy-disk based workflows. It's an outdated model, pros switched to wireless transfer for DSLR 5+ years ago, first with adapters, then with built-ins. Even still the alternative to keep using 10 year old hardware is doing just one of the following: switching a single cable, using a plug in device, switching to wireless mode on your DSLR, or switching to a wi-fi enabled SD card.

Rayz2016 said:

macgui said:

I do appreciate the improvement in audio quality. My 12" MacBook is the best sounding MB/MBP I've ever heard.

Still, they're all pricey notebooks. I'll skip this round and wait for the next. And buy a bigger dongle box. Waiting for manufacturers to sell fast, high-capacity USB-C sticks. With multiple USB-C ports, I really don't need much in the way of dongles.

Not that I need one (cuz I don't), MacBook Pros while fairly stout machines, have been becoming commodity/consumer machines, and not high-end pro machines they once were.

Except that Apple wouldn't want to minimize the 'Pro' part of the name, I'd like to see them manufacture a more capable notebook for pro use- more than 16G RAM, user replaceable and user replaceable storage. Don't know how there current video chipsets compare to the competition, but I'd like to see star-of-the-art video. And keep at least one USB3 port. Maybe an ethernet port, too.

Basically, have one heavy-duty, high end MBP that isn't designed with thinness being the first priority. Or even the fifth. Sure the market would be small. Apple would adjust the price accordingly.

Good luck with all of that.