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For all the folks whining about needing more screen real estate but refuse to put any frigging effort in finding a solution:

http://a.co/4F8x4p4

http://a.co/5ZljrD0 (pre-order for Aug but it looks better than the ASUS one)

There are USB-3 versions but USB-C has DisplayPort alternate support so should work without any additional drivers and perform better.

Yes, you do have to carry a second 16" display but you have the 15" display as well.  That's a LOT more screen space than the 17" 1920x1200 screen had and since it is USB-C powered it doesn't require an outlet.  The 15" MBP + external monitor combo is a LOT better than having the 17" MBP.  I don't use a USB-3/C one but drop a normal 24" into the pelican case when I go to a field site to work and given we ship a good amount of gear anyway it's a non-issue.  

Even if I had to check a pelican case in myself, it's a non issue.  I'd MUCH rather use a 15" on the plane than my old 17" and I'd much rather have a second monitor when I get there than just a 17".

And a replacement for the 17" MBP doesn't cost $5K+ but $2400 for the 15" MBP + $200 for USB-C external monitor + $50 for a USB-C hub. No other "dongles" required.

If whatever you are doing isn't driving you crazy on a 2011 MBP then you don't need to max out the 2016 to see an across the board performance increase.  Claiming it costs 5K is complete BS.

Blunt said:

emoeller said:

Mmm, interesting that just a few weeks ago Apple offered its entire "pro" suite to students and educational entities for a deeply discounted $199.   Don't get me wrong, I think it is enviable of Apple to want their professional programs available to as wide an audience as possible - after all that is what Apple is all about, empowering people to be creative.  But I suspect the increased sales numbers helped push Apple's goal of 2MM seats.

It's not a huge discount you end up saving 100 bucks. Compared to PP you can save a lot more. The Adobe shareholders really love the subscription based software business of Adobe. Me as a customer not so much.

From a purely video perspective Compressor is $50 and so is Motion so you save $200.  That ignores Logic and MainStage for audio.

That said, Resolve 12 is okay and free but runs a bit choppy on my older mbp where fcpx is smooth.  Debating getting Color Finale.

Resolve 14 I haven't played with yet.  Nice that Resolve Studio is now $300.

avon b7 said:

You know, the original iPod was built from largely off the shelf components. Apple didn't feel any need to avoid purchasing those components and do it all alone. 

They can reinvent the whole fast charging wheel if they want, but can you give me one decent reason why they couldn't implement it in a 'standard fashion' a long while ago and 'reinvent' the technology down the line?

Fast charging is a godsend. I'm glad you happen to have an iPad Pro and charger to charge your iPhone 7 more quickly but that is not fast charging. If Apple saw things that way, they could just up the power of the chargers and be done with it. I have an inkling that won't be the case, though.

It doesn't really matter in any case because if you believe what  many here like to claim, fast charging isn't necessary because they get enough battery life of their phones to not need to charge. Something that shows they miss the point entirely.

Quick charging may decrease battery life depending on how much it is pushed.  I tell my kids to use the normal charge for overnight charges but it probably doesn't matter since without OS updates the phones won't last as long as iPhones anyway.

Also, the iPhone 7 IS doing quick charge because all quick charging does is allow you to draw more current.  That's what the Snapdragon does...it negotiates power with quick charge compatible chargers to get up to 3 amps at various voltages.  Late model iPhones can pull 2 amps out of the iPad 12 watt charger and 1.6A out of a Mac.

The iPhones don't charge fast enough to really impact battery life but Qualcomm's quick charge 3 pushes the limits more.  How much more depends on the battery size but for the iPhone 6 plus at 2.1A is .71C (ratio between charging rate and battery capacity in mAh). For the 6 it's 1.16C.  It's not until you go above 2C that you see any significant impact even given that 0.75C charge/discharge rate is considered optimal for battery life.

That's why Android quick charging is faster.  They don't care as much about battery longevity.  There's no magic here.

wizard69 said:

Value is in the eye of the beholder and frankly I wouldn't consider such an investment a good use of my computing dollar.   As far as the rest of the world goes, we don't see these external enclosures taking off, so I don't believe the value equation please many at all.

Given that in recent months we have eGPU enclosure offerings actually ship from AKiTiO, PowerColor, Mantiz, Razer, Asus, Bizon, Sonnet and if you count proprietary Alienware there appears to be a market out there.  There are more that have been announced but haven't shipped and unlike before with TB and TB2 when new annoucnements were likely to be vaporware there's a reasonable expectation that these will result in actually shipping product.

It's been enabled by TB3 becoming commonplace on laptops and the much lower price on enclosures compared with a few years ago when Sonnet was pretty much the only game in town.  The USB-C/TB3 form factor is likely going to be the standard for a while.

Sure, you can build a gaming PC for $500 (Core i3 + RX 470) but using the same $500 for an enclosure and a GTX 1060 and use the Core i5 laptop you already own isn't a bad way to go.  This holds for certain Pro users as well.  A eGPU + Titan gives you similar performance to a Mac Pro when using Resolve which is heavily GPU dependent.

mdriftmeyer said:

Who cares? Most of these startup founders do very little within their startups. The guy's resume is a 4 month contract after 4 month contract type of employee. He lists WiFiSlam as a current employee. We know that's bs. What little he did was in algorithm work. BFD.

His 4 month stints were as co-ops because he graduated 6 years ago from Stanford and is now CEO of the Incubator that launched WiFiSlam.  So yeah, his entire employment history is essentially he interned at different tech firms as a student and then co-founded a company that Apple bought a couple years his graduation for $20 million. Not quite FU money but definitely not shabby for a kid fresh out of college.

Man, you sure trade heavily on your past as a SQA engineer at NeXT and then a Tech Support engineer at Apple to be throwing stones at a young kid who had a far greater impact at Apple than someone working entry level positions.  Jealous much?

Here's a talk he gave in 2012



It's a bit long but if you're interested in the topic its a nice little intro.  It will give you insight into what you phone is doing with WiFi and GPS.

His algorithm work wasn't shabby either.

http://www-cs.stanford.edu/people/dstavens/icra11/huang_etal_icra11.pdf