Google has tried to accelerate these deployments via something called "microtrenching" (machines that bury fiber an inch below roadways)
I don't know how roads are in the U.S.A. but if you try to bury anything only one inch below roadways in Canada, you can kiss whatever you buried goodbye, it will only last a few months.
Maybe they didn't bother because they already had this new upcoming upgrade/replacement in the pipeline?
I don't mind the non-powerful CPU, I'm still using a mid-2010 Mac mini with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo after all, but sometimes I'm wondering if Apple is using outdated CPUs on purpose and/or has a deal with Intel so they keep making those old CPUs half a decade later.
USB 3.0 type A ports? Sure. I don't get Apple's obsession with ditching USB type A so early in the game, especially when the CPUs they use can't handle more than one or two USB-C ports anyway but could handle one or two USB-C and two or more USB-A ports on top of that.
Built-in ethernet? Nope, use an adapter. If you're connecting an ethernet cable that means you're not mobile anymore, so a dongle is not a huge inconvenience.
DVD drive? Nope. Apple is never going to go back on that decision for their laptops, pro or not. If you need one, buy an external one. I don't understand the need for optical discs on the go, in 2018.
Screen sizes from 11 to 17 inches would be nice, maybe 11, 14 and 17 inches?
Too expensive to fill what purpose, exactly? Not everyone needs an expensive and powerful MacBook Pro.
What makes no sense to me is the MacBook. Sure it's thinner than the Air, it has a retina IPS display, but the keyboard is crap, the CPU gets throttled because it overheats because of the passive heatsink and there's only one USB-C port which makes no sense unless we were in 2028.
I hope they make the new replacement for the MacBook Air something that will also be good enough to be sold for a decade.
Since the MacBook is now thinner than the MacBook Air, it makes no sense to try and remove ports to make it thinner, but a name change will be needed since it could very well change the form factor. A return of the 11" display to lower the cost even more, maybe?
At least one USB 3.0 type A port, if they ditch magsafe then one USB-C for power/etc. Same headphone/microphone port, better display (1080p, IPS would be nice but is too costly), more recent CPU, 8GB RAM standard with a 16GB option, same 128GB SSD, same keyboard as before (no butterfly 1 or 2), SDXC card reader would be nice.
Of all the sites out there,/. is one that should give us maximum transparency.
Woah, let's back up for a second. I know you can easily do transparency via CSS, but could we at least get unicode support first?
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Isn't that the exact same rate as the whores working at Costco?
AFAIK Apple doesn't allow Bitcoin wallet apps, so your plan is foiled.
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If you literally puked to death, you would not have been able to post your message.
The MacBook Air display isn't IPS either, it's TN.
I don't know how roads are in the U.S.A. but if you try to bury anything only one inch below roadways in Canada, you can kiss whatever you buried goodbye, it will only last a few months.
Not self-descriptive.
How about #GPUsForGamers?
If it's on a daughter card, it's going to be custom to Apple, which goes back to being twice as expensive.
Still, it would be nice to be able to buy the laptop and upgrade the RAM a few years later instead of having to pay for the whole thing upfront.
Maybe they didn't bother because they already had this new upcoming upgrade/replacement in the pipeline?
I don't mind the non-powerful CPU, I'm still using a mid-2010 Mac mini with a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo after all, but sometimes I'm wondering if Apple is using outdated CPUs on purpose and/or has a deal with Intel so they keep making those old CPUs half a decade later.
Except for one tiny little detail... AFAIK, LPDDR3/LPDDR4 doesn't exist in SODIMM form.
I'm sick of people comparing hardware only. The Thinkpad does not run macOS, so it's not an option.
Also, those folding ethernet jacks are flimsy and break easily. Much less potential trouble to use an ethernet-to-USB dongle.
Retina DOES NOT MAKE SENSE on a LOW-COST laptop. The most expensive parts are probably the CPU, the LCD display and the SSD, in that order.
He probably meant "maxed out RAM and SSD" when he bought it online.
And then anodized.
Next thing you're going to say is that they're also running A.I. threads while playing those 3D-rendering videogames, I bet?
If you buy a Mac for anything other than macOS, you're doing it wrong.
USB 3.0 type A ports? Sure. I don't get Apple's obsession with ditching USB type A so early in the game, especially when the CPUs they use can't handle more than one or two USB-C ports anyway but could handle one or two USB-C and two or more USB-A ports on top of that.
Built-in ethernet? Nope, use an adapter. If you're connecting an ethernet cable that means you're not mobile anymore, so a dongle is not a huge inconvenience.
DVD drive? Nope. Apple is never going to go back on that decision for their laptops, pro or not. If you need one, buy an external one. I don't understand the need for optical discs on the go, in 2018.
Screen sizes from 11 to 17 inches would be nice, maybe 11, 14 and 17 inches?
Too expensive to fill what purpose, exactly? Not everyone needs an expensive and powerful MacBook Pro.
What makes no sense to me is the MacBook. Sure it's thinner than the Air, it has a retina IPS display, but the keyboard is crap, the CPU gets throttled because it overheats because of the passive heatsink and there's only one USB-C port which makes no sense unless we were in 2028.
I hope they make the new replacement for the MacBook Air something that will also be good enough to be sold for a decade.
Since the MacBook is now thinner than the MacBook Air, it makes no sense to try and remove ports to make it thinner, but a name change will be needed since it could very well change the form factor. A return of the 11" display to lower the cost even more, maybe?
Long live the MacBook SE!
At least one USB 3.0 type A port, if they ditch magsafe then one USB-C for power/etc. Same headphone/microphone port, better display (1080p, IPS would be nice but is too costly), more recent CPU, 8GB RAM standard with a 16GB option, same 128GB SSD, same keyboard as before (no butterfly 1 or 2), SDXC card reader would be nice.
Lower price on top of that?
Sold.
Woah, let's back up for a second. I know you can easily do transparency via CSS, but could we at least get unicode support first?
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Slashdot can't handle unicovfefe.
Really? They can't even handle unicode, so maybe you should curb your enthusiasm.