Macbook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalis

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Both are derived from Unix, actually.

You're missing his point badly. The kinds of people who buy $3000 MBP notebooks are the type of people who use Photoshop, or Pro Tools, or Premiere, or some other software that doesn't have a good Linux counterpart.Those users might be a tiny majority of all users, but they're a majority of the people who buy expensive "professional" notebooks. Those people aren't moving to Linux anytime soon because the software isn't there.Also, widespread Linux is already here. It's on a majority of smart phones. Most people don't care or know any more than they know they've got a Samsung or something like that.

the digital marketing industry is currently worth $62 Billion and rapidly growing especially in the creative/design front.

It's just a meme lad

Oh, I'm not sure i'm going to update hardware this time around. I have a top of the line last rev MBP and a perfectly capable imac (both work machines). Massively overpowered for 90% of what I throw at it. Anything heavy goes onto my under-desk VM/Container box.At home it's a hackintosh/windows/linux box and another linux virt/container server. I just really like the OS, man. Their key combo game is on point.

I've had image retention problems with my iMac and apparently the issue is very common with retina iMacs. Screens cost 500 dollars on eBay. So, I was thinking abit about selling it before apple care expires just to be safe. I was hoping they would announce new Mac pros or even minis with tb3 but sadly no dice.

There is no point continuing this because clearly we just have different opinions. Neither of us are wrong we just have different experiences. If you like windows so much I'm glad and you should continue to enjoy using it, I enjoy windows and my surface but I ly prefer OSX and will keep using that.

Yup. btw: A new (hidden) feature in Sierra is double clicking the edge of a window to maximize in that direction.

Worked fine for me.

That seems to be the consensus after some googling. For $1500 you cannot beat that. Hell I paid $2000 for the w530 3-4 years ago. 32gb ram though.

I also had a 1995 Thinkpad, IBM by that time. I was wondering wether or not Lenovo matches IBM machines' quality, especially in their higher range products, but you seem to give a hint.

It is one more thing to keep around. But I haven't had any trouble with $10 USB 3.0 readers, they are the same speed as the internal reader on a MacBook.

3d printers

Only one of those isn't improved upon with an iPhone, and that's better off over Bluetooth.

> The beauty of the MacBook Pro line used to be that you could get real work done while out in the field. The Wifi connectivity to your camera is pretty much useless unless you're in your studio. All of the needs you've described would be served by a nice desktop sitting in your studio.Not at all, the 70D can act as a ad-hoc network and I can pull images that way. However I actually will have a great little mobile breakout box in my bag anyway, just in case. (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FWT7MEA/)> I also want the ability to upgrade my laptop's RAM and hard drive.I don't think a Mac is for you then. Nothing wrong with having your needs.> I don't give a fuck about how thin my laptop is. If I could do my work on a thin laptop, I would look closely at the MacBook Air.I do. I need the power of the MacBook Pro but every pound saved is great.> My ~15 year old PowerBook G4 is as thin as a "pro" laptop should be. Fuck, if someone could make a thinner laptop but then use a larger battery to keep the laptop around 3/4 of an inch thick while retaining the ability to upgrade the hard drive and RAM, I'd be really happy.USB Type C power allows for external power batteries. Not as elegant as having it attached, but if you need 15 hours its possible. For me its not worth the weight -- I work from coffee shops and co working spaces with plenty of access to power anyway.

yeah, well that's not really Apple's problem that your boss is cheap AND reckless with their money

> I'm stuck with our shitty beat to hell 5 year old iMacYou're lucky. I needed to use 9 year old imac at my previous work place. Characters were appearing on the screen couple of seconds later and scrolling on sites like Stackoverflow was ... let's say interesting.

I wouldn't call having a full desktop OS a "crappy" tablet experience. I love my Surface way more than my iPad, and most of the time I don't have a keyboard connected to it.

it's great with a pen

Mike Krahulik of Penny Arcade was actually asked to come in and test some prototype Surface stuff, and he says it's amazing - an alternative even to Wacom's best. I'm not sure who at Microsoft decided to re-trace Apple's rise to creative industry success step by step, but it seems to be working.

Unless you want a drawing/art tablet. As far as I can tell nothing comes close until you hit double/triple the price.

I have a surface pro 4 and the key travel is way better on that than in the MacBook. I'd imagine it's even better on the surface book.

It charges with the same cable I use for my monitor. Am I the only one that sees that as a benefit?
Oh and I also hate adapters too btw.But I feel not as burned by this because I mainly use my computers for audio. I know I have a dock that everything is connected to and simply is connected to my computer with one cable. If you hate socks I can see why you'd hate it but, some decked out TB docks are pretty friggin awesome.

But all of those can go into one dock because of Thunderbolt 3.

It's the other way around. They are USB-C ports. It uses Thunderbolt by way of [USB-C Alternate Mode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_Type-C#Alternate_Mode_partner_specifications).

Nah, I like the idea of future devices being USB Type C universally, and I like Apple kinda pushing the industry ahead a bit.I have no problems with a breakout box, the price of the MacBook Pro, or having to buy a few new cables for my iDevices. *shrug*I understand and respect that other people have an issue with it. Maybe sales will be terrible and Apple will pivot (for the first time). But this is the ethernet jack / superdrive / floppy disk removal of yesteryear. I'm sure it will survive.

"Think logically about what you're saying" fukn lol

The DeltaE on apple screens are usually epic out of he box. You might have a dud. Did you use a spectrophotometer to calibrate?

I prefer the Apple ecosystem, to each their own. I'm sensitive to the price issue for others but it really isn't a big deal for my personal/professional budget.