Why Max over Pro?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
it's more
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
what else i'm looking for: wait and see but pro sounds like it might only support two (maaaaybe 4?) thunderbolt ports again. max will certainly support 4 (maybe 8).
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
show the bloody computer already
― stet, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
I don't even know what a thunderbolt port is so maybe I'm more of a pro guy -- or are you saying people need 64gb ram? (I am at 16 on my current mbp)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
they have been very careful throughout to mention notebooks only. no mention of macs or mac pros. will be surprised if there's not an imac pro though.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
HDMI
― stet, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
thunderbolt is physically the same port as usb 3. the current m1 macs are limited by the chip (not laptop size) to two usb 3 ports. i personally don't care, but it's an ongoing complain. these new chips will hopefully raise that limit.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
MAGSAFE
damn they listened
magsafe is back again awooooo
THIC
v THIC so no fans?
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
lol guess not
sd card and magsafe niiiiice
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
very good ports
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
only 3 usb c ports but the addition of magsafe makes that ok imo (and the usb c's still support power delivery)
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
very nice display
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
max is an option in 14 and 16" so we may not be getting macs today
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
oof $
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 18 October 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
Fans too. And a camera notch FUCK OFF.
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 18 October 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
I work closely enough with the data scientists at work that I might be able to swing requesting one of these bad boys
― mh, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
If Apple can now recognise text in images..... can it index that metadata for Spotlight??
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
Spotlight canβt even index my home folder
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
the notch on the new pro book displays is hilarious
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
I donβt see why the notch is a big deal to people, the middle part of the menu bar is dead space anyway.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
I have never watched a movie on a laptop, though, because Iβm not a disgusting savage.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 October 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
Exactly 0 % of display real estate is extraneous
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
Then you will like the notch because it means the bit below the menu bar is 16:10 and more pixels than without the notch.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
Basically you have the same screen space you had before, but you no longer lose a strip at the top to a menu bar.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
more pixels than without the notch.
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
You can make a case that it looks bad but you canβt make a case youβre losing βreal estateβ to it. The alternative is no notch and a smaller screen and a bigger bezel at the top.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
No, the alternative is no notch
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
then where does the camera go?
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 October 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
re: looks bad, I wonder if it would be distracting (or if you'd quickly learn to filter it out) but a black menu bar at the top instead of the gray I have now seems like it would take that out of play.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 October 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
Completely irrelevant because I priced one that I'd desire (32GB, 2TB SSD) and lol, of course.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Sunday, 24 October 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
Cake slaying it itt
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.notebookcheck.net/fileadmin/_processed_/f/0/csm_MG_2651_e35de15c37.jpg
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
big nostril energy
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:44 (two years ago) link
You can lose a notch (new MacBooks), or a full width stripe the height of the notch (old MacBooks), or you can have one of those extremely cool pop up nostril cams. Those are the choices.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Sunday, 24 October 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
i thought i remembered somebody (apple?) patenting a camera that could be positioned behind a flat display, like it was actually IN the screen
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 October 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
You guys are so right
― calstars, Sunday, 24 October 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
duh
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 24 October 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
i guess part of the problem with that idea is there's more than just the camera in there at this point. there's room for a bank of sensors, and they don't make it big for fun. there's the ambient light sensor, and tbh there's probably face id sensors in there too in a revision or two. the notch is way too wide to just be the camera.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 25 October 2021 00:04 (two years ago) link
Like uh before the camera was in the bezel now youβre saying the bezel is the display but uhhh
― calstars, Monday, 25 October 2021 00:41 (two years ago) link
Fuck apple
― calstars, Monday, 25 October 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link
The bezel is smaller, the screen is bigger, and thereβs a notch in it.
― π ππ’π¨ (caek), Monday, 25 October 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
What
― calstars, Monday, 25 October 2021 00:56 (two years ago) link