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I'm curious, what would you put in a developer SKU? To my mind it'd just be the option to put a quad-core i7 in the consumer model, but perhaps we have differen

by soneil 10y ago

I'm curious, what would you put in a developer SKU? To my mind it'd just be the option to put a quad-core i7 in the consumer model, but perhaps we have different priorities?

monocasa 10y ago
Keep the Ethernet port, and USB-A ports (I'm sure those are next on the chopping block). If you're not trying to shave every gram and millimeter off, you can have a bigger battery. Function keys, and a 10 key would be nice too.
- merb 10y ago
  Actually Ethernet Port is not needed. I have a MacBook Pro 11,3 and it hasn't one. I can live with that. At my company it's stick into a Thunderbolt Docking Station with Ethernet. And at Home I probably don't need it.
  - monocasa 10y ago
    That's awesome for your use case, but I've come across tons of times where it be useful, forgot the thunderbolt adapter, and was weary of thunderbolt adapters just laying around. Think not relying on WiFi while giving a presentation.
    - merb 10y ago
      yeah it's useful to have the adapter, but do you need it so often that your ethernet cable is 100% attached to your notebook? I mean I actually don't want only 4 USB-C's. But I'm fine with having, MagSafe, 1-2 Thunderbolt, 1-2 USB-C's (depending on how many Thunderbolt), SD Card (I have a 256 GB extension card), maybe HDMI. However Ethernet falls short cause it's so big. I mean the smallness of the Mac is a pro and a contra (it's too heaty I actually needed to clean my MacBook Pro since it got slower after there was too much dust in it). But just having it bigger caused by one port would be bad.
      - monocasa 10y ago
        100%? No. More than USB? Yes.
  - vetinari 10y ago
    I also have an MacBookPro12,1 and the Thunderbolt adapter was the first accessory I bought. You are right that you don't need it at home, but many customers do not have wifi at all and the only way to connect at their site is Ethernet.
    - merb 10y ago
      actually I have the thunderbolt adapter as well. But I barly need it.
      - vetinari 10y ago
        You are lucky, then. I need it at customers place and also in the office - the WiFi is unreliable (but only on Macs, Thinkpads do not seem have that problem, go figure), I'm losing connection and the only way to reconnect is to toggle the WiFi off and on. It quickly gets tiring and the thunderbolt adapter solves that.
        jeeva 10y ago
        You may be interested to read this, though the end result is somewhat disappointing / amusing: http://www.kmjn.org/notes/broken_wifi_access_points.html http://www.kmjn.org/notes/broken_wifi_access_points.html
        vetinari 10y ago
        Thanks for the tip. Now here is the funny part: the router is Netgear WNDR3700(v1) running OpenWrt. I have exactly the same router with exactly the same software at home - and it doesn't behave the same. It runs great at home, no dropouts.

by soneil 10y ago

I'm curious, what would you put in a developer SKU? To my mind it'd just be the option to put a quad-core i7 in the consumer model, but perhaps we have different priorities?

monocasa 10y ago

Keep the Ethernet port, and USB-A ports (I'm sure those are next on the chopping block). If you're not trying to shave every gram and millimeter off, you can have a bigger battery. Function keys, and a 10 key would be nice too.

merb 10y ago
Actually Ethernet Port is not needed. I have a MacBook Pro 11,3 and it hasn't one. I can live with that. At my company it's stick into a Thunderbolt Docking Station with Ethernet. And at Home I probably don't need it.
- monocasa 10y ago
  That's awesome for your use case, but I've come across tons of times where it be useful, forgot the thunderbolt adapter, and was weary of thunderbolt adapters just laying around. Think not relying on WiFi while giving a presentation.
  - merb 10y ago
    yeah it's useful to have the adapter, but do you need it so often that your ethernet cable is 100% attached to your notebook? I mean I actually don't want only 4 USB-C's. But I'm fine with having, MagSafe, 1-2 Thunderbolt, 1-2 USB-C's (depending on how many Thunderbolt), SD Card (I have a 256 GB extension card), maybe HDMI. However Ethernet falls short cause it's so big. I mean the smallness of the Mac is a pro and a contra (it's too heaty I actually needed to clean my MacBook Pro since it got slower after there was too much dust in it). But just having it bigger caused by one port would be bad.
    - monocasa 10y ago
      100%? No. More than USB? Yes.
- vetinari 10y ago
  I also have an MacBookPro12,1 and the Thunderbolt adapter was the first accessory I bought. You are right that you don't need it at home, but many customers do not have wifi at all and the only way to connect at their site is Ethernet.
  - merb 10y ago
    actually I have the thunderbolt adapter as well. But I barly need it.
    - vetinari 10y ago
      You are lucky, then. I need it at customers place and also in the office - the WiFi is unreliable (but only on Macs, Thinkpads do not seem have that problem, go figure), I'm losing connection and the only way to reconnect is to toggle the WiFi off and on. It quickly gets tiring and the thunderbolt adapter solves that.
      - jeeva 10y ago
        You may be interested to read this, though the end result is somewhat disappointing / amusing: http://www.kmjn.org/notes/broken_wifi_access_points.html http://www.kmjn.org/notes/broken_wifi_access_points.html
        vetinari 10y ago
        Thanks for the tip. Now here is the funny part: the router is Netgear WNDR3700(v1) running OpenWrt. I have exactly the same router with exactly the same software at home - and it doesn't behave the same. It runs great at home, no dropouts.