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Apple are just victims of their own game - making stuff thinner/lighter every year as it's somehow the next world wonder. Unless they'll finally admit it and s

by tdkl 10y ago

Apple are just victims of their own game - making stuff thinner/lighter every year as it's somehow the next world wonder. Unless they'll finally admit it and stop this BS, they'll get themselves cornered soon enough. I mean just use the advantage of new technology to fill up the gained space with batteries. The premise of limiting RAM is also pretty much BS - if I get a device with 16GB RAM I still get the same battery life as now, but if I put more memory inside, I do this willingly to sacrifice battery. NOTHING CHANGES for people with 8/16GB configuration. Unless they're doing this with the classic Apple smug "we know what's best for you" reason. Oh and to sell more adapters.

scholia 10y ago
Curiously enough, the new MacBook Pro 15 isn't smaller and isn't lighter than, for example, the Dell XPS 15. That's why Apple's launch compared it with previous MacBooks, not with the rest of the industry. I think it's going to need a new idea....
4ad 10y ago
> I do this willingly to sacrifice battery. NOTHING CHANGES for people with 8/16GB configuration. Did you not read the article? Everyone would be affected because they would have to use a completely different RAM technology. Even for people with 8/16GB configurations.
- panda88888 10y ago
  It probably won't affect 8/16 GB people. Since the RAM are soldered, each config will be a different board, so they can keep existing 16GB config, and offer a 32GB config with DDR4 + required controllers, etc.
  - 4ad 10y ago
    Oh, yeah, they should design and produce a completely different board that virtually nobody buys. That makes a lot of financial sense.
    - panda88888 10y ago
      I agree with you that it doesn't make financial sense. Maybe Apple can simply state the demand isn't there for 32GB, or just don't respond at all. Edit: Want to add that I think some people are not happy since they perceive the line between thin (Air/Macbook) and powerful (BMP) is being blurred and MBP is becoming too MacBook-like. I am currently a 2014 MBP user. I love it, but my next laptop probably won't be a MBP. I don't own a desktop, and I am running out of storage. My next laptop will have upgradable storage that uses a standard part (M.2, etc), and the new MBP doesn't fit my need. I tend to keep my laptop for a few years, and lack of upgradability impacts me significantly.

by tdkl 10y ago

scholia 10y ago

Curiously enough, the new MacBook Pro 15 isn't smaller and isn't lighter than, for example, the Dell XPS 15. That's why Apple's launch compared it with previous MacBooks, not with the rest of the industry. I think it's going to need a new idea....

4ad 10y ago

> I do this willingly to sacrifice battery. NOTHING CHANGES for people with 8/16GB configuration. Did you not read the article? Everyone would be affected because they would have to use a completely different RAM technology. Even for people with 8/16GB configurations.

panda88888 10y ago
It probably won't affect 8/16 GB people. Since the RAM are soldered, each config will be a different board, so they can keep existing 16GB config, and offer a 32GB config with DDR4 + required controllers, etc.
- 4ad 10y ago
  Oh, yeah, they should design and produce a completely different board that virtually nobody buys. That makes a lot of financial sense.
  - panda88888 10y ago
    I agree with you that it doesn't make financial sense. Maybe Apple can simply state the demand isn't there for 32GB, or just don't respond at all. Edit: Want to add that I think some people are not happy since they perceive the line between thin (Air/Macbook) and powerful (BMP) is being blurred and MBP is becoming too MacBook-like. I am currently a 2014 MBP user. I love it, but my next laptop probably won't be a MBP. I don't own a desktop, and I am running out of storage. My next laptop will have upgradable storage that uses a standard part (M.2, etc), and the new MBP doesn't fit my need. I tend to keep my laptop for a few years, and lack of upgradability impacts me significantly.