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If Apple were smart about it, they'd make a 17" pro developer edition as their blessed dev machine. Make it thicker, larger trackpad (with support for wacom-sty
by hajile 10y ago
If Apple were smart about it, they'd make a 17" pro developer edition as their blessed dev machine. Make it thicker, larger trackpad (with support for wacom-style pens), better battery life, lots of RAM, second/third SSD, and a couple other ports in addition to USB-C.
- brandonmenc 10y agoI owned the last 17" MacBook, and I loved it. I was sad when they discontinued it. However, time away has made me realize that I never want a laptop that large ever again. It's overkill, inconvenient, and sells poorly.
- drawkbox 10y agoI had (still have) the maxed out 17" MacBook "lapzilla" but loved it for the power and really need a big screen to get real work done (coding/gamedev/data etc). I am now usually surrounded by 3 27" screens, if the laptop is just for demos and meetings probably could be smaller but if I have to work on it for any amount of time it needs to be a big screen. I would still dig a pro 17" thicker and more powerful MacBook.
- hajile 10y agoIf they did edge-to-edge, then you could fit the 17" laptop in a body only a little wider than the current 15" model (most gains would be in thickness).