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"What was she actually against in the new MBP?" Newish MBP user chiming in. Peripheral access and costs. - no DVD/CD player - no Ethernet - no SD card slot

"What was she actually against in the new MBP?" Newish MBP user chiming in. Peripheral access and costs. - no DVD/CD player - no Ethernet - no SD card slot - no RCA out What I see is good new machines with the above peripheral access removed. The advantages are no mechanical moving parts, technically better KB, access to faster SDD, software upgradable for quite a while. The hidden advantage is the new Macs are less polluting and fewer moving parts. Is this worth the added cost, lower power supply and loss of peripheral and access though? Out of the box, I had/have zero problems in my current work use/flow as a ^glorified^ VT-100 terminal.

nicky0 10y ago
RCA out???
xvaier 10y ago
However, two out of four things mentioned have been removed from new models since the first retina came out in mid 2012 (DVD/RJ45) simply because they are nearly as thick as the entire device. RCA out hasn't ever been in a MacBook to my knowledge. The only port that made absolutely no sense to remove was the SD card slot (even if I personally never use mine).
- bootload 10y ago
  "RCA out hasn't ever been in a MacBook to my knowledge." You're right, got confused with 3.5mm jack. Removed the 3.5mm jack. What about the current USB confusion? ...and yes mid 2012. Since when is a thiner laptop ever really been a TOP priority for programmers? I would have though it would be power: processor, battery life, HD, then weight, etc. For manufacturers shaving off millimetres/grams off each machine translates to savings. For users thiner may be lighter, a trade off with being tactile. Wonder what Braun would tackle this?
  - mciancia 10y ago
    But 3.5mm jack is still present on all Apple computers
    - slededit 10y ago
      People don't hear that "IPhone 7 TM" removed the headphone jack. Just "Apple doesn't have headphone jacks anymore".
    - bootload 10y ago
      even on the new MBPR? (I'm only interested in MBPs here) if so wrong (again) but the idea of lack of peripherals / power for ^me^ is a problem.
      - mciancia 10y ago
        Yes It's not that hard to check it yourself btw

nicky0 10y ago

RCA out???

xvaier 10y ago

However, two out of four things mentioned have been removed from new models since the first retina came out in mid 2012 (DVD/RJ45) simply because they are nearly as thick as the entire device. RCA out hasn't ever been in a MacBook to my knowledge. The only port that made absolutely no sense to remove was the SD card slot (even if I personally never use mine).

bootload 10y ago
"RCA out hasn't ever been in a MacBook to my knowledge." You're right, got confused with 3.5mm jack. Removed the 3.5mm jack. What about the current USB confusion? ...and yes mid 2012. Since when is a thiner laptop ever really been a TOP priority for programmers? I would have though it would be power: processor, battery life, HD, then weight, etc. For manufacturers shaving off millimetres/grams off each machine translates to savings. For users thiner may be lighter, a trade off with being tactile. Wonder what Braun would tackle this?
- mciancia 10y ago
  But 3.5mm jack is still present on all Apple computers
  - slededit 10y ago
    People don't hear that "IPhone 7 TM" removed the headphone jack. Just "Apple doesn't have headphone jacks anymore".
  - bootload 10y ago
    even on the new MBPR? (I'm only interested in MBPs here) if so wrong (again) but the idea of lack of peripherals / power for ^me^ is a problem.
    - mciancia 10y ago
      Yes It's not that hard to check it yourself btw