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I keep reading stuff like this about Apple losing sight of what matters to developers...but I don’t really know what the big deal is. Aside from a frustrating l

by jrs95 9y ago

I keep reading stuff like this about Apple losing sight of what matters to developers...but I don’t really know what the big deal is. Aside from a frustrating lack of RAM on the latest MBP, everything seems to be just as good as it was before to me. And even the RAM issue can be solved for me by just not using too much horribly inefficient (electron) software at the same time.

pjmlp 9y ago
Usually that complaint comes from those whose bubble developers == UNIX developers. We have hardly any complaint in the office from those with access to our Mac pools for iOS and OS X development, meaning Objective-C and Swift and not UNIX CLI stuff.
- abstractbeliefs 9y ago
  I dunno, having seen racks full of Macbooks with plastic wedges to keep the screen just-open-enough, it sounds like doing any Mac development that would require a server component is trash since they terminated Xserve in 2011. This doesn't sound so bad until it becomes apparent that any sort of build/test farms, like you'd want for CI, would be best served by dedicated hardware like this.
adamnemecek 9y ago
I want to be able to have a stupidly powerful computer. Like idk 128gb or ram and what not. Why is Timmy Cook telling me I can't.
- rimliu 9y ago
  Because Apple does not make all the components required for MBPs itself and depends on other vendors.
- deleted 9y ago
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- jrs95 9y ago
  The current reasoning is that LPDDR4 isn't available yet. You can get 64GB RAM in an iMac.
jcranberry 9y ago
I've heard removing the function/ESC keys for that emoji BS was pretty controversial.
- jrs95 9y ago
  Emoji just isn't even the point of the TouchBar though, and editors and IDEs are adopting support for it. It's basically just a programmable contextual shortcut bar. Plus, it's pretty easy to just remap your esc key to caps lock, and a lot of people have been doing that long before TouchBar was a thing.

by jrs95 9y ago

pjmlp 9y ago

Usually that complaint comes from those whose bubble developers == UNIX developers. We have hardly any complaint in the office from those with access to our Mac pools for iOS and OS X development, meaning Objective-C and Swift and not UNIX CLI stuff.

abstractbeliefs 9y ago
I dunno, having seen racks full of Macbooks with plastic wedges to keep the screen just-open-enough, it sounds like doing any Mac development that would require a server component is trash since they terminated Xserve in 2011. This doesn't sound so bad until it becomes apparent that any sort of build/test farms, like you'd want for CI, would be best served by dedicated hardware like this.

adamnemecek 9y ago

I want to be able to have a stupidly powerful computer. Like idk 128gb or ram and what not. Why is Timmy Cook telling me I can't.

rimliu 9y ago
Because Apple does not make all the components required for MBPs itself and depends on other vendors.
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jrs95 9y ago
The current reasoning is that LPDDR4 isn't available yet. You can get 64GB RAM in an iMac.

jcranberry 9y ago

I've heard removing the function/ESC keys for that emoji BS was pretty controversial.

jrs95 9y ago
Emoji just isn't even the point of the TouchBar though, and editors and IDEs are adopting support for it. It's basically just a programmable contextual shortcut bar. Plus, it's pretty easy to just remap your esc key to caps lock, and a lot of people have been doing that long before TouchBar was a thing.