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I'm not sure its purely about improving margins. A lot of people seem to complain about Apple removing the SD card slot, but I never used it despite regularly u

I'm not sure its purely about improving margins. A lot of people seem to complain about Apple removing the SD card slot, but I never used it despite regularly using SD cards and I'm happy it is gone. It would have been nice if Apple included an older USB port though as it doesn't seem as antiquated.

vladvasiliu 6y ago
Counterpoint: Photography is my main hobby and I use the SD card on my MBP very often. When I go on trips I very much enjoy having less different pieces of hardware to carry, less things to lose. One of the target markets of Macs and especially MBPs is "creatives". Photographers are a part of those. On the MBP 16" presentation page one of the first selling points is that it has a great screen with great colors. The example is a landscape photographer. Of course, you could directly plug the camera in the computer, or have some external card reader, but why bother with carrying more suff? I agree with the others that thunderbolt 3 is great, and I sure look forward to only having usb-c connectors. On my work computer I love that (it's a pc though). Of course, there's the "right cable" situation, but I suppose that whatever peripheral I buy will have the right kind of cable for it to work. My external monitor does DP alternate mode + PD and the cable that came with works. That sait, I would miss the magsafe plug, it's probably one of the reasons why my 7 yo mbp is still going strong. I also think they could have left a usb-a port or two, just like they didn't remove FW800 on the first generation unibody mbp.
- calciphus 6y ago
  I know it's heracy, but take a look at the surface book. Thunderbolt/usb-c (can daisy chain 2 monitors + PD), SD card, magnetic power cord or an amazing dock (same port), two USB-A ports, a pen and removable screen for drawing / retouching, available w/ 32gb of RAM and a 6gb graphics card.
  - vladvasiliu 6y ago
    Meh, I'm not one to throw the baby with the bathwater so all suggestions are welcome (my main external kb is MS sculpt). I was actually looking around at PCs some moths ago, when the mbp16 came out, and among them the surfaces. But I find Windows gets on my nerves pretty quickly and Linux support seemed sketchy last time I checked (2019). If I had to buy a pc, it would probably be a Lenovo X1E or something similar. Anyway, my mbp is still powerful enough for my needs and works perfectly, so I'm not really in the market for a new PC (nor mac). I just like to more or less keep an eye on what happens, just in case.

vladvasiliu 6y ago

Counterpoint: Photography is my main hobby and I use the SD card on my MBP very often. When I go on trips I very much enjoy having less different pieces of hardware to carry, less things to lose. One of the target markets of Macs and especially MBPs is "creatives". Photographers are a part of those. On the MBP 16" presentation page one of the first selling points is that it has a great screen with great colors. The example is a landscape photographer. Of course, you could directly plug the camera in the computer, or have some external card reader, but why bother with carrying more suff? I agree with the others that thunderbolt 3 is great, and I sure look forward to only having usb-c connectors. On my work computer I love that (it's a pc though). Of course, there's the "right cable" situation, but I suppose that whatever peripheral I buy will have the right kind of cable for it to work. My external monitor does DP alternate mode + PD and the cable that came with works. That sait, I would miss the magsafe plug, it's probably one of the reasons why my 7 yo mbp is still going strong. I also think they could have left a usb-a port or two, just like they didn't remove FW800 on the first generation unibody mbp.

calciphus 6y ago
I know it's heracy, but take a look at the surface book. Thunderbolt/usb-c (can daisy chain 2 monitors + PD), SD card, magnetic power cord or an amazing dock (same port), two USB-A ports, a pen and removable screen for drawing / retouching, available w/ 32gb of RAM and a 6gb graphics card.
- vladvasiliu 6y ago
  Meh, I'm not one to throw the baby with the bathwater so all suggestions are welcome (my main external kb is MS sculpt). I was actually looking around at PCs some moths ago, when the mbp16 came out, and among them the surfaces. But I find Windows gets on my nerves pretty quickly and Linux support seemed sketchy last time I checked (2019). If I had to buy a pc, it would probably be a Lenovo X1E or something similar. Anyway, my mbp is still powerful enough for my needs and works perfectly, so I'm not really in the market for a new PC (nor mac). I just like to more or less keep an eye on what happens, just in case.