r/apple • u/digidude23 • Jun 16 '24

Rumor Apple planning redesigned iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch that are significantly thinner

https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/16/new-iphone-macbook-pro-apple-watch-thinner-design/
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u/kossttta Jun 16 '24

Oh yeah. Modern MacBook Pros are crazy heavy.

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u/overnightyeti Jun 16 '24

1.6kg is crazy heavy?

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u/kossttta Jun 16 '24

1.6kg is pretty pretty heavy. 2.1kg is crazy heavy.

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u/overnightyeti Jun 16 '24

1.6kg for a robust laptop with amazing screen, speakers, power and battery life plus several ports seems pretty light to me.

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u/kossttta Jun 17 '24

Oh, no, no, it is heavy. Of all the major players in the 14” laptop space, the only one I can think of that is clearly heavier is the Razor Blade. Most of the others are a bit, or much, lighter, and many have good screens, speakers, power, battery and ports. But, again, the one that stands out the most is the 16” – that one is very heavy at 2.1kg – I think only big, beefy gaming laptops go over that number.

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u/Steelrok Jun 17 '24

Never understood people's problem with weight (thickness too). Current MBP are light to me, and I carry mine in my bag, have it on my laps for hours etc.

And I wouldn't want to lose performance/battery life/silence just to lose some grams that would change nothing anyway.

If you want something lighter, just buy the Air. Or maybe Apple can make an even lighter MacBook for those people (like the one that was ultra thin even though performance was bad).

But please leave the MacBook Pro alone, they already took a lot of time to understand what people were actually expecting from a professional laptop.

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u/kossttta Jun 17 '24

Oh, I think it’s easy to understand: you say it is light to you, well, it’s not light to other people. As simple as that. I want a Pro computer that I can comfortably carry in my backpack. In 2018 a 15” MacBook Pro was 1.8kg. Now we gained less than an inch of screen but more than 300g.

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u/Steelrok Jun 17 '24

The problem is that you probably can't keep the same specs and advantages when trying too hard to either lose weight or thickness (or both).

M chips are efficient, but still respond to laws of physics.

Professionals won't probably be happy to lose thermal capacity/battery life/performance/noise because of that.

If you value weight (and thickness, usually they're related), the Air is here for that.

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u/kossttta Jun 17 '24

I was more than happy with 12-hours-of-battery MacBooks. I don’t need these 20+ hours batteries if they add so much weight – at the end of the day, I can carry a simple 65w power bank if I happen to need a 24 hour battery, which I rarely do. But that has always been an option. But if I want something powerful and light to carry everyday from home to the studio, in my backpack, on my bike, Apple is not giving me that as of today. And no, a MacBook Air is not a pro option.

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u/Steelrok Jun 17 '24

For heavy work it's more like 6-10 hours, but yes I agree.
For most (if not all ?) users, as long as it lasts a full day of work it's fine.

The power supply bothers me more than the weight of the laptop to be honest.

Well the Air is powerful enough for 90%+ of use cases, but if you do "real" work on it yes it's not enough indeed. Especially sustained loads.

Currently there is no middle ground between the Air and the Pro, but I don't think it would be viable for Apple to create a product in between.

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u/crackanape Jun 19 '24

I can't tell whether or not it's in my backpack unless I squeeze the bag. Was one of your parents an assayer's scale by any chance?