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10 Things We Expect From the New MacBook Pro

Flash Hard Drive?

The move to ultra-slim laptop designs has forced manufacturers to embrace solid-state drives, which are more expensive but faster, less prone to damage and more energy efficient. When it released the MacBook Air, Apple was one of the first laptop manufacturers to adopt SSDs on a wide scale, and it seems likely that they'll continue to embrace this trend with the new MacBook Pro. What Apple may do differently with the MacBook Pro is pair flash memory with a larger hard drive to give users both speed and lots of capacity, similar to the cache included on value-priced Ultrabooks such as the Samsung Series 5 14-inch. Except, we expect Apple's flash to be much faster. If if you just can't wait to install an SSD on your notebook, check out our guide on how to install an SSD.
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2 Responses to “10 Things We Expect From the New MacBook Pro”

  1. Talonts Says:
    April 12th, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    Your analysis is highly lacking. There is absolutely no way that all 10 features will fit in one laptop. You expect the thin profile of an Air, the Retina display, and longer battery life?

    Hoave you forgotten that the iPad 3 (Apple are jerks for just calling it “iPad”) is thicker than the 2, as it needs a MUCH larger battery to support the Retina display? And that desktop apps, suitably rewritten for a Retina display, would balloon even worse than for the iPad?

    Think about that for a minute, it will come to you…

  2. Ianjf Says:
    April 18th, 2012 at 8:33 am

    For a MAC BOOK PRO computer and “PRO” being the important part – Ethernet is a must.
    I look after many large data centres and network equipment where there would be no wireless networks
    whatsoever, not now, and not in the future!!!! I manage network equipment via USB Console and Ethernet.
    Take away the Ethernet and no MBP for me!!!

    At home I have both Wired and Wireless networks and structured cabling installed in my house. Once I want to do any serious type of work, all my devices get wired even game consoles. Wireless is still too unreliable and slow despite some of the speeds it claims to have.

    So a Mac Book Pro – With no capabilities of transmitting Gigabit speeds would be Apple shooting themselves in the foot!!! That would be one MASSIVE step BACKWARDS!!! It would also be the sole reason to stop me buying a new MBP – which I fully intend to buy when it is released!!!

    I don’t care about Optical Drives etc, but Eternet is a Must!!!!

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