Macbook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalis

As a dev, I've always loved Apple's build quality, but this isn't a pro machine. Designers might be able to make it work, but I use f* keys every 10 or so seconds. The MBP is a joke for programmers. If you're not bound to iOS/OS X/XCode you're not likely looking at these systems anymore.

I think you are mis-understand me. I am talking about my personal setup and hype for the computer, not saying every professional should embrace it. Obviously, everyone has different preferences and that's okay - plenty of options out there. I'm only speaking for my own professional workflow. > Oh, fuck you. Wow, nice. I love how the internet can really bring out absolute nastiness in people. Why are talking about a laptop that doesn't fit your needs. If it's not for you that's fine. LOTS of laptops out there. If you don't like Apple's direction, vote with your wallet and take yur business elsewhere, but don't insult me with personal attacks because I'm just stating the obvious -- you've communicated that the new MacBook Pro is not for you, I'm communicating that I am a Professional and I *will* be using it. There's nothing wrong with that and you don't have to childishly attack me for that. Jesus. > I don't think your weight savings on a thinner MBP matter at all when you have to carry an adapter to plug your phone into your laptop and an adapter to plug an SD card into your "Pro" laptop. Saving a pound or two on the weight of a laptop is massively outweighed by having to carry extra adapters for any professional that travels constantly... Adapter? I'll just have a single USB Type C lightning cable and a type C charger. I won;t carry the legacy USB Type A cable or charger at all. No change there. The Satechi break out box WITH PACKAGING is 1.8 ounces. I estimate the box itself will be 1.6oz. Plus, I like thinness. Why are you so emotionally invested in my personal tastes? I just want to dispel the myth that there's no Professionals out there that want this laptop. I have a feeling sales will be just fine.

We have two in house devs. One will be getting the new machine. He was already used to holding the Fn key to get access to that row. I don't think he is anticipating any issues, but maybe the workflows are different. As a creative director that also produces designs -- I am about as professional as you can get -- handling UX and UI designs, light front end development, branding, and photography. I guess time will tell. If sales take a nose dive on these models compared to prior models, the nay-sayers will be proven right! It's certainly a possibility.

I'm sure some devs will stick with apple. I don't think sublime makes heavy use of function keys. I always map the fcn keys to be inverted, so your dev could have been doing that all along. If he/she needs to use those keys a lot, I suspect they'll regret the move. As a big fan of Apple products up to this point, I'm sure I'm not alone in being shocked by the pointlessness of several of their moves, but I certainly don't think they'll lose all their customers in one product cycle. *nix is a draw, and Adobe being backwards asshats means linux isn't supported. That will be a deal breaker for a lot of potential converts. In terms of OSes, Fedora knocks the wheels off OS X, but photoshop won't run on linux without some "solutioning," which will keep a lot of people away. Basically, Apple has become a bad tool, among other bad tools.

> Alternatively, I headed to System76 and configured its 15-inch Oryx Pro (you can do so here). I closely matched the MacBook Pro specs, with a Quad-core Sklyake i7 and NVMe 256GB SSD. Instead of 16GB of RAM as found on the Apple, I configured with 32GB (you can go up to 64GB if needed). By default, it comes with a 6GB Nvidia GTX 1060. The price? Less than $2,000! In other words, the System76 machine with much better specs is less expensive than Apple's. The display of the Orxy laptops seems to top out at 1920 × 1080. How *droll*. Can I get it in CGA?

Not true. [Source](http://www.howtogeek.com/265900/everything-you-can-do-with-windows-10s-new-bash-shell/) >When you're in the Linux environment, you can access your Windows drives from under the /mnt/ folder. Your C: drive is located at /mnt/c and your D: drive is located at /mnt/d, for example.