OK, so what do you want in the new MacBook Pro? (whenever it is!)

Less is more!

 

Off topic:

WilliamG

Do you happen to post on avsforum as well? Especially in the samsung 650 thread

 

Maybe....

Damnit! Found out!

Yep, I'm an utter nerd. Mad activity in all things Samsung LCD

 

haha small world out there, so you liking your 650 now?

 

Well, after getting one I can actually live with (i.e. not full of backlight clouding/flashlighting etc), yes, yes I am.

 

a built in tazer so people will stop smudging up my glossy screen!

 

Yes, but I assume the taser only kicks in AFTER the assault has taken place. That would suck. Unless it's a preemptive-strike taser?

 

I'm not much for the buttons everywhere look that a lot of brands have. I like the simple clean look of the MBP.

 

Well, for me, I feel the Dell XPS notebook line, HP notebook line is too crowded. The MacBook MBP does its job with ease and simplicity, great minimalist look for me.

 

I've got to agree with Sam here. ALL of Apple's computers (and all of their products, for that matter) come from the idea of "simplistic, sleek, and sexy."

It's what Jobs' wants in every product.

 

what is the point of adding on a number pad? You yourself use a lot of numbers does not mean that most of people use a lot of numbers. It is just a stupid thing to add a number pad to a 15.4 inch model! Go and get yourself an external number pad for under 10 dollars!

 

How is gettin more stupid? Number pads work well for computer games as well. You would be surprised how functional they can be. But I really think only the 17" model should have them, if at all. Also, the speakers take waaay too much space, they can do a much better job with it.

 

Well, they do use the more space on the 17-inch MBP to put in better speakers than on the 15.4-inch MBPs .

 

Yeah, I know, but I was actually referring to the 15" model... shoud have been more clear.

 

I would like a magnetic latch, mba keyboard, 1680x1050 standard res on the 15" model, bigger trackpad, and I think that's it. Oh yeah, new design.

 

This is my first post so hi everyone!

I made the jump to Mac 4 days ago and got a Macbook Pro. For the most parts, I LOVE IT... But there are some things from my previous Toshiba which I miss and features I'd like to see included...


- At least 4 USB connections

- A dedicated volume wheel. Toshibas are the only laptops I know that do that and I love it!

- A dedicated sound chip. If a £500 Toshiba laptop can have a high quality dedicated chip, then why does a £2000 MBP have a standard integrated one?!?

- Full-sized keyboard for my 17" MBP. There's really no excuse

- An HDMI port. DVI is cool, but it doesn't output sound, so its not as practical for movie watching etc.

- A blu-ray drive option. It'll probably cost a fortune, but I'd like to have had the option

- Bigger hard drive options. As soon as my warranty expires, I'm getting the 500GB HDD (Which should be out by then)

- RIGHT F*****G CLICK! Maybe I still don't know the 'Apple way' of doing things, but I still have just as much need for this as I did with Windows. Using a Logitech mouse now to compensate



Don't get me wrong though, this macbook is easily the best computer I've ever owned to date... I'm just a serial knit-picker :-D

 

You can right-click by tapping the trackpad with two fingers. You can enable that in system preferences, I think its disabled by default. I guess you could call that the apple way.

 

I love there's not an explicit right click, especially since the 2-finger trick is so easy. 90% of the time I left click, so it's nice to be able to click from anywhere!

 

I'd hate to see two buttons on a Mac trackpad.

Perhaps I've already become a fanboy, though.

 

Yeah, I'd hate 2 buttons on the trackpad. I don't use it that much though, having my bluetooth Razer. But still, the one click pad with the two fingers trick is awesome.

I'd love to have a new design in the MBP, with new keyboard, bigger resolution in the 15", Blu-ray Burner, 8800GTX, hehe all that

 

With the capabilities of the trackpads on Macs, *for me* the button is there mostly to double-click with my thumb when my hand would be in an awkward position; more often, I'd resort to the button when I'd have to click repeatedly on a stationary tiny link/button on the screen, because double-tapping on the trackpad does tend to move the cursor a bit; tapping repeatedly, you get off the target very soon.

You don't even need the button for drag-drop operations; doubletap-drag does the trick perfectly well.

On the whole, though, I find using keyboard shortcuts+trackpad gestures to be a *lot* more efficient than using mice, or using the trackpad and its buttons like a "surrogate mouse".

Of course, this is hopelessly off-topic; sorry about that.

 

exactly. I feel lost using a windows laptop, keep tapping with two fingers in random trackpad areas. Using the right click button feels so awkward now.

 

Right. It's even EASIER on a MacBook/Pro/Air to right click than it is on any Windows-based system. My fingers don't have to move anywhere near as far this way! Just zip around the trackpad, and push with a second finger to right click. No need to even click any actual buttons this way.