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Apple launches new 15-inch MacBook Pro with Force Touch trackpad
Apple Insider ^ | 5/19/2015 | Neil Hughes

Posted on 05/19/2015 7:53:15 AM PDT by Loud Mime

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Technology moves on - it's the best way to get people to buy newer stuff.
1 posted on 05/19/2015 7:53:16 AM PDT by Loud Mime
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To: Swordmaker

ping


2 posted on 05/19/2015 7:53:36 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Honor the Commandments because they're not suggestions; stop gambling on forgiveness.)
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To: Loud Mime

Been that way since long before the car replaced the horse and buggy!


3 posted on 05/19/2015 8:04:35 AM PDT by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men d)
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To: Loud Mime

Still satisfied with my 2011 with 16gb and 512 ssd

My next stop is Win10 + skylake. Bye bye apple.


4 posted on 05/19/2015 8:14:28 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Loud Mime

A taptic engine that delivers haptic feedback? I feel titillated!


5 posted on 05/19/2015 8:18:49 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Loud Mime

Awesome, but I will not buy a MB pro until they make it lose some weight. I know it will never weight as much as the new MacBook, but I want it to get lighter.


6 posted on 05/19/2015 8:23:53 AM PDT by erod (Chicago Conservative)
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To: Loud Mime

I’ll have to go try this out. I haven’t bought in to touch screens on a laptop; my current ASUS has that feature, and I almost never use it. Apple seems to have the trackpad technology nailed, so I am interested to see if this is an improvement.

BTW, how is the keyboard on the 13” MBP? That is a most important feature, and on my ASus laptop, the keyboard is abysmal.


7 posted on 05/19/2015 8:32:06 AM PDT by Scutter
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Will you get a Surface Pro 4?


8 posted on 05/19/2015 8:36:10 AM PDT by Scutter
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To: Loud Mime
delivers haptic feedback

Whatever that is...

9 posted on 05/19/2015 8:37:30 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Obama: All the news that's fit to control and manage.)
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To: Scutter

There will be lots of options in December. I need an array of ports and a 15” display.


10 posted on 05/19/2015 8:47:51 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: BlueStateRightist

The hajib feedback blows you fingers off.


11 posted on 05/19/2015 8:49:27 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Scutter

Too many fingerprints.


12 posted on 05/19/2015 8:49:55 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Rapscallion

Tickles your nutsack.


13 posted on 05/19/2015 8:50:42 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Rapscallion

It’s actually quite a little development. Basically, it generates force feedback that gives the user the impression that a rigid surface like a trackpad actually has “give” and provides tactile sensation - you can even feel the “click” made by pressing on the trackpad.

They use the same tech in the watch to provide subtle taps on the wrist as part of its notifications.

A small step perhaps to advancing toward true “holodeck” functionality.


14 posted on 05/19/2015 8:52:08 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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BTW, how is the keyboard on the 13” MBP?

On mine (early 2014 retina model), it's pretty much identical to a full-size Mac keyboard.

15 posted on 05/19/2015 8:53:36 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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It'll be interesting to see if the iPhone 6S and 6S+ get Force Touch functionality on the touchscreen when that arrives in late September 2015.
16 posted on 05/19/2015 8:54:13 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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I need to buy a Macbook Pro quite soon, to be able to do computer graphics when away from home. I will equip it with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I think the 15" is way too heavy to carry in a backpack, so I'll be aiming for the 13" one.

I found this one locally. What about these specs?

Z0QN-MF8405Z0QN-MF8405 3.1 GHz Intel Core i7 (Broadwell) 16GB of Onboard 1866 MHz LPDDR3 RAM 256GB PCIe-Based Flash Storage Integrated Intel Iris Graphics 6100

Any other things I should be looking to have in this Macbook?

17 posted on 05/19/2015 9:16:04 AM PDT by EinNYC
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A taptic engine that delivers haptic feedback?

as does Obama to Chris Matthews' leg

18 posted on 05/19/2015 9:27:19 AM PDT by llevrok (To liberals, Treason Is the New Patriotism)
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To: Loud Mime

I refuse to swap Mavericks for Yosemite. I have heard terrible things about Yosemite.


19 posted on 05/19/2015 9:32:24 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Lord God help us.)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

Go with Yellowstone : )


20 posted on 05/19/2015 11:12:29 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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