Re: Apple laptops
Re: Apple laptops
- Subject: Re: Apple laptops
- From: edward taffel <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:00:36 -0400
while i can’t imagine doing color work on a laptop, i equally cringe at the thought of prepress related work on smaller than 17". i bought my 17" to travel w/ product; having to downsize to 15” would be a nuisance.
i gather when the retina models were introduced the cost/reliability of a 17” display was prohibitive. in the back my of my mind i daily expect to see announcement of a 17” retina model—perhaps so drastically redesigned as what we saw w/ the mac pro & this was a very dark horse. the apple pro segment is undoubtedly smallest, but i think it safe to say that apple never [totally] abandons its pro users.
> On Jul 15, 2015, at 3:56 AM, Mark Stegman <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Apple laptop users,
>
> This sort of discussion is a bit of an indulgence but I have been thinking
> about this for quite a while and the forum is quiet at the moment. It also
> has a high proportion of serious users and I would like to know what they
> think about current the range of laptops on offer from Apple.
>
> Believe it to not but I still have a working 17" laptop that is 9 years
> old. It has no battery (replaced twice) and a 'new' hard drive and maximum
> RAM. Yes, the 'rubber bands' are a little tired, it takes a while to boot
> up, doesn't support current versions of most applications (not necessarily
> a bad thing) and won't run any version of OS X past 10.6.8. (which also has
> its advantages). I can't use it for serious image editing anymore but I can
> use it for other things. including the use of 'redundant' colour
> management software.
>
> The one thing I really love about this laptop is the screen size. As far as
> I'm concerned it is at the maximum but also the optimum size for a portable
> image editing device. Any larger and you may as well go and pack a ghetto
> blaster on your shoulder for music as you will be driving a truck anyway.
> It's just too cumbersome. At 17 inches it is still portable without being
> unmanageable and portability is the prime utility and benefit of a laptop.
>
> So I found it sad as well as surprising when it was dropped from the line
> of laptops on offer some years ago. The rest of my family have 13 and 15
> inch laptops and for their purposes they're just great as they most;y
> focussed on social media and all that goes with it. However, for the
> purposes of professional photoimaging I find they're just too small,
> especially if you take one on the road and it's the only thing you have to
> work with. Even the 15" with the retina display falls short in my book. If
> you add the ever increasing resolution of cameras, even at the prosumer
> end, as well as the advent of ultra-high definition displays then I think
> there is a case for a professional standard photoimaging laptop that
> matches these capabilities and I can't see one in the current range on
> offer or even on the horizon.
>
> In short, I would like Apple to 'resurrect' the 17" laptop with a monitor
> that matches the resolution of FHD, or even UHD resolutions, and
> specifications that complement it so that photographers and other imaging
> professionals have a portable device that matches their needs and
> aspirations.
>
> All those in favour say "Aye".
>
> Anyone with something to offer on 'complementary' specifications, please
> contribute.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Stegman
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