Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!news.unit0.net!news.szaf.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: New Mac Keyboard with Touchbar? Date: 30 Oct 2016 20:15:04 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <1mvvjae.gd6s9g18ejs0oN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <6IadnYkzx_ArWonFnZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <1mvw3gm.u7l0d31pdg2rjN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <301020161159405514%star@sky.net> <7ICdnfHlzNnBv4vFnZ2dnUU7-INQAAAA@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 1yHSqT8JbZZFs8n0X9eDggmvW9l9Dxun/8uiLzcmVdEJn4Fhk1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:5DYV1dm2SlyKo7SRzuBP7ngrxEQ= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96218 On 2016-10-30, Alan Browne wrote: > > IMO the idiocy of slimness as a prime design goal has led to a smaller > battery and therefore the _justification_ of a 16 GB RAM limit to save > power[1]. While 16 GB is more than adequate for a lot of tasks, > including Photoshop - for video work with many layers and segments it is > shallow. If one needs a VM in there, then things will get cramped in a > hurry. The MBP is turning into a powerful travel-light device at the > expense of no longer being the power tool that the "Pro" label usually > meant. > > [1] “To put more than 16GB of fast RAM into a notebook design at this > time would require a memory system that consumes much more power and > wouldn’t be efficient enough for a notebook.” -Schiller replying to a > MacRumours reader's request. Naturally, there are many factors (weight, form factor, and energy consumption are obvious candidates, but there are others too) that likely played into the decision. The simplistic view that the only goal that matters to Apple is the thinness of the product is naive at best. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR