<story><title>Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Years</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/apple-said-to-plan-first-pro-laptop-overhaul-in-four-years</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>falcolas</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a software developer who focuses on operational automation, and this brings almost nothing to the table which I could want. Especially replacing the function keys with a touchpad; why would I want to replace dedicated keys with muscle memory attached to them with soft keys that can change on whim?&lt;p&gt;Better graphics may be nice, if it&amp;#x27;s enough to allow me to drive a pair of high-resolution displays in addition to the laptop&amp;#x27;s screen itself. I&amp;#x27;m not hopeful, though, due to the power and heat requirements.&lt;p&gt;As for thinner, at what cost? Battery life? Active cooling? A nasty keyboard like those in the new macbook? Losing even more ports?&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s what I want in a MBP refresh: More power. Enough battery life to allow me on a hangout all day long; or at least enough battery life that I can have Chrome running and still be able to code all day long. A strong enough graphics card to smoothly drive a pair of 4k monitors in addition to the internal monitor. No loss of existing ports. More CPU power for compiling code. A touch screen.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>msravi</author><text>&amp;gt; or at least enough battery life that I can have Chrome running and still be able to code all day long&lt;p&gt;Shouldn&amp;#x27;t that be an action for Google rather than Apple? Of late, I&amp;#x27;ve found Google&amp;#x27;s applications to be big battery hogs - Chrome and Google Drive for example (on OS X)</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Said to Plan First Pro Laptop Overhaul in Years</title><url>http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-10/apple-said-to-plan-first-pro-laptop-overhaul-in-four-years</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>falcolas</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m a software developer who focuses on operational automation, and this brings almost nothing to the table which I could want. Especially replacing the function keys with a touchpad; why would I want to replace dedicated keys with muscle memory attached to them with soft keys that can change on whim?&lt;p&gt;Better graphics may be nice, if it&amp;#x27;s enough to allow me to drive a pair of high-resolution displays in addition to the laptop&amp;#x27;s screen itself. I&amp;#x27;m not hopeful, though, due to the power and heat requirements.&lt;p&gt;As for thinner, at what cost? Battery life? Active cooling? A nasty keyboard like those in the new macbook? Losing even more ports?&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s what I want in a MBP refresh: More power. Enough battery life to allow me on a hangout all day long; or at least enough battery life that I can have Chrome running and still be able to code all day long. A strong enough graphics card to smoothly drive a pair of 4k monitors in addition to the internal monitor. No loss of existing ports. More CPU power for compiling code. A touch screen.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>NegatioN</author><text>Why the touch screen?&lt;p&gt;That seems like an odd addition to the list.</text></comment>