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I hear all the complaints about keyboard and touchbar, but we use these with external keyboards and never use the touchbar.

32GB DDR4 Ram and 6 Core processors honestly is making this a no-brainer here. We have been waiting on the ram for years. Price is the big question. At this time, the Select on the apple store is disabled so no idea what this will cost.

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Order is open: 32 GB Top CPU 1TB $3899 US. 2TB and 4TB are insanely priced.

Is that the royal "we"? :P

Personally I always use my MacBook Pro set up below my external monitor. I always use the built in keyboard and trackpad because I find a small, short travel keyboard with a centrally mounted trackpad more ergonomic. I'm pretty sure this setup might only relevant to me though, so horses for courses.

I haven't upgraded because the new macs don't seem to match my use-cases and I can get by with my old 2013 model for now.

I agree about price though. The new MacBook Pros seem poor value to me. You have to decide whether to max the RAM/SSD upfront, get the new dongles you need all while Apple are nickel and dimming over things like the PSU extension cable which is no longer included despite the price rises.

you can configure it now.

https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MR942...

Fully specced out = $6,699.00

Why not just get an iMac if you're not going to use it as a laptop?

Identical desk setups at home and work. Carry it back and forth. Awesome setup actually.

Awesome for me would be two iMacs and no carrying.

then you have to sync your desktop, apps and files between them though

Already do that between four systems running 2 different operating systems. Dropbox makes it a lot easier.

What you really need is one of these fashionable carrying bags for the 27 inch iMac.

https://www.amazon.com/Lavolta-Carrying-Case-Apple-27-inch/d...

Are people really moving their iMac around so much they require a bag?!

This is the first comment to make me laugh on Hacker News in quite a while.

I believe my dad’s old Osborne luggable was heavier than a 27” iMac. Of course, it came in it’s own case and a whopping 4” monochrome text only monitor.

That's quite a ridiculous sight in my opinion. I'm imagining that person trying to bring that thing aboard the tube in London.

because it's not portable, duh

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