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The Idea of the Apple Macbook Pro Classic Excites Me

Chris Gampat
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01/21/2021
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There’s a chance Apple might bring back the SD Card Port.

All that I’ve wanted as a photographer is an SD card port. More specifically, I’ve wanted one that doesn’t suck. The one on the iMac 2019 doesn’t play well with new SD cards. In fact, having an SD card port is mandatory for me to buy a computer. That’s why I still use the early 2015 MacBook Pro. Couple that with a great keyboard and good specs, of course! And the word on the street is that there’s a glimmer of hope for us photographers in a concept I’d like to call the Apple MacBook Pro Classic.

After reading an article on Input, I became very excited. Some cool things may come back to the MacBook Pro lineup. Of course, they’ll never admit they were wrong. Instead, they’ll say that they had courage. In this case, I think that having the courage to undo all the mishegas will be wonderful. MagSafe is apparently going to be making a come back. And if that’s the case, then I’m holding out hope.

Apple, admittedly, had a bit too much faith in the camera manufacturers. Yes, there’s the wireless transfer from a camera to a computer. But it takes forever. SD cards still dominate as the megapixel wars didn’t end. File sizes became larger, and the SD card capacities did too. Further, Apple never shared AirDrop protocols with camera companies. If that were done, things would be much different. No one should ever discount how fantastic using AirDrop is. If you’re a working journalist or creative, it makes life so much simpler. With all this said, the idea of the Macbook Pro Classic seems exactly like what we need.

Maybe that’s one reason why they got rid of the SD card port. But the truth is that we really need it. I hate having a million dongles. It’s one of the most frustrating parts of being a modern creative. The point of using Apple products is because they’re supposed to be simple. You’re not supposed to make things complicated. Everything is supposed to just work! That’s why we pay so much extra money. But if you take that away, no one wants your products anymore. 

And for many a creative, taking away the SD card port really annoyed us. Reviews Editor Hillary Grigonis and I have spoken about this on phone calls with one another. When the MacBook Pro 16-inch dropped, I was irate about the lack of an SD card port.

For better or worse, Apple’s relationship with creatives is an abusive one. Many creatives have drifted away from Apple. Gear Editor Brett Day uses a custom PC for his daily work. But as much as creatives need Apple for their daily work, Apple needs them. Yes, I’d like to fully declare that. The current iteration of Apple lacks the innovation and cool factor they had years ago. The new M1 processors are surely helping. But Apple needs creatives to seem as cool as they are. It’s basically like the idea of gentrification. The much older Apple was like old NY. Folks didn’t really like it. But then they captured the hearts and souls of creatives. So the creatives helped to make Apple’s brand better. Walk into any cafe, and you’ll see a fleet of Macbooks. Then everyone else came. 

Apple needs creatives. And if they don’t start giving creatives what they need, they’ll start flocking to other spaces. Razer, Lenovo, Microsoft, Asus, and others make desirable options for us.

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Chris Gampat

Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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