(Green and blue boards tend to be for production-ready prototypes, red is fairly hacked together.)
I believe the objections are 50:50 software-related and battery. How do you set suitable data usage thresholds on a Mac which is running over a 3/4/5G LTE network? The thermal performance of MacBook Pro is already weak at the high end and battery life suffers.
I would be surprised if, when Apple switches to its own power efficient chipset in its portable Mac line, they don't offer a BTO option which includes cellular capabilities through a built-in SIM.
It’s not hard to write something that kills an interface shortly after the transmitted data crosses a threshold (I’ve done it multiple times for myself.) I’m still surprised apple has refused to add this to any of their OSes.
https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-wants-its-3g-macbook-prototy...
(Green and blue boards tend to be for production-ready prototypes, red is fairly hacked together.)
I believe the objections are 50:50 software-related and battery. How do you set suitable data usage thresholds on a Mac which is running over a 3/4/5G LTE network? The thermal performance of MacBook Pro is already weak at the high end and battery life suffers.
I would be surprised if, when Apple switches to its own power efficient chipset in its portable Mac line, they don't offer a BTO option which includes cellular capabilities through a built-in SIM.