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Comment: LTE-equipped laptops on the way from ASUS, HP, Lenovo, VAIO & more puts pressure on Apple

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/safari-macbook-pro-touch-bar.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000&h=500)</div><p>Apple has been toying with the idea of a SIM-equipped MacBook <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2011/08/14/apple-was-this-close-to-releasing-a-3g-macbook-pro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">since at least 2007[/url], as a prototype MacBook Pro later revealed. The company has continued to explore the idea, with a patent on the concept emerging <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2016/05/25/opinon-lte-macbook-pro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">just last year[/url].</p>
<p>Steve Jobs <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/edwardbaig/2008-01-23-macbook-air-review_N.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revealed in 2008[/url] that Apple rejected the idea for a couple of reasons. First, that it would add complexity to the device, and second that it would lock customers in to a particular carrier.</p>
<p>Neither argument applies today, and news that a number of major Windows laptop manufacturers are committed to producing LTE-equipped laptops is likely to put pressure on Apple to revisit the idea …</p>
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