I totally agree, but I'm not happy to see this post for the selfish reason that I'm worried it will be harder to buy a refurbished one once the one I'm currently using dies. With the exception of the non-ergonomic keyboard layout, I could keep using this machine forever and be pretty happy.
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#12I have a mid-2014 model and I absolutely love it. However, weird spots have been appearing on my screen now on the black edge and I'm kind of nervous/scared. Anyone else with these spots?
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#13That's what I'm using at work, and what I've got for my personal laptop too. Are the new ones that much worse? They don't seem like there at all worse to me, I've been thinking about getting one.
In my opinion you would need to try one to know. My wife has one and the keyboard is such a far step back I can't even describe it properly. If nothing changes, I will be sticking to my 2014 or switching to Lenovo.
I hate the keyboard on the 2015 era ones too though, I'm always using my giant Microsoft hump style keyboard instad. I only use the built-in keyboard in hotel rooms/conferences/etc.
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#14I have a mid-2014 model and I absolutely love it. However, weird spots have been appearing on my screen now on the black edge and I'm kind of nervous/scared. Anyone else with these spots?
Yep, that's the screen coating coming off. It's known as "Staingate": http://www.staingate.org/
I got mine replaced for free from Apple (they even upgraded me to the most expensive model of the next generation as they didn't have my medium level one any more)
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#15It's pretty good, yeah. I really would have loved it if they simply doubled the USB ports and re-included an Ethernet jack for the newest one instead of doing what they did.
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#16That's what I'm using at work, and what I've got for my personal laptop too. Are the new ones that much worse? They don't seem like there at all worse to me, I've been thinking about getting one.
I think the lack of standard ports, mag-safe, hdmi and sd card slots are big regressions in functionality. Not to mention that the touchbar is not very useful, and as an emacs user, a big pain to not have a physical key.
I live in Emacs too. I thought you could get one with real buttons? Did they drop that?
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#17This is the most elegant critique to the current line of Macs I've read so far. I hope it reaches the right eyes and ears.
While Steve Jobs was unique, I believe Apple has the right people to continue delivering the same great products. They just need to let them do their jobs.
This said, I'm looking forward to test a Pixel 2 Chromebook.
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#18The glossy screen is a showstopper for me.
This. I prefer my mirrors in my bathroom, not on my work desk.
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#19I've got one at the office, and love it. Anyone want to sell me their spare?
Sure. I will sell you my spare if you are in the bay area.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the lack of standard ports, mag-safe, hdmi and sd card slots are big regressions in functionality. Not to mention that the touchbar is not very useful, and as an emacs user, a big pain to not have a physical key.
I live in Emacs too. I thought you could get one with real buttons? Did they drop that?
They make a 13" MBP without the touchbar. Except it's using the lower power 15 watt CPUs, the same category the Macbook Airs used to use. So it's basically a Macbook Air with a retina screen and a hefty price hike.