Apple Updates Air, Pro Laptops, Kills Off the MacBook

Post by snowwrestler » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 11:11 PM UTC

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I'm certain people who are OK with the touch bar don't care about it as much as the people who hate it, but I for one prefer that they are iteratively innovating on the keyboard for macs. I'd rather they do that than make a thick brick of a laptop with a row of mostly useless function keys that a vocal minority has been harping for.

my 2015 Pro is so much better than mycompany 2017 Pro w/ touchbar like people are saying, most people just don't care about the touchbar. It does get annoying at times (as a vim user). Why WHY do they hide the esc key and have it take two inputs to increase the volume/brightness by more than 1 tick (sliding is terrible). Other than that, I totally agree, the real focus should be the keyboard. Because it's shit. Here…

Post by farisjarrah » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 11:12 PM UTC

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Macbook Pro "improvements" over the last 3-7 years: * No more matte display * RAM soldered to the board * SSD soldered in * remove all ports except USB-C * make keyboard worse * remove function keys, replace with touch surface that's redundant at best But it's very thin! And even thinner was the recent Macbook, and if the law of "diminishing returns" matters as little as the usual defenses of all the above tradeoffs…

I also hate that MacBook Pro touchpads are oversized and easy to touch with your thumbs by accident. I had one issued for a job and had annoying, error-inducing swipes about three times a day.

Post by adrianratnapala » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 11:13 PM UTC

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What's clamshell mode?

clamshell mode = with the lid closed

Post by tbrock » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 11:14 PM UTC

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The price is not even that outrageous. When specified similar to the top-of-the-line ThinkPad X1 Carbon it's only $200 more, and you're getting a better display.

The X1C6 is pretty expensive unless you’re doing some Lenovo EPP swindle.

Post by snowwrestler » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 11:17 PM UTC

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I think you are exaggerating how confusing the apple product stack is. I'm no apple fan and I know roughly what to expect from each model. the air is the low end model (for apple at least); you get this if you want the cheapest possible apple laptop. if you want to spend more money, you pick between the ultraportable macbook or a more powerful macbook pro. I couldn't tell you the difference between all the iphones an…

> the air is the low end model (for apple at least); you get this if you want the cheapest possible apple laptop. if you want to spend more money, you pick between the ultraportable macbook or a more powerful macbook pro. That's how it was before this announcement. Now the MacBook is gone, leaving the updated MacBook Air as the most portable option. This makes a lot more sense, since the "Air" name was meant to denot…