Highly recommend checkout out Dells XPS lines once you've had enough. I find them nicer to use than any MacBook I've had.
Falling Back to an Older MacBook Pro
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#12Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.
Yes, this is really my biggest issue with the new MacBooks or rather was my biggest issue, until I found out there are numerous magnetic connectors and complete cables for USB-C[1].
Now that I use such a cable (L shape, like MagSafe 1), I find it better than the T shaped MagSafe 2 cables, which would disconnect/fall off all the time from my 2015 MBP.
1) Like this one (no affiliation at all): https://www.amazon.com/Magnetic-Adapter-Connector-Quick-Char...
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#13I'm using my 2017 Macbook Pro and I hardly use the early 2019. I never liked the touchbar.
Honestly my 2012 MBA with 8GB RAM is still perfectly fine as my daily dev machine. Macs are expensive but if you shell out for the top specced model they can last a loooong time.
Same. Will keep going through the MBA's.
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#14Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.
What is the error? MagSafe is fine, although I think USB-C is a bit better in terms of the whole "not falling out when you brush past it"
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#15> Unexpectedly, on returning to the 2015 MBP, I didn’t suddenly go “omgomg the keyboard is amazing again”. The older style was never amazing compared to any good mechanical keyboard. I adapted to the new keyboard just fine, even though my hands never really were big enough for it to be truly comfortable. Yes, the older keyboard’s keys really are less of a stretch but it wasn’t that much of a hardship either way. New…
I zomg when I use my 2008 MacBook Pro. That solid keyboard! All those ports!! User replaceable everything!!
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#16Does anyone else find it crazy that the base SSD in the Air and MBP is still only 128 GB? The Air I can maybe understand, but for the MBP, it's ridiculous.
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#17Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.
MagSafe had two flaws: the magnetic connector could become unreliable, and the cable around the connector was weak. USB-C is rated for a much higher number of inserts and being able to insert on either side is covering a lot of my old vulnerable cable situations.
I don’t know enough about EE to say why they don’t want a magnet between the USB-C connector and the rest of the cable.
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#18Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.
What is the error? MagSafe is fine, although I think USB-C is a bit better in terms of the whole "not falling out when you brush past it"
I think they meant dropping MagSafe was a huge error.
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#19Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.
MagSafe had two flaws: the magnetic connector could become unreliable, and the cable around the connector was weak. USB-C is rated for a much higher number of inserts and being able to insert on either side is covering a lot of my old vulnerable cable situations. I don’t know enough about EE to say why they don’t want a magnet between the USB-C connector and the rest of the cable.
I agree with all these points but i also have a huge dent on the side of my screen from when my laptop fell off the table when i tripped on the charging cable...
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#20I sure wish my 2011 17-inch MacBook Pro would come back from the dead! With its two giant removable batter bays! swoon