Falling Back to an Older MacBook Pro

Post by scrumbledober » Thu, Nov 07, 2019, 11:27 PM UTC

hyperbovine wrote: post #6

Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.

Post by Spooky23 » Thu, Nov 07, 2019, 11:30 PM UTC

1123581321 wrote: post #17

hyperbovine wrote: post #6

Surprised 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.

Post by sk5t » Thu, Nov 07, 2019, 11:33 PM UTC

hyperbovine wrote: post #6

Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.

Post by kristiandupont » Thu, Nov 07, 2019, 11:36 PM UTC

shantly wrote: post #10

> 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…

Post by allenbrunson » Thu, Nov 07, 2019, 11:37 PM UTC

ralphc wrote: post #26

I've come up with a modern version of Gate's saying of "640K ought to be enough for everyone". 95% of people are fine with an i7 and 16GB of RAM. If you're not running a bunch of VM's, that's enough computer. That's my 2012 MacBook Pro, and it's still getting the job done.