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Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by _ph_ »

foldr wrote: post #396
chrisseaton wrote: post #386

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 45W will get your laptop pretty warm and noisy and will drain your battery. So put it on a stand and plug it in? Problem solved.

> isn't a desktop more suitable

Some people need to carry their computer around, so the laptop has to be a compromise between stationary computing power and portability. The MacBook Pro strikes this balance quite well all around. Of course there are bigger and heavier laptops, if you require even more performance and are not limited by portability.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by microtonal »

xenonite wrote: post #323
pyrophane wrote: post #266

Keep in mind that probably the most important spec when considering a new laptop is one that is often not directly stated: the processor series. I'm not talking about i3/i5/i7, but rather U/Y/H. This letter determines the TDP (thermal design power/point) them machine is designed to run at. The TDP will govern the setting for the base clock speed, and, just as importantly, the throttling behabior under load. Processor…

So for peak load, it’s an upgrade compared to the previous generation MacBook Air. But for sustained load, it seems to actually be a downgrade, as the previous gen still had processors of the U series.

as the previous gen still had processors of the U series.

No? The base model had a i5-8210Y?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Air#Technical_specific...

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by nkkollaw »

The fact that Apple insists on both having only 2 USB-C port and still using USB3 to charge their phones, mice, and keyboards is ridiculous.

I hate both going all USB-C and having to carry a dongle or adapters everywhere, and the idiotic touchbar.

Basically, anything that Apple has done since Steve Jobs died is complete shit--even if you ignore the butterfly keyboards complete fiasco.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by allenu »

mFixman wrote: post #183
highace wrote: post #81

- Quad core processor - Scissor keys - No touch bar MacBook Air, the new MacBook for Pros.

I honestly never understood the hate for the touchbar. It allows me to be much more granular with volume and brightness, and I never really used F-keys anyway.

It doesn't add any benefit to my experience. I'd prefer real keys that I don't need to look at. I could hit volume up/down easily on the previous models.

Using Terminal, I use the Esc key a lot for navigating and having a touch bar Esc key is not a great experience since you also don't feel feedback that you're touching the right key.

I've also accidentally hit the touch bar a few times while hovering one of my fingers above it as I press down on one of the number keys.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by pwinnski »

squiggleblaz wrote: post #207
pwinnski wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which part of those two sentences is a lie? "The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience." Is any of that false? How do we know?

"Half truths are lies". The pp is saying they're lying because they didn't admit fault. What's wrong with a company trying to sell a product by outright honestly saying "yeah, we tried to balance usability and thinness, and we went too far, we heard your complaints, and we've gone back and refined our old designs". I mean, they can tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth in an even more markety way i…

This seems like nonsense. Must they admit fault in every communication for the next three years? Must they use specific words while admitting fault?

There's nothing wrong with a company saying "we screwed up." Which Apple has done already. There'a also nothing wrong with a company saying, "This keyboard is great," if it is in fact great.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by ant6n »

climb_stealth wrote: post #182

After using the latest Macbook Pro 13" for over a year I have recently had my 2015 Macbook Pro 13" repaired. Both are max specs. It was a $600 bill, but it has been so worth it. The keyboard just works, it doesn't run hot and the fan doesn't blast under the slightest load, the performance is much better, the battery lasts longer and the external screen + keyboard and mouse are detected every single time without havin…

Will these new mac books support the older mac os which runs 32 bit Software? (Or does wine have a workaround)

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by pwinnski »

squiggleblaz wrote: post #193
pwinnski wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience." What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" It seems like you're reading into the text what isn't even there.

Where does it say "we stuffed up, and in response to your feedback we've gone back to basics"? Sometimes, people want to hear acknowledgement of error.

They said that when they announced the extended warranty program on the old keyboard. People who want to hear an acknowledgement of error can go back and read that, if they missed it.

People want to hear wailing and gnashing of teeth, which is silly.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by pwinnski »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #411
pwinnski wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience." What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" It seems like you're reading into the text what isn't even there.

The previous sentence: "Now features the new Magic Keyboard." "Refined" is also an adjective that has a definition close to "new and wonderful". It's not just a word to bring out an emotional response to make people feel like buying the thing.

"Refined" means made better. This is better than the previous keyboard, and also features 1mm of travel, making it better in that sense than any of their previous keyboards.

Imagining a word to mean what you want it to, and then reacting negatively to that, that doesn't say as much about Apple as it does the observer.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by climb_stealth »

binarysolo wrote: post #394
climb_stealth wrote: post #182

After using the latest Macbook Pro 13" for over a year I have recently had my 2015 Macbook Pro 13" repaired. Both are max specs. It was a $600 bill, but it has been so worth it. The keyboard just works, it doesn't run hot and the fan doesn't blast under the slightest load, the performance is much better, the battery lasts longer and the external screen + keyboard and mouse are detected every single time without havin…

I wish I got this advice! I just replaced my 2015 MBP 15" max spec with a Mid-2019 version and that touch bar is annoying the heck out of me. At least it has a physical escape key I guess (I keep hitting F1/brightness controls on the Bootcamp side of things for everything). Fortunately so

Hah! I'm not sure what the situation is like for the current 15" MPB. The specs are quite different compared to the 13" one. It may not be as severe as my experience. I think I'd try to hold on to that 2015 model just in case.

Good luck!

Re: New MacBook Air

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Post by pwinnski »

marcus_holmes wrote: post #342
dev_tty01 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We all (most of us anyway) wanted them to go back to the scissor design. Are we going to now complain that they did what the community has been begging them to do? Was butterfly a mistake? Yes. Were they slow to correct the issue? Yes. Now that they fixed it we should be happy about it. As far as talking about it being amazing, its called marketing spin. This is how it works. However, those two sentences do not say a…

To be honest, yes, I'd like them to say "we messed up, and we finally recognised that, so we're fixing it". I think it would be amazing if the most valuable, most design-focused company in the world admitted to everyone that they made a mistake. It would do a lot towards allowing everyone else to make mistakes without beating themselves up over it. After all, if the thousands of specialist engineers, paid billions in…

They did that when they actually started fixing it[0].

[0] https://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-macbook-keyboard-service-...

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