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Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by fingerlocks »

manaskarekar wrote: post #432
RedneckBob wrote: post #338

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I just purged Apple from my life largely because the touchbar continues to live on. Love my new Lenovo, btw. As a workaround for the touchbar that worked pretty well, I bought a silicon keyboard protector for the Apple Magic Keyboard, cut out the area for the function keys, and used hot glue to glue it over the touch bar. Prevented the touchbar from activating at the slightest touch and did return some of the feel of…

Wow, is there no software setting to simply disable the touchbar inputs?

Yes, you can customize and remove all the buttons so it effectively does nothing. I only have volume control on mine. This thread is a little odd with the heavy-handed touchbar hate.

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by oarsinsync »

criddell wrote: post #289
oarsinsync wrote: post #269

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This is what a lot of people don't know. If you pay for premium support from Dell, it is significantly better than the support experience with Apple. No having to check for appointment slots each day, hoping to get one two weeks out. No having to arrive at the store at the start of the day, get in the same-day queue, and hope to get seen for a 15 min checkup within 4 hours, and then lose your machine for days, if not…

If an Apple user is having trouble setting up Time Machine, they can book a slot at the store to have somebody help them configure that. Is Dell going to send somebody to my parents home to help them with that?

Apologies, if it wasn't clear given context, I was explicitly talking about hardware support. Dell doesn't do vertical integration of hardware and software, so I doubt they'll send someone to your parents home to help them configure Windows (or Ubuntu).

That said, your parents will still be subject to having to check for appointment slots each day, hoping to get one two weeks out, or waiting in store for hours for the next slot.

They'll also be subject to lots of random bugs in Time Machine, which has become a decidedly second class citizen as far as support within macOS goes. I cannot reliably do a time machine backup over wifi anymore, and am now subject to doing it via USB only instead. This is a much bigger problem now that my USB disk is still stuck in the office, and I've been unable to get into the office for over 2 months.

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by paxswill »

DonHopkins wrote: post #369
RedneckBob wrote: post #338

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I just purged Apple from my life largely because the touchbar continues to live on. Love my new Lenovo, btw. As a workaround for the touchbar that worked pretty well, I bought a silicon keyboard protector for the Apple Magic Keyboard, cut out the area for the function keys, and used hot glue to glue it over the touch bar. Prevented the touchbar from activating at the slightest touch and did return some of the feel of…

The original Apple ][ had a reset key in the upper right corner of the keyboard that was WAAAAAY too easy to press. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e3/1b/53/e31b53767fad646fc635... They eventually put a stronger spring under it so it was harder to press, but it was still terrible. There was actually a thriving after-market for $3.25 "RESET KEY PROTECTORS": square plastic tube shields that fit over the reset key so you…

This brought back memories of using my first computer, a Mac IIci my dad gave to me and my brother. We had the mouse set up in front of it in a way that it was way pretty easy to hit the reset and debugger buttons, which seemed to happen more often in the middle of a spited game for some reason...

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by kalleboo »

marcus_holmes wrote: post #328
latexr wrote: post #292

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> Replacing the cable is a lot easier than replacing a damaged port. If you’ve ever had an accident with it, which I never had . I don’t doubt that removing magsafe is a loss in the aggregate; I’ve only mentioned the alternative is likely to be better for me. A better option still would be if they made durable magsafe cables. But they don’t, so here we are.

It's one of those things that doesn't matter to you, until it really really does. You only need one accident to make it completely worth it

If that's something you're worried about, there are USB-C magnet attachments you can buy. If it's something you don't worry about, now you have way more options for chargers and cables.

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by C1sc0cat »

fartcannon wrote: post #214
infecto wrote: post #170

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I cannot agree more. At least for myself i would add MacOS as a huge plus over any other laptop. I know many people work in Linux but I just for the life of me cannot make it as comfortable as MacOS.

The thing I dont understand about OSX is the Finder situation. It's just awful. Installation is awful, finding applications is awful, navigating to the system folders is awful. It's very much like Windows and it's pretending Desktop is the root folder and then hiding everything behind databases of My Documents. Dont make me jump through hoops to find computery stuff.

I would agree finder when compared to File explorer (and its Linux equivalent) or even file manger in windows 3.1 is the Mac OS's biggest weakness.

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by jabroni_salad »

ProZsolt wrote: post #357
criddell wrote: post #242

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One reason I'll recommend an Apple product over any PC to friends is the Apple Store. Aside from being able to see and play with the hardware, Apple's support experience is better than any PC maker's. Why doesn't Dell open a store in every neighborhood that has an Apple store? They should be able to match the Apple consumer experience, but more importantly (to Dell), they could run business support operations from th…

Dell has way better support than Apple. (I only have experience with it in Europe, but I think in the US would be the same) You don't need to take anywhere. You call support and a technician will show up at your office/house and change the part on the spot. [1] Where Apple shines is when you travel internationally. Apple offer an international warranty. If you buy a product in the EU they will fix/exchange it under w…

Keep in mind that is not the basic warranty service. If you buy prosupport your call will not be routed to India and you can get the in-home or in-business service. If not, you'll be having a bad time.

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by dewey »

blhack wrote: post #488
dewey wrote: post #422

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Because 95% of the people don't use them and for them having an emoji picker, a volume, brightness control is more useful. The small group of people who actively use the Fn keys can just enable this checkbox at the settings.

Someday they should make a pro model for the 5% of people who don't care about emoji pickers.

I wouldn't hold my breath for a big mainstream corporation to address the needs of 5% of their market share.

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Post by foldr »

ericzawo wrote: post #394
kylec wrote: post #366

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It's non-obvious, but the 13" MacBook Pro is actually two different computers. On the low end it has a 15W CPU, two Thunderbolt 3 ports, and a single fan, and on the high end it has a 28W CPU, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, and a dual-fan system. The low end version can only be configured with 16GB of memory, whereas the high end version can be configured with 32. It's not artificial price inflation, they're actually diff…

But of course, as is the Apple way, this is deliberately unclear. You would have no idea about this at all unless you were, at-minimum, keeping up with Intel CPU improvements (or regularly browsed Hacker News.)

It's completely clear. You can read the RAM and CPU specs right there on the website. Hardly anyone cares how many fans their laptop has.

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by dividedbyzero »

shawndellysse wrote: post #71
bluedino wrote: post #12

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The Air has a perfectly sane keyboard.

Yeah, if only I could get the 16" Pro with the keyboard of the Air. I need a bit more cpu power and ram than the Air can offer sadly. Eh, my mid-2015 MBP with an i7-4780HQ and 16gb of memory will do for now. I occasionally bump into the memory limit but hopefully I can hold out until a fully sane keyboard is an option. Either that or hacklapintosh it

Doesn't the 16" Pro have the new keyboard? Or are there multiple new keyboards around?

Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro

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Post by raverbashing »

ProZsolt wrote: post #423
cactus2093 wrote: post #336

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Genuinely curious, have you had your MacBook Pro knocked over from the power cord since switching away from MagSafe? Lots of people complain about missing MagSafe but I’ve never seen or heard of this actually happening. I’m sure it has happened but it just doesn’t seem like a big problem. For me, just in the past month I’ve had the usb charger yanked out by the cord multiple times by people and pets tripping over it…

MagSafe was great when the average battery life was under four hours. You have to be plugged-in in weird places. It saved my laptop a couple of times when I was at University. The problem is not just knocking over the whole laptop, but you can damage the port as well. With the current 8+ hours battery life, I only have it plugged in when I'm at my desk, so no risk of tripping over. For me, the standard port overweigh…

That's an interesting take on it

Still, I wouldn't want to discharge the battery if it's not needed as to save the cycles.

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