My new 16 inch crashes once every 48-72 hours. Been pretty upset with it so far.
Mine did too occasionally also had other issues (like random wakes and not returning to sleep), but the upgrade to 15.4 fixed everything.
New 13-inch MacBook Pro
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After several years I can unequivocally say I still hate the touch bar. I love touch ID, but the bar needs to go. USB-C was all about standardizing. I'm still not sure how I feel about it, I did love magsafe, but I also love that in theory someday I'll have one cable to rule them all. And I'll be able to charge my headphones/laptop/phone/random device with a usb-c cable instead of needing 8 of them.
I HATE the touch bar. I simply H A T E it. I hate it so much that I started to carry an TKL keyboard all the time with me just to avoid using this piece of sh*t touch bar and internal keyboard (MBP 2017). As a developer it is crucial that I can use my keyboard without any looks but as there is no way to tell which function key you press on the touch bar the bar itself is completely useless for me. Beside the butterfl…
My wife bought a MacBook Air last year, and the row of function keys with Touch ID sensor at the end is perfect. I'm so jealous, and hope they add the option to get that keyboard layout on the next iteration of the MBP.
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#533Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I swear on my Apple ][ (which had the stiffer spring under reset) you had to press ctrl at the same time. Mine had an after-marked Videx keyboard controller though, and maybe that was a feature of that controller?
edit: indeed, yes it was:
https://archive.org/details/Videx_Enhancer_II_Installation_a...
I forgot how amazing this controller was:
https://archive.org/details/Videx_Enhancer_II_Installation_a...
It had macros:
https://archive.org/details/Videx_Enhancer_II_Installation_a...
Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro
#534I was curious how the 13 inch was priced so I compared it to a new Dell XPS 13. Dell has a better processor (maybe, [2]) , but I couldn't find the option to upgrade the Dell to 4TB internal SSD, so I compared both with the 2 TB option. Ram is the same at 32GB. Dell came out to $2399[0] USD and Apple came out to $2999[1] USD. Dell Pros: * Row of function buttons (I've used BTT to customize my touch-bar to the point wh…
The macbook still electrocutes you when it's plugged in since the grounding is all fucked up. This is still a problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3969131 https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-pro-giving-me-e... https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/10545/is-it-bad-th...
That's some... creative usage of the verb "electrocute", which implies death.
That said, I did feel the electric current when the 2012MBP was not grounded, but the 2017 model does not have the same problem.
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#535I literally just bought a new 13" macbook pro. It arrived just a few days ago! Do anyone know if they have any type of exchange service or am i stuck with the one a bought?
Re: New 13-inch MacBook Pro
#536I was curious how the 13 inch was priced so I compared it to a new Dell XPS 13. Dell has a better processor (maybe, [2]) , but I couldn't find the option to upgrade the Dell to 4TB internal SSD, so I compared both with the 2 TB option. Ram is the same at 32GB. Dell came out to $2399[0] USD and Apple came out to $2999[1] USD. Dell Pros: * Row of function buttons (I've used BTT to customize my touch-bar to the point wh…
I recently switched from an Air to an XPS 15 9570. I was very excited, it seemed to have all the best qualities of a MacBook, minus the shotty keyboard, and superior performance per dollar (at the time). Things went downhill rather quickly. I've had massive cooling issues, I've removed and replaced the thermal paste. I've been forced to operate the laptop on the "Cool" thermal setting; downgrading the performance of…
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#537My new 16 inch crashes once every 48-72 hours. Been pretty upset with it so far.
Do you have any USB-C hubs attached to it? It happened to me, and it stopped when I switched hubs (tried over 4 of them)
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#538I don't know why people in this thread, keep comparing macbooks to dell xps. they're not equivalent. Thinkpad's X & T series are probably the only machines hardware wise that compare to macbook from durability and working out of the box with Linux. a t490 released last year, has better specs than the new 13" macbook. And I will applaud apple for bringing back a saner keyboard n eSC key.
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#539Funny anecdote: Apple offers a trade-in when buying a new Macbook. I decided to have a look. I entered the serial number of my Macbook Air 11" (Late 2010). I confirmed that it boots up, has no defects, has no optical faults and that I will include the power supply. Apple offered 10€ ($12). Yay?! PS: This ancient notebook runs macOS High Sierra with the current 2020-2 security patch and sells for an astonishing 200€ o…
I bet you can get at least double on eBay!
Jokes aside, for those old computers, selling on eBay is way better than trade-in programs. There are collectors out there that might need this to complete their macbook shrine, and others who that want a mac but can't afford a new one.
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#540Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recently switched from an Air to an XPS 15 9570. I was very excited, it seemed to have all the best qualities of a MacBook, minus the shotty keyboard, and superior performance per dollar (at the time). Things went downhill rather quickly. I've had massive cooling issues, I've removed and replaced the thermal paste. I've been forced to operate the laptop on the "Cool" thermal setting; downgrading the performance of…
I will never buy a dell again, had an XPS 9550 (£2.7k 32gb ram, top of the range) - they had a chip in to detect a valid dell power adapter and that went so they wanted over 600 to replace the motherboard. I bought a macbook and use the dell charger (udb-c) to charge my macbook.
My step-daughter spilled water on her MBA. It would no longer charge. It would run connected to AC, and the battery health was fine, but the "charging circuit" needed replaced, according to diagnostics.
Okay, I thought. $200, maybe $300, including parts and labor.
Not quite. They wanted $879. "Maybe we should look at getting you into a new Macbook instead?"
No thanks. It was almost never used unplugged anyway.