I can't believe the screen wasn't seen as an upgrade. Going from non-retina 300 nits to retina 500 nits with crazy good color?
Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
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Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#352Just got my first MBP. Found problems with USB devices on day 1 with USB 2.0 devices intermittently freezing. Documented https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/gp5b1z/usb_20_issues_o... , and there is a workaround... do not use any hub that shows a USB 2.0 device to the Mac, find and use a USB-C hub that presents everything as USB 3.0 to the Mac even if it's USB 2.0 I believe that this is a Catalina software bug, and…
Sometimes my wifi drops out when I connect a USB-C hub to my MBP (Mojave). I should really look into it.
I just got through researching this issue for a client. Apparently it is at least somewhat common, and appears to be caused by RF interference/noise radiating from USB 3.0 ports and cables, which stomps over 2.4 GHz band.
Popular solutions seem to involve applying custom shielding to dongles/cables/adaptors, trying different models of these, or experimenting with their physical proximity and layout. Sigh.
Discussion, including a link to an Intel whitepaper on the topic, here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/329970/usb-c-dongl...
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#353I also still have the same MacBook air as the author and have been wanting to upgrade for... 2 years or so.
Not only the Webcam is a downgrade. You also loose Magsafe. Not a big loss, but a downgrade none the less.
> The touchbar. [...] Regular users probably find it useful and cute.
No they don't. My GF bought herself a new Macbook because... she has an iPhone and thought "For what I use the computer, any computer suffices". She just needs a laptop for browsing the web and replying to emails, and got a 2k$ machine for it...
Anyways, it turns out she is super annoyed at the Touchbar because it registers accidental presses when she press a number key... so her windows will just scramble around in the middle of a sentence, and she hates that.
I'm trying to convince her to sell it used, take a couple of hundred dollars price hit, and buy something that would make her happier. For her needs, literally any laptop would do.
Any laptop but Apple's. I also thought that the Touchbar was only a "show" gimmick to get non-pro users buy pro laptops, but for users that can't figure out how to turn it off, its something that makes them regret buying an Apple product, which at least with my GF, its a first.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#354Another day another hate circlejerk post about MacBooks. There’s no good alternatives, I promise. The XPS looks good on the surface, but wait until you experience the massive touchpad downgrade.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#355Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd be pretty surprised if that's true. I've recently switched to windows 10 pro and I don't have candy crush or anything installed.
Was there a Candy Crush ad in the menu that would install it as soon as you click on int?
No, I specifically looked to remove any crapware and was surprised that there wasn't anything. I also just did a search for candy crush and I only got the website.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#356Earlier quoted context omitted.
Windows Terminal is really good. I'm still a dedicated Mac user but the Microsoft team has advanced exponentially in their support of common, very good ideas.
Could you explain what's so good about the Windows Terminal? I've tried it multiple times and been disgusted every time. The grayscale smoothing looks ugly as hell, the font is large as if I'm elderly, you can't even right-click to get a menu in the window, and opening Settings fires up Visual Studio of all things with GUIDs that I have no idea what to do with. All I see is it has tabs which I've lived without in eve…
> the font is large as if I'm elderly
It's probably the easiest to configure terminal ever...
https://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToMakeAPrettyPromptInWindo...
> and opening Settings fires up Visual Studio of all things
Settings opens what ever editor is your default for .json files.
> with GUIDs that I have no idea what to do with
1 guid to identify each option?
I guess Windows Terminal was designed for developers and not users.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#357Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don’t mean to belittle any issues you have, but > I cannot press the correct button without looking does this seem like a really really minor problem to anyone else? I can’t imagine using function keys often enough that this would actually become annoying.
Debugger commands in IntelliJ are tied to F7 (step inside), F8 (step over), F9 (run) and looking down to figure out where to press again and again is a big hassle.
Can you not bind those to any shortcut?
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#358Totally agree. After reading so many reviews panning the new MBPs, I ended up replacing my ancient 2011 MBP with a 2015 model. You can still find new/unopened or relatively unused models on eBay. I love this laptop. i7, 16GB memory, AMD Radeon R9, great keyboard with F-keys... plus, it has all the standard ports I need: USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt. All for much less money than a new machine from Apple. No complaints at al…
I bought the 2015 MBP back when it came out and basically maxed out all the specs, it was very expensive for me at the time but in hindsight it was the best purchase ever...
I think there are 2 versions of the 2015 model, the Mid-2015 one has a trackpad with 'force click/touch' which is a minor plus, so make sure you buy that one if you have the choice :)
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#359Totally agree. After reading so many reviews panning the new MBPs, I ended up replacing my ancient 2011 MBP with a 2015 model. You can still find new/unopened or relatively unused models on eBay. I love this laptop. i7, 16GB memory, AMD Radeon R9, great keyboard with F-keys... plus, it has all the standard ports I need: USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt. All for much less money than a new machine from Apple. No complaints at al…
This. Funny last time I wrote about the same large trackpad issue on HN I was heavily downvoted.
And despite how many have said this new magic keyboard is better. I still dont get it. It felt exactly the same as the previous butterfly keyboard, and to me it felt awful. The 2015 scissors keyboard is still million times better. 1.5mm of Key Travel, 60g grams of actuation force was the perfect combination. The newer Keyboard is meshy. I haven't heard anyone that hate the older one, so switching back wouldn't actually cause any issues. And I cant be the only one who dislike the new keyboard.
I wish Apple just make a MacBook Pro Classic. Remake the 2015 MacBook Pro with a faster processor. That's it. Nothing more. Dont touch anything else. Same Screen, MagSafe, No Touch Bar, Perfect Keyboard and TouchPad. While I would love to have the new speaker I could do without it incase Apple mess things up again. And if even a new CPU is too much to ask, just give me the old 2015 MacBook Pro with Maxed out Config for the same price.
At the moment I am worried once I have to replace my 2015 MacBook Pro I would left with no choice.
And for what is worth, Apple stop mentioning their Mac user satisfaction in their Investor meeting.
Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
#360Totally agree. After reading so many reviews panning the new MBPs, I ended up replacing my ancient 2011 MBP with a 2015 model. You can still find new/unopened or relatively unused models on eBay. I love this laptop. i7, 16GB memory, AMD Radeon R9, great keyboard with F-keys... plus, it has all the standard ports I need: USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt. All for much less money than a new machine from Apple. No complaints at al…
I bought the 2015 MBP back when it came out and basically maxed out all the specs, it was very expensive for me at the time but in hindsight it was the best purchase ever... I think there are 2 versions of the 2015 model, the Mid-2015 one has a trackpad with 'force click/touch' which is a minor plus, so make sure you buy that one if you have the choice :)
I bought one of these as well, it got me through university and was a terrific development machine for side projects as well. It survived having water and coffee spilled on it, which is incredible.
My brother just started college a year ago, and is now using it with no issues. If it lasts another 3-4 years I'll be seriously impressed, and it'll go to show how great those machines truly are.