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Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by alaskamiller »

unalone wrote: post #13
mdasen wrote: post #5

I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…

I would guess that the glossy screen is necessary for the construction of the computer. Is glass-and-matte possible? (I'm not knowledgeable here; I might be wrong.)

No Apple just has a hardon for glossy.

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by timr »

axod wrote: post #6
mdasen wrote: post #5

I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…

"I also hate real buttons I guess" It is a real button. Did you not read the article/presentation etc? You can just decide that the bottom 1/3rd of the trackpad is the old button and keep using it just as you did with a satisfying click and small movement as before. As for matt screens.... meh

AFAICT, that's not a real button. That's a configurable pseudo-button. In particular, there doesn't appear to be tactile feedback -- the most important part of button-pressing for those of us old-school types who like to press buttons.

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by alaskamiller »

petercooper wrote: post #9
axod wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah Porsche should drop their prices as well eh. They still cost way more than a ford focus.

Apple is not trying to be a Porsche of the computer industry. Apple is a mass market company with growing marketshare - it's one of the biggest computer manufacturers in the world. Porsche's output is tiny compared to that of Ford. Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, especially when it makes no sense.

Apple does want to be the Porsche of the computer industry. The adoration and expanding market share is just incidental of them being the Porsche of the computer industry.

It's also quite small in the grand scheme things, 1/10 of the global market.

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by alaskamiller »

petercooper wrote: post #3

What a shame Apple's releases today have stirred up a cauldron of disappointment and inconsistency. No significant spec upgrades, prices have gone up (in the UK, at least) - we've gained slightly better video, a glass trackpad, a new case, and an SSD option. With computer prices falling (generally), it's remarkable that Apple hasn't responded to that at all. Even the old MacBook they're trying to pass off as the new…

Apple goes through transitional phases, if it could have lopped off that white macbook completely it surely would have. And as with any good Apple faithful knows, you don't buy version 1. If you really want a laptop it's best you wait until next Feb when the specs are updated again and the kinks worked out.

This then brings into question what WILL get updated during MacWorld. I'm thinking SnowLeopard, Mac Pro/Mac mini, Apple TV, and iPhone.

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

#25

Post by LogicHoleFlaw »

alaskamiller wrote: post #21
unalone wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would guess that the glossy screen is necessary for the construction of the computer. Is glass-and-matte possible? (I'm not knowledgeable here; I might be wrong.)

No Apple just has a hardon for glossy.

The slides say that the screen overlay goes edge-to-edge and is glass. So I'd say that matte is not an option because the screen is behind a glass panel.

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by sunkencity »

unalone wrote: post #14
speek wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but but but... OS X is really great! I like the *buntus, but I think that OS X is a little more polished and solid.

Yeah. You don't get a Macbook just for the aesthetic - though the aesthetic is tremendous. You get it for the operating system.

well, it's a sexy machine to run linux on too, when you are too frustrated with manually compiling tarballs or fighting with the ports system.

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

#27

Post by m0digital »

timr wrote: post #22
axod wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I also hate real buttons I guess" It is a real button. Did you not read the article/presentation etc? You can just decide that the bottom 1/3rd of the trackpad is the old button and keep using it just as you did with a satisfying click and small movement as before. As for matt screens.... meh

AFAICT, that's not a real button. That's a configurable pseudo-button. In particular, there doesn't appear to be tactile feedback -- the most important part of button-pressing for those of us old-school types who like to press buttons.

"No tactile feedback". The button goes down and clicks. What more tactile feedback is there for a button?

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by timr »

m0digital wrote: post #27
timr wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

AFAICT, that's not a real button. That's a configurable pseudo-button. In particular, there doesn't appear to be tactile feedback -- the most important part of button-pressing for those of us old-school types who like to press buttons.

"No tactile feedback". The button goes down and clicks. What more tactile feedback is there for a button?

Every source I've seen -- including the linked article -- describes it as a "glass multi-touch trackpad". This does not imply that it has tactile feedback, beyond the clicky noises (which aren't tactile).

Where did you get your information?

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by Alex3917 »

mdasen wrote: post #5

I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…

"I also hate real buttons I guess."

First Steve came for my right mouse button,

but I was silent;

I did not need both mouse buttons...

Re: Apple's all-new MacBook Pro

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Post by [deleted] »

unalone wrote: post #13
mdasen wrote: post #5

I'm a tad frustrated. I love Apple and the Mac OS, but sometimes it really gets to be that the Mac space is a one supplier game. Apple has decided for me that I like glossy screens. I was pretty sure I hated them, but I guess Apple must be right. I also hate real buttons I guess. I'm looking forward to when Apple replaces my keyboard with a pretty glass piece as well. I really need a new laptop (PowerBook is ready to…

I would guess that the glossy screen is necessary for the construction of the computer. Is glass-and-matte possible? (I'm not knowledgeable here; I might be wrong.)

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