MacBook Pro gets Retina Display; MacBook Air updated with Ivy Bridge

Post by knotty66 » Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 9:20 PM UTC

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I have no interest in such a discussion in this thread, but no, clearly I'm not joking and that rhetorical intro has no place on HN. Microsoft is a disaster currently, their navigation being "react to where Apple was two years ago". It is telling that every Microsoft defense extrapolates some fantastic future of what will be in the world of Microsoft, never using what actually is. But yes, I'm sure your imagination o…

> Microsoft is a walking disaster currently. The problem is perspective. The types of people that spend time on HN don't spend time in the real world, where the current state of affairs is very different from what we think it is. Apple gets a lot of hype, and no doubt the iPhone is very successful (because it was a new type of product), but the iPad is no more than than a glorified toy. Once Windows 8 tablets are rel…

Post by X-Istence » Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 9:21 PM UTC

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I do not own any apple products because they are outrageously expensive. Why do I think I should buy Macbook Air? Because laptop should be that light and thin. Why I use Linux? It's dead simple. A single command or a simple script can make system management and other tasks so straight forward and no brainier. I have total control on what I want on my system. Of course their is a learning curve but that's the main rea…

If you like the Air, keep your eye on the market. intel and AMD are both trying to partner with OEM's to finally get some Air competitors out. I cannot recall the marketing name though.

Post by X-Istence » Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 9:23 PM UTC

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Remap caps lock to control, and you'll be a lot more comfortable. Unless you use that other text editor, you know, the one that makes you always have to reach for the escape key...in that case, I suppose you should map it to escape instead.

echo 'inoremap kj ' >> ~/.vimrc # works like a charm

Post by neilc » Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 9:23 PM UTC

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Integrated gigabit. There is apparently going to be a thunderbolt gigabit ethernet dongle, and thunderbolt can actually support gigabit speeds.

There's already a thunderbolt gigabit ethernet dongle called the "thunderbolt display", although it's probably too big for people to carry around with them.

Post by toyg » Mon, Jun 11, 2012, 9:28 PM UTC

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Optical drive has gone the way of the floppy on the "next generation" MacBook Pro. It's still there on the "old" MacBook Pros that just got a spec bump today.

Not so sure about the updated MacBook Pro as the spec sheet does not list a optical drive. So it might also be gone.