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Re: The new MacBook

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Post by pbreit »

nickysielicki wrote: post #423
Finbarr wrote: post #308

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like there are some new $79 adapters to split out the USB-C port into power, usb and av[1]/vga[2]. [1] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av... [2] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1L2AM/A/usb-c-vga-multip...

I'm sorry but when you ship a machine with ONE PORT for the purposes of charging and peripherals, this absolutely needs to be in the box. Nickel and $80'ering me on a $1400 computer is ridiculous. I'll stick with my thinkpad.

With Bluetooth, the cloud and AirPlay, who even needs those ports? People are up in arms every time Apple changes/deletes ports and are almost always wrong.

Go ahead and stick with your thinkpad.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by [deleted] »

safepants wrote: post #434
cheald wrote: post #413

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a guy with small children, the loss of MagSafe is actually a huge downgrade for me. The number of times MagSafe has saved my laptop and/or power cable from damage after a child blitzed through the living room and tripped over the power cable is not insignificant.

i think the idea is not to have it plugged in to power while using it, only charge overnight

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Re: The new MacBook

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Post by ghshephard »

jameshart wrote: post #122
cma wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plenty of laptop manufacturers had laptops without optical drives before Apple, so I'm guessing you mean across the whole line?

I said first to ditch optical drives, not first to add them. The MBA was, at the time of its launch, controversial for its lack of a DVD drive. The 'air' referred to the fact it got all its software over the network - which was wireless, because it also lacked ethernet (also controversial).

There were a number of high-performance Where they were first (to the best of my knowledge), and were a bit controversial, was removing them as an option for their Desktops. That raised a few eyebrows.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by yehat »

About magsafe - I wonder why they didn't move it to the charger side? Any thoughts? It could work for what concerns most people who like it.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by astrange »

blhack wrote: post #283
mmastrac wrote: post #2

USB-C as the "one connector to rule them all" is the big news. That's the end of MagSafe and the exploding era of USB-C docking stations that work for multiple devices. I think we'll start to see an era of expandable computing coming up soon: USB-C is a perfect connector to push your data and state into a larger desktop experience. Why not carry around your laptop in tablet form when you are mobile? [1] [1] https://g…

Thank god. The magsafe adapter is cool, but has some serious flaws to it. Namely: it's magnetic, so any sort of [ferrous] metal dust will accumulate inside of it, preventing you from getting a good seal on the connector. If you work in any environment other than a sterile coffee shop, this will be a huge problem for you. I spend almost all of my time working in a hackerspace, and fiddling with my power connector on m…

Your hackerspace sounds like a hazardous work environment. Do they have HEPA air filters? A vacuum cleaner, even?

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by npalli »

Looks like apple has finally introduced a netbook or iPad with a keyboard. Frankly, I'm disappointed with this macbook as I was expecting a full scale retina macbook air. After seeing the Dell XPS 13, I was hoping apple will take the retinafy the regular air. Ah well, the wait continues. Let's see --

1. Resolution of 2304x1440 which means at Retina this is 1152x720!. This is worse than the 11 inch air, much less the 13 inch 1440x900. I don't think people realize how cramped this will seem if you start doing work on this laptop.

2. single port might be cool, but I suspect everyone will have to pony up for a usb multi-port dongle to make this work. everyone is saying single port will suffice -- battery will last 9 hours but try driving a monitor and doing some work. Don't be surprised if you get 3-4 hours. Then what do you do. Plug it off and wait for 1 hour to recharge? What if you need to do development, how do you plug your device. Yeah the usb dongle will be needed which kind of defeats the point of having a single port.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by ssijak »

Turing_Machine wrote: post #346
jkot wrote: post #30

I am bit disappointed. Dell has similar sized laptop, with bigger display, smaller bezel and higher resolution. http://www.dell.com/us/p/xps-13-9343-laptop/pd

The Dell weighs 2.6 pounds compared to 2.03 pounds for the Apple machine, uses a Core i5 rather than a Core M, no USB-C, etc. Does the Dell have a camera? I don't see it mentioned on that page, so maybe not.

i5 is faster and better than core m.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by cheald »

safepants wrote: post #434
cheald wrote: post #413

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a guy with small children, the loss of MagSafe is actually a huge downgrade for me. The number of times MagSafe has saved my laptop and/or power cable from damage after a child blitzed through the living room and tripped over the power cable is not insignificant.

i think the idea is not to have it plugged in to power while using it, only charge overnight

That's a fine intention, but I sometimes like to compile code or use Chrome.
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