Apple Updates Air, Pro Laptops, Kills Off the MacBook

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Post by mrzool » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:09 PM UTC

Apple Updates Air, Pro Laptops, Kills Off the MacBook
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Post by areoform » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:23 PM UTC

That's Courage. For real this time, one of the first things Steve Jobs did when he came back to Apple was that he slashed the product line and killed off a ton of things so that the company could focus on what truly mattered; building great computing devices.

I am positively encouraged that Apple has grown to the point where they took feedback critically and have returned to a more Jobs-ian way of operating. As they should have been all this time. They've renewed their emphasis on general computing, created new devices, and are iteratively getting out of the hole they'd dug themselves into. This is a turnaround that's taking place before a drastic turnaround needed to take place. And that takes Courage™

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Post by georgebarnett » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:24 PM UTC

RIP Macbook. You have been my favourite machine for a long time.

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Post by adarioble » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:24 PM UTC

After having the Touch Bar model I almost wish they kept the “Touchbar Escape” model. At least the choice is easier now - Apple NoChoice.

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Post by geerlingguy » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:25 PM UTC

areoform wrote: post #2

That's Courage. For real this time, one of the first things Steve Jobs did when he came back to Apple was that he slashed the product line and killed off a ton of things so that the company could focus on what truly mattered; building great computing devices. I am positively encouraged that Apple has grown to the point where they took feedback critically and have returned to a more Jobs-ian way of operating. As they…

Not sure if the whole post or only part is /s, but IMO they need to have the courage to drop the Touch Bar. Everything else I can live with, but now there’s literally no MacBook Pro I will buy. I have the 2016 Function Key model, and maybe my next upgrade will be to a 2015 Pro... or to a non-Apple laptop (sigh).

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Post by bluedino » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:25 PM UTC

georgebarnett wrote: post #3

RIP Macbook. You have been my favourite machine for a long time.

The 11” Air was one of my all time favorite laptops and the 12” rMB was such a great replacement.

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Post by ValentineC » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:26 PM UTC

Discussion from a similar post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20393236

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Post by galo_sengen » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:27 PM UTC

I hope they release a fanless version of the Air to make up for the lack of the Macbook. Are there any other fanless laptops on the market?

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Post by rolltiide » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:29 PM UTC

I’m almost ready to stop hating on the donglebook now that all my devices use wireless connectivity

Even my hardware wallet is bluetooth and I’ll tolerate that

Inconclusive on my DSLR-form factor cameras, but I plan to axe them for the iphone’s camera in a year or two as well, for how I use them

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Post by persistent » Tue, Jul 09, 2019, 10:30 PM UTC

The price is not even that outrageous. When specified similar to the top-of-the-line ThinkPad X1 Carbon it's only $200 more, and you're getting a better display.