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Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by gumby »

notatoad wrote: post #97
ummonk wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's getting better every year, as peripherals and other devices switch over to USB-C. Apple's imposition of USB-C as the one cable has been very frustrating, but we're starting to see the fruits of it.

if apple were truly imposing USB-C as the "one cable" it would be less frustrating. it's crazy that still, three years after the macbook pro switched to all usb-c, if you go to the apple store and buy a brand new iPhone and a brand new mac, you need an aftermarket cable to connect the two.

No you don't -- apple sells a cable with lighting on one end and type c on the other end. I have one.

Given that the new iPad has type C I assume that's the future for iPhones as well.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by GolDDranks »

PhasmaFelis wrote: post #67
cribbles wrote: post #21

We're inching ever so gradually toward idlewords's 2016 piece "Benjamin Button Reviews The New MacBook Pro".[1] [1] https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the...

Reminds me of the "Upgrade to Windows 7" article that was doing the rounds when Windows 8 was big.

I feel that both were appropriate. I think that Windows 7 was in many ways, better than Windows 8; the MacBook Pros before the 2016 redesign were in many ways, better than the ones after that.

I'm sure there will be a design that will be better than the 2015 model (Which I recently bought, second hand, after using the 2016 one for a bit over a year.) But we haven't seen it yet. Similarily, I'd rather use the modern Windows 10 rather than Windows 7. But Windows 8 or Windows 10 at its inception? Heck no.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by gootdude »

nkkollaw wrote: post #65

Sure, but it has the horrible butterfly keyboard--with those crammed up arrows I hate so much--and all ports are gone. Also, how do we kniw they'll stay without releasing another one for another 5 years? As a MacBook Air user for years, I'm glad I jumped ship a year ago.

What did you replace it with?

Would love to upgrade with something as reliable as this 2013 Air I've been abusing everyday for years.

I'd give anything for a windows laptop with the trackpad and reliable sleep/hibernate you get from osx/apple laptops.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by notatoad »

gumby wrote: post #111
notatoad wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if apple were truly imposing USB-C as the "one cable" it would be less frustrating. it's crazy that still, three years after the macbook pro switched to all usb-c, if you go to the apple store and buy a brand new iPhone and a brand new mac, you need an aftermarket cable to connect the two.

No you don't -- apple sells a cable with lighting on one end and type c on the other end. I have one. Given that the new iPad has type C I assume that's the future for iPhones as well.

maybe i used the wrong word, does aftermarket not mean you have to buy it separately from the actual product?

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by gumby »

stakecounter wrote: post #23
whywhywhywhy wrote: post #11

> the new model comes with the latest-generation edition of Apple's "butterfly" keyboard Maybe it was naive of me but I had high hopes Apple would use the Air refresh as an upgrade path for those of us who have decided they need a keyboard with more travel and reliability beyond a few months. (I use a 2017 butterfly keyboard today, never again)

Any info on whether the 2018 keyboard update fares much better [1]? I’m seriously considering buying this MBA, but I’m happy with the travel and durability on my 2011 MBA keyboard and primarily spooked by the butterfly keyboard complaints. [1] https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/#keyboard

I had a lot of problems with my 2016 keyboard (repaired four times and getting ready for a fifth when it took an unplanned drink of water).

I now have a 2018 MBP and the keyboard is really reliable and actually pretty great.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by MIKarlsen »

briffle wrote: post #32

| It will start at $1,199, which is a slight jump from the $999 starting price of the older MacBook Air. apparently, a 20% increase is a 'slight jump'

I'm so bummed out by this. Rumours had me hyped for a cheaper package, but seeing as it's 1599 USD in my country, I will not be looking into buying one now.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by wilsonnb3 »

I’m a bit confused as to where the base model MacBook Pro without the TouchBar fits into the lineup now.

It was always pretty clear to me that the 12 inch MacBook replaced the 11 inch air, and the 13 inch MacBook Pro without TouchBar replaced the 13 inch air.

There’s barely any difference between the Pro without TouchBar and the new Air. The extra hundred dollars for the Pro gets you a slightly older but faster process at the expense of an additional quarter pound of weight.

Re: Apple Finally Updates MacBook Air with Retina Display, Touch ID

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Post by realradicalwash »

drfuchs wrote: post #71

Never mind all that; it has an Escape key! (When they dropped it on the latest MacBook Pro, I feared that this portended its general demise on the whole laptop line...)

on their website / in their video, it has an escape key or am i mistaken? https://www.apple.com/macbook-air/
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