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Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by SysArchitect »

masklinn wrote: post #133
randomsofr wrote: post #95

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> I have been using Caps lock for escape for years I didn't knew people were doing that :O, whats the benefit?, and how do you turn on caps?

> I didn't knew people were doing that :O I rebind mine to control. > whats the benefit? Control is an actually useful key, in Emacs specifically but also in OSX in general as all OSX controls have emacs-ish chords support (e.g. C-a C-e for start and end of line). Having Control on a large well-placed key is more convenient than have it on a small key in the corner, and I've literally no use for capslock. > how do yo…

Vim user here... hence why it is mapped to Esc.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by dogma1138 »

greyfade wrote: post #137
dogma1138 wrote: post #118

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I have no problems installing the Radeon drivers on my mid 2015 MBP and not using the default Apple ones.

Graphics drivers are by no means the only drivers that require updates.

I haven't said they were, they are however the most important ones since everything else is pretty bog standard.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by fzzzy »

dingaling wrote: post #131
lpgauth wrote: post #99

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I was also scared about the removal of MagSafe when I first got my Macbook 12", but in reality what happens when you trip on your power cable is that it will come out from the plug in the wall since the cable is not attached to the transformer.

Detaching easily from the wall socket is a peculiarly US phenomenon. In the UK for example it takes considerable force exactly perpendicular to the socket to remove a plug, and all retail cables are moulded to the plug. So one end is anchored to the wall ans the other is connected to a €3500 laptop... It would have made more sense to move the Magsafe connector onto the PSU DC output.

I think they are talking about the USB-C connector detaching at the wall, not the power plug detaching.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by extra88 »

jakebasile wrote: post #112
SysArchitect wrote: post #83

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Incompatible? It's still USB, just bring a dongle. Wait a year or so, that dongle will be obsolete except for older tech.

So, all the tech we use that uses USB A will disappear in the next year? It's ok, I can just spend more money so my keyboard and mouse can work with my $2400 machine.

Get a USB-C to USB A adapter for the keyboard ($19 from Apple, less than $10 from others). My stuff is all plugged into a relatively new Thunderbolt dock, I'll get a $49 Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter.

USB-C is a better connector that can sweep away all the USB connector types that have come before. Products can't switch fast enough. I wish the iPhone 7 used it instead of Lightning but Lightning is thinner so they probably never will.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by steve1969 »

I have to agree on all points. As a vim addict losing the ESC key is bad, although I've been trying to re-learn to use ctrl-[ instead which is more ergonomic anyway. Touch bar for volume, brightness, etc. is going to take some getting used to.

As for losing the ports -- seems like a great opportunity for someone to come up with an all-in-one usb-C to SD, HDMI, VGA, DVI, USB3, etc. Wouldn't need to be very big or expensive...

Even so, the old macbooks and macbook airs with SD slots could be "upgraded" with a low-profile SD card that is left in all the time. This series of macbook pros appears to be completely bereft of renegade upgrade opportunities.

I use a mac now, and like the tight integration with ipad and iphone, but unless they come out with a better macbook that restores some of what has been taken away my next laptop will likely be running Linux.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by fzzzy »

randomsofr wrote: post #95
SysArchitect wrote: post #39

As a professional software dev/system architect using MacBook Pro's, I am excited about the new MacBook Pro. I'll miss the SD card for my amateur photography, but I'll live. It's still got the 3.5mm for my headphones, with USB-C hopefully daisy chaining non Apple displays will finally become a reality, and thankfully my work has upgraded to using wireless technology for displaying screens in conference rooms (which w…

> I have been using Caps lock for escape for years I didn't knew people were doing that :O, whats the benefit?, and how do you turn on caps?

I remap caps lock to be the control key. I have never in my life used caps lock.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by shadowflit »

malux85 wrote: post #3

Can anybody recommend a good laptop to replace my current macbook - I would like 17inch screen, and runs Ubuntu ... bonus for NVidia GPU - I deep learn in the cloud but having a GPU to test on would be great. Anybody know of this mythical unicorn?

17" screen + powerful GPU doesn't leave too many sleek options a la macbook. But if you look towards gaming laptops you'll find plentiful options.

Ubuntu might be a little more difficult, depends on driver support I suppose. Most come with either no OS or Windows.

Here's a search for 17" + 1060/1070 + 4k. I'd probably stick with 1060 to keep some sort of handle on heat management unless you really need more. I've had a good experience ordering from here in the past (Sager NP8660, great machine with an unfortunately large power brick).

http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gamin...

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by masklinn »

RankingMember wrote: post #45
masklinn wrote: post #20

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> The other complaint is just about ports. It's not so hard to have a dongle that has these ports And the keikaku[0] is quite obviously to provide incentive for accessory manufacturers to build type-c native stuff, and eventually have an all-type-c ecosystem and little to no need for "dongles" (which incidentally should mostly be basic cables) [0] keikaku means plan

I think they're screwing with the kwijibo[0] too much and will end up with a professional user base that won't be large enough in number for accessory manufacturers to care. [0] kwijibo means product

> [0] kwijibo means product

I'm on to your lies, boyo.

Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by [deleted] »

dingaling wrote: post #131
lpgauth wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was also scared about the removal of MagSafe when I first got my Macbook 12", but in reality what happens when you trip on your power cable is that it will come out from the plug in the wall since the cable is not attached to the transformer.

Detaching easily from the wall socket is a peculiarly US phenomenon. In the UK for example it takes considerable force exactly perpendicular to the socket to remove a plug, and all retail cables are moulded to the plug. So one end is anchored to the wall ans the other is connected to a €3500 laptop... It would have made more sense to move the Magsafe connector onto the PSU DC output.

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Re: Apple, this time you made a mistake

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Post by 1_2__3 »

AndrewStephens wrote: post #65

What a whiney, content-free blog post. The author complains about removing the function keys, MagSafe, HDMI, SD Card and the escape key but doesn't give any examples of how they used those in the past or how those features' absence will cripple their workflow. Here are my thoughts: Removing the function keys and replacing them with the touch bar is a step up. The function keys have been annoyingly inconsistent on mac…

Calling HDMI outdated helpfully allows me to ignore the rest of your comment.
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