I Hate the New Macbooks • Hacker News Board

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by hartator » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 7:47 PM UTC

lucaspiller wrote: post #20

hartator wrote: post #2

I've the new macbook 12" for 2 weeks and I am back to a max-out 15" mid-2015. Yeah, it was slow but I miss the form factor so much, I am going to buy it back. You can really fall in love with it.

Any idea how the 12" compares to the Macbook Air in terms of performance? I'm running a 2014 13", the i5 CPU is fine for my needs but more memory (I've got 4GB) would be good when running VMs.

Should be comparable or faster. Scored ~2300 single core ~5500 multi core (Geekbench) with a 1.2Ghz.

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by lurkinggrue » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 8:39 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #4

>> CD Drive It's 2015. Very, very few people need that. >> Ethernet Probably should be on a pro laptop but again it's not used very much anymore. >> 17" screen Doesn't the addition of retina resolution to the 15" make up for this? Also this is nothing to do with the new MacBooks as those things have been gone for quite a while now.

Ethernet is great if you want network stability and speed.

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by lurkinggrue » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 8:41 PM UTC

pbreit wrote: post #9

Agree: Ethernet on Pro models, 17" option (probably has more to do with battery life than finding screens) Disagree: CD drive (that's over), 2nd Thunderbolt

Ethernet and 17" and possibly some extra USB on the pro is good but yeah hardly anybody needs an optical drive.

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by icedchai » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 8:46 PM UTC

No complaints about the chiclet keyboards?

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by cmsj » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 10:37 PM UTC

lurkinggrue wrote: post #23

pbreit wrote: post #9

Agree: Ethernet on Pro models, 17" option (probably has more to do with battery life than finding screens) Disagree: CD drive (that's over), 2nd Thunderbolt

Ethernet and 17" and possibly some extra USB on the pro is good but yeah hardly anybody needs an optical drive.

I don't get the 17", they were insanely big and heavy. The 15" rMBP can run in the same effective screen resolution, while also being significantly smaller and lighter. Wins all round!

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by lurkinggrue » Wed, Jul 01, 2015, 10:41 PM UTC

cmsj wrote: post #25

lurkinggrue wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ethernet and 17" and possibly some extra USB on the pro is good but yeah hardly anybody needs an optical drive.

I don't get the 17", they were insanely big and heavy. The 15" rMBP can run in the same effective screen resolution, while also being significantly smaller and lighter. Wins all round!

You obviously have much younger eyes.

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by ilurkhere » Thu, Jul 02, 2015, 2:48 AM UTC

Man-up and run Linux on a ThinkPad

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by robwormald » Thu, Jul 02, 2015, 3:40 AM UTC

hartator wrote: post #2

I've the new macbook 12" for 2 weeks and I am back to a max-out 15" mid-2015. Yeah, it was slow but I miss the form factor so much, I am going to buy it back. You can really fall in love with it.

Agreed. I really love my 12" greybook - the 15" feels absolutely GIGANTIC after a couple of weeks on the Macbook. I've got a 27" iMac on my desk for when I need some real horsepower, but I find myself using the 12" 95% of the time.

Re: I Hate the New Macbooks

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Post by scott_karana » Thu, Jul 02, 2015, 4:59 PM UTC

lurkinggrue wrote: post #22

k-mcgrady wrote: post #4

>> CD Drive It's 2015. Very, very few people need that. >> Ethernet Probably should be on a pro laptop but again it's not used very much anymore. >> 17" screen Doesn't the addition of retina resolution to the 15" make up for this? Also this is nothing to do with the new MacBooks as those things have been gone for quite a while now.

Ethernet is great if you want network stability and speed.

Or the ability to directly wire to factory-fresh "192.168.0.1" routers/switches/etc.