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Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Post by bombcar » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC

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This is why you have a full product line, right? You can make one laptop that prioritises weight and thinness, and you can make another one that prioritises power, features, etc. The problem with the previous Macbook product line was that all products had the same compromises. Design purity, and thinness over everything else. There was no choice for a "pro" machine that had a different set of tradeoffs to achieve pro…

I'm just asking for a tapered edge :D The new bulbous rounded edges almost seem passive-aggressive from apple. Yes, prioritize power, and with whatever remaining ability to make things pretty that you have, utilize it. When you can but don't, that's unattractive. Is there a specific reason for the brick look? I'm not sure that we know there is.

I think the rounded looks nice, but it is unbalanced compared to the top - the thing should be MORE brackish in my opinion.

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Post by gomox » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

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How did you change volume or brightness?

You can set the touch bar to always show the "control strip" instead of keeping it minimized on the right side of the touch bar.

I was replying to the comment of a person that "never used the function keys" (in non-touchbar macs).

Re: 14-inch MacBook Pro review: A Mac Pro in your backpack

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Post by derekp7 » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 2:22 PM UTC

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It would be really nice if that was the case. However when you pick up a USB C cable, you can't tell if it is suitable for a particular purpose because there are so many optional features in the spec. Data transfer speed, PD, Display Port, HDMI, Thunderbolt 3/4, and probably others that I'm not remembering. I can understand not requiring a heavy gauge wire for a cable that is just transferring data and a bit of power…

I agree that the cases of power and displays were very badly handled, but how often does this happen in practice? Your laptop came with a power cord, and if you pick up the wrong one, most retailers are really good about returns. And who needs a collection of display cords? For 90% of use cases any old cord will work. The edge cases sting for sure but overall the design of the plug is a huge win.

The big thing with power for me is phones and other similar devices. I have one phone that supports a quick charge capability, but I need not only their power brick but also their USB cable (something about a pull up resistor that signals the charger / phone combo to go into fast charging mode). Same thing with a tablet, it has its own fast charging standard.

I gave my Pixel C to my Mom, and the charger that came with it seemed to work well on her original Pixel phone. But after a week of using it, the phone went out and had to be replaced. And look up reviews of almost any USB C power delivery hub, they are filled with accounts of Mac's getting fried from using them.

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Post by lowbloodsugar » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

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There is. It's called macOs. The screen is 16:10 and then the menu bar, with the notch is extra space on top of that . I can't even be frustrated with you. This is so humanity. "I hate what they did! If only they had done this instead!" They did do that. They talk about that a lot. The article talks about that. They solved the problem in a way so obvious that it's what random people on the internet come up with, but…

I'm not saying apple is inferior and everyone else is wrong. I'm saying that for my own individual workflow, on my current macbook, this is a bad compromise. I keep a large amount of tools/macros/shortcuts in my status bar, and this will cut through the middle of that. I'd rather have thin black bars around my 16:10 video then lose that screen real estate for the status bar. It is a bad compromise for how I use my cu…

Well, I couldn't find a setting to drop the menu into the 16:10 area, but the notch really doesn't take up much space, at least on the 16" screen. I haven't found an app that has enough menus to hit it yet. IntelliJ had the most. So if you are actually considering dropping $3k on a laptop soon, then I'd say go to an Apple store and check it out.