Kills the touch bar, the light touch keyboard, adds back weight, card reader, ports and the mag safe. Feels like an apology for prior design decisions. My 2011 MBP is new again!
And then they added a notch hahaha
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#302Oof. I was hoping at least 1 version of the 14 would be closer to $1500. These are just too expensive for me. For that reason, I'm out...
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#304I’m curious about all the distaste people have of the notch. It’s more screen space. Would people prefer a larger bezel? My guess is you’ll have the option for a virtual bezel on apps that don’t properly account for the notch.
When competitors like the XPS 13 have like 1mm extra bezel across yes.
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#305Hopefully, they didn't change much in terms of software interface so Asahi Linux would work [1] out of the box.
[1] https://asahilinux.org/2021/10/progress-report-september-202...
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#306I put off trip to Bali until this update. Last time, the screen cracked due to lid closed and heat buildup with fan trying cool in a positive feedback loop. Had to fly to Singapore to replace. This time, carrying (soon to be) old MBP as backup.
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#307I wish we could get a Macbook Air in these screen sizes. I don't need the extra power, just the bigger screen.
You can order a Macbook Pro 14" with the M1 (not M1 Pro) for $2000. EDIT: My mistake, it's an 8-core M1 Pro with 14-core GPU (so neither the 8-core M1 with 8-core GPU, nor the 10-core M1 Pro with 16-core GPU) at that price.
Wait the base price of the Macbook Pro isnt for M1 Pro? That is confusing as hell.
EDIT: The base $2000 new Macbook pro does come with a M1 Pro on the US apple Store....
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#308And so ends the last of the Dark Days of Johnny Ive. Don't get me wrong: he innovated a lot. My theory is when Jobs died, he lost his counterbalance and his designs suddenly became without compromise (no that isn't a good thing). It's when we saw the 12" Macbook as the crusade for thinness at all costs (terrible performance, only one port, a terrible version of the macbook Air), the end of the Macbook Air (before get…
Who do you think is responsible for the new iMacs?
They took a very versatile all-in-one, removed almost all of the ports and added an external power brick -- just to make it a bit thinner. Which is even more ridiculous considering it's a desktop.
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#309This is literally a dream laptop. Improved in every area and lacking in none I can think of right now. And the price is crazy cheap for this performance if you ask me.
Its not crazy cheap, a lot of people overvalue mobility when 90% of white collar work is done at home or in an office.
Especially now, I’d assume more people are doing work at home _and_ at the office. Sure, you could get two desktops and probably for cheaper, but then you have the cost of time wasted switching contexts and messing up file sync, etc.
I personally work from home but go to a coffee shop as my “office” for a bit every day. Mobility is crucial to my, and many others’, workflows.
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#310what's the general need for microSD? My XPS-13 has one but I've never understood why its such a big deal. I almost never use it.
There are a lot of different use-cases for SDcard/microSD. It's not useful to everyone, but I think it's definitely useful enough to have built in. Same with HDMI.. I'd probably use SDcard more than HDMI (like for setting up Raspberry PI, accessing videos from dash cam or using my old camera, which is still better than iPhone for some types of pictures). I think those ports are aimed at the professionals in certain sector, but lots of regular people use them too.
Recently I've also used microSD with USB-microSD adapter instead of USB sticks (like for music in the car).. last time I wanted to buy USB memory stick it was the cheaper option, and the adapter isn't much bigger than a typical USB memory stick anyway.