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Re: The new MacBook

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Post by Maome »

Xorlev wrote: post #373
news_to_me wrote: post #352

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you explain? I'm interested why this is. Is there any research into this?

Do you need research to appreciate vertical screen real-estate? I have two 16:10 monitors and love the extra space. I loved it enough that I then flipped one of my 16:10s into portrait. It's occasionally problematic in that pages I make sometimes pack the perfect amount in on my display, and get cut off on 16:9s.

I don't disagree with you but your argument seems to promote the idea that 4:3 would be even more ideal for the same screen size because it has more vertical screen real-estate. I don't think you answered the question at all.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by beloch »

One thing I'd love to see Apple do is waterproof their laptops. There are coatings available, such as liquipel, that can make laptops highly water resistant, so why doesn't Apple use such a coating? A coffee spill is probably the most likely cause of early death for a laptop, and all Apple has done is put water sensors inside their laptops so they can deny warranty coverage.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by lazyjones »

0942v8653 wrote: post #410
Finbarr wrote: post #308

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like there are some new $79 adapters to split out the USB-C port into power, usb and av[1]/vga[2]. [1] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av... [2] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1L2AM/A/usb-c-vga-multip...

Think about it. Eighty dollars just to get less than you had before (with the 11-inch Air). And you're already paying the Apple tax, plus that ugly adapter defeats the purpose of the whole making-it-pretty thing. All in the pursuit of a few millimeters.

> Think about it. Eighty dollars just to get less than you had before (with the 11-inch Air)

or: $70-odd additional margin for Apple that people will be happy to pay once they notice they need it regularly. Clever.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by thrownaway2424 »

rayiner wrote: post #71
colinramsay wrote: post #8

Are there things here where Apple is significantly further ahead than the competition? Innovating on keyboards, trackpad, battery life, power usage and form factor - there just seem to be innovating simultaneously on more levels than the competition. Another thing - that vibrating trackpad gizmo feels like a couple of innovations away from true touch feedback on an iPhone? Any thoughts?

I don't think anyone else has done a terraced battery. Apple was also one of the first companies to move to moldable Li-Po cells to fit more capacity in smaller form factors.

Most other laptop manufacturers are still using cylindrical off-the-shelf cell designs.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by cheald »

Someone1234 wrote: post #406
Dofuss wrote: post #303

Apparently my current Macbook Pro Retina has better power than "the new macbook" -- http://www.apple.com/mac/compare/results/?product1=macbook&p...

It also weighs almost twice as much.

Fortunately, the market overlap between MacBook users and malnourished 6-year-old children for whom an extra 1.5 lbs is a deal breaker is minimal.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by cpr »

josefresco wrote: post #259
grinich wrote: post #219

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Because they also sell a phone.

...that for an additional fee (paid to your carrier), can broadcast a local wifi signal

Is that even true any more with iOS 8? I don't pay anything on AT&T to use my phone as a personal hotspot, whether connecting via BT or Wifi.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by WorldWideWayne »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #118
mdeslaur wrote: post #11

Seriously? Couldn't they have put _two_ ports in it so you can plug something in while it's being charged without lugging around a usb hub?

Eventual Windows competitors will have more than one port, but they won't be identical. Only a single port will be able to be used for charging, the others will be data-only. That's too inelegant a solution for Apple, they'd rather just have a single port than have two ports that look like they should be identical but aren't.

My Dell Venue 8 Pro comes with a single micro USB port that is used for both charging and data.

I don't really consider it to be a competitor though because Apple doesn't offer anything that can compete with a touchscreen device that can be used as a tablet and also a full general purpose computer.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by RexRollman »

nkoren wrote: post #261

This is a beautiful machine. Once again, Apple excels at hardware. But what the living hell is going wrong with Apple's desktop software? OS X and Apple's applications suite have been getting steadily worse with every release. Look at the App store: the latest releases of OS X, iPhoto, iMovie, Pages, and Numbers are (in stark contrast to earlier versins) all rated at 2.5/5 stars, with the plurality being 1-star revie…

I'm not saying you're wrong but I personally haven't any issues with OS X Yosemite.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by zanny »

0942v8653 wrote: post #410
Finbarr wrote: post #308

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems like there are some new $79 adapters to split out the USB-C port into power, usb and av[1]/vga[2]. [1] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av... [2] http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1L2AM/A/usb-c-vga-multip...

Think about it. Eighty dollars just to get less than you had before (with the 11-inch Air). And you're already paying the Apple tax, plus that ugly adapter defeats the purpose of the whole making-it-pretty thing. All in the pursuit of a few millimeters.

I easily expect monitors to start supporting Type C input, where they feed the host machine power and do USB passthrough to a classic USB interface hub with maybe a daisychained type C port on there as well.

Its temporary. In five years everything will have these ports and adapters will not be necessary. In the same way today you can get a DP to VGA adapter instead of having a bulky analog video output, even if it costs $15.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by edvinbesic »

rm445 wrote: post #416
nkoren wrote: post #261

This is a beautiful machine. Once again, Apple excels at hardware. But what the living hell is going wrong with Apple's desktop software? OS X and Apple's applications suite have been getting steadily worse with every release. Look at the App store: the latest releases of OS X, iPhoto, iMovie, Pages, and Numbers are (in stark contrast to earlier versins) all rated at 2.5/5 stars, with the plurality being 1-star revie…

That's a very good point - Apple's desktop software is definitely not a highlight in the last few years. What's not clear is: (i) how much it matters - the core desktop experience is very solid, and between web browsers and MS Office it's not clear how much the iLife(?) apps actually get run. And (ii) whether it's a symptom of some deeper malaise - Apple still seems to be killing it in other areas so perhaps it's jus…

While I agree with regards to iLife, the software overall just seems to have gone down in quality. Since upgrading to Yosemite I've had a ton of issues with Apple Mail (which is a staple for me) and wifi in general. Having to toggle your wifi on & off throughout the day gets pretty old pretty fast.

Still a tough sell to go outside apple simply due to the hardware quality & resale value, but at least we have some contenders today where a few years back there were none.

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