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Re: The new MacBook

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Post by CHY872 »

IkmoIkmo wrote: post #805
CHY872 wrote: post #678

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No one actually cared that a laptop needed a fan, though. Apple could have put a fan in this and no one would have seen it as a huge deficiency.

Still it's massively useful. It means more space for the battery and it also indirectly means that if you need no fan, you probably generate very little heat, which means you have a crazy efficient CPU meaning even more battery. Which is how they can do the same amount of battery life as the 11', despite having a bigger screen and a retina display. And a big part of that equation is probably the fanless chip. But it'…

Yes - and what they've achieved is a CPU that's much closer to the ARM state of the art, and has a much more ARM-like power profile, and would generally be easier to replace with ARM a couple of years down the line.

This coincides with being fanless.

Had Apple made this (say) the same thickness as the MacBook air, they'd have increased their volume by a measurable amount, they'd have been able to have a much more powerful processor, and no one would be able to say that ARM is a good proposition for them for the foreseeable future.

Now they have a fairly weakly performing computer, with an ARM-sized logic board, which is going to be bought by people who don't care about bottom line performance.

This is going to be the slowest Mac in a number of years - and if it's a success then making the next-slowest Mac be ARM wouldn't be such a jump.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by hjnilsson »

nilkn wrote: post #527
jrochkind1 wrote: post #196

Do I understand right that it's got one port, which can be used for either power or USB, but not both at once? Man, that's the future? I was hoping they'd give it two USB ports, if it was supposed to serve as the new full powered macbook. It never occured to me they'd actually take away a port, and give you charging or USB peripheral but not both at once. Bah humbug.

If this is true, it's a complete deal breaker. I don't think I'm being unreasonable here. I couldn't even use the laptop in clamshell mode with a monitor, which I do sometimes.

The VGA / HDMI adapters include both USB & charging ports as well. So you could use it perfectly well in clamshell on your desk. And now you don't need a separate charging / thunderbolt cable as well.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MJ1L2AM/A/usb-c-vga-multip...

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by puranjay »

rayiner wrote: post #584
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…

Yosemite is moderately buggy, and iOS 8 is buggy as shit. Meanwhile, I've been using Outlook 15 and now the Office 2016 Preview, and I have to say I'm really impressed. Thanks to Microsoft, and despite Apple, I'm really loving my Mac right now.

I gave up on my Windows Phone Nokia because it was buggy as hell, but they definitely have Apple beat in terms of design. The Metro UI is gorgeous and more usable than anything Google or Apple have put out

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by randomsearch »

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…

In case anyone's thinking about buying a Mac and was put off by this comment:

I find OS X Yosemite to be fantastic. It works well, it's very stable. I run it on four different macs of different ages. The UX has definitely improved as a result of the redesign.

I'm not sure about the aforementioned apps. Keynote is fantastic, but I don't use those listed very much. iPhoto has always been a basic photo management tool; I use Lightroom.

There are times when a Linux box is preferable. I just run Linux in VirtualBox in those situations.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by lucio »

I understand the benefits of a single connector, but, Isn't this a security nightmare? Today you can avoid plugging an usb drive as a security measure, but with a single connector you're exposing your laptop when charging or when connecting a proyector in a conference room.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by le_lenny_face »

JustSomeNobody wrote: post #290
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…

Why is this getting down voted? There IS a point in there.

>Why is this getting down voted?

This isn't Reddit. Stop caring about Muh Internet Pointz.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by rsynnott »

netheril96 wrote: post #887
nsxwolf wrote: post #561

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curious - what do Finder complainers consider the gold standard of file browsers that Finder should aspire to be? I do most of my file management at the command line so I don't experience the pain of Finder very often, and I've generally been able to get Finder to do what I want without much fuss. Windows Explorer is, to me, a painful experience (but its 1980s DOS command line is so much worse) I've found the various…

I haven't had used any file explorer that perfectly fits my usage pattern because usually it does not matter that much, but Finder is plainly horrible . I cannot open /tmp without using the terminal, there is no "cut" command (I know you can copy then press Alt for "Move to here", but that is non-intuitive and illogical) and the "enter" command renames rather than opens (which one is the more common operation?). Thes…

> I cannot open /tmp without using the terminal

Shift-cmd-g, /tmp

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by julian_t »

SiVal wrote: post #509
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…

Because you can't really tell how well software is working when looking at the device edge-on, and that's apparently the way Apple looks at them most of the time. I mean this more metaphorically than literally, but I'm so tired of complaints about the ridiculously primitive Finder being met with, "the edge of the iMac now appears even thinner, now that we've repositioned formerly convenient connectors and such into a…

WiFi... every upgrade I've done since Lion has caused me pain. Upgrade, and WiFi stops working reliably. Last time was on a virtually new MacBook Pro, upgrading to Mavericks, and it took me two weeks to get it working again.

So I'm kind of wary of the 'wireless everything', which would be great if the wireless was working solidly in the first place.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by blawa »

fit2rule wrote: post #866
blawa wrote: post #14

I love my Surface Pro 3, thank you very much :-)

How does Linux run on the SP3? I'm considering moving from Apple one my rMBP bites the dust - is the SP3 fully Linux-compatible, do you know by chance?

Sorry, I don't know about that. Would this help: http://www.geek.com/microsoft/linux-users-rejoice-heres-ubun... ?

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by rsynnott »

npalli wrote: post #468

Looks like apple has finally introduced a netbook or iPad with a keyboard. Frankly, I'm disappointed with this macbook as I was expecting a full scale retina macbook air. After seeing the Dell XPS 13, I was hoping apple will take the retinafy the regular air. Ah well, the wait continues. Let's see -- 1. Resolution of 2304x1440 which means at Retina this is 1152x720!. This is worse than the 11 inch air, much less the…

> Resolution of 2304x1440 which means at Retina this is 1152x720!. This is worse than the 11 inch air, much less the 13 inch 1440x900. I don't think people realize how cramped this will seem if you start doing work on this laptop.

I've been using a retina Macbook Pro with the '1680 x 1050' scaling option for a couple of years; works very nicely. I wouldn't see this as a major worry.

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