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Re: The new MacBook

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Post by jamesdelaneyie »

maigret wrote: post #860
bithush wrote: post #300

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I would love a bigger battery for a slightly bigger device but this isn't what Apple is aiming for. Apple design the hardware to work with what they want it to look like not design a device around the hardware. I used to think that was stupid but it clearly works for Apple. Their business is not making the best device spec wise but the "best" device design wise (in their view obviously).

Is the new battery life still not good enough for you? Also please all saying this is only "design". This is design made from user problems. Apple is a master at solving actual user problems, and that's why they are so successful. As a side product, their hardware look handsome. But that's actually the less important side. Real users don't care about 10% more processor or 20% more storage. They care that they can wea…

'Wear their laptop' — never thought about it that way, but thats dead right

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by burger_moon »

iSnow wrote: post #877
nickysielicki wrote: post #423

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I'm sorry but when you ship a machine with ONE PORT for the purposes of charging and peripherals, this absolutely needs to be in the box. Nickel and $80'ering me on a $1400 computer is ridiculous. I'll stick with my thinkpad.

I don't get it. So you spend $1400 on a computer but a missing port adapter not everyone needs is deal breaker? I strongly believe you were never in the market for a Mac anyways, just using the opportunity to hate a bit.

I own a macbook right now (it's one of the best laptops I've owned) and I will use this one until it dies because I dislike what they are doing with the new one. If it stays this way, I will likely go back to a windows machine. I agree with the above comment. It's ridiculous. Actually it's not. It's pretty typical of Apple.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by mseebach »

Finbarr wrote: post #308
mmastrac wrote: post #2

USB-C as the "one connector to rule them all" is the big news. That's the end of MagSafe and the exploding era of USB-C docking stations that work for multiple devices. I think we'll start to see an era of expandable computing coming up soon: USB-C is a perfect connector to push your data and state into a larger desktop experience. Why not carry around your laptop in tablet form when you are mobile? [1] [1] https://g…

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...

But no Thunderbolt to USB-C. So those sexy $1000 displays you just got because Thunderbolt is the new black and integrated seamlessly with your MacBooks? GFYS, they're deprecated, no more Thunderbolt. Two years is a long time for a Retina 27" monitor anyway, time to upgrade.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by jmilloy »

Joky wrote: post #749
nickysielicki wrote: post #423

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I'm sorry but when you ship a machine with ONE PORT for the purposes of charging and peripherals, this absolutely needs to be in the box. Nickel and $80'ering me on a $1400 computer is ridiculous. I'll stick with my thinkpad.

Then it would be sold $1480... At some point I had 5 Nokia phone and 4 Dell laptop ones, power adapter. Why having an adaptor for VGA/HDMI/DVI/Display Port/USB/Ethernet/... shipped with all machines when all users probably won't need all but just one. This is a waste...

We're both getting downvoted for this. I'm not sure what we seem to be missing!

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by evilduck »

batmanthehorse wrote: post #781
guelo wrote: post #617

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Two features that Windows has that Finder doesn't, and annoy me all the time in my workflow are: 1)Finder search refuses to show the path for the files except in the status bar. So you can't sort by path. 2) Finder won't tell you the resolution of images. In general, Explorer has way more columns in the Details view than Finder.

re 2) You can add Resolution or Dimensions to the details view in Finder, but only in ~/Pictures and its subfolders... weird. I don't think Finder's as bad as everyone says, but I do wish there was an address bar available at the top.

Finder is not Windows Explorer verbatim, which seems to be the primary complaint.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by welly »

brador wrote: post #107

I didn't even know there was a show today. From a long time Apple fanboy, I think that says a lot about what this company has left in free marketing from the internet channels. I would say the free ride is over for Apple and they're now just another company doing things in the mosh pit.

You and me both. But to be honest, I'm not that interested in Apple news unless I'm planning to make a purchase. I've got my iMac and Macbook Pro which will both see me good for at least another two years, I have no interest in buying an iPhone or iPad so why would I take an interest in what Apple is pimping now? I'll come back in a couple of years time when I need an upgrade.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by rsynnott »

mrinterweb wrote: post #697
koof wrote: post #92

Man, there's something about a gold laptop that just makes me want to never give money to a company again.

Considering the $10,000+ price tag on the gold Apple Watch, I'm surprised their gold MacBook isn't priced for high-end luxury consumer.

The gold Macbook is coloured gold-ish. The gold watch is made of solid gold. It's a bit different.

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by carlesfe »

lucio wrote: post #905

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.

Interesting take. Maybe somebody will write a kernel extension to easily disable the USB subsystem/hub on demand?

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by elcct »

DannyBee wrote: post #5
mmastrac wrote: post #2

USB-C as the "one connector to rule them all" is the big news. That's the end of MagSafe and the exploding era of USB-C docking stations that work for multiple devices. I think we'll start to see an era of expandable computing coming up soon: USB-C is a perfect connector to push your data and state into a larger desktop experience. Why not carry around your laptop in tablet form when you are mobile? [1] [1] https://g…

I'm glad apple picked this up after so many others pushed it forward :) But 1 port is sad, because now you have to choose between a lot of things (charging, using hdmi, whatever)

One port at a time

Re: The new MacBook

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Post by welly »

nostrademons wrote: post #634
nsxwolf wrote: post #561

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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'm a big fan of the Finder of System 7. It seemed to hit the sweet spot where you could do just about everything you needed to easily (it had collapsible tree views, folders, computed folder sizes, drag & drop, copy & paste, labels, etc.), but it didn't try to hide things from you or restrict what you could do, it didn't get too fancy and guess at your common tasks, it actually showed your filesystem instead of Appl…

> it didn't get too fancy and guess at your common tasks

When does the current Finder try to guess your common tasks? Sure, by default it shows all the files in your home directory but this can be turned off easy as pie.

I'm not really sure what your problem with Finder is. The defaults are there for those who have little/no experience of OS X but all of these can be easily overridden if you've got the more than the very basics of OS X skills.

Like one of the commenters below, I'm finding you're being rather vague in what your problem is with it.

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