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Post by emanuelev »

ynniv wrote: post #143

Apple has replaced the MacBook Pro with a faster MacBook Air labeled "Pro". I have no idea how they could think that professionals would use a MacBook Air (no ports, shallow keyboard, no expansion, no innovative features, marginally lighter). A tiny ribbon display is completely useless to me. They removed the escape key. Twenty years of using Macs and I'm not sure what my next laptop is going to be.

Precisely how I feel. Also, what's the deal with the ports? At the moment it seems that you have to carry a dongle/adapter for every single Apple device, that's crazy. After eight years with my macbook it's time to give linux a real shot on my next laptop.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by erikb »

Matachines wrote: post #168

I was either happy/neutral about everything but the price... not sure what to do now. I'm just too used to macOS and don't feel like making the switch to Windows or Linux.

I like OSX and Linux and have both systems running on different computers. 90% of the time I am in a browser or in the terminal anyways. So it doesn't really matter which one I'm on. When I want to watch a movie, my Macbook is far superior (even better than my TV). If I want to configure my user interface Linux is far superior. And sometimes I need OSX since I need to interact with people who mostly use proprietary tools all day long at work from time to time and OSX has the better support for these tools.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by erikb »

At the time of this writing this article has 748 points and 1530 comments. For an uncommented link to a product page, really? This is not a shopping site!

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by yaegers »

walterbell wrote: post #353
pbhowmic wrote: post #291

My single biggest fear was that they would end the MagSafe and that has come to pass. 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 dogs, the MagSafe has saved my existing MacBook Pro so many times.

Could someone make a MagSafe-to-USB-C adapter?

Someone already does. ZapTip etc. But how often have we heard about issues? Short Circuits and even fires and it ended up being a non Apple Third Party acessory that was faulty and caused the issues?

Is it really that much to ask if one wants to use only official apple tech? One dedicated magsafe and this would have been a non issue. It can't have made the macbook thicker seeing as how small the magsafe is. They could have even mentioned in the keynote "and if you don't want to use the magsafe, charge your macbook from any of the usb-c devices" And simply put both charging options in the store so people could get a non magsafe usb-c is they wanted.

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Post by rangibaby »

j45 wrote: post #595

Boy, I'm a little relieved to have a fully loaded 13" rMBP with 1TB SSD, doesn't look like the new 13" with touchbar can let you go higher than 256 GB storage. If one standard was going to be picked, maybe 512 would have been better for a $3000 computer. The new Base model rMBP may be the next one for me for that reason for now. Keep finding it worth to always wait until the 2nd generation of a Mac laptop before divi…

> Keep finding it worth to always wait until the 2nd generation of a Mac laptop before diving in.

Yep, I expect a lot of freezes, crashes, and general craziness with the touch bar until the next go around. It's just Apple's style.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by mobiuscog »

Has nobody in their R&D, user-focus groups, etc., realised the inconvenience of now moving your focus between 3 disparate areas - the screen, the 'touch' bar and the trackpad.

With a touch screen, it's all on one surface. Using a mouse / trackpad it's all on one surface.

Sure, when using the keyboard, you have an additional surface, but then there are two things to offset it - touch-typing and keyboard shortcuts.

If you really want to help 'non-tech' users who can't manage shortcuts or mouse/trackpad.... just give them a standard touch screen.

Oh right. It's Apple.

Even using the phone would probably be more 'convenient' for most users in this category.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by sushiwarrior »

kristianp wrote: post #847
npgatech wrote: post #165

This event was by far the most disappointing Mac event in the history. A lot of the time was wasted in: - Mildly funny jokes and comparison with 90's technology. - 90% of the talk was about the touch bar. - Awful demos of Photoshop & some cringy DJ. I was hoping we would see: - A new MacBook with all day battery life and touch bar, even thinner design. Ok, I understand that they are trying to consolidate their produc…

- Killed Macbook Air. No, only the 11 inch one has been discontinued. The $1000 13 inch Air is still on sale[1], and so popular that I would predict it won't be killed off until the cheapest pro becomes sustantially cheaper than $1500. [1] http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-air

1440x900. $1000. Yeah, it's dead.

Re: MacBook Pro

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Post by hittaruki »

Thank you apple, for not putting a touchscreen on that. As a developer One of the reasons I use mac is that, it is one of the few high end laptops without a touch screen.
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