As for ports, its 2016, get with the wireless age.
Forgive me for being over-simplistic, but if you only buy a computer every 10 years, by all means just buy now. Look for "end of life" prices when Apple upgrades hardware in any of its hero products.I'm trying to squeeze every last drop of life out of my 2007 MBP (and what a great servant it's been).
But I really need to update, was hoping to have something at WWDC, especially as I have a course to go in in late July that I'd like to use it for.
Oh, and in Space Grey, please!
Why not? Apple TV (3rd Gen is still $69) and an inexpensive flatscreen. Voila. "Wireless display".LOVE those wireless external displays...
Forgive me for being over-simplistic, but if you only buy a computer every 10 years, by all means just buy now. Look for "end of life" prices when Apple upgrades hardware in any of its hero products.
Did reducing the size of the Kindle and TVs compromise on performance and usability?
This is what people are getting fed up off - sacrificing performance for thinness.
The Core M processor is also dual-core, the main difference to the current MBA processors is the much lower clock rate (there are other differences but performance-wise the lower clock rate makes the biggest difference).Macbook 12" (Core M processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB - starting at $1200) - 2 lbs
Lowest tier
Macbook 14" (Dual Core processor i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB HDD - starting at $1500) - 3 lbs
Spend an extra $300 to get a Dual Core processor, double the RAM and 2" larger screen, 1 lb heavier
In fairness, he lost far more weight between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s than he's gained back since.I remember when Jonny Ive was a good, fit average healthy build, and not the porker he's turned into today.
Logically I think there is some supernatural force at work here, he's taking all the weight off the products he designs, and adding it onto his body!
Then again, probably just donuts
Me, I'm looking forward to more MacBook options. I freaking LOVE my 12" rMB. For everyday travel use it is amazing. And enough about the ports. I have one adapter that I maybe use once a week, the USB-C to Ethernet for when I setup routers. Otherwise, the world is wireless now. Wireless networks, wireless printing, even wireless monitors with my Apple TV. If you need more ports, get a damn Pro. This is the new MacBook (not Pro) rumors. Ports are going away. Accept it. Also the current m-class CPU is great; runs all my apps and Parallels with Win 10 great. And I consistently get between 8-10 hours of use on the battery. And the keyboard is the best Apple keyboard, period. All my opinions of course. (Not the battery time, though, that's fact)
How do you deal with the Dell crapware bloat?
Also, is that touch screen, or no? What RAM and processor?
Thanks for any details. I need to update my '09 MBP, and am getting a bit tired of all this.
Apple needs to simplify their line up this summer
BUDGET
Macbook Air 13" (no retina screen, 8GB of RAM, Dual Core i5 like this generation, 128GB HDD - starting at $700)
Apple will really put the pressure on Windows laptops with this offering and move tons of computers for those that simply do not have the money to spend over $1000 on a laptop.
MAIN Lineup
Macbook 12" (Core M processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB - starting at $1200) - 2 lbs
Lowest tier
Macbook 14" (Dual Core processor i5, 16GB RAM, 256GB HDD - starting at $1500) - 3 lbs
Spend an extra $300 to get a Dual Core processor, double the RAM and 2" larger screen, 1 lb heavier
Macbook 16" (Quad Core processor i7, 16G RAM, 256 GB HDD - starting at $2000) - 4 lbs
Spend an extra $500 to get a Quad Core processor, 2" larger screen, 1 lb heavier
Macbook 16" (Quad Core processor, i7, 32GB RAM, 512GB HDD, dedicated graphic - starting at $2500) - 4 lbs
Spend an extra $500 to get dedicated graphics, double the RAM and HDD space), 1 lb heavier
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$500 difference bw models, most laptops do not need customization as both 14/16 Pros would come with 16GB RAM / 256GB HDD which is more than enough for 90% of users
Apple drops the weight down as well
- 13" rMBP 3.5 lbs to 3 lbs for the 14" Retina Pro
- 15" rMBP 4.5 lbs to 4 lbs for the 16" Retina Pro
Gain an inch in screen real estate but lose half a pound
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Apple gives consumers an easy way to distinguish bw the models:
- Screen size (12/14/16 inches)
- Weight (2/3/4 pounds)
- Processor (Core M, Dual Core, Quad Core)
- $500 difference bw each model ($300 bw Macbook 12 and 14)
Value is there, really puts the pressure on Windows laptops on both ends of the spectrum budget and high end
Man I wish I worked for Apple
LOVE those wireless external displays...
Yeah Amazon did - they've had to include a new battery pack with the Oasis to stop the compromised battery life!
In fairness, he lost far more weight between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s than he's gained back since.
Apple and creating niches! It is thin enough for us! You do not have to make it thinner.. nobody cares! We want 4 usb ports, utp, hdmi ports. You want a paperthin laptop were we need to buy expensive usb-c cables or hubs just to connect a printer or a networkcable.
How many times do people have to complain that they want better battery life and not a thinner device before Apple actually gets it?
You make a great argument, hadn't really taken the shift to ARM argument very seriously before now. It also helps that I'm in China atm, taking the metro- all these kids (everyone under 18 lol) on a packed train are just staring into their smartphones, almost all of them. Id guess the majority of them have never owned and barely used an x86 machine.I didn't say ARM is superior to Intel, so nothing to substantiate there.
I also didn't say ARM will lead to better GPUs, so nothing to substantiate there either.
Dual booting: insignificant numbers. Build for the majority.
I think the age of x86 is no longer of primary interest to Apple. A huge chunk of the world has moved to mobile devices and a huge raft of people simply don't care about the chip or architecture inside their computing device: they just want it to work.
Certainly, some people need and want x86, but they are outnumbered by the folks who just want to use their devices without ever looking underneath the hood.
Look at what has happened in recent years—the stalling of Intel-based Macs, the reinvention of the iWork and iLife suites, Swift, the advance in ARM, the fanless MacBook, the iPad Pro, Tim arguing that people no longer need PCs, Steve saying that to build great machines you need to own the silicon, etc, etc, etc—and it soon becomes clear that Apple's focus is on having a single cohesive system built around ARM.
Yes, we haven't seen a stonking ARM chip suitable for a powerful laptop or desktop so far, but there hasn't been a need for Apple to build such a chip as it has only released iDevices.
When Apple is ready (this year or next), the transition will be made to ARM and most users will be either happy or none the wiser.
ARM doesn't need to match Intel in raw power (although it may do), the overall experience just has to keep most users happy most of the time. Given the love for iDevices, Apple is already on to a winner. The future is ARM.
I think the Pro and Air monikers will disappear. I think they will simplify the laptops down to one line.
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I think they indeed aim to simplify, but remember they've recently added 'pro' to their iPad line. I can't see apple making a MacBook Plus therefore I can't see 'pro' Monica being removed.
On that note, I'll go on a tangent. Adding 'pro' to their iPad line doesn't make good sense to me. I get it for the 12" tablet, but then to do it for the 9" tablet as well..what's the non pro version going to be? The mini? I expect that to be discontinued at some point as the iPhone+ eats up its sales.
Wonder what their reasoning is. Perhaps the iPhone will one day become the iPad as no one will be using it to 'phone' anyone anymore, lol.
the 12" rMB is not a disaster? It's a great laptop. It is not selling much, but it wasn't supposed too, the rMB is doing exactly what apple wanted it to do, and is very successful.
it is a disaster of a product because many Macbook Air users where anticipating an upgraded Macbook Air with Retina screen for YEARS
*chuckles a bit*'pro' Monica
I've never bought into the fashionable belief that a person's weight profile reflects their character—that's the modern day equivalent of phrenology. We all know highly driven, successful individuals who could stand to lose more than a few pounds. We like to idolize and idealize people who've been high achievers in one domain, but the reality is that they're just as human as the rest of us, with most of the same limitations.Indeed, he had a little early "Puppy fat" which he burned of, and was looking good.
What you would call a good looking reasonably fit look.
It's only in perhaps the last 3 to 4 years he's piling on the pounds.
Perhaps it's that Over confident, business lunch, no longer the dynamic WE MUST TRY HARD TO WIN side any more.
It's easy, middle age, when you don't need to try so much, to just sit back, and ride your early work, and let the pounds pile on.
Either this will be very bad and he will continue down this route, or hopefully one day he will look in the mirror in the bathroom, and think. Hey, I promote fitness, I designed (help design) a watch that does fitness.
It's about dam time I turn my life around and practice what I preach.
One thing is for sure, and this applies to everyone here also.
The longer you leave it, before you get to that moment, they harder is is to get back to where you used to be.
Looking at him now, he needs to start before he goes too far.
Give it perhaps just a year or 2 of good diet and exersize and he can get himself back into shape again.
Unfortunately, esp America and starting in the UK also now, overweight is for many starting to look normal.
Fit and healthy slim is almost starting to look ill.
Public perception is being skewed.
Wtf is all the bitching about slimming things down on this forum?
Who wouldn't want a thinner and lighter laptop? Imagine it was 2012, just before the Retina MBP came out and a bunch of people saying they are happy with the weight and form factor of the current design..just make it way faster!
The edge-to-edge keyboard uses shallow butterfly switched keys that are frustratingly wider than the keys on all other Mac keyboards, so even after a year of use, my fingers occasionally land on the wrong keys because my muscle memory is still fixed to standard Mac keyboards.Then a year after release, no one looked back. Neither will you once the new ones land.
And also, how much extra performance do you expect to get by not slimming it down? Not as much as you would think.
Apple made a neutered,fashion toy laptop that is less powerful than the 2 years older Macbook Air,lacks essential and important ports without any real logical reason.
*chuckles a bit*
iPhone SE throws the whole naming scheme in the air and goes "wheeee". So does iPad Mini. I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see a Macbook Plus – just imagine they decide to drop the Pros altogether (or rather continue selling current models) and produce a 14" rMB with a 16 GB RAM option. Rename Macbook Air 11" to Macbook SE. Mess continues.
I've never bought into the fashionable belief that a person's weight profile reflects their character—that's the modern day equivalent of phrenology. We all know highly driven, successful individuals who could stand to lose more than a few pounds. We like to idolize and idealize people who've been high achievers in one domain, but the reality is that they're just as human as the rest of us, with most of the same limitations.
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