In that case, wouldn't a 14" MBA make more sense? You then have the high(er) end Pro at 13" and 15" and the Air at 12" and 14". That would allow them to make the case only slightly bigger with these screen sizes, so they will feel a lot more portable.
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In that case, wouldn't a 14" MBA make more sense? You then have the high(er) end Pro at 13" and 15" and the Air at 12" and 14". That would allow them to make the case only slightly bigger with these screen sizes, so they will feel a lot more portable.
My solution to that was a FreeNAS server at home with off site backups. I VPN my house and then access my files over that. Anything current is on my laptop, the rest is at home.
Though admittedly, my home network is far beyond what many people would like to invest in for their house.
The problem here is two-fold:
1) You attacked first - seriously, why resort to insults as your first measure? Any valid argument to follow is immediately overshadowed.
2) Most improvements - CPU speeds, RAM capacity, feature sets, battery advancements, chassis improvements, manufacturing shifts - are more evolutionary than revolutionary, and come piecemeal, in tiny bite-sized instances. Statistically, 1/2 pound (17% reduction in weight) is more significant than just about any other improvement the new MacBook Air will introduce, excepting perhaps pixel density and hopefully battery life. To dismiss it as "only 8 ounces" and to state that it's only relevant to weaklings completely misses the bigger picture, and is far more egregious than any "sheer hubris" on display as a defense mechanism.
It will probably have similar bezel size to the rMBP. Overall size should be a bit smaller than the 13" rMBP while being much thinner. Hopefully they can reduce the sized of the "wedge" and make it more uniformly thin. Kind of like the original MBA.
I feel a 15" MacBook Air would be better... For users who travel a lot or need portability but need/want the screen size and don't need the power of the rMBP... Still it will be interesting to see hoe this sells.
At least for a Macbook Pro with 17" display there are chances about 1% to be release by Apple . For a Macbook Air 15" there are none
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if you can't , i can't help you understand. iOS is a limited software of lets say OSX
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if you can't , i can't help you understand. iOS is a limited software of lets say OSX
Actually your assessment is inaccurate, I was just that close of buying the current macbook air generation, but the none retina inclusion and the continuous streaming of rumors convinced me to wait for a bit.
It's fascinating, but not even remotely surprising that while I spoke about four things in my post the first one to get replied to was my simple statement of the obvious - there is no way Apple is reintroducing a 17-inch MBP. None. But the same delusional nonsense never dies out.
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12"? No thanks. If they don't have a 13" model, I'll buy a current gen, and once it gets old, I'll move onto a MacBook Pro.
Because some people don't want to be stuck at home, at a desk, with their primary computer. The weather is currently too nice.
And its tons better and faster than the top-of-the-line SGI/HP/Sun workstations that I used to use a few years ago for major CAD/CAE/ASIC development.
Wow, thanks a lot for that! I was under the mistaken impression that a MBA had been my primary computer since 2011.
I still think this is the new iPad Air, and not a MacBook. It will be the hybrid that Yosemite is made for. 12" will be great for so many apps. 256gb, retina, new dark color, primarily iOS but with many "hand-off" optimizations. The one thing the MS surface did right was make several cool artistic and musical custom keyboard alternatives. Film, music, graphic arts industries could all benefit from this.
Wish they'd just shrink the bezels and footprint and keep the screen 13", that's as small as I'd want an all-purpose laptop to be. Seems like they may drop the 13" Air (maybe 11" too) if they do release a 12" Air Retina. The 13" Macbook Pro would then be the next step up.
Dear God [I mean Apple],
Please don't eliminate the mechanical button. If I have to tap my finger to click (like some people have their Magic Trackpads configured) I will seriously go insane. I need that tactile feedback.
Barring that, if you can figure out some way to provide visual or aural cues when a click is understood by the system, then maybe that might work for me, but I will remain unconvinced and skeptical until I see it working well. And if it doesn't work well for me, I'll have to carry a Magic Mouse around with me everywhere, and people will probably ask me what's wrong with me and I'll have to explain that the new MacBook Air's buttonless trackpad stinks.
Please don't let that happen!
Signed,
Dry Heave
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This is one of the silliest groups of statements I've ever seen on this forum.
One - it isn't a question of muscles. If you are carrying something around for an extended period (between classes, sightseeing, as a traveling salesman), it's about endurance and fatigue, not strength and "handling 8 ounces." If someone made you wear an 8oz hat on your head, you'd be able to tell the difference between that and no hat. And yes - you could condition yourself to not be bothered by the 8oz hat over time, but you'd most likely never NOT notice it.
Two - consider that an 8oz reduction in laptop weight may be part of an overall concern for the total mass of one's bag/luggage/whatever, where minimalization of each item counts (possibly because of long-term toting via item one, above). I am guessing by your line of thinking that you are not an engineer. Car and motorcycle manufacturers, space agencies, industrial designers, etc all sweat these kinds of fractions of pounds (or ounces!) in the interest of the overall goal. This is why they do things like save ounces in components to reduce the weight of something that may end up weighing tons overall.
Finally - you are using the classic uneducated critique of relative reduction. Eight ounces is not an insignificant portion of an MBP's mass. Every time a new iDevice comes out, people snark at the reduction of 0.7mm thickness etc. When a device is only 8mm thick, 0.7mm is huge. It doesn't matter that you think 0.7mm (or 8oz) is very small. Compared to the overall dimension (and considering a law of diminishing returns) these small numbers mean a lot.
Again, just silly.
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But my MBA 11 is more than twice as powerful as my desktop PowerMac. Let's me sit at my desk as little as possible.
Wow, thanks a lot for that! I was under the mistaken impression that a MBA had been my primary computer since 2011.
Yea yea you can't compare a 27" screen estate with the 13"
more than double yaaaaaaa
Yea yea you can't compare a 27" screen estate with the 13"
Maybe you didn't realize that you can connect an external monitor to the MBA? FWIW, I have the 11" model. Previously had the 13" MBA but the 11 gives me a better machine for travel that is still more than powerful enough for my use.
Whatever, everyone needs to make their own decisions about what kind of computer(s) they need. But statements like "a MBA can't be your primary computer" just make you look foolish. Plenty of people use them as primary computers. If it doesn't meet your needs, that's fine. Just don't assume that everyone else is the same.
