Yeah, that's what I mean. They didn't want to give up the 11 hours with the limited battery by making the screen brighter. That sucker really eats up power.
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16-Inch MacBook Pro Returns to Pre-2016 Arrow Key Layout, Sticks With 720p Webcam and 802.11ac Wi-Fi
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Yeah, that's what I mean. They didn't want to give up the 11 hours with the limited battery by making the screen brighter. That sucker really eats up power.
Although some good news,
2 reasons why I am not getting this MacBook.
1- User upgradable RAM and SSD. A Macbook that you cannot upgrade the RAM or SSD, by any means, cannot be called "Pro". Why? many reasons. SSD have limited times they can be written. If it goes bad it can be easily replaced. If you need more Space you can upgrade to a larger size (without external drive). Same for the RAM. If you buy a computer with 16 and suddenly for a project you might require 32 or 64, it is quite ridiculous having to upgrade the entire computer. If you buy a car and you want to change the tires you do NOT change the entire car. It is just a lame excuse for Apple to force you to overpay their obscene RAM expensive pricing.
2- Bring back MAG-SAFE!
2 reasons why I am not getting this MacBook.
1- User upgradable RAM and SSD. A Macbook that you cannot upgrade the RAM or SSD, by any means, cannot be called "Pro". Why? many reasons. SSD have limited times they can be written. If it goes bad it can be easily replaced. If you need more Space you can upgrade to a larger size (without external drive). Same for the RAM. If you buy a computer with 16 and suddenly for a project you might require 32 or 64, it is quite ridiculous having to upgrade the entire computer. If you buy a car and you want to change the tires you do NOT change the entire car. It is just a lame excuse for Apple to force you to overpay their obscene RAM expensive pricing.
2- Bring back MAG-SAFE!
While I understand the frustration with non-upgradable components, this particular issue is basically irrelevant even in extreme usage scenarios. SSDs are able to withstand even years of continuous intensive writing without issues.
Hard to say, but I don't think so.
They touted increased stability (one of the Butterfly strengths) which is a change from existing desktop Magic Keyboards.
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It’s a way to orient your fingers quickly when you’re using vi or other Unix tools while keeping your hands on the keyboard and your eye on the screen. He’s not trolling.
I have missed those inverted keys for quite a while.
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MagSafe was nice, but it was NOT a guarantee, particularly if it was pulled fast enough at the right angle, ask me how I know.
Me too - in fact I'm already wanting the desktop version of a Magic Keyboard (TKL) with the inverted T.
On my desk right now, I still use a wired 2012 TKL Apple Keyboard, just for the inverted-T
Prob too late to return - I'd fire sale it myself and get off the Titanic before she takes on anymore water.
I partly work as a networking engineer, there's a really good in-depth article on 802.11ax that I'll try and find for you. It talks about literally everything 802.11ax brings and how it compares to 802.11ac.
So I can't find the article this second but this is also pretty good.
Introduction to 802.11ax High-Efficiency Wireless
This white paper explores how the popular 802.11ax standard received the title of High-Efficiency Wireless.
The real gains from moving to 802.11ax are mostly from moving to 1024-QAM rather than 256-QAM. There's a lot of other efficiency gains but that's the main 'speed boost'. Plus the 2.4GHz band is really seeing improvements for the first time since 802.11n.
If you are seeing massive increases like that it's likely not from 802.11ax so much but from an improved router/client device/firmware, perhaps even more antennas in both.
The current crop of 802.11ax routers are still very immature. SNB was testing a bunch of them and found there was some noticeable improvements to the 2.4GHz - which wasn't hard considering how old 802.11n is. But there was really not much gain in the 5GHz band vs 802.11ac.
Wi-Fi 6 Performance Roundup: Five Routers Tested - SmallNetBuilder
We take a look at how five Wi-Fi 6 routers perform with a Wi-Fi 6 client.
www.smallnetbuilder.com
According to the laws of physics and the standard if you are seeing a 100% increase in throughput it's down to something other than ac vs ax, it'll things like antennas and firmware. As like I said,802.11ax really does not offer more than around 30% given same interference/channel width/TxRx antennas.
Not saying you aren't seeing 100% gains, it's just not from ac vs ax.
Maybe a bit of
thinking there, I'd suspect as laptops get lighter, they don't get dragged off the table, they fly, prob more to do with cost!🤣
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I did some configuring at the Apple Online Store and I have to say, this 16 is the best VALUE Apple has put out in a LONG time, this side of (non "Pro") iMacs and the base iPad.
Compared to all other Apple laptops, when configured similarly with regards to storage and memory, getting the 16 is almost a no brainer to spend the extra hundred or two.
I even weighed it against the Razor Blade 17, and although that has a (1.3 inch) bigger (touch)screen, Nvidia cards, a variety of ports, and upgradeable SSD, the pricing is very very close.
Furthermore, I love macOS so much more than Windows that the choice of letting all that flexibility go for comparably limited hardware in the MacBook is somewhat easy.
My 17 is going the way of the dodo, after 9 VERY LONG years. I'm happy to know that when it actually does, I have something to replace it with that was worth the wait.
Compared to all other Apple laptops, when configured similarly with regards to storage and memory, getting the 16 is almost a no brainer to spend the extra hundred or two.
I even weighed it against the Razor Blade 17, and although that has a (1.3 inch) bigger (touch)screen, Nvidia cards, a variety of ports, and upgradeable SSD, the pricing is very very close.
Furthermore, I love macOS so much more than Windows that the choice of letting all that flexibility go for comparably limited hardware in the MacBook is somewhat easy.
My 17 is going the way of the dodo, after 9 VERY LONG years. I'm happy to know that when it actually does, I have something to replace it with that was worth the wait.
hmm
Also..
Bigger screen, touchscreen, NVIDIA GPU's, more ports and user upgradeable SSD...
Those are not trivial differences.
Why does every positive change have to be "innovation"? Innovation is great when it happens, but giving customers what they want is worth something as well.
IT is NOT irrelevant. It is plainly bad design. If for any reason, the SSD goes bad, you need to change either the entire logic board or throw away the computer. How is that good design creating disposable appliances...? It is only good for Apple shareholders...
Design is about making tradeoffs. A bad design is one that doesn't fit the customer's requirements. If this doesn't fit your requirements, don't buy it.
You can argue that you think it's a bad design, but IRL you'd need to have actual data. Like how many SSDs really fail? How often? What percentage of the user base does that affect? Is this an aesthetic problem or an actual problem?
One person's personal preference does not mean the design is bad, unless that person is in a position to make decisions. And even then there should be more justification than "I feel that removability of components is important."
Design is not about making tradeoff. Apple has been making tradeoff for the past 4 years sacrificing function over design, with the paradigm of making things thinner... Did it actually work? NOT...
ALL the MAcbooks 2016+ were the worse products ever designed by Apple. And that is not just by me saying so.
Even a 10 year old kid knows that if for any reason, (damage or user need) you need to change the SSD or RAM and that requires to change the entire Logic board or throw away your computer that is a BAD design. If a single key brakes and you need to change the entire keyboard or even the Logic board, that IS BAD DESIGN. Why, because it waste money and it creates more waste. How about you ask Apple about releasing data of the percentages of MacBooks returns and fixes dues to bad keyboards...