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Apple Finishing Up Work on an Ultra-Thin 15" Notebook
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Hopefully it has more of a MacBook Pro screen than a MacBook Air that has bad viewing angles and bad color gamut.
In mobile devices, size and weight is functionality. It's a really big part of functionality, actually.
I guess that those even further up go to Linux.
And at the top of the ladder? All those that seek out the stability of a *NIX system but with a polished GUI and world class hardware and software support.
the pro is done. do people still not being able to see the obvious? it's so obvious it's smacking you people in the face. oh my god lol
ok, so apple will discontinue the pro line as well and will rename the air to just the macbook and the whole macbook line will be the design auf the air
It looks like that's a good possibility. Remember, Apple is going after the mainstream market. They don't care about the professionals or geeks. The money is with the average user and this group is easily led.
Lol....
But yea, having a MBA with a 15 inch screen would be weird... if they do make one, I hope they keep a flat design instead of the teardrop shape. A slim rectangle'd Air would be nice.
Tell that to the millions of people with MacBook Pros. Best keyboard, hands down, IMO.
But, since we're on the subject, would literally, less than an inch of slope across a foot or so of space really matter? The MBA is what, 0.68 - 0.11? A little over half an inch of slope does not matter.
It's worth it if you're using a thicker laptop or a real keyboard in which you can get a good angle, however, at the thinness of the design, they would have to put some bigger feet in the back or make it thicker for it to be noticeable.
As someone with carpal tunnel syndrome I can tell you that yes, the slight incline makes a huge difference.
17" MBP. I use an external keyboard @work, which is where I do most of my typing. At home I tilt it up by shoving my sleeve under it's back edge if I have to type more than a page or so. Prior to Macs I used PC's with feet in the back (which always broke off
Come on man. Anything more complex than opening a Twinkie wrapper is too technical for half the people on these forums.
It seems there is a paradox at work whereas the more technological society becomes, the more ignorant the bulk of society becomes about technology. They don't want to know how to fix their car. They've got the dealership charging them $80 an hour to do that. They don't even want to know how to change the batteries in their iPod. They've got Apple to sell them a whole new one instead or charge them $99 to change a stinking battery...it's obscene. But they accept this as a matter of fact. It's just how life is.
Come on man. Anything more complex than opening a Twinkie wrapper is too technical for half the people on these forums.
It seems there is a paradox at work whereas the more technological society becomes, the more ignorant the bulk of society becomes about technology. They don't want to know how to fix their car. They've got the dealership charging them $80 an hour to do that. They don't even want to know how to change the batteries in their iPod. They've got Apple to sell them a whole new one instead or charge them $99 to change a stinking battery...it's obscene. But they accept this as a matter of fact. It's just how life is.
Sadly, you are correct. And some here would have trouble with the Twinkie wrapper. Unless Apple made it.
Come on man. Anything more complex than opening a Twinkie wrapper is too technical for half the people on these forums.
It seems there is a paradox at work whereas the more technological society becomes, the more ignorant the bulk of society becomes about technology. They don't want to know how to fix their car. They've got the dealership charging them $80 an hour to do that. They don't even want to know how to change the batteries in their iPod. They've got Apple to sell them a whole new one instead or charge them $99 to change a stinking battery...it's obscene. But they accept this as a matter of fact. It's just how life is.
That's what happens when you have a country full of people with money that don't really know how to spend it. Nor know how to get their hands dirty and do actual work on their own.
Not to sound like a hippy or anything, but you can plainly see, on a college campus, the kids who have their parents buy everything for them. Never had to work, never had to worry, never had to sweat.
Life is easy because after they graduate, they'll get a middle-class job and continue the cycle for generations. That's how it is now. Why work when you can just pay someone to do it for you?
Now don't get me wrong, it isn't bad to have all of those things and when I graduate and have kids I'll try as hard as I possibly can to make their life perfect, however I will teach them the concept of value (which is something I think America forgets 99 percent of the time) and appreciation/respect for the things they have.
I think that's one of the differences (and most noticeable) between middle class people who were born there and others who had to work to get there.
Wow I de-railed that like a champ.
Come on man. Anything more complex than opening a Twinkie wrapper is too technical for half the people on these forums.
It seems there is a paradox at work whereas the more technological society becomes, the more ignorant the bulk of society becomes about technology. They don't want to know how to fix their car. They've got the dealership charging them $80 an hour to do that. They don't even want to know how to change the batteries in their iPod. They've got Apple to sell them a whole new one instead or charge them $99 to change a stinking battery...it's obscene. But they accept this as a matter of fact. It's just how life is.
Some of us value our time, whether we know how to change our car's oil or our iPod's battery. I don't mind paying someone $80 an hour when my own time bills out at $550 an hour, or when I could instead be spending the time playing with my daughter.
I doubt that many users here make $550 per hour. I doubt that many Apple consumers make $550 per hour. I doubt that .01 of 1% of the people in the world make $550 per hour.
I also doubt that many people here make $80 per.
I agree with you AppleScruff
However, I think cmaier is making the point that (and correct me if I'm wrong of course) sometimes, it isn't a problem to pay when the result is that you get to do something else worth more than the payment.
I go to Starbucks and local coffee shops all of the time. I pay 5 bucks per latte/cup of coffee. Yea I can just make it at my house, in my room, without paying a single dime. I can sit at a clean table, with my laptop, doing whatever I want.
However, by not paying that 5 bucks for that overpriced cup of coffee, I don't have the coffee shop atmosphere, the occasional conversation with a fellow college student, entertainment, nor the simple fact of having others around me. That's why people go to coffee shops. Take away the wifi from one and see how many people go and stay there; it would be like Dunkin Donuts or something. Starbucks coffee isn't worth the money, I hope everyone knows that, however people go for the possible, positive experience that's worth more than the 5 dollar cup.
I agree with you AppleScruff
However, I think cmaier is making the point that (and correct me if I'm wrong of course) sometimes, it isn't a problem to pay when the result is that you get to do something else worth more than the payment.
Precisely what I'm saying.
And it's one of two reasons I now use a Mac - I got tired of the constant "maintenance" and repairs that I was always doing on my windows and unix machines. (The second reason is that the Mac is an excellent unix box, and unlike wimpy Windows has a true command-line shell, built-in Perl, vi, etc.)
That statement prove's some of my points, doesn't it? But it's no problem to put up with anything Apple related because it's Apple, right?