With specific regard to the iPhone, really we should be ditching the cable entirely for syncing and use Wifi sync
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203075This way you don't even need to buy a USB-C cable for it at all
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203075This way you don't even need to buy a USB-C cable for it at all
With specific regard to the iPhone, really we should be ditching the cable entirely for syncing and use Wifi sync
This way you don't even need to buy a USB-C cable for it at all
If it worked, that might be an option. And if it worked at a decent speed, allowed for file transfer, etc.
It's not a wireless world, and it's not going to be anytime soon.
Agreed.
But I'm so sick of the disappointment on ALL Apple fronts that I will not care. I'm leavin' (already half-way there since I left iOS when IOS 7 came out).
I need to look into all the flavors of Linux out there and see which is the most Mac-like and use that.
Um, HDMI, USB3 HD, VGA all need dongles. I haven't seen a direct C to any of those cables.
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So we're going to take the dock with us to visit customers? Sorry, but we never know what infrastructure they'll have on-site, so we have to be able to plug into anything.
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Granted, but those are not the ONLY people either. Apple should have made these models the 13 and 15" macbook options.
But then again this is the company that released a non-expandable trashcan as a 'pro' machine, and hasn't bothered to update it in years. It's all form over function.
Fundamentally apple now has a hole in their product lineup - the performance portable. If they're not going to close it, it'd be nice to know, and we'll mourn MacOS and go back to Windows (after more than a decade). If they are going to close it, they need to do so damn soon - not wait until next fall.
If they're smart, they'll take the 2015 form factors, drop in Kaby lake with a 64GB option and big battery and release it early next year - call it the Max, or Performance, or whatever.
In terms of taking up space in your bag, it doesn't matter whether the brick and cable is one piece or two pieces. Except in your logic that difference seems to matter.
Or you buy a USB-C brick for you iPhone if you abhor dongles so much. Or as I said, you charge your iPhone with your MBP charger and a USB-C to Lightning cable. There are many options, but note that previously you had three different ports (in this MBP + iPhone scenario): USB-A, Lightning, MagSafe. With the new MBP, you still have three different ports: USB-A, Lightning, USB-C.
You are conflating two different actions (or non-actions): 1) Not replacing Lightning with USB-C on the phone and 2) Removing the headphone jack on the phone.
Of course, removing something without replacing isn't satisfying any group (at least if you look at it only narrowly as a port situation and not looking at the volume gained). It's the first decision that is satisfying one group but annoying another group.
Well it's certainly a lot of computer... 3.5KG of it. That's double the weight of the 15" rMBP. LOL.
Double the weight, double the ram, 17",and the specs BLOW the MBP away. I might have to look at one of these. Dang!
With specific regard to the iPhone, really we should be ditching the cable entirely for syncing and use Wifi sync
This way you don't even need to buy a USB-C cable for it at all
tried it once, its slow, I don't stream music and I transfer my data always from the computer...so cable is the only fast and reliable way (at least it's full USB3 transfer rate...)
Double the weight half the battery life. It's not really a mobile laptop. It's a brick that sits on a desk.
The HDMI integration was only announced two months ago.
And you had to do with regard to VGA since the PowerBook G4 from 2002. And in regard to DVI since the late 2008 MBP. In other words for a very long time.
Since the dawn of time, Apple has managed to get by with having a single 14 or 15" laptop model in terms of case design (the one-year parallel shipping of 2012 non-retina and retina MBPs notwithstanding). For most if not all of the time there were beefier 15"-ish laptops available from other vendors (there certainly were thicker and heavier 15"-ish laptops available all this time, this was much less so true for thinner and lighter 15" laptops).
So, you would say, the moment the single the 15" Mac laptop offered by Apple doesn't fit your needs, Apple should start offering multiple 15" models? Because that is what you are saying, Apple should offer multiple 15" models? But why now, and not before?
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That would be news to me. WiFi sync has always synced the same things as direct sync for me, including multiple GB-large movies.
of course, cause I don't have to buy $1000 phone and then run to buy cables and new bricks in order to make my phone compatible with its own company computer...
Having more ports is exactly what I need which new MacBook does not have, I'm not conflating anything u told me they need to piss off one group of people and I'm telling you that they managed to piss everyone off
moving forward is something great, but they are not doing it the right way at Apple these days
that's why I decided to wait.
HDMI: https://www.amazon.com/CHOETECH-Thu...&qid=1478211070&sr=1-4&keywords=usb-c+to+hdmi (and better ones will be coming)
USB3 HDD (and Card readers): http://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=14853
VGA: Needs to die. Most new PC laptops don't even come with these anymore so you're SOL on PCs too. Needing a dongle for VGA is hardly some kind of new problem caused by Apple here.
Browse some more single cable solutions here if you'd like... http://www.monoprice.com/pages/usb_31_type_c
I don't know, I guess that all depends on what you need and you're being awfully vague here. If your clients need a bazillion ports when you go to them then ya I guess you'd need a dock. We can go back and forth on hypothetical I/O scenarios all day.
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These days. Were things really much different in the past?moving forward is something great, but they are not doing it the right way at Apple these days
Not really. There's a lot of misconception in that article, but TL;DR: it is the same situation with TB3 and USB-C as with TB1/2 and Mini Display Port. Mostly you'll be fine.
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Nothing weird about that, maxed out MBPs have always been more expensive than a maxed out iMac.
I'm a really loyal apple fan, but I'm also a rational person. For the first time, I hopelessly fell apple really messed up this round of release. I think apple's problem is getting unmanageable.
Tim can be a great COO and a VP of supply chain, but he is not and he will never become the brain and heart of Apple.
What apple needs is not time, not patient from customers, not fancy marketing, but a visionary who is competent enough to envision and guide Apple in next 50 years. Someone who can sell products in simple plain paper envelopes. Someone who can define the future of computing while presenting products that seamlessly transitions from the past industry standards. Someone who lust engineering perfection in products while understanding business economics. Someone who is a system builder that integrates all the service and products within the Ecosystem to provide an ease of mind for customers (starting by allowing iPhones to be plugged into Macbooks, Apple ear pods to be plugged into Macs, Mac standard USB-c to be plugged into IOS devices). Someone who leads, someone who creates, someone who can be the center of Apple - the Apple core, just like Steve.
Apple's outcome today was theorized by Steve decades ago. You can skip to 25:44s to see Steve's explanation of the fall of a great company or watch the entire interview. Link is here ---https://youtu.be/TRZAJY23xio?t=25m44s
My deepest condolences to Apple - once a miracle of greatness, no longer.
Tim can be a great COO and a VP of supply chain, but he is not and he will never become the brain and heart of Apple.
What apple needs is not time, not patient from customers, not fancy marketing, but a visionary who is competent enough to envision and guide Apple in next 50 years. Someone who can sell products in simple plain paper envelopes. Someone who can define the future of computing while presenting products that seamlessly transitions from the past industry standards. Someone who lust engineering perfection in products while understanding business economics. Someone who is a system builder that integrates all the service and products within the Ecosystem to provide an ease of mind for customers (starting by allowing iPhones to be plugged into Macbooks, Apple ear pods to be plugged into Macs, Mac standard USB-c to be plugged into IOS devices). Someone who leads, someone who creates, someone who can be the center of Apple - the Apple core, just like Steve.
Apple's outcome today was theorized by Steve decades ago. You can skip to 25:44s to see Steve's explanation of the fall of a great company or watch the entire interview. Link is here ---https://youtu.be/TRZAJY23xio?t=25m44s
My deepest condolences to Apple - once a miracle of greatness, no longer.
You missed the mark.
Since we are talking new hardware, there is only the pro now. You can get it with or without the touch. So if someone is buying a new computer why would they buy old hardware? If to save money then you defeat your argument. Also, does the old MBA drive two 5k monitors? So then buy the low end new pro. Why? Weight no longer an issue. Couldn't be for money according to you.
Catching on yet?
They are, and always will be. A bunch of prima donnas with blogs that want to make you believe in some epic fail are not the people.
