LiIons have no memory effect. Plugging and unplugging does nothing for them. In fact they actually do best at around 80% State of Charge. The constant charging and drain has little effect on them. See Tesla for an example of this.
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Apple Updates 12-Inch MacBook With Skylake Processors, Faster Graphics, Longer Battery Life, and Rose Gold
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LiIons have no memory effect. Plugging and unplugging does nothing for them. In fact they actually do best at around 80% State of Charge. The constant charging and drain has little effect on them. See Tesla for an example of this.
Aside from the terrible webcam... I think we got exactly what Apple normally does for iterative upgrades. I actually want this laptop, 12 hours battery is a beautiful thing. And Rose Gold and Black? Yes please.
People seem to forget that, just because a product doesn't fit their needs, it might fit a lot of people's needs. I am a neuroscientist, so I only need Terminal to get onto my computing cluster, Illustrator, Safari, Keynote, Pages, Mail, and the anacondas python distribution for local testing of code. And I need something very light to take to talks / conferences to take notes or give a talk (most projectors have wireless now, so I had not needed an adapter). It handles all of that quite well (note that I have 8GB 1.1 GHz version). I also have a brand new 3.3GHz iMac, and, besides the obvious display size differences, I don't notice too much lag working on my MacBook compared to my iMac, even editing large paper figures in Illustrator.
The new one sounds very nice as well, and, depending on the resale value of my current one, I might upgrade.
The new one sounds very nice as well, and, depending on the resale value of my current one, I might upgrade.
No idea about the UltraBook, so I'll just throw in two questions. Weight? Battery life? How much of those did HP squeeze in? Actually, make that three. Is the display retina?
I doubt if the GPU can actually power 4k external display at all but adding TB3 support is pretty necessary even it loses some battery life. Hey, when you have TB display connected, no need to worry about battery life at all! That is to say, if apple could design an adapter which combines the power and TB cable together into a usb-c port.
Yearly - I like to have the latest tech and the residual value of the old one has barely moved in that time so it makes the most sense.
My Mac mini is the oldest computer I own (late 2011 model, but is hacked to hell running something on all sata ports and a raid array via Thunderbolt for a custom 8TB fusion drive...so its not your run of the mill Mac mini) ive been dying to upgrade it for ages though, but its silly to push the button on the Mac mini at the moment as the new on will be out, the one thing it's majorly lacking is USB 3.
I just don't get why anybody would choose this over the MacBook Air. For a better screen resolution (on a smaller screen with slower graphics power) you get a machine that is slower, has less battery life, is much more limited in connectivity, and costs more. Oh, but it's thin and that's all that matters...so why not get an iPad Pro instead?
The HP weighs 30% more, has a lower resolution screen, and has 2TB-3 and 1 USB 3.1 port.
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Apparently it still requires a special chipset to support Thunderbolt 3.
Nice to see a new Mac release. Rose Gold will probably look very nice at the store, not really feeling it online but that's what I said about the Rose Gold phone too and what color do I have? 
Glad to hear about the improved battery life too. (Trying so very hard to appreciate my 27" iMac because I have to try and hold off from upgrading anything until my last semester of university.)
Will be interesting to see what the rMBPs boast when they are updated.
Glad to hear about the improved battery life too. (Trying so very hard to appreciate my 27" iMac because I have to try and hold off from upgrading anything until my last semester of university.)
Will be interesting to see what the rMBPs boast when they are updated.
Still no support for 4K screens at 60hz either, is this a limitation of USB-C?
It's only 256GB though, with an approx. 15% student discount applied, and before 20% tax.
Maybe some seniors will remember, that "millions of colors" was the great technical advancement in the 90's. Who/why writes this stuff?
yes, but you also have healthcare and a functional political system...
If she will be doing anything involving multi tasking I wouldn't even allow her to get this size of a laptop. My 13" macbook pros screen isn't big enough for me while attempting to study..