Moving the goalposts again.
You were previously trying to convince me that the world at large considered ethernet and optical media to be legacy.
Now you're changing your argument again to say you were only talking about Apple.
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Moving the goalposts again.
You were previously trying to convince me that the world at large considered ethernet and optical media to be legacy.
Now you're changing your argument again to say you were only talking about Apple.
AND....that's why Apple makes other notebooks that may be for you.
Have you tried it yet? If not, don't judge.
Agreed and point taken.
Have you tried it yet? If not, don't judge. Besides, either get used to it or try another manufacture's computer because in 24 months I'll bet all Apple's machines will be designed with this trackpad, including the Apple wireless trackpad.
No argument.
Until we get concrete benchmarks and real world performance don't prejudge. OS X runs differently than Windows or any other OS's that have run under this processor.
That's your opinion. Were you on the design and engineering team creating this machine? It's not a bargain basement machine. It's quite innovative.
It would be another paperweight as other laptops are with touchscreens. Desktops and Laptops with touchscreens have not proven to be financially successful.
But it's thinner....
And I know it has been said many times before but: Come on, at least a SECOND USB (or USB-C) port would have been too much to ask for? Yes, plenty of things can be done wireless but as long as I need to plug in my iPhone somewhere to charge it a USB port would have been nice.
And yes, I can bring a separate charger, same as I can bring a separate adapter, USB hub.... and soon I carry more in accessories (weight) than the Macbook itself. That is progress.... not.
The reality is that if you need all that stuff then you're going to buy one of their other laptops. Not every product they make has to please you and many people have little or no need for all those plug ins. With drop box, apple TV, and wireless everything theres little need to actually plug stuff into your computer.
Hopefully USB C will get wider adoption though.
agree with all of your points. one addition: a VGA port or adaptor that allows you to charge and connect to a VGA projector at the same time is a must have for many people. in most companies I know all meeting rooms are set up with VGA connectors only for the projectors. as a highly portable device many will want to use it to give presentations.
Apple has more money than any other company precisely because they get you to pay for "features" such as these adapters.
What you're ignoring is each time Apple takes these risks the industry follows right behind them.
Apple ditched the floppy in the first iMac. Everybody thought they were crazy and the iMac would fail. Nope. A year later Dell, HP and Sony began to ditch the floppy.
First Macbook Air had no optical drive. Many in the industry laughed, then every other company began creating notebooks with no optical drive. Apple wasn't even the first to do this but other companies did not take it seriously until the Macbook Air.
I can go on to further bury your point if you like.
My question would be why didn't the committee that was working on USB-C make the port be a mag-safe kind of port? What's wrong with that kind of forward thinking? (modest aren't I?)
Sure, they've finally made it omni-directional, but they've thrown away the safety feature of the mag-safe
I wish this would have been a hybrid, pull of the screen for a nice sized iPad and also have the ability to put it on backwards and close it.
guys call me less sophisticated, but the design of the macbook air is perfect and all that was really needed was a retina display.
functionality has been compromised here and what a shame because this thing is frickin beautiful.
functionality has been compromised here and what a shame because this thing is frickin beautiful.
It does. I'm saying I have more use for USB than the headphone. If they had lost that in favour of 2 USB-C ports that would have been fine in my opinion.
In my opinion. Most of us are being very subjective and I make no apologies for that. Obviously Apple have predicted where the market is going and made the call. We'll see. I have no doubt my next laptop will have between 2 and 0 ports.
What you're ignoring is each time Apple takes these risks the industry follows right behind them.
Apple ditched the floppy in the first iMac. Everybody thought they were crazy and the iMac would fail. Nope. A year later Dell, HP and Sony began to ditch the floppy.
First Macbook Air had no optical drive. Many in the industry laughed, then every other company began creating notebooks with no optical drive. Apple wasn't even the first to do this but other companies did not take it seriously until the Macbook Air.
I can go on to further bury your point if you like.
What about FireWire and Thunderbolt?
Do you understand that this is the entry level of the MacBook line, and there are two additional MacBook families above it that are more powerful, with better connectivity?
But it's thinner....
And I know it has been said many times before but: Come on, at least a SECOND USB (or USB-C) port would have been too much to ask for? Yes, plenty of things can be done wireless but as long as I need to plug in my iPhone somewhere to charge it a USB port would have been nice.
And yes, I can bring a separate charger, same as I can bring a separate adapter, USB hub.... and soon I carry more in accessories (weight) than the Macbook itself. That is progress.... not.
Agreed. It would have been a tight fit, but well worth it.
Sorry, I misunderstood. I agree, I think two ports is the bare minimum.
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I wonder what the MBA pricing will be like when it is redesigned and gains retina?
Dongles and cables oh my!
Sure you only need to buy the new MacBook Air once, but you'll get the pleasure of replacing lost and broken cables (and now dongles!) over and over and over again!
$49 for a power adapter that plugs into a $29 USB cable that plugs into an $80 dongle. The power adapter probably won't break, but if the cables and dongles are of similar quality to their predecessors, you'll be replacing them every 4-12 months as they fray and break.
Sure you only need to buy the new MacBook Air once, but you'll get the pleasure of replacing lost and broken cables (and now dongles!) over and over and over again!
$49 for a power adapter that plugs into a $29 USB cable that plugs into an $80 dongle. The power adapter probably won't break, but if the cables and dongles are of similar quality to their predecessors, you'll be replacing them every 4-12 months as they fray and break.
That's not how Apple intends their products to be used. They don't have a touch OS for notebooks. Such a machine from Apple would be an abomination. I hear some Microsoft OEMs make those things though.
Sorry
That bezel makes me wish to be sick
Without anything other than simply looking at the machine the one thing about it that smack me round the face and SHOUT horrid is those ghastly giant bezels on the screen,
It clashes so badly with the edge to edge keyboard
God Apple what a horrid design. What is up with you and dam bezels
How can Dell make this:http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/mid...433a/201466997/Dell+XPS+13+2015_fullbleed.jpg
And yet Apple fails with that horrid look ?
That's the first thing that I saw when looking at it for the first time! That bezel! Ugh! Makes me even more glad that I bought the XPS 13!
Admittedly, it's been a long time since I bought a new computer, but does it really make sense now for a Core M processor to be paired with 8 GB RAM? I'm looking forward to benchmarks, but if it can really utilize that much RAM smoothly, the Core M can't be that awful, right?