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First Impressions of New 12-Inch MacBook: Ridiculously Light, but Thin Keys and Trackpad Take Getting Used To
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Go into options and switch on "Tap to click". I never click and I prefer it like this.
First, it does have a backlight, for the individual keys. Secondly, you never even 'touched' the keyboard. How can you hate on it?
A keyboard shouldn't take time to get used to. It's like a toaster or a microwave. It should feel intuitive the moment you use it.
For the air line, likely death of name.
For the Pro, likely death of name as well and merge it all into one line.
That's exactly why I'm sticking with my current rMBP with plenty of necessary ports available to me.
I wasn't thrilled when they removed the optical drive from the MBP line either, but I've learned to live with it.
Not necessarily. If you have only used laptop keyboards and then start using a mechanical desktop keyboard, it will take time getting used to it. You'll also realise how a mechanical keyboard with proper key travel is so much better, but obviously not feasible on a laptop
It's not marketed for our kind of consumers. It is for those simple minded people who do one thing at a time.
"Though the buttons are indeed flat, and though they aren't cushy, they are still springy. They pop back up when I hit them. That means I can type at a gingerly pace and know that for the most part, I won't miss a key, and that most of my button presses will register."
Sounds like damning with faint praise to me. "Most" of my button presses will register? I would expect that on a $399 HP laptop. Not a > $1,000 MacBook. Seems to me like they may have put form way over function with this machine.
Sounds like damning with faint praise to me. "Most" of my button presses will register? I would expect that on a $399 HP laptop. Not a > $1,000 MacBook. Seems to me like they may have put form way over function with this machine.
If you'd read, you'd note that i said Apple had got rid of keyboard backlights once and thought better of it - they did, on the 2011 Macbook Air.
I hope they have the confidence to to the same here, and really radically rethink this machine and scrap the keyboard.
I can "hate" on it pretty easily by having typed for thirty years and knowing that travel on a keyboard is non-negotiable, and anything less than the current Air isn't enough, and the uniformly negative reviews from the hands on so far suggest I'm right.
I am concerned by the negative reports of the keyboard. It's one of the most critical parts of a laptop, and in sounds like no one likes it. I'll be trying it out when it gets to the stores, but a bad keyboard could easily be a dealbreaker to anyone who writes on it.
The single port is likely to be a dealbreaker for anyone who (like me) uses a MBA as their primary machine for a wide variety of tasks. I frequently have thumbdrives, USB devices, and SD cards in my MBA - simultaneously - while it's plugged into power.
The only big segments of the MBA's market that's left after those categories are lightweight users, who are increasingly moving to iOS devices.
I can't help but think this thing is going to be a bit of a flop. Too many design sacrifices for the sake of thinness.
The single port is likely to be a dealbreaker for anyone who (like me) uses a MBA as their primary machine for a wide variety of tasks. I frequently have thumbdrives, USB devices, and SD cards in my MBA - simultaneously - while it's plugged into power.
The only big segments of the MBA's market that's left after those categories are lightweight users, who are increasingly moving to iOS devices.
I can't help but think this thing is going to be a bit of a flop. Too many design sacrifices for the sake of thinness.
Not necessarily. If you have only used laptop keyboards and then start using a mechanical desktop keyboard, it will take time getting used to it. You'll also realise how a mechanical keyboard with proper key travel is so much better, but obviously not feasible on a laptop
I just bought a Razr mechanical keyboard (the $125 version) for my nephew to play League of Legends this past christmas. Without prior experience..I got used to it in 3 seconds...
Huh?
The people this was made for will be using some sort of wireless for video, MIGHT care about a USB key, have no idea what Thunderbolt is, and we all still have to plug in power.
Why do so many people think every Mac has to be all things for all people?
The people this was made for will be using some sort of wireless for video, MIGHT care about a USB key, have no idea what Thunderbolt is, and we all still have to plug in power.
Why do so many people think every Mac has to be all things for all people?
That can be the case too. To be honest though, I am not going to make any sort of judgement on this new keyboard until I have actually tried it myself.
In shock...
I'm shocked by this new macbook.
Out of the box it can't connect to an external display, read from a DVD, read an SD card, or connect to anything USB while charging. Wanna do any of these...drop an extra $79 on an adapter? How do I import my pictures from SD cards? Two adapters?
I'm shocked by this new macbook.
Out of the box it can't connect to an external display, read from a DVD, read an SD card, or connect to anything USB while charging. Wanna do any of these...drop an extra $79 on an adapter? How do I import my pictures from SD cards? Two adapters?
Huh?
Then don't buy this as your primary machine. MBPs and MBAs aren't going away.
This is for people who need a little bit more than an iPad.
Then don't buy this as your primary machine. MBPs and MBAs aren't going away.
This is for people who need a little bit more than an iPad.
I'm just becoming increasingly more concerned because the Mac laptop line continues to lose features and capabilities, all in the misguided quest of becoming thinner and thinner.
Huh?
1. Most people looking for this kind of laptop won't use an external.
2. DVD...seriously? You mentioned that seriously?
3. Wireless or USB adapter.
4. What USB device are you going to connect to?
5. You'd import your pictures from your iPhone like most users would.
1. Most people looking for this kind of laptop won't use an external.
2. DVD...seriously? You mentioned that seriously?
3. Wireless or USB adapter.
4. What USB device are you going to connect to?
5. You'd import your pictures from your iPhone like most users would.
This thing will sell well, no matter how much people cry about it on sites like this. Many people believe that if they cannot use it, then no one can. This is not the case.