I love the keyboard but...

So return it or sell it. Bizarre that when you need a 15" behemoth, you buy the lightest, thinnest least powerful mac laptop, and the whine and complain about it.

 

You wanted the opposite of what you bought, then.

 

It does sound like you bought the exact opposite of what you needed. If you are thinking the 15" pro was more in line with your needs, how did you ever think the new rMB would work?

The eye candy pulled you in

 

Sorry, to hear that, AdonisSMU.
Nevertheless, it is always a pleasure to read an honest, unbiased opinion about a product on MR.

 

For revision 2, Apple need to address the design issues. 1 port doesn't cut it and the cpu is throttled. Your 2008 MBA analogy is a good comparison. Back then a lot of people swore that it was an excellent design but it was flawed. Apple resolved those in subsequent iterations, 2010 specifically, so I'd expect they'll do the same with the 2016 model. Right now, the first generation is like a neutered MBA.

 

One port cuts it perfectly, in fact it's one too many for me. If you need more than one, you're doing it wrong.

It's not flawed. It does what it's supposed to do absolutely perfectly. The complainers are those who are not ready for a wireless life, or were expecting MBP power from the CPU.

 

If you bought a 12" MacBook and today you are saying that a 15" MacBook Pro is a must for your needs, then you have to blame yourself for the poor choice you made.....

Those machines are designed for totally different targets.

Yep. That's the main reason I choose the MacBook Pro 13" , even if I love the MacBook design.
I think it's a somewhat half baked product.

 

are you comparing an Atom to the Core M used in the MacBook ??

 

It's emerging that the single port with wire can't even charge via USB your iOS devices at speeds that other Mac laptops do. It's also can't charge the laptop and run an external drive off power at the same time, or similar combination. It is crippled.

The design is flawed and they expect mugs to buy it. This stuff about complainers buying the wrong computer for their needs is a cop out. Apple should be selling a laptop which is usable by the population, not crippled by some whacky notion that there's an advantage to this minimalist ideology. There isn't as is proven with the extreme limitations. Yes, I'm doing something wrong, I'm pointing out that the Macbook is crippled; somebody has to forsake the cheerleaders!

 

I don't know why that's a problem? My iMac charges my devices slower, too.

Again, if you're using an external drive with this laptop, then you have bought the wrong product. The fact you still use external drives regularly tells me you're not ready for this MacBook yet.

This laptop was always marketed as a supporting product. A more useful iPad, if you will. It does that absolutely brilliantly, I love mine. If you buy this as your primary computer, again, you're doing it wrong and were presumably drawn in by the aesthetics.

The laptop is not crippled. It just doesn't apply to your specific - and niche - use case.

 

ah ok, lol

BTW I don't think Xcode should be optimized for any specific CPU ...

Well, I'm ok with the minimalist ideology, but agree that with the MacBook they cut too many corners...

 

It should work well with every Apple notebook...

 

The 2008 Macbook Air had only one USB port, and Apple also back then touted it's wonderful portability and wireless capabilities as the reasoning for having only one USB port. And then in 2010 they released an update with 2 USB ports.

Personally, I don't mind having 1 data port - I mind not having a dedicated power plug (especially when the battery life is lackluster by today's standards). Magsafe is awesome, and it needs to return.

I suspect Intel has something to do with it tho. It seems every computer that uses the Core-M processor has uses the USB-C port for charging. Could it be a requirement by Intel to the OEMs, as a way to push USB 3.1 adoption?

 

Yea, perhaps their messaging is a bit stronger this time around, but I don't think that will stop Apple from listening to feedback and making the changes people want. Afterall, if Apple stuck to their staunch viewpoints and strategic decisions, we wouldn't have 5.5" iPhones, 7" iPods, or the Apple Pencil - to name a few.

It'c not certain they will bring back MagSafe or add another port, but they might and their marketing messaging isn't the thing that will stop them.

 

I think that this Ferrari is great, but it does't haul Lumber as well as my previous truck. I think I'm going to return it and but a Dodge Ram 3500 Diesel.

 

As already highlighted, they did in 2008, just to change their mind less than two years later with one of the best product ever (2010 MBAs) ...
I strongly suspect we are going to see a better CPU (for sure) and two USB-C ports in the next revision of MacBook...