Users get a 1.1 Ghz 12-inch compared to a 1.6Ghz MBA
I can see USB-C in all machines, maybe even the 'Pro" eventually.
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MacBook Air With USB-C Again Rumored, Launch Timeframe Unclear
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Users get a 1.1 Ghz 12-inch compared to a 1.6Ghz MBA
I can see USB-C in all machines, maybe even the 'Pro" eventually.
When I say "they," I'm referring to regular PC manufacturers, not Apple. Apple has always been ridiculous with their ports. The original iMac's lack of legacy ports was stupidity. The thing should've had PS/2 at least. And they kept putting all these different stupid display ports in later iMacs that required adaptors to regular VGA. So many hoops to jump through just to connect stuff to a DESKTOP Mac.
TB and FireWire were fine because they also kept USB even though it was inferior. Though some people spent tons of money on TB adaptors, and I'm afraid it won't live long.
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Oh please, why are you comparing USB to RS232 and SATA? External devices usually don't use SATA, and RS232 isn't the market-adoped standard nowadays. You want to buy external SATA or RS232 stuff, it'll cost more. You want to buy USB-C stuff, it'll cost more. USB stuff is cheap and mass-produced.
If you don't like the MacBook, wait until the rMBP and MBA refreshes that take out ports.
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Why the cognitive dissonance in your post? Either you like it for what it is, or you don't. It's premium...but sucks? Really?
Apple probably won't be shoving anything. Nor do you have to buy it.
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....and a battery big enough to power that retina display, which would require a bigger chassis. Apple already makes a computer like that: it's called the 13" MacBook Pro.
What's not to get? The rMB starts at $1,300 and the MBA starts at $900. That's $400. Don't know about you but $400 is still a lot of money for most people. Especially if you buy it locally and have to pay tax, and add on Apple Care, accessories, etc. that $400 can pay for everything, rather than contributing to an entry price point.
Back to college / university has to impact Apple's timeline to refresh Mac's. Intel Cannonlake late, so switch in Kaby Lake.
I actually have a PowerBook from 2000, and I can agree with this statement...
But a 1440x900 non-IPS screen from 2010 certainly doesn't belong on a $999 laptop in 2016.
It's a new milestone low that Apple allowed the MAC laptop line to get so degraded that the choice or not of a USB C port is significant news.
Apple MBPs are ancient compared to Dell, Lenovo and HP offerings over the last 12 months. Even the MS Surface 4 is superior.
Apple continues to price their SSD storage 1.5x to 2x the market price. There just is no innovation to be seen in the Apple notebook line.
After months waiting months for new MBPs all we may get is a OLED set of Fn keys. Good grief!
Apple MBPs are ancient compared to Dell, Lenovo and HP offerings over the last 12 months. Even the MS Surface 4 is superior.
Apple continues to price their SSD storage 1.5x to 2x the market price. There just is no innovation to be seen in the Apple notebook line.
After months waiting months for new MBPs all we may get is a OLED set of Fn keys. Good grief!
Actually Apple did!
For the iMac G3 they replaced all old ports with USB, but for the professional mac they mixed ports a bit and kept the ADB port (for keyboards, mouse and old modems) and brought the new USB ports, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Macintosh_G3_(Blue_&_White)
By the time they actually hit the market (I'm guessing, realistically, late 2016) they better have it. That other processor is slowly becoming dated already and will be old news by then....what is it, oh, ya, Skylake or something.
Apple might keep the Air on sale for a while like they did with the 13 inch non retina Macbook Pro.
A sad joke, yes. I think Tim Cook wants everyone to use the iPad Pro, the Mac lines are just casualties in this. The Mac seems like it is beings sunsetted to me.
No. There is absolutely no need to drop Magsafe. It is the best single invention for Macs since the mouse.
Less is more. Apple needs to go back to the way it use to be. You can't please everyone. If I ran Apple I would kill the air and MacBook. I would just have a 13" and 15" MacBook Pro but lower the price by $500. Have 3 iPads (12.9", 9.7 and mini). Have 2 iPhones but Shrink the bezels (4.7 and 5.5). I would stop makeing multiple color options. Laptops, computers, iPads and iPhones would come in only one color. Most people put cases on phones and iPads so they can have any color they want with a case.
they should drop the useless 12 Incher and improve the Air with retina display.
much easier,much better.
unfortunately after 10 years of buying macs I quit waiting for a MBP with a processor better than Haswell and got a windows laptop.
Crikey, they are off their game then! The only people I've seen using the watch and the rMB in Australia is balding, middle-aged white guys with comb-overs.
I don't have problem in a single usb-c port if
1) stay magsafe, i need connect peripherals AND charge the laptop
2) apple really adopt usb-c, putt in iPads and iPhones, in this case more peripherals, more people use, more industry adoption, etc...
1) stay magsafe, i need connect peripherals AND charge the laptop
2) apple really adopt usb-c, putt in iPads and iPhones, in this case more peripherals, more people use, more industry adoption, etc...
I really wanted to like the keyboard, but I had a visceral dislike to using it.
Maybe I'd get used it but call me a tight-arse, I don't want to spent $2000AUD on the assumption that I might get used to something.
So what, the Mac OS is identical across the consumer and Pro hardwares line. Do you want macOS to fragment into consumer, pro and enterprise lines like Windows?
It's how you use it that defines whether its a pro-device or not some label and certainly not a I/O shackled to a mouse and keyboard.
As for professionals using iPads. Come on, open your eyes! They're are used by doctors, nurses, pilots, engineers, architects, artists, writers, web developers, photographers, educators, occupational therapists, managers/executives, podcasters, videographers etc etc etc.
What kind of professional and professional work in the knowledge economy can't use an iPad?
But that's not a direct comparison, and you know it. If you look at the comparably specced 13" MBA, the difference is $100. And the MBA is also missing a retina display.
If they released a smaller MacBook, with the 11" MBA specs, I would guess it would be similar in price. So again, what's the point of redesigning the Air? Just make the MB the go to for people who want something cheaper.
That depends.
If your workflow and livelihood depends on those particular hardware form factors/products then yes, it's time to move on. That's assuming of course you can migrate your workflow and tools to Linux or Windows. The small-form factor and workstation categories are very well represented by PC makers.
If however, your needs can be serviced by a different Mac, then the less painful transition is to buy one of the (seemingly few) Macs Apple is still interested in maintaining.
I'm curious, as a lawyer what are your computing needs like? A friend of mine is working towards being a barrister and he gets on with using a 12 inch iPad pro as his primary machine.
Neither of those macs have been on display at Apples retail stores for a very long time, so a big chunk of the Mac buying public probably doesn't even know they exist.