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Microsoft Targets MacBook Air's Need for Dongles, Lack of Touchscreen in New Ad
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I really love the Surface Book and we use them extensively at work. Literally everyone in the office has one apart from me. However, no one uses the touch screen functionality. We just wanted Windows computers from a reputable brand with good screens and the Surface Book hit the nail on the head. If it didn't have a touch screen, that would be fine. The fact the keyboard comes off is irrelevant. Honestly, we could just use Surface Laptops instead now but at this stage it's more a matter of whoever got a Surface Laptop would be the odd one out and the price difference is relatively negligible.
At the end of the day, Windows is just a terrible touch OS and OS X is in all likelihood a terrible touch OS too. To be honest, in my own personal experience, there have been many more times that I've wanted the ability to run an OSX app on my iPad Pro than I've wanted to be able to touch the screen of my MacBook Pro or my desktop macs.
At the end of the day, Windows is just a terrible touch OS and OS X is in all likelihood a terrible touch OS too. To be honest, in my own personal experience, there have been many more times that I've wanted the ability to run an OSX app on my iPad Pro than I've wanted to be able to touch the screen of my MacBook Pro or my desktop macs.
Yeah, sure. So why don’t we just batch develop a few RAWs, stitch panos, and do some comps and see which is faster... over a longer time... running silent... oh, wait... 🤣😂
I don’t want a touchscreen on a laptop. Do agree about the lack of ports though. It’s been 5 years since Apple killed all the other ports, and the vast majority of peripherals still use the legacy ports.
Cool, a super fast M1 chip to run iOS (iPadOS) so you can play fart app games.
Surface comes with a useable OS so you can actually do work and play.
iPad is a glorified email machine and that's it until Apple wakes up and does something more.
When I see an add of a company that compares their products with the competition.......I smell DESPERATION.
M1 and macOS are the big differences. The Surface is nice if you are stuck needing to run Windows.
I've had a Surface 6, and X, and Laptop...I've used the touchscreen zero times on all three. I had a pen w/ both the 6 and X, and the pen is okay but nothing to write home about. I never used the USB port, and hate the idea that I have to have a special charging cable compatible vs just a USB-C. Everything else is meh, including Windows 10.
They’re not wrong ... regarding dongles. There is simply no excuse for any MacBook to not have a card reader and at least one USB-A port. Even Apple admits this mistake hence why such ports are returning in upcoming MacBook releases.
The lack of touchscreen on a laptop is beneficial as far as I am concerned. I’m about ready to break a few people’s wrists because they point to something on my computer screen at work and the cursor jumps to where they point.
The lack of ports is a valid criticism for most Apple products.
The lack of ports is a valid criticism for most Apple products.
Given that young people prefer Apple devices over whatever else, I'm not surprised that MS is running ads featuring teens pointing out features that teens may prefer. Nothing else has worked from an ad perspective, so might as well try this, I suppose.
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Another thing the Mac is missing is the Windows logo on the case.
Now the comparison is complete! 🤦🏻
Now the comparison is complete! 🤦🏻
i'm curious what percentage of people would even use a card reader...
It does surprise (and annoy) me that they’re bringing back SD card instead of USB A. If they’re not going to do all 3, which they should, USB A and HDMI are the clear choices IMO.
Microsoft missed the point that the actual comparison is with the M1 iPad Pro
Do they get that people don't use Windows laptops because of Windows? Until they fix that, everything else is a silly complaint.
My mum tried to scroll on the display of my MacBook to show me something the other day, I thought it was cute. My 67+ year old mother is ahead of Apple!
seriously. i never used a card reader on my macbook pro, when i had one))) usb a i can go for though, for sure!
Because the current-gen without the ports is not what people want.. It's ok to say Apple got it wrong.
Wait, they stopped shipping Windows 10 on Surface? I missed that.
"Love" and "Microsoft" are two words that I have never uttered in the same sentence.
HATE touchscreen laptops. Had one for some years at work and never used it. Hate getting fingerprints all over the screen and I can generally mouse around and use keyboard commands much faster than touching the screen.