Apple deserves it when they offer up stupid rationale.This gets really old
Apple deserves it when they offer up stupid rationale.This gets really old
Wouldn't a better question be "Why?".No glowing logo, no startup chime. Apple are removing all of the Mac's iconic features. Plus they're not including an extension cable because they can charge you more for that later.
I really hate Apple right now and anybody who still has their back after the crap we've seen this year is not thinking straight.
I read that Apple removed the startup chime because the MBP automatically boots up now when the lid is raised. This allows the user to turn on the computer in a quiet room now without anyone hearing the chime.No glowing logo, no startup chime. Apple are removing all of the Mac's iconic features. Plus they're not including an extension cable because they can charge you more for that later.
I really hate Apple right now and anybody who still has their back after the crap we've seen this year is not thinking straight.
None of my MacBooks have ever made the boot chime when waking from sleep. Must be some other reason.I read that Apple removed the startup chime because the MBP automatically boots up now when the lid is raised. This allows the user to turn on the computer in a quiet room now without anyone hearing the chime.
That'e because they are sleeping. No MB has ever had the chime when waking from sleep.None of my MacBooks have ever made the boot chime when waking from sleep. Must be some other reason.
If Steve Jobs would of allowed a laptop to go out the door without the ability to connect an iPhone/iPad natively without an adapter, we'd all be saying he'd of lost the plot. He was always about experience throughout the product. Not just a few elements.Yeah, but given that no one really knows what Steve Jobs would have done, how can we be sure that he would have done things any differently? For all we know, Steve Jobs may well have greenlighted the same things that Tim Cook did; Steve just would have been more persuasive and eloquent about it and better able to justify his rationale for doing so in a manner that made us want to believe him more.
If Steve Jobs would of allowed a laptop to go out the door without the ability to connect an iPhone/iPad natively without an adapter, we'd all be saying he'd of lost the plot. He was always about experience throughout the product. Not just a few elements.
If Steve Jobs would of allowed a laptop to go out the door without the ability to connect an iPhone/iPad natively without an adapter, we'd all be saying he'd of lost the plot. He was always about experience throughout the product. Not just a few elements.
We're starting to see Apple lose that train of thought from this version of MacBook. MagSafe gone. Multiple I/Os (without adapters) gone. The iconic backlit logo gone. Longer AC extension lead gone. Even if this is a majaor change in direction, no-one at Apple has said why it's a good one.
Is this a reaction to the Apple staff? Because this is exactly how I think about them.You crazy irritating idiots literally complain about anything and everything - even if it's in direct contradiction to the last thing you whinged about on some other pointless thread.
Most of you are truly showing your poor mental abilities and lack of critical thinking.
It's actually addictive to read. Both funny and scary at the same time - to realise exactly how utterly misinformed, sometimes baltently stupid people are. Especially those interested in technology, a group of people whom one would otherwise presume to be intelligent.
Apple has a full-blown PR crisis on its hands...and the damn thing isn't even available yet! If there are any problems with the new hardware, Apple is going to have a disaster on its hands that will make the Maps debacle seem like a walk in the park by comparison.
I read that Apple removed the startup chime because the MBP automatically boots up now when the lid is raised. This allows the user to turn on the computer in a quiet room now without anyone hearing the chime.
Wouldn't a better question be "Why?".
Think about it. It costs Apple nothing to keep the startup chime. Then go to the trouble of removing it and inviting all that backlash for no gain? Clearly someone believed there was some merit to it.
Same with the glowing logo. The MacBook showed that there was a price to making the display as thin as possible, and that was the iconic glowing Apple logo.
But I guess it's just easier to spew irrational hate.
Jobs was very obviously no bean counter, but mind you - part of Apple marketing, like it or not, revolved around the figure of Jobs, presented as a visionary.
I do feel that the influence of Steve Jobs can be overestimated and probably often is - especially in comparison to Ive.
Apple may be "forcing their ways on you" but they aren't "forcing you to buy their products".Well how about allowing the user to choose what they want? Typical Apple forcing their ways on you.
Why oh why get rid of the chime, not sure....at least keep it optional for people to bring it back! New generation watching Wall-E won't get the joke of the chime sound when he's rebooted.![]()
Won't someone think of the kids?!![]()
I don't understand the hand-wringing over the removal of the startup chime. What purpose does it serve?
I personally found it annoying. Thankfully I don't hear it much because the only times I boot up my OSX systems are when a system update requires it.
I guess. For me it is as "nostalgic" as my mom's "liver and onions" dinner when I was a kid.Nostalgia counts for something to many of us
I agree which is why I will not be buying this latest MBP. I'm sticking with my 2015 15" and 2012 non retina 13", both of which I bought in 2015.Well how about allowing the user to choose what they want? Typical Apple forcing their ways on you.
I am with you. I have been a loyal apple customer for about 10 years now and I find it very hard to understand why the are adjusting their prices in such an extreme manner. More so why can additional memory in the year 2016 cost 200-400 usd is beyond my fantasies. On top of that these laptops are becoming so expensive that they begin to loose some of their "brand" features making them even more expensive in terms of use.
I wish I could go back to windows, but it's not quite there yet.
If Apple made the surface studio people would moan.
They would wonder why the computer part is separate when the imac is all in one. They would say that they didnt want the screen to be so thin if it meant the computer part would be separate.
They would say the Surface studio is way under powered for $3,000 machine.
They would say the puck is nice, but what professional is really going to actually use that puck?
They would say what are the fonts so small on photoshop and why it there's still so much of the OS that isnt designed for touch or why there are at least 3 or 4 places to go in Windows to change the same settings (add remove programs/features etc..)
They would say why does it need a virus checker running? Why cant it deal with DPI stuff properly. Why does it have to reboot when I change DPI?
But it's a Microsoft device. And MS is now the tool that I use to beat Apple around the head with because Apple isnt making me feel warm and fuzzy anymore. So I will not mention any of MS's failures or inadequacies because it doesn't serve my purpose of beating up Apple.
At the end of the day, I think the new devices are too expensive. But when you are the best, you are the best. Pay up or shut up. If they weren't the best they couldn't (and wont get away with) these prices.
Time will tell. But I'm willing to bet that every Apple product they released last week will be more useful, usable and just a better machine on the whole than any equivalent machine from their competitors. Primarily because Mac OS and it's integrated, opinionated approach to the world is just better than Windows for lots of people. They make machines for users to use, not orgasm over spec numbers...
It is for those people that don't just leave their old macbooks in the dust bin. I either sell or pass on my devices to family members...and I'm going to give the extension with it. $20 isn't a big deal, it is just the attitude of screwing over customers that is a problem. A $500 price increase and they can't include a cable that costs them <$2 that was included in every laptop computer before it (Other than the 2015 rMB.)The power extension isn't really an issue for people replacing their old MacBooks.
I guess. For me it is as "nostalgic" as my mom's "liver and onions" dinner when I was a kid.
How many times a year do you hear the startup chime?