Same old stuff, both Mac’s and Windows computers. I’d like to see a more modern OS and new form factors.
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New Razer Blade Stealth vs. Apple's MacBooks
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4K monitor on a 13" laptop isn't a pro for me. Ridiculously high resolution for a monitor that size and an unnecessary drain on power. Plus, no Mac OS.
Yeah...If your primary interest is gaming and you're ok with much less battery life, and having to use Windows. And...if your laptop not being integrated into the Apple ecosystem with your other Apple devices is not a biggie.
Excellent points, that I have taken for granted. I find Apple's customer service and the build quality of my devices both outstanding.
To this day Apple still helps me over the phone solve any software issues related to updates on my 2012 MBP. They don’t care how old it is as long as it’s up to date. They will spend as much time as I need getting the 7 year old machine to run right ( which it usually does).
What other company would offer that much assistance on a 7 year old laptop computer?
Well, that explains Apple's current craptacular Mac lineup...
I wonder if the keyboards last longer than an MBP. Does it suffer from a T2 crashes? How about the display, is it subject to staingate? No! Well it ain't a Macbook Pro.
I wonder if the keyboards last longer than an MBP. Does it suffer from a T2 crashes? How about the display, is it subject to staingate? No! Well it ain't a Macbook Pro.
It's clearly not a MacBook Pro. That was never in question. They may not experience the same issues you mentioned but they do have crippling firmware issues and a slew of reported hardware issues. Check the Razor forums. People there on their 4th or 5th replacement laptop from Razer and still don't have a fully functional product. Razer support is mostly useless. So, congrats to them for not making a MacBook Pro?
This is an apples (no pun intended) to oranges comparison. The cheapest 15 inch MacBook Pro is $2500, while the MX150 Razer Blade Stealth is $1600; a difference of $900. Not to mention that the different sizes equate to a very different design intention. People that buy 13-inch laptops are typically more concerned with greater portability, whereas people who buy a 15 want more power with some portability. I know you say you don't have a 13-inch MacBook Pro with which to compare it, but as such, this shouldn't have been a comparison at all. The machines are too different.
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I'd pay several hundred dollars for an Apple-supported release of MacOS I could run on third-party hardware. Not that that's going to happen anytime soon, of course.Too bad it doesn't run macOS.
2012 products still had Steve job’s influence. Before the leadership of Tim crooked cook handicapped Apple.
There's an easy way for Apple to create new desirable Macbook Pros that answer some of these sleek competitors, while gracefully backing out of the unmitigated disaster that is the current keyboard design AND useless touchbar.
Shrink the bezels dramatically and make an all new Macbook in the 14 inch form factor, with a 15 inch equivalent screen, and use the extra space to incorporate a discrete GPU and better battery, while removing the touchbar and restoring a scissor keyboard much more like the one in Apple's magic/aluminium standalone keyboard. Offer it up in a new range of colours like jet black, white etc, and even give it a new name suffix like the Macbook Air, but the Macbook 'something'. People who hate the touch/keyboard will jump all over it, and you can keep selling the older ones for a bit so that people don't say they've fully abandoned those failed features (you know Apple they gotta save face and not admit the catastrophe that has been touchbar and keyboard). After a while quietly slide the worst Macbook Pros ever off the store and everyone will forgive and forget. And you can do a supersized 16 inch model with maybe more TB3 ports or 2nd SSD for all those guys who've been asking for the old 17 back. Oh and put the fricking glowing Apple logo back somehow. Later update the 12 inch Macbook and you have a decent 12,14 and 16 range. Also, at a glance, take design cues from the most recent iPad Pro for a new Macbook. Tim, I don't care call it Macbook Potato or Macbook Social Justice or something.
I've always thought 14 is the perfect size for carrying around all day, the 13 in effect is smaller than it even needs to be, and the 15 with its bezels still feels too physically large rather than heavy.
Shrink the bezels dramatically and make an all new Macbook in the 14 inch form factor, with a 15 inch equivalent screen, and use the extra space to incorporate a discrete GPU and better battery, while removing the touchbar and restoring a scissor keyboard much more like the one in Apple's magic/aluminium standalone keyboard. Offer it up in a new range of colours like jet black, white etc, and even give it a new name suffix like the Macbook Air, but the Macbook 'something'. People who hate the touch/keyboard will jump all over it, and you can keep selling the older ones for a bit so that people don't say they've fully abandoned those failed features (you know Apple they gotta save face and not admit the catastrophe that has been touchbar and keyboard). After a while quietly slide the worst Macbook Pros ever off the store and everyone will forgive and forget. And you can do a supersized 16 inch model with maybe more TB3 ports or 2nd SSD for all those guys who've been asking for the old 17 back. Oh and put the fricking glowing Apple logo back somehow. Later update the 12 inch Macbook and you have a decent 12,14 and 16 range. Also, at a glance, take design cues from the most recent iPad Pro for a new Macbook. Tim, I don't care call it Macbook Potato or Macbook Social Justice or something.
I've always thought 14 is the perfect size for carrying around all day, the 13 in effect is smaller than it even needs to be, and the 15 with its bezels still feels too physically large rather than heavy.
Looks like a nice light notebook.
Without a removable slate tablet display though, makes it about as useless as a MacBook Pro for me.
The Surface Book 2 is a product type Apple doesn’t even have. It’s be neat to see that vs its current competition in a round-up.
Without a removable slate tablet display though, makes it about as useless as a MacBook Pro for me.
The Surface Book 2 is a product type Apple doesn’t even have. It’s be neat to see that vs its current competition in a round-up.
Why not compare a similarly spec’d 2018 Razer Blade 15”?
These two models are so different, it’s not even worth looking at.
These two models are so different, it’s not even worth looking at.