The real crisis is the goofy rubber button keyboards on the floppy iPad pro's which executives are now using because the retina macbook has been discontinued.
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Phil Schiller Discusses 16-Inch MacBook Pro, Says Virtual Esc Key Was Number One Complaint About Touch Bar
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The real crisis is the goofy rubber button keyboards on the floppy iPad pro's which executives are now using because the retina macbook has been discontinued.
I hate the Touch Bar. Never do I say, "boy, I'm glad I have that on this Mac!"
You have no idea how they are being used. When you have a kid, school aged, then opine.
yes, i know, just wasn't sure if they confirmed that it's coming to the 13" later on.
i agree about the touch bar. they may phase it out, if not they need to put it on their separate keyboards. i usually use my laptop folded under the display with a keyboard and mouse, so wouldn't get to use the tb much anyway.
Genuinely curious how it helps with text boxes. I don't have a computer with a Touch Bar, and can't ever see myself getting one because I use the function keys so much.
It may be omitted when both a 14” is released to keep the product features alike. 2020 or 2021 is when the complete transition should happen for the MBP line.
This is Apple’s way of admitting it made a mistake, the change will happen overtime and not in one swoop unfortunately.
Yes on the processor, but that also applies to the Air. There might have been a heat sink issue where they needed a larger chassis, but that should less and less of an issue with the newer processors.
The one USB-C I also agree on. It was nearly mean not having two.
TB is an odd design choice tbh. It just does not fit well when someone has to look down at the KB area to perform an action. Even if that TB was placed on the display panel below it would have made more sense. Clamshell mode renders all built-in input methods useless and really is not a place for any complaints
“Defective“ is ridiculous and quite the reach, but unsurprising from you as you’ve continued to be wrong about Apple.
macOS hardware is designed with longevity in-mind, the rMBA heatsink issue is a big concern overtime. Even though my machines are a business expense I do not upgrade often. My Mac hardware usually is kept for 5-8 years as the deciding factor is reliability of the machine, downtime and macOS updates for security issues.
rMBA is a termal risk and liability that I cannot afford. Having a great display is one thing but if that display cannot be powered as the computer internals are being fried with every extensive use that tells me the engineering dept took a back seat to the marketing team
Oh so shiny and beautiful!! But it will break and cause known future problem, no thank you.
sigh. We should be so lucky. Is there anyone who actually finds that stupid thing useful?
I totally agree that Chromebooks are stupid to put in schools. However, I feel the same way about iPads.
The business world is almost all Windows, (outside of servers) and devs/engineers/creatives are all pretty split between Windows and MacOS. So what should an out of touch school system do? Definitely buy iPads and Chromebooks.
The business world is almost all Windows, (outside of servers) and devs/engineers/creatives are all pretty split between Windows and MacOS. So what should an out of touch school system do? Definitely buy iPads and Chromebooks.
When a text box is selected in Safari, it shows predictive suggestions (like above the keyboard on iOS) and does AutoFill for addresses, names, credit cards, etc., the same way.
I don't mind the Touch Bar, and it some ways it's actually quite useful. However, I much prefer having physical function/media keys, vs a dynamic interface that requires you to hunt and peck for the key you want. What would be great is if Apple added back the F keys AND kept the Touch Bar. I have to imagine there is more than enough room on this 16" MBP for both.
Because you want to encourage them to continue to do precisely that. Neither costs you anything, and the former makes everyone happy, so what’s the harm?
TB is an odd design choice tbh. It just does not fit well when someone has to look down at the KB area to perform an action. Even if that TB was placed on the display panel below it would have made more sense. Clamshell mode renders all built-in input methods useless and really is not a place for any complaints
that would be nice, i suppose, if (at least) one part of the display was touch compatible. eventually apple will get there, maybe)
So they take the No 1 complaint and fix that terrible mistake but what about complaints No 2 and 3 etc?
What about all those who complained about not having dedicated volume buttons and screen brightness buttons???
What about all those who complained about not having dedicated volume buttons and screen brightness buttons???
Probably the Air. I expect the 13/14” MacBook Pro to get upgraded next year.
well as a recent owner of a pixelbook go after 25 years using apple computers i can honestly this thing is better than any of the crap apple has released in the last 6 or more years.
in fact it's because of the utter garbage apple keep releasing this may be the first of many products that leads me completely away from apple.
Hey man, don’t go nit-picking on Phil on release day! This is supposed to be 😎🤓