Hopefully they are hard at work right now on v2 which will hit the spot perfectly in terms of performance and battery life and possibly ports. I think HP are heading in the right direction with their AIr competing Envy 13. Its good to see the competition, Microsoft included, stepping up.
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Phil Schiller Discusses Retina MacBook, Apple's 'Intense Collaboration'
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"There's even a deeper level of terracing cutouts in the body that aren't for more battery power, but to cut down on the overall system weight."
Because nobody could possibly want longer battery life.
Seriously Phil the obsession with thin and light (taken to ridiculous extremes with the iMac) forces your engineers to come up with innovative solutions to problems that wouldn't exist if you let them have a few extra millimetres to work with.
Just a Macbook Air Retina scenario to illustrate what we really got with Tim Cook's deceptive bean counting move. Tim the bean-counter only created the rMB to increase profit margins over the current MB Air margins, and hoped naive sheep customers wouldn't notice the move.
The 2015 Retina Macbook Air:
Tim Cook put a Retina screen in the MBA. Yay! But wait. He also put in a mobile processor; gave it one single port and eliminated all other ports and connectivity options, which now requires the need for additional pricey dongles; replaced the current Air front facing camera with a 480 camera; removed the lighted logo; smaller screen; made the already very thin MB Air even thinner at the expense of, yet again, performance; and raised the price. Then, he changed the name from MBA to rMB (to disguise his profit margin con game).
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it's a genuine shame to see such a weak article as this just completely ignore that fact. It's not "perfect". It's a disaster.
I think it's pretty remarkable that Apple orchestrates these warm fuzzy stories to appear almost daily, or so it seems. Some might call them "Puff Pieces" as the journalists label such gushing laudatory articles.
It's no wonder Apple is so successful, they are constantly being written about in a very positive way, with just a few exceptions. Such a testament to the Kingdom Built by Jobs, Wozniak et. al.
It's no wonder Apple is so successful, they are constantly being written about in a very positive way, with just a few exceptions. Such a testament to the Kingdom Built by Jobs, Wozniak et. al.
I wonder what the top people at Apple really make of the rMB? Is it something they would use themselves or even recommend to family and friends? Are they waiting to see what comes out in v2 as well? It certainly has its fans amongst users who have made the purchase but also has plenty of detractors. I wonder what chunk of mac sales it represents on a percentage scale?
Sure! But it's still mind boggling that a 2015 MacBook only has similar performance with the iPad Air 2 from 2014.
Why is it "mind boggling?" Makes sense to me considering the intended market for the rMB (and the state of 2014 iPad Air 2). That's why Apple offers choices. For many people on the go who don't need to search for the prime number as a background task or render full length movies, the rMB is a great solution.
Want more power with a retina display - and a decent 10 hour battery life? There's a choice available, the MacBook Pro. Want more power and a retina display in a MacBook with poor battery life? Apple's not going to offer that.
When Intel offers higher performance CPUs that dissipate less power, allowing a 9+ hour battery life with a retina display (which dissipates more power), I'm sure Apple will upgrade to those CPUs when available.
Probably the most disappointing computer that Apple has produced in many years. It should have been what the MacBook has always been, basic computing at the lowest price in the Mac notebook line. What they should have done is drop the standard 13" MacBook Pro and introduce a new MacBook with two USB3 ports, an HDMI port, a MagSafe power port, and an SD card reader. Put all of that in a redesigned package with a standard 13" display (i.e. not Retina) and price it at $899.
A single port is fine in an iOS device, but not in a notebook or computer of any design.
A single port is fine in an iOS device, but not in a notebook or computer of any design.
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Really looking forward to seeing what apple do next with the MBP line. If they go even thinner with a redesign that competes even further with the current Air line, then all bets are off. I will have ridden the entire rMBP lifecycle on a non-retina Macbook Pro. Amazing really.
Not fond of the retina screen in it's present form ie; anti glare coating. Would rather see a higher def matte screen in a quad Macbook Air with ports.
But sorry, when iPhone library is broken, I have no choice but plug it in to a computer to fix this. Plus i need to sync contents to iPhone.
Again, , you can say "you have different workflow to mine", period.
I do this all the time with my rMB using the USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter. Both my rMB and iPhone 6S Plus charge fine and USB data tethering works great.
I've yet to run into a situation where I've wanted more than one USB-C port.
I dumped my iPad Air for the rMB. For me the portability of the rMB is just as good as the iPad plus I get a full-fledged desktop OS with no compromises.
If I'm transcoding videos or playing games I use my Mac Pro. For just about everything else the rMB is perfect.
What "speaktenna" implies:
Please call it something else; something that doesn't sound like it predates television.
Please call it something else; something that doesn't sound like it predates television.
I was thinking the same thing. There is a somewhat disturbing trend with the new Mac mini and MacBook, less capabilities but at the same or higher prices.
I think what may have happened with the MacBook is that the design team tried to outdo all of the other MacBook form factors (Pro and Air) and then when the price came in they realized that it really didn't fit within the current lineup. What they should have done is be more conservative which would have allowed a lower price with standard ports (basically a simple update to the historical MacBook theme).
The lineup should have remained:
MacBook Pro: for those wanting the ultimate in a notebook computer.
MacBook Air: for those who want the smallest and lightest notebook.
MacBook: for everyone else (perhaps not as light as the Air, but not as powerful or pricy as the Pro).
Make no mistake, the new MacBook has some interesting design features but those really should have ended up in a redesigned Air and/or new MacBook Pro. But please, no more USB-C in any of the Macs (it's a really poor replacement for traditional USB3, or MagSafe, or Thunderbolt).
The rMB wasn't released correctly: First, they limited the maximum RAM in an unnecessary way. Second, they ignored the imminent Skylake release. This time Microsoft was smarter, and did their Surface-related releases in an smart way, both in terms of RAM and CPU. Also, the choice of allowing an optional NVIDIA GPU was a very wise decision for Microsoft.
I'm not saying I'll buy a Microsoft product, just that Apple released the rMB already outdated at its launch time.
However, the wait until they fix the wrong initial release choices can be good, because I find that the same rMB concept would be great with a display an inch or two larger (and no, the MBA isn't a large rMB).
I'm not saying I'll buy a Microsoft product, just that Apple released the rMB already outdated at its launch time.
However, the wait until they fix the wrong initial release choices can be good, because I find that the same rMB concept would be great with a display an inch or two larger (and no, the MBA isn't a large rMB).
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That's because such people only used their computers for surfing, blogging, and social networking, and obviously you don't need a Mac for that. However, for anybody doing any other task, a Mac is required. Even for light office tasks, the comfort and efficiency of OS X cannot be compared to the toy-based flow of iOS.
Even for writing emails, I'm faster with a Mac than with an iPad, and I have to correct fewer typing mistakes too.
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In the Jobs era these interviews were impossible. Yet Phil Schiller is dancing around every media possible these days.
I was talking to a guy not long after he bought the MacBook, he said he had no idea how wimpy it was and that it was a huge mistake that he'd made, looks nice performs poorly.
It's funny that all the people complaining about the rMB the most don't seem to own or even consider owning one.
On the other hand, those who own it (like me) tend to like it. I have yet to read a post like "man, I bought the rMB and I really hate it because of only one port and the 420p webcam".
I don't need ports, but I want maximum mobility. The rMB is perfect for me. If you want faster, more ports, or larger key travel, get the MBP. The MBP is also still pretty mobile. The MBA, in my opinion, is obsolete.
On the other hand, those who own it (like me) tend to like it. I have yet to read a post like "man, I bought the rMB and I really hate it because of only one port and the 420p webcam".
I don't need ports, but I want maximum mobility. The rMB is perfect for me. If you want faster, more ports, or larger key travel, get the MBP. The MBP is also still pretty mobile. The MBA, in my opinion, is obsolete.