I believe this is entirely for consistency. On the 13" function keys model the speakers are underneath the grills and even those only have only a couple holes punched through, the rest are cosmetic. So while speakers in the TB model are moved, the grills remain, this time with no holes, purely for design consistency within the 13" models and with the 15" model. Why is that so hard to accept?
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Teardown of 13-inch MacBook Pro With Touch Bar Reveals 'Cosmetic' Speaker Grilles [Updated]
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My point was in opposition to the argument that the reason for the placement of the charging poitn on teh mouse was to foce it to be used wirelessly. If that were true, why not also limit this on the keyboard and tackpad? (Basically, I do not agree with that argument).
Ah...maybe I mis-spoke. It was indeed just the magic trackpad that I was trying to charge. (I then wrongly assumed it also will not charge the other peripherals). I'll test them out tonight...but it is kind of odd...
For me this explains the over-the-top higher price for the Pro range over the last generation.
We are basically paying the extra for it to be serviced in the same way they service iPhones, iPads, iPod's. In that they are going to just be binned for parts and swapped out for a refurbished model when they break.
I always buy Apple care on V.1 computer products of this cost (just in case). But unlike my maximum spec'd 2011 i7 iMac, I cannot see this lasting the 5+ years and still holding it own and I have at least been able to increase the Ram to 32GB and use the spare Thunderbolt port from my Apple display to give USB 3 and attach to a Hub.
Also, the battery in every laptop I have ever owned needed replacing before the 5th year... I am also glad I spec's my MBP to the maximum, any doubt I had about doing so, has evaporated.
Let's hope we can negotiate to keep the EU 6 year law on manufacture warranty on products (when we 'Brexit'), as that has served me so well in the past, after the 3 year Apple care has expired. I am fastidious in regards to the upkeep of my gear and so if it breaks down and there is no cosmetic signs of damage / water ingress etc (no proof of user damage), I always get it replaced Apple care, or not.
Also, I would recommend that all buy only from a reputable and accountable retailer like Apple, or John Lewis, as they recognise the 6 year law in the UK. Curry's and PC World etc, play dumb...., I know from experience.
We are basically paying the extra for it to be serviced in the same way they service iPhones, iPads, iPod's. In that they are going to just be binned for parts and swapped out for a refurbished model when they break.
I always buy Apple care on V.1 computer products of this cost (just in case). But unlike my maximum spec'd 2011 i7 iMac, I cannot see this lasting the 5+ years and still holding it own and I have at least been able to increase the Ram to 32GB and use the spare Thunderbolt port from my Apple display to give USB 3 and attach to a Hub.
Also, the battery in every laptop I have ever owned needed replacing before the 5th year... I am also glad I spec's my MBP to the maximum, any doubt I had about doing so, has evaporated.
Let's hope we can negotiate to keep the EU 6 year law on manufacture warranty on products (when we 'Brexit'), as that has served me so well in the past, after the 3 year Apple care has expired. I am fastidious in regards to the upkeep of my gear and so if it breaks down and there is no cosmetic signs of damage / water ingress etc (no proof of user damage), I always get it replaced Apple care, or not.
Also, I would recommend that all buy only from a reputable and accountable retailer like Apple, or John Lewis, as they recognise the 6 year law in the UK. Curry's and PC World etc, play dumb...., I know from experience.
So applying the same principle you would be ok if they place the charging port of the MacBook on the bottom of the chassis or forcing you to charge the iPhone face down.
Nice pick-up! I'm currently looking at a 2015 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD version at a local store, but the $16xx they're asking still scares me. Can't even imagine the hell that would rain down on me from my wife if I brought it home, haha.
Maybe they are an undocumented feature like crumb catchers for those who eat at their computers.
Or, you can put some kernels in to feed bird(s), because this gen of MBP is for the birds as far as I am concerned.
I don't quite follow you...there is no way the motherboard is that cheap to Apple. The Intel processor cost alone is over $200 depending on model, plus the RAM and all the other components. But my point is that a 2TB PCI-express SSD is massively expensive, even at cost price to Apple.
And if they do transfer the repair costs n to the customer - then that is the precise problem I am talking about! : A logic board (or RAM or SSD or touchID) failure goes from a £500 repair to a £1500 repair.
Motherboards can be repaired. But they don't need your Mac to repair the motherboard. Swap the board, send it to China to be repaired, reuse it when it's returned.
You can still order this model new:
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MJLQ2LL/A&step=config
Yes, absurd, not to drill them through.
Let's wait until Phil Schiller explains it.
Probably "too cumbersome or just too courageous" to leave that area flat.
It is probably the single feature that brought online sales over the top compared to 2007 models.
Warrrrp ! Mouse with regular tail & keyboard with travel - I'd gladly pay 14k again...
Guess how much of my first Mac - a 512Ke - was upgradable?
RAM? No. 512K soldered to the logic board.
Hard disk? Didn't have one.
I'd certainly prefer the ability to upgrade, but that's not the way things are in the Apple world. And it rarely has been.
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The iPhone and iPad are fixed configuration, sealed box, non-upgradeable, non-repairable devices. Are they not disposable "throw away" devices, too? Probably not, right?Can't wait to get my disposable computer
Well, everybody is complaining about Apple deleting or eliminating features. Well, here they retained the speaker holes (or at least the looks of it) so that people would not complain. Apple is trying so hard to please their unappreciative customers, and yet people still complain.
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Guess how much of my first Mac - a 512Ke - was upgradable?
RAM? No. 512K soldered to the logic board.
Hard disk? Didn't have one.
I'd certainly prefer the ability to upgrade, but that's not the way things are in the Apple world. And it rarely has been.
For most users, though, it won't even be an issue. Buy what you want (or can afford), use it till it dies or you get something else.
Another skill highly prized in the United States: false equivalency. The Mac 512k was not called the Mac 512k “Pro”.
You maybe correct.
However, you may have noticed most passive cooling devices have vents on top to let air out. So what is the engineering thing going on here? The fan exits appear to be, like all MBs, in the rear.
I personally believe there's some engineering feature going on here.
I also wonder that aiming speakers at desktop might produce better sound, but more than likely the location is to maximize space for other stuff in the case.
OK I went back to ifixit to see if the upward speaker grill on my 12" rMB had the speakers pointing at it, well the answer is kindo of.
The 12" rMB has two speaker units that seem to be combined with antennas, "If this is a dielectric coating, some of Apple's recent patents could suggest that Apple is using the speaker assemblies to form a compound antenna, helping maximize power efficiency in this smaller form factor."
See those two gold things, speakers and antenna. Why make the vent all the way across? Style and cooling?
Cooling fan patents for the 2016 MBP (or something similar)
https://www.google.com/patents/US20...ved=0ahUKEwiWpN6f3K3QAhUT92MKHeCRCjcQ6AEIOTAE
You might notice Apple has a lot of stuff on cooling for its computers, they just don't slam a fan in a with somes holes in the sides.
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So you first complained that all your data was lost if your SSD drive breaks, then you tell us that you have backups. So obviously your complaint was just to complain, and you _knew_ no data was lost.
And you don't need to wipe an SSD drive if it is encrypted. There's no way to get to the data on an encrypted SSD drive.
I forget that it comes in space gray. I've always wanted a darker MacBook Pro. Must hold out. 32GB RAM. Must hold out. Coffee Lake hex-core. Must hold out! OLED or mLED display. MUST hold out!! Display in keyboard. MUST HOLD OUT!! Jet black. MUSTWAL;KJZXCOOWELKADFB1!!!3111!!!