The "New MacBook - My Review

[stanmac]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nonda/get-your-macbook-ports-back

That is the unit I mentioned. It is beautiful, especially considering it looks like it belongs with the MacBook. But being backed up until the fall, I had to go a different route for now. Best Buy sells an Insignia branded USB-C to USB adapter very similar to Apples offering for $14.99. I purchased one today, and it's doing the job.

they can't get it to work. official email received today for full refund for all backers. sad though

 

[Psyfuzz]

they can't get it to work. official email received today for full refund for all backers. sad though

Really?

Man that sucks, it's literally the perfect accompaniment for the Macbook.

 

[neurodave]

they can't get it to work. official email received today for full refund for all backers. sad though

Shame to hear. It's such a beautiful concept, I would have loved it.

Side note: A few months into my rMB and I have not missed the ports. I do on occasion use my adapter (for my USB stick) but it is only when I need to save some school work, which isn't often because I used my schools cloud service 95% of the time. My iPhone only gets plugged in when restoring or jailbreaking.

So all-in-all the missing ports have not been missed. Battery life has been great and everyone is amazed how light and small this thing is. It performs beautifully and hasn't lost a beat.

 

[MauerFan07]

Shame to hear. It's such a beautiful concept, I would have loved it.

Side note: A few months into my rMB and I have not missed the ports. I do on occasion use my adapter (for my USB stick) but it is only when I need to save some school work, which isn't often because I used my schools cloud service 95% of the time. My iPhone only gets plugged in when restoring or jailbreaking.

So all-in-all the missing ports have not been missed. Battery life has been great and everyone is amazed how light and small this thing is. It performs beautifully and hasn't lost a beat.

If you were in the market for a new laptop, and liked the rMB, would you go ahead and get it now or just wait for Skylake? I'm not one who needs the latest and greatest, but I understand that this is a first gen laptop and improvements could happen. Sounds like it's working really well for you!

 

[neurodave]

If you were in the market for a new laptop, and liked the rMB, would you go ahead and get it now or just wait for Skylake? I'm not one who needs the latest and greatest, but I understand that this is a first gen laptop and improvements could happen. Sounds like it's working really well for you!

If you don't NEED it right now, I say wait. I am willing to bet that by very early 2016 we will see the 2nd generation.