Why not?Buying old gear is never an option.
Less money, performance is near that of the current machine. Better keyboard, and ports that don't require a mess of dongles.
Why not?Buying old gear is never an option.
Why not?
Less money, performance is near that of the current machine. Better keyboard, and ports that don't require a mess of dongles.
See thats an interesting thing you said there about excitement level. The more I read here the more I realise there are two different kinds of buyers - those buying because its it new or has some excitment level, and those buying because they have needs to fill/a job to do. I suspect this is why there are such polarised views on this new machine.Ah, so that was you I saw drivning an 84 Datsun. Kidding aside I see your point but the excitment level in buying last years gear is just so low. My point is that if stickning to contemporary stuff as options to this one I don't see any. No one would be happier than me to be proven wrong here.
See thats an interesting thing you said there about excitement level. The more I read here the more I realise there are two different kinds of buyers - those buying because its it new or has some excitment level, and those buying because they have needs to fill/a job to do. I suspect this is why there are such polarised views on this new machine.
Agree, and the getting the job done should be as frustration free as possible. The video captures the frustrating aspects that were encountered quite well.
So there's a bug; and a rather strange one. Considering lots of people have these, if it is universal, we will be hearing about it soon enough.
1) He uses 100 words where 5 would suffice which makes it almost unbearable
2) So, if the macbook pro is so worthless, what's a better alternative? Lenovo? What a joke. Dell? Can they even spell quality assurance? HP? I mean come on.
I like the video he did comparing old thinkpad to new ones but this is just too much "show" and too little substance.
Why not?
Less money, performance is near that of the current machine. Better keyboard, and ports that don't require a mess of dongles.
Apple stockholders care about phone sales.A recall now will just take the cake. That will ruin Apple's share price.
Ah, so that was you I saw drivning an 84 Datsun. Kidding aside I see your point but the excitment level in buying last years gear is just so low. My point is that if stickning to contemporary stuff as options to this one I don't see any. No one would be happier than me to be proven wrong here.
Just no, got fed up with his delusional rants that made no sense. Laptops break, all laptops break at some point, even Macs, he knows this which is why he does it for a living. I mean does he seriously want everything to be bullet proof? Does he want to be out of a job? Idiot.
I didn't have the time to watch the whole video. Are the issues related to third party cables or are they to device/driver issues? Better off buying Apple official adapters and cables to avoid problems or is it a bigger problem than that?
This was my exact reaction as I watched that horrible video of him ranting.Man that guy does my head in. Like every video is about how much he hates Apple, yet he seems to spend a lot of his time fixing Apple devices which I gather provide some form of income... I thought he was okay when I first saw him, but watch a few videos, the guy's a total butt hurt!
He seems to have a love affair with ThinkPads, I remember one video he was criticising MacBooks and saying his ThinkPad was better, because he could drop it off ladders and it still worked... Like okay... And he went on to suggest that again, the ThinkPad is better as he had one with an extended battery, which he could grip with his hand. So the ThinkPad is better because he could hold it with one hand, and type with the other, and went on to demo him walking around the shop holding it in this way. Who does this?! Why would anyone criticise a laptop because you can't walk around with it typing?
Just no, got fed up with his delusional rants that made no sense. Laptops break, all laptops break at some point, even Macs, he knows this which is why he does it for a living. I mean does he seriously want everything to be bullet proof? Does he want to be out of a job? Idiot.
He hates apple because he knows exactly how these devices are made and how they work.Man that guy does my head in. Like every video is about how much he hates Apple, yet he seems to spend a lot of his time fixing Apple devices which I gather provide some form of income... I thought he was okay when I first saw him, but watch a few videos, the guy's a total butt hurt!
He seems to have a love affair with ThinkPads, I remember one video he was criticising MacBooks and saying his ThinkPad was better, because he could drop it off ladders and it still worked... Like okay... And he went on to suggest that again, the ThinkPad is better as he had one with an extended battery, which he could grip with his hand. So the ThinkPad is better because he could hold it with one hand, and type with the other, and went on to demo him walking around the shop holding it in this way. Who does this?! Why would anyone criticise a laptop because you can't walk around with it typing?
Just no, got fed up with his delusional rants that made no sense. Laptops break, all laptops break at some point, even Macs, he knows this which is why he does it for a living. I mean does he seriously want everything to be bullet proof? Does he want to be out of a job? Idiot.
If I follow your logic, stockholders in CXW should pray for more drug related shootings so their company isn't "out of a job." Should those who invest in & staff the prison hope for more crime in their local community in return for financial security? Would they be "idiots" for encouraging positive change in society regardless of how it will affect their short term income?
This type of mentality will lead the world to ruin. I understand that you cannot comprehend how/why these three facts are simultaneously true:
1) I make a living repairing Apple products.
2) I spend large amounts of my free time showing end consumers and other repair facilities(the "competition") how to repair Apple products so they don't have to spend money with me.
3) I spend time going over design flaws in Apple's products so they can correct them with the next generation, giving me less opportunity to profit from these design flaws.
In your world where one must be motivated only by short term gains earned by hiding knowledge, yes this idiotic. Luckily, the real world just doesn't work that way. It aint such a straight path with direct cause & effect. What you put out is what you get back and it doesn't always come back to you in the narrow pathway people expect it to. My satisfaction with my life, as well as my bank account, to this point, reflect my assertion that I made the right decisions. If being well off financially and waking up happy makes me an idiot then hell. Take me to dick's last resort next time I'm in vegas and have them print me a cap. I'll be a card carrying member of the club
It would indeed be beneficial if they didn't use glue to hold together parts of a machine that are right next to an exhaust vent for hot air. It would be beneficial if the same buck converter with failing tantalum cap weren't used three years in a row. And yes, it would be beneficial to put together something that can utilize a USB 3 HDMI capture device & wifi at the same time. We point out these failings in the hope that Apple will improve - the same way we point out Lenovo's failings in designing newer laptops with mutilated trackpads, poor quality LCDs, built in spyware and a god awful set of function keys. One can argue I have gone harder on Lenovo than I have on apple, and it's because I want to see improvement.
If we never point out what is wrong, then we have no right to ever expect better. I'd rather be a part of the positive change I want to see in the world; but to you your own if you feel that teaching recycling centers, reverse logistics firms, and general electronics hackers how to fix their own expensive devices makes you an idiot. You keep that to yourself and never encourage the manufacturers to do better. Never show someone else how to follow in your footsteps and successfully perform a repair that gives them a feeling of accomplishment & ability to add to their income; you do what you need to do man to stay "smart" by your specific standards.
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Read the reviews for the official adapter from apple.com, and tell me what you think.
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter