Apple didn't. Read the multiple threads here which explains that in detail.
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Apple didn't. Read the multiple threads here which explains that in detail.
Your friend should be using an iPhone and you should have an Apple TV to airplay to
Then get the USB-C to Lightning cable.
Engineering is all about compromises.
Tyres that have long life have less grip
Carbon Fibre is stronger but more expensive
Engine could be lighter but it would have less HP
Chassis could be closer to the ground, but it could not be driven on standard roads
Engine is limited to the fuel available
ANYTHING that has been engineered is all about the compromises made, and it does not matter who makes it, Apple, Ferrari, Microsoft, Google, Rolls Royce, none of them have magic fairy dust, they all have to make choices and compromises.
They do care about customers. Obviously they still need to make money. If they lose 1 customer but gain 2, they're ahead. You may just mean that from your point of view, they don't care as much about the loyal and repeat customers?
I wondering about that too. Somebody with more knowledge about power supply in USB-C and TB3 needs to chime in. Note that the, eg, the 13" MBP come with a 61-W charger while the 15" MBP comes with an 87-W charger and you can charger the former with the latter's charger without problems. Maybe the circuit tasked with regulating how much amperage the laptop is drawing itself might be fried when a charger with more than 100 W is connected. Seen from the other side, devices with TB3 and USB-C ports might have to be designed to withstand 100 W, but not more and it simply would be the charger that is supplying more than 100 W that is violating the standard.
Interestingly, my Bluetooth headphones, charged via micro USB, also come with a warning that too powerful chargers could damage the device.
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And DS is the high-end line of PSA (Peugeot-Citroën). By your logic DS models should be compared with Ferraris.
God you sound like one of those "As seen on TV ads"
We'll have to wait at least two, possibly three weeks because the Touch bar version only ships then to a proper one-to-one comparison.
Darn you Apple! You tick me off and then I actually try the new low end MacBook Pro. It works like a dream! The keyboard is noticeably more responsive than the Non-pro MacBook. The speaker sound is amazing. The color and brightness are vibrant! The apps are snappy.
Now just make them $200-300 cheaper next year and we'll try to forget that all this unpleasantness ever happened
Now just make them $200-300 cheaper next year and we'll try to forget that all this unpleasantness ever happened
I went by my local Apple Store today and played with the non-touch bar 13" pro.
In a nutshell, I wasn't huge on the 12" MacBook keyboard - yes the new 13" keyboard is way better in my opinion. The display looked leaps and bounds better. The colors were amazing and truly noticible. The size and weight - above expectations. Lastly, the huge touchpad. I typed perfectly without any trouble and the touchpad felt normal. In a picture it's too big, in person, it's great.
In a nutshell, I wasn't huge on the 12" MacBook keyboard - yes the new 13" keyboard is way better in my opinion. The display looked leaps and bounds better. The colors were amazing and truly noticible. The size and weight - above expectations. Lastly, the huge touchpad. I typed perfectly without any trouble and the touchpad felt normal. In a picture it's too big, in person, it's great.
How ?
That was said when apple got rid of
The floppy disk (5 1/4 then 3 1/2)
The serial port
Adobe Flash
When Apple put the track pad at the bottom
30 pin iPod connector
Sure I am sad to see the MagSafe go, but ONE cable to connect my laptop to a large screen AND have it charge my laptop too, I can live with that.
The biggest difference between you and Apple is that you hate change where as Apple sees possibilities.
I actually just posted the same thing!Darn you Apple! You tick me off and then I actually try the new low end MacBook Pro. It works like a dream! The keyboard is noticeably more responsive than the Non-pro MacBook. The speaker sound is amazing. The color and brightness are vibrant! The apps are snappy.
Now just make them $200-300 cheaper next year and we'll try to forget that all this unpleasantness ever happened
History seems to suggest otherwise.
The MacBook Air also had dongle hell of sorts, with users having to get minidisplay adaptors if they wanted to connect their laptops to a projector or external display. That MacBook went on to become Apple's most popular laptop, and for most part, people didn't mind carting around an extra cable or two.
If anything, the new MacBook Pro seems more focused on the future than on the present. I believe there will be more USB C accessories being released in the future, but the reality remains that there are very few of them in the market today.
That's very reminiscent of when Apple dropped support for the floppy disk and flash. They are placing a bet on technologies they feel have a place in our future, while ceasing support for technologies they feel don't. And in the process helping to shape that very future.
To me, that speaks volumes of how farsighted Apple is. They never lose sight of their end goal, and don't let short-term inconveniences distract them from this. How many other companies have the "courage" to make calls like this? The Surface Studio doesn't even ship with a single USB C port!
You completely missed the point. Of course there are compromises but priority is given to performance.
The whining about the whiners is also 5 stars!
In both cases it does nothing to change the subpar "crap" release from Apple.
I don't know what a DS is. The point, now long lost in this thread, is that Fiat doesn't make a Ferrari that over compromises on performance. The Ferrari product line is about performance and customers expect that PERFORMANCE takes priority. Is this analogy too hard to understand?
Poor planning happens. I had to buy a new adapter after traveling to Texas, and somehow, perhaps Freudianly, forgot it. Expensive mistake. Had to find the Apple Store, drive there, find the adapter, buy it, find the car again, get back, charge a nearly dead MacBook Pro. Like poop, it happens...
Rubbish, priority is given to marketability
The Hennessey Venom GT goes 270mph the Ferrari LaFerrari 217 mph, i.e. the Hennessy is about 20% faster.
the engineering is based on making it legal to use on the roads, cost (normal aspirated motor vs jet engine), manoeuvrability , etc etc, there are thousands of compromises that impacted the performance.
It's not 'crap'. Lets call it 'sub-par'. 'Missed the mark'. 'Committee decision'?
But it does bring the idea of who the heck Apple thinks is using their products into the forefront.
Whoever is advising them needs to get with the program, and stop making these crazy decisions to make things slimmer, lighter, 'whateverer'...
It's not working.
It's not a good plan. You already have a, what, 5% market share? It's not like there is a lot of market share there to piss off... To alienate... To send to your competitors, that, in case you haven't noticed, have been COPYING YOUR IDEAS and making them better!!!
/rant ;-)
When it comes down to it, mostly what the complainers want is a MBP that is cheaper and considerably more traditional and less aggressively forward looking. Well, to be frank, that isn't Apple, and hasn't been Apple since John Sculley decided to allow Mac clones in the early '90's. If that is the kind of computer you want, literally every other manufacturer on the planet caters to you.
This is an excellent point, so many people complain here that haven't even touched the new product, I'm glad the glowing logo is gone cos it is different to the old MBP, people will identify I have the latest MBP
I think the base of the complaints are 100% accurate..... Is it really a "pro" machine if the ports are dumbed down?