Yesterday evening I saw pictures from the new Macbook and thought I had something going wrong with the eyes because of the gold color: yuck. The machine itself looks very nice. Except for the new single USB connector.
Not even one, if you are charging it. I bet Apple would have liked to have got rid of that last port too.
I love it but itās not for everyone so guess what, Apple make other laptops for you to choose from. Apple never look back, only forward, and itās clear that Apple are now on a mission to get rid of wires altogether.
Thereās a bunch of adapters for that single USB-C port already.
I bet there will come some kind of āhubā thats small and easy to use if youāll need multiple ports
Indeed, except this time the āMacBookā is the mid-range priced product and the Air is on the low-end. As I said, itās obviously just the start of a realignment of their notebook lineup. Perhaps theyāll eventually drop the āAirā line and just have a MacBook and a MacBook Pro lineup whenever they can get the price of the retina MacBook down far enough.
My only concern with the new MacBook might be the keyboard. Although itās full-sized, the keys depress very little. According to the Verge, āItās as close to typing on a glass tablet screen as youāll get with physical keys, and you have to rely on autocorrect just as much when youāre going really fast. I imagine I could get used to it with just a little bit of time, though.ā
Seeing as one of the main reasons youād get a notebook over a tablet is the typing experience, this is a little worrying but I will reserve judgement until I try it myself. Iām a fast typist so it would irritate the hell out of me if it slows me down.
[quote=173422:@Gavin Smith]Indeed, except this time the āMacBookā is the mid-range priced product and the Air is on the low-end. As I said, itās obviously just the start of a realignment of their notebook lineup. Perhaps theyāll eventually drop the āAirā line and just have a MacBook and a MacBook Pro lineup whenever they can get the price of the retina MacBook down far enough.
My only concern with the new MacBook might be the keyboard. Although itās full-sized, the keys depress very little. According to the Verge, āItās as close to typing on a glass tablet screen as youāll get with physical keys, and you have to rely on autocorrect just as much when youāre going really fast. I imagine I could get used to it with just a little bit of time, though.ā
Seeing as one of the main reasons youād get a notebook over a tablet is the typing experience, this is a little worrying but I will reserve judgement until I try it myself. Iām a fast typist so it would irritate the hell out of me if it slows me down.
But still, Iām in love.[/quote]
The article I link to describes thekeys butterfly mechanism as being able to accomodate very small space. Whatever that means, I have the same issue. I need a real keyboard. Not something that reminds me of the ZX-81.
Another intriguing point is the pressure sensitive trackpad. That promises interesting times to implement under Xojo.
Not for me. The Space Grey color is very nice looking, but the specs canāt back it up. The screen is too small and the processor too weak. It canāt even run virtual machines, it lacks the VT-* instructions. The single USB is a joke, considering nothing fits in it currently, so the $80 adapter is pretty much a requirement. It also has no way to work with my Thunderbolt Display.
Iām hopeful the Pro models donāt go this extreme. This appears to be part of a bigger reorganization of the product line, as this machine makes more sense as an Air model, at least in specs.
I should clarify that all of the Core-M chips Apple is using have VT-* instructions- theyāre really just shrunk/rebranded Y series. But the point still standsā¦if your workflow involves VMs, thatās probably enough of a key signal that those CPUs arenāt right for you.
Iām still interested to see how Apple handled heat dissipation in the design- down at 3W the performance is awful but up at 6W itās pretty reasonable. I think the fanless stuff might start becoming more practical as of Skylake with its new architecture.
Right! The machine is what it is. Itās not meant to be the professionalās large screen everyday work horse, with terabytes of storage hanging off it. Apple make other machines for that. Apple donāt intend you to take this to Starbucks with a plethora of things to plug into it. This is an awesome tiny little machine for working on the move, which inevitably wonāt suit everyone.
Iām on the fence myself as to whether to use it as a portable- traveling with it would be pretty nice since itād fit almost anywhere. Once theyāre available Iāll probably go to an Apple store and measure baseline performance and how long itās able to run at its higher frequencies before throttlingā¦
Right, it isnāt for everybody. Thatās why we have different models. Iām just worried that these trends will carry into the Pro line. Some obviously will, like the USB-C charger, force trackpad, and thin keyboard. But I hope the lack of thunderbolt and other expansions does not.
I gave up on multiple computers years ago. I prefer one good laptop that can be both over a weak laptop and good desktop.