All Things Mac/ Apple
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The audience for the MB is college/uni student for sure, maybe even high school. It's not for professionals or serious work. It's an iPad upsell, and a 'cool' new device. Most of those don't need wires and will likely not even carry a charger with them if the battery is as good as on the box. It's a great move to advance further in the teens/early twenty's market segment.
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I disagree. If anyone needs to have peripherals it's the device-laden millennials. And it's a higher price point than that segment would prefer. And it won't play games. I don't see it as an iPad upsell, I see it as a confused iPad replacement. $0.02
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Just out of curiosity: does anyone have any experience with smart watches? I wonder what's their durability
I've seen actual watches stop functioning at the shooting range just from the concussion of firing, I'd like to see how these things hold up since they probably don't have any moving parts
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MCL, aren't they all in the cloud now? with their iPhone and iPad, AirDrop, AirPlay, AirWhatever, and iCloud? Nothing needs a cable, just wifi and internets.
Praps, though charging an iPhone while also charging the laptop, or outputting video while charging, etc., all seem like core use cases to me. And requiring a bulky and expensive dongle for that kind of defeats the whole point of the svelte, Spartan design IMO. One more USB-C port on the opposite side even would help. Still hate the M too.
One other thing is that Apple has allegedly been investigating audio over Thunderbolt. If they're looking to go one port for EVERYTHING, power, peripherals, and audio, that really seems an idea ahead of its time. Needlessly creating a logjam at the sole peripheral interface… And I for one don't like wireless earphones.
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How often do people plug things into their laptop?
I work as an Android developer, and so there's sometime a need for me to connect my phone. Apart from that I've used a USB hard disk a few times to move files between machines.
I suspect that ports aren't needed that often by most people, and those of us who do require them are more of a corner case. Besides, I'm fairly certain that Apple would point us to a Pro.
It might be that the designers figured that they could reduce weight and power consumption by the compromise. Then again, my Surface Pro 3 is thinner and lighter and has separate USB, Mini DVI and power ports.
The use case that Apple are probably looking at is someone who wants a slick, slimline machine for running Office, email, and surfing the web. The CEO of the last company I worked out had a Dell XPS convertible tablet on my first stint, and a MacBook Air on my last. I could see him getting one.
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And I for one don't like wireless earphones.
Audio port on the right hand side :).
M process is not for you, but it's probably for those who just want to stay cool and have no need for performance, as long as YouTube loads….
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Praps, though charging an iPhone while also charging the laptop, or outputting video while charging, etc., all seem like core use cases to me.
iPhone 6 last long enough, so no need (and 6s/7 will be better!). Who does video? These (Edit, specifically this MacBook are consumption devices mate, not creation devices.
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Macs used to be the standard for many engineers and designers, I'd say that is creative. Granted that they will probably use desk top Macs mainly, but it does limit those who like portability and connectivity.
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And I for one don't like wireless earphones.
Audio port on the right hand side :).
M process is not for you, but it's probably for those who just want to stay cool and have no need for performance, as long as YouTube loads….
I think you misses some context. I was discussing their audio over lightning research. They're looking to go to one and then none ports imo
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Praps, though charging an iPhone while also charging the laptop, or outputting video while charging, etc., all seem like core use cases to me.
iPhone 6 last long enough, so no need (and 6s/7 will be better!). Who does video? These (Edit, specifically this MacBook are consumption devices mate, not creation devices.
Disagree. A student spending all day in a library or a coffeeshop will too.
And the consumption device trope isn't even true for iPad IMO.
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Then again, my Surface has a USB port for charging on its power brick, which is a really useful feature for travelling.
Apple could deploy a similar feature, but add a data connection. Maybe not an elegant solution, but it'd appeal to the minimalist traveller in me.
Microsoft, the software vendor, makes a better product. How did that happen?
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At the end of the day it's all about the price model for the target audience and their requirements.
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Love the Kinect.
