Apple's new MacBook and the custom designed battery placement.
Apple's new single port MacBook Ping!
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I am getting one to replace my four year old MacBoik Air. I cannot wait!
They just need a home server!
Looks like the Air will be phased out. This is thinner. As soon as there’s a 15 inch version, it’ll takeover as their top selling laptop.
I’m impressed by the Retina display, no fan, all-day (8-9 hour battery), and weight (2 pounds). A home run for us Mac fans.
The lack of a USB is a bit of a pain but I’m sure there’s a workaround (an expensive one).
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"I found an answer. According to an article at Techtimes.com, the new $1299 Macbook comes bundled with a 29W USB-C charger adapter and a two-meter USB-C Charge Cable, which has two USB-C connectors on both ends and supports USB 2 for syncing and transferring data between two USB-C devices. Each costs $29 to replace, if necessary. A USB-C to older USB adapter costs $19 (supports USB 3.1 Gen 1).So if I were to buy the new Macbook, it will only cost me $19 more to connect other USB devices (already have cheap USB hubs). Still need to find out about lightning and firewire connects.
Patrick Norton and Shannon Morse on this week’s TekThing were talking about the lack of ports on the new Macbook.
I’ve actually run into this problem already on other machines and so far there is no good solution AFAIK.
Oh sure I can buy a hub but does the hub work as both a charging port and an I/O port at the same time?
Best solution I have is the Winbook TW700 or it’s big brother. IIRC it runs about $70.
QUIET is VERY important for where the machine is placed so no fan is imperative. It needs to connect via USB to several devices including a personal weather station console that runs 24/7/365. It also needs bluetooth, wifi and the ability to connect to a PTZ IPcam as well as other devices.
Come to think of it I’m not aware of an Apple program that runs my PWS software.(Cumulus) The software reports to WeatherUnderground and other weather websites.
If anyone knows if there is Apple software available I’d like to know.
Terrible grammar and spelling—I couldn’t make it all the way through.
More than one port if you trust all that wireless connectivity stuff.
More ports, better display then the Mac.
Dell
http://www.dell.com/us/dfh/p/studio-xps-laptops
Lenovo Yoga - touchscreen
http://www.engadget.com/products/lenovo/yoga/2-pro/
Kind of amusing that Apple was the first with USB ports and now they are eliminating them. A USB mouse makes using laptops lots easier. So if I buy one of these clown items I will need a USB spiltter
The Apple cult is an S&M cult with Yonny Ives the sadist they all obey.
The OCDness off all this is cool!!
I love it!
Rock on Apple FanBois! You are simply the best! May Yonny and Timmy and the Cupertino gangstas continue to pick your pockets
Screw Apple and its homosexual CEO Tim Cook
The macbook is a stupid product and is going to bomb.
Apple CEO Tim Cook: ‘I’m proud to be gay’
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/10/30/tim-cook-comes-out/18165361/
I’m not buying anything made by FAGGOTS and no other conservative should either.
The best thing physically about Macbooks over any PC laptop was the magnetic charging cable. You move your laptop the wrong way and the cord just popped off. With Dells, Compaqs, and all other devices, you move the laptop the wrong way and you’ve killed the charging port.
I had always assumed that nobody else did the magnetically attached induction loop cable is because of patents. Now Apple is taking a step backwards by using a micro USB charging port?
“Apple CEO Tim Cook is a wicked smart guy”
Well, when “Thimmy” stated homos like himself are God’s special people, he showed the world he is indeed wickedly evil and a follower of satan.
I’m sorry, but this article says to me “You only need what we give you - not what you actually use”. This represents what Apple (and other manufacturers) WANT the public to think - not what the public actually DOES or SHOULD think.
Unfortunately, Apple’s not the only one.
I just went to pick out a new laptop. Had a heckuva time finding one with an onboard Ethernet port and an onboard serial port. And forget having a built-in DVD drive anymore.
Docking stations have been replaced by “hubs” that don’t charge the machine. Real useful.
On the bright side, in return for giving up all the things I needed, I can get Windows 8 and a touchscreen.
woopee.
The trend seems to be to make laptops operate more like tablets. That’s great if your intention is to fondle it for entertainment purposes. But if you want to actually get some work done on the machine, it’s getting harder and harder to find one that is built for that.
So how does one load the photos onto the computer from their digital camera? A camera that has NO wifi capability.
Or am I out of luck? can any FReeper answer this for me?
Looks like I may be interested now, just for the ios advantage against malware, viruses, etc.
I also have some concern about data potability making the program and data convesion from WIN to ios. Anyone have horror stories there?
Those sure looks like more than one port to me:
What a condescending little twerp this guy is.
Many people have VERY good and VERY valid reasons for not wanting to send every single bit of their data out over the airwaves, and for not wanting to store it in his beloved “cloud”.
Mark Reschke can go F— himself.