Random Rants
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Its funny to me that they range into 5 figures. The reason people pay a premium for a watch is that it is an heirloom item that will work the same and provide the same value for generations. Apple Watch will be obsolete every year. I'm sure they'll find some suckers and prove me wrong though.
The new MacBook and MacBook Air are totally mystifying in terms of product line segmentation. Consumers are given Sophie's Choice: to get an underpowered machine with a single port for charging AND interfacing, or to get a more powerful machine with better connectivity but an embarrassingly obsolete screen.
I was considering an upgrade until I saw what they brought, now I'll have to look elsewhere.
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^I don't understand what you are supposed to do when you need to charge and connect a device at the same time?
I have no problem paying with an Apple Watch, however. It's better than paying with a cheap piece of plastic that has a fragile strip that can get damaged, resulting in having to do that "paper trick" every time you swipe.
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my thoughts exactly. i mean who would pay for a watch that's 10-17k. i mean all you're technically paying for is the '18k gold' in which you would think how much did they actually mark that up for. i'm fine with the sport edition that could pair up with a nike app to track running info. though i pretty much doubt i'll get the watch no matter how much of a fan boy i am. phone paying, or payless card is fine by me. but waving a wrist to pay is somewhat ridiculous from my point of view.
the design on the new macbook is indeed interesting. no doubt it's not practical to have that single port. what they're essentially doing is to get you to buy more adapters of theirs. though i would want to see where they go forward with their retina pro laptops. i spy a redesign somewhat similiar.
i think this will now fit into the all things apple/mac thread.
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A belt is an easy fix for that problem.
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And/or a boil-soak
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Yeah, I'm serious, but if you want to take it figuratively just get really hot water, soak for a long time, and agitate
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Indeed. Regarding the MacBook, I have been a Mac user since 1991, but the keyboards on their laptops just plain suck, and this new ultra-thin design means even less key travel. My daily driver is a 2011 MBP, but I am compelled to use a Windows gaming laptop (that features a great keyboard) when I need to write.The physics of the matter are, a great keyboard requires a thick laptop, and I suppose customers have voted with their dollars that the keyboard is good enough, give us thin.
Its funny to me that they range into 5 figures. The reason people pay a premium for a watch is that it is an heirloom item that will work the same and provide the same value for generations. Apple Watch will be obsolete every year. I'm sure they'll find some suckers and prove me wrong though.
The new MacBook and MacBook Air are totally mystifying in terms of product line segmentation. Consumers are given Sophie's Choice: to get an underpowered machine with a single port for charging AND interfacing, or to get a more powerful machine with better connectivity but an embarrassingly obsolete screen.
I was considering an upgrade until I saw what they brought, now I'll have to look elsewhere.
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Absolutely. And being a nomad is a great lifestyle. I have friends who are all about a "family home" and paid-off mortgage. I'd rather be a ramblin' guy (banjo music here).
Amen. Really a luxury than an investment IMO.
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Same here, hahaha. I have these loud, leaf-spring keyboards that I use when nobody else is around (which is seldom), because they are loud as hell.
(I have three such keyboards, all slightly different. This may indicate a "problem".)
^I love my mechanical (DasKeyboard) keyboards
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It's like tasting decent scotch for the first time. One can't then return to the whiskey equivalent of plonk.
When I connect one of these to my MBP, my typing speed and accuracy roughly doubles. But that racket . . .
^I love my mechanical (DasKeyboard) keyboards
feck, feck, feck. I have no idea I needed one of them until now…..
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@Bob:
It's like tasting decent scotch for the first time. One can't then return to the whiskey equivalent of plonk.
When I connect one of these to my MBP, my typing speed and accuracy roughly double. But that racket . . .
^I love my mechanical (DasKeyboard) keyboards
feck, feck, feck. I have no idea I needed one of them until now…..
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feck, feck, feck. I have no idea I needed one of them until now…..
Take a look at The Keyboard Company @Giles.
If you want to get really geeky then there are different types of switches. I've got one with the Cherry Blues, which are like the old school IBM keyboards.
And if you want an old IBM model, the Keyboard Company carries them.
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I'd be going http://www.daskeyboard.com/daskeyboard-4-professional-for-mac/ in Cherry Brown (less clickly, same feeling). Still like IBM feeling, and keeps the sanity of those around you :). I use brown @ work and blue @ home. Mrs Snowy wishes I'd bring the brown home
