All Things Mac/ Apple
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Don't get a hybrid.
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@Megatron1505 that's the problem i have now. too much terms and i'm not that well versed. what's a hybrid?
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A hybrid is part SSD part spinning disk. They are cheaper but the SSD part is small and only used to boot your Man, your data is still stored on the normal hard drive, so less stable.
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okay i think i'm overthinking the terminologies. if @Megatron1505 or any knows, are any of this two hybird ssd or normal ssd?
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@louisbosco both of those are regular SSD's, you'd be fine with either of them.
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@Megatron1505 cheers gav
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any thoughts on the spring forward event guys???
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Snoozer. I was hoping to see my next laptop but an M proc and a single port for charging and peripherals versus the Air with a joke of a screen gives me nothing. No interest in Watch either. They're not even trying to hide their greed now. Forcing users to buy a bulky $80 adapter for a functional computer is a slap in the face. My guess is third parties will make chargers that are also hubs to unfuck the user-hostile offering.
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so much for staying up to catch it (in gmt+8).. The core M processor is absolutely absurd. with that laptop it somehow seem that they're targeting the rich who would buy it because the design is nice and sleek and dont give two fucks about the specs.. though i don't know how many feel the same as me about the design is a step forward after many years of unibody design across the range..
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The designs themselves are almost always great in terms of art. They've been better in the past at walking the balance between that and functionality. Which makes for even better art
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I thought of a couple of other things to first world gripe about:). One is the mixed message on future peripheral standards. MBA gets bumped to Thunderbolt 2 while MB gets USB-C. The latter is ultimately the right play but it's a mixed message for sure. I suspect USB-C may replace Apple's proprietary device adapters too; it probably should, infuriating though it would be.
Other thing is the Watch charger is pretty bad. Bulky and only charges that one device. Seems like a hassle for travelers.
It seems to me that Cook is turning Apple into a commodities supplier in the vein of HP with their printer and toner model. Adapters aren't consumables, but their strategy almost seems geared towards selling them (or licenses).
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TL;DR: you have to buy more cables, adapters, etc.
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McLain what do you think about the updated mbp retina?
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I actually didn't look at it until recently. I like it, that may be my move
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for one, i've always preferred transferring or doing stuff by wire. the motive of apple, apart from a scheme to get you to buy their adapters, is that believing we will need lesser cables when more devices go wireless. but have you compared wireless airdrop to a thunderbolt to thunderbolt transfer?! the difference is huge. for that, i've never believe in wireless transfer unless i really have to.
it's always apple's standards to get you to buy their adapters and such. it's only this time they're pushing it further with the usb type-c.
The 13 retina mbp looks like a good buy. though they missed out on the 15 being updated and i was quite disappointed. just updated my 2011 mbp to ssd so i guess i could wait awhile before upgrading. using both the 13in air and 15in mbp. i have to say i'd still prefer the 15in screen.
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I think Apple always likes to push ahead. That's been good in the past. Ditching the floppy seemed insane, ditching things like RBG connectors, etc. In this case they've gone way too far. But I like really small form factors so the MBPr 13 is an attractive option.
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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
