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gatorguy said:I did not realize the SSD could not be upgraded. There is no "SSD" as such. There is not one big SSD block you can yank out, you won't find it. If you look at the teardowns, internal storage on Mac laptops is multiple chips scat…
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tht said:It's still a machine for older students, or as a client-server machine for web and data workers. It's capable of much more than that. It packs a quad-core i7, fast SSD, enough graphics power to drive a 6K external display...that's m…
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I like the portability of the 13" too. I adjusted the UI resolution to 1680 x 1050, which gives me the same screen real estate as my old 15", just physically smaller. Everything I used to fit on screen on my 15" still fits on my 13". As long as I ke…
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digitol said: Weak. I hope that's not real. Why does Apple continue to make these highly under-powered, overheating terrible boxes!? ... MacBook NO! Friend, this is a story from 2020, why are you posting about the Mac situation in 2018? …
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The Fan Speed Overridden message needs to be accompanied by a video clip of Scotty in a little PIP window in the corner, saying "I'm givin' ya all she's got, Captain...I dinna how much more she can take!"
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With a 11-hour battery, we're not sure why you'd want to string a power cord along a transit route anyway. I get where you’re coming from, because I usually don’t have to bring the AC adapter when I take my MBP out of the house. But you shouldn’t di…
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fastasleep said: Yes, if you go to View > Customize Touch Bar... in any appNo. Not any app. What I discovered was that not all apps have that command. (And by the way, some apps put it under the View menu, like Apple's own Safari, instead of…
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macplusplus said: ireland said: macplusplus said: ireland said: I’m sorry, but 128 GB hard drive in 2019 is not inexpensive. Reviewer is leaving Apple away too lightly here. Apple should be hammered and embarrassed in the…
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fastasleep said: Maybe I am not remembering correctly, but I’m pretty sure those physical function keys didn’t have any tool tips either. You are correctly remembering pedantic details, but missing the actual point. The function keys did n…
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GeorgeBMac said: All good points that you made. But this is the first time I have heard anybody mention that: (in my words), the Touch Bar requires too much looking and thinking. A keyboard or any other input device should just get out of t…
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This new 13" is a major step up from the previous base model, which was only dual core. However, from what I've read elsewhere, this base model still has a single fan instead of the two fans of the higher versions. The old fan was noisy; would like …
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Soli said: That is the best news I've heard and it's kind of pushing me toward updating my headless Mac mini that is connected to a large capacity RAID. I should clarify that I am not sure how much the T2 helps with external drives. It might…
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wizard69 said: The real problem here is that the base operating frequency of 1.4GHz is crap. Intel’s In ability to break my power usage down an honestly advance the clock rates of their chips is really hurting the industry. The increase i…
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ericthehalfbee said: I wonder if the addition of the T2 chip affects this. Encryption on the fly could be the reason for the reduced write speeds. What you're wondering about is actually the opposite of what has happened. On older Macs w…