nolamacguy

wdowell said:

Im surprised in such a curated environment such as the Apple stores they're allowing this sh*t

mj web said:

God, more Apple fluff and nonsense. Apple is no longer Apple. Disgusting.

tzeshan said:

maestro64 said:

tzeshan said:

There is a simple way to improve the iOS to make it more useful globally.  I can tell Apple if Apple can pay me as a consultant. 

I beat your solution is to give up profits to sell more widgets... When are the Business Schools in this country going to stop teaching it is always better to sell more at a lower price verses selling less are a far high price with larger margins. Since everyone in the market are leveraging the exact same supplier chain, Apple cost are no higher or less than another else's. No one had the cost advantage because they are making more of something. In some cases Apple unit costs are higher since Apple pays to ensure supply of parts.

No, your bet is lost. My idea is an improvement on Siri. 

SpamSandwich said:

On the MacBreak Weekly podcast Andy Ihnatko and Leo Laporte both said the new MacBook Pro butterfly keyboard was a "showstopper" and is basically unusable for any serious typists, while Alex Lindsay, head of PixelCorps, said the lack of standard ports removes this latest model from consideration and it is no longer a serious computer for professionals.

i'm getting the impression some people don't like what Apple is doing with their Macs. 

aussiepaul said:

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seankill said:

Rayz2016 said:

seankill said:

The next couple of years are going to be interesting for Apple. Their drive for thin products is getting ridiculous.

The Touchbar strikes me as something like the S7 Edge. Not convinced it is a groundbreaking new UI that I would use, unless I decide to like Emojis.....
Your mileage may vary.

Not to mention a user couldn't connect their 1 month old iPhone 7 (+) to this laptop without a dongle. Not to mention SD cards, USBs, HDMIs....... I totally understood DVI, VGA, Cd drive, and MAYBE Ethernet but no HDMI? Every projector I have seen in the last 4 years uses HDMI; you know, what "professionals" do with laptops. The included port is why I bought the mid-2012 retina. 

Apple needs to get their interface connections in order. It is sloppier than I have ever seen it with poor consistency. If they are going to cold turkey USB-C on their products, the iPhone 7S/8 better go that way as well.

 Of course, Apple apologist will find some reason that Apple is prefect. 

Yup, the usual:

I can't see a use for the Touchbar, so it must be useless.
It can't connect to a one month old iPhone because none of Apple's customers would ever think of just connecting it wirelessly (if they ever need to connect an iPhone at all).
Apple's customers will need every single dongle every created because WIRELESS DOES NOT EXIST!
It doesn't have every single socket dating back to the candle holder on Babbage's Difference Engine, so surely no one will buy it. Remember WIRELESS IS SOMETHING YOU IMAGINE DUE TO YOUR DRUG HABIT. IT DOES NOT EXIST!
The only reason this thing will sell like hot cakes is because apologists think Apple is perfect.

Nice job; I think you covered everything. 

"Of course, Apple apologists* will find some reason that Apple is prefect" - That one is for you.

Not sure how one calls USB 3.0, HDMI outdated......... Everything in my house, including my iPhone cables use it. Sure, lets phase it out but why not include one port for 3-5 more years? Then USB-C might be more mainstream. Nor did I say it needed every port ever. But again, I should expect logic from the "Apple can do no wrong crowd." Wireless is still a subprime experience. Air Play is a joke compared to HDMI in my experience.

I have two dongles for my mid-2012 Pro, I would need 5 or so for this new one. 

OR you buy ONE dongle which does SD card, USB 3, LAN and HDMI.  Then you only have one dongle.

So you think that having to buy and carry around a $300 brick sized dongle to restore functionality that the previous gen model had is ok?  What is the point of making the laptop so thin if you need to carry around such a dongle to make the laptop usable?  Furthermore, these are the most expensive laptops Apple has released in a long time.  The added cost of dongles is an extra burden.
These are *not* pro machines.  Pros need things like hdmi for presentations, optical audio for music, SD card readers for photography and competitive graphics with CUDA support for scientific applications.
These are at best prosumer machines and represent a continuation of the trend away from pro markets at Apple.
I can understand removing ports if better alternatives are available and it makes the experience better but this just crippling the machine for the sake of some designers preference.
The number of different port formats Apple has used for video makes me seriously contemplate that the dongle business is very important to Apple.
As an Apple user and supporter through the darkest days and continuing to this day, I'm disappointed.