80s_Apple_Guy

Just curious how a company that prides itself on it's integrated ecosystem has its two brand new 2016 devices, iPhone 7 and MacBook Pro that can't connect to each other without an out of box dongle or cable purchase.  

Apple has priced themselves out of any non pro market. With a base price of $1800 up through $4300 for a non upgradeable machine with a max of 16GB of RAM is a little nuts. I get the high end and not racing to the low end, but they always had a decent machine in the $1000 range at the base. Now all they have is the years old MacBook Air. Nothing new. Nothing you can ever upgrade and prices beyond the reach of many of their base. 

Add in all new ports which means you can't even plug in your brand new iPhone 7 or the headphones that comes with it without dongles. 

redefiler said:

80s_Apple_Guy said:

So instead of being able to touch type and keep looking at the screen or looking at the screen and touching what I want, I now have to keep looking down at the thin touch strip on the keyboard to work? That seems very inefficient

Pretty sure the screen and the top of the keyboard area on a laptop are well within the field of vision for everyone who doesn't have eyes on the sides of their head.  You'll even be fine with those 5" thick bifocals.

Maybe, but without any tactile feedback or set positioning of the icons I can see this being difficult to work with.  I use a work laptop every day and you still have look down at the top of the keyboard to s that area. Have to wait and see. 

So instead of being able to touch type and keep looking at the screen or looking at the screen and touching what I want, I now have to keep looking down at the thin touch strip on the keyboard to work? That seems very inefficient

bluefire1 said:

I expect Apple will  keep both the matte black and jet black options, but I hope the company considers equalizing what both phones offer instead of making the + not just bigger but higher end. 

Agreed. I have great difficulty with the company that told us 3.5 then 4 inch screens are the best size now making the 5.5 phablet the top tier and the "smaller" 4.7 inch the poor cousin.  Not happy with that at all.