aknabi

crogers said:

God damn that is ugly!

Well Apple is too courageous to even offer one... Generally ThinkPad gear has always had a "sturdy, functional" aesthetic

Rayz2016 said:

appex said:

Apple should focus more on Mac and release new products each year, as with iOS. Do not forget Mac Pro with Apple Thunderbolt Display.

Not enough people are buying machines like this to make it worthwhile releasing them each year; otherwise, they'd do it.

Given the way Apple is going pretty soon they won't have enough people buying any of their machines to make it worthwhile to release anything each year... they can then focus on Watch Bands (I'm sure Angela Ahrendts would consider that the perfect Apple roadmap)

JessiReturns said:

yojimbo007 said:

anome said:

Interesting that the 15" model seems to have greatly exceeded the listed battery life at best, and come in about normal at worst. (8 hours vs 10 hours in Apple's idealised tests seems about right.)

The 3 hour mark in the 13" is cause for concern, but I'd want more information before making a judgment. If people are genuinely seeing consistent results like that, then there's definitely something wrong. What it is requires a lot more information, and probably further testing from Apple. If you have a notebook that is consistently behaving like that, I'd get it to Apple. I've heard they will replace it so they can run tests of the faulty unit. Of course, they should anyway since you haven't had it that long.

I'm not sure how to take Consumer Reports these days, anyway. They seem to be rather fickle, given past actions around removing recommendations for things based on what I see as rather petty complaints. (I don't class this instance as petty, but I seem to recall them pulling a recommendation they had previously given for an iPhone model for something minor.)

the problem is not CR in this case..... this battery issue has been observed from day one of the release. Even Phill alluded to it when he tried to explain away the reason for 16 gig ram limit.

Bullshit. The reason for the 16 GB RAM limit is technical, and your dismissiveness of it comes only because you are technicalogically illiterate.

Consumer Reports has had a political agenda against Apple for several years and they have no creditability.... at least with people who understand what the LP in LPDDR mean.

Until they recommend or love Apple... then you'll claim they're the gold standard of testing... they don't have any political agenda for/against Apple... though it seems you clearly have a religious one... (yeah the guys at Consumer reports were on a jihad over DDR4 inclusion... is weed legal where you live?) Oh... and if you're going call someone illiterate you shouldn't totally butcher the spelling of "technologically"...

sdw2001 said:

Consumer Reports sucks and ruined its reputation years ago.  They rate several superb products on tests that don't make sense.  It's like measuring how a fish climbs a tree with a lot of their stuff.  

Right... of course when the recommend/award Apple gear then they're holier than the Bible... Amazing how fanboys do 360s with their heads while in the sand to avoid anything negative about Apple... you do realize in the end it's better for the product (and long term share price) if their biggest fans call them out on it and for them to get off their butts.

StrangeDays said:

aknabi said:

Apple has redefined they're power users as Kardashians and fashionistas... from developers and digital creatives... they've modified their view of courage from bold, well designed and executed products in categories you didn't think of into today's courage of removing a port or "jet black"... it maps their power users... from the courage of "we want to change the world through code and design" into the courage to "wear a nail polish color you'd never think to"

Stupidest sentiment I've read all week. I'm a software developer using  rMBP and think they're great. My iPhone 7 (in Jet Black) is certainly the finest smartphone I've ever seen. Wireless and Lightning headphones are great. I doubt you even own one. 

-1 for using the cliche nonsense word fashionista -- instant flag for get-off-my-lawyer. 

I own all of them... and if you think all of that is great then I'd hate to see your code quality. The rMBP is not the leading machine (except for iOS development where you don't have a choice). Yes a great machine, but not the leading for pro users.

iPhone 7 Jet Black the finest smartphone? Get real... it's a great smartphone, but how many others do you use as a daily driver? 

If you think Apple headphones are great then PSA: you need to get your hearing checked... poor quality (oh and if your ears don't fit the Apple mold like mine they don't stay in well)... and on my 5th replacement PB2s in 7months.

And if you can't tell that the product lines are moving more toward a luxury/fashion direction (e.g. fashionista and Kardashians), well I can't help you

-1 for blind fanboyism... I truly want Apple to get it's Mojo back and won't be blind to potential failings (though I've sold my AAPL holdings so my personal retirement isn't hinged on pumping up AAPL regardless of reality)... I've been a loyalist since the first West Coast Computer Faire and the last time I saw this mindset that had a taking their base for granted was in the late Sculley->Jobs return -24 hours days... we also saw it with Hillary and the Dems and the result was a fail.