The Broadwell processer for the 15" will not be available until later in the year.
No 15" love? After getting a 15" rMBP, I can't go back to the small life.
What are Intel rumor sites saying about Skylake? If it launches as part of a stacked calendar Q4 2015 line-up, I'll patiently wait.The 12" 2304x1440 is perfect in terms of Yosemite ergonomics. This is what we predicted.
Full size keyboard. Glad the reduced size keyboard rumour was bull, as many of as thought it would be.
USB C is fine, but would have preferred two ports, esp. since the charger uses one. I was only expecting one though.
Gold is good.
However, as mentioned in other threads, I will wait for Skylake (H.265 support in hardware), and to see just how good the screen is.
This anorexic obsession is going to lose them more customers than it will gain them. I have zero issues with the thickness of my current MBA. I would not trade the ports I have now for the sake of some spec sheet bragging in the thickness column. Same thing with the iPhone 6. Ive pretty much said "F U, thinner is better, screw your battery life. You're using your phone too much" to address battery concerns with that device for the sake of thinness.
Air 2 suffered the same fate. A smidge thinner at the cost of battery life over the previous Air model that was already crazy thin.
Bleh. We're now going for pure ego.
This anorexic obsession is going to lose them more customers than it will gain them. I have zero issues with the thickness of my current MBA. I would not trade the ports I have now for the sake of some spec sheet bragging in the thickness column. Same thing with the iPhone 6. Ive pretty much said "F U, thinner is better, screw your battery life. You're using your phone too much" to address battery concerns with that device for the sake of thinness.
Air 2 suffered the same fate. A smidge thinner at the cost of battery life over the previous Air model that was already crazy thin.
Bleh. We're now going for pure ego.
I have a 6+ and the battery life is fine. Is it worse with the six?
It is a bit worse than the 6+ but I still consider the 6's battery life pretty good - certainly much better than the 5. That being said, I think the thin-ness of the 6 is kind of silly since it leaves the camera lens hanging out the back. I would prefer they had made it a bit thicker and added more battery to avoid that protrusion.
This anorexic obsession is going to lose them more customers than it will gain them. I have zero issues with the thickness of my current MBA. I would not trade the ports I have now for the sake of some spec sheet bragging in the thickness column. Same thing with the iPhone 6. Ive pretty much said "F U, thinner is better, screw your battery life. You're using your phone too much" to address battery concerns with that device for the sake of thinness.
Air 2 suffered the same fate. A smidge thinner at the cost of battery life over the previous Air model that was already crazy thin.
Bleh. We're now going for pure ego.
Pointlessly thin
Thought it was 2 USB type c ports?Looks like the one port thing is a Broadwell limitation. They would have had to add another PCB to support a second type-c port. Skylake revision next year will fix that.
Thought it was 2 USB type c ports?
Either way, there is a dongle that converts that single type c port into 3 inputs: full size USB, video out, and type-c charging.... Could have integrated that dongle/chip into the 12" macbook to give you a type c port (charging+other?) + full size USB port (which would require the device to be thicker obviously)
Looks like the one port thing is a Broadwell limitation. They would have had to add another PCB to support a second type-c port. Skylake revision next year will fix that.
The Broadwell processer for the 15" will not be available until later in the year.
This anorexic obsession is going to lose them more customers than it will gain them. I have zero issues with the thickness of my current MBA. I would not trade the ports I have now for the sake of some spec sheet bragging in the thickness column. Same thing with the iPhone 6. Ive pretty much said "F U, thinner is better, screw your battery life. You're using your phone too much" to address battery concerns with that device for the sake of thinness.
Air 2 suffered the same fate. A smidge thinner at the cost of battery life over the previous Air model that was already crazy thin.
Bleh. We're now going for pure ego.
$100 in Canada. Ouch. I guess the good news it allows you to charge and use USB 3 at the same time.
What about VGA?
EDIT:
They have one. Same adapter, but instead of HDMI, it's VGA. For the same price. So, I'm looking at spending $200 in adapters. Double ouch.
That's more or less what it really boils down to. In all seriousness, what are they going to release next year? I need tactile feedback, you know? And one of my annoyances with my current batch of home & work laptops is that I can't flip up the screen one-handed because it lifts the keyboard portion up with it due to the thinness & lightness (first world problems, I know, I know).
I would have been interested in this a year or two ago. I think it's great, but I'm currently having a love affair with my Chromebook. I have been EXTREMELY happy with it - surprisingly so, actually. I don't really know what I would do with a $1200 1.1ghz Macbook, to be honest...
Do you have a source for that?
I'm waiting for Skylake anyway, but that would be another reason to wait.
I disagree.
Though I greatly prefer the Pro for its numerous additional features, I think the MacBook would make a great second machine. I'd never buy an Air.