Ondrej Holzman This situation is not easy to follow for long-time Mac users. But, especially in recent months, few people will have a reason not to doubt any matter related to Apple computers. Did a purely computer company really put Macy on the back burner? Apple says otherwise, but the actions don't prove it.
There are many topics to talk about when it comes to Apple computers. The biggest argument against the California company's claim that it still cares about Macs and attaches the highest priority to them is the fact that in recent years, for example, it has completely resigned to updating several product lines.
From the point of view of a person who has been using an Apple computer for many years, the most worrying thing is that Apple is starting to put the shoes in both hardware and software. And that's a complex problem that ruins the user experience, whether you have an older Mac or bought the latest MacBook Pro.
Worrying symptoms
It would be easiest to stay with this machine, because in recent weeks it has been mainly discussed in connection with Apple - the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar - and the Californian giant has received a fair amount of criticism for it. However, all of this only adds to the disturbing events of recent times, when we can begin to wonder where Apple is going with its computers.
Former Apple executive and respected expert Jean-Louis Gassée wrote his text "MacBook Pro Launch: Embarrassment" begins:
“Once upon a time, Apple was known for its superior storytelling skills and the best supply chain management in the industry. But the recent launch of the MacBook Pro, flawed and undervalued, shows troubling missteps and raises questions about an aging corporate culture.”
In his commentary, Gassée mentions all the points for which the new MacBook Pro is criticized, whether it is operation memory, number of adapters or his unavailability in stores, although according to him Apple could have mitigated the criticism a lot in advance:
"Apple's seasoned executives broke a basic sales rule: don't let customers discover a problem. No product is perfect, so tell them everything, tell them now, and admit it yourself. If you don't, your customers – and your competition – will do it for you.”
Gassée argues that if Apple had spent just a few minutes during its hour-long unveiling of the new MacBook Pro explaining why the latest professional computer could have only 16GB of RAM, why it needs to be used many adapters or why the display is not touch screen, it would do better. Especially when he then ironed out the resulting damage additionally and hastily afterwards. However, all this does not apply only to the MacBook Pro.
Apple does not comment on practically anything and leaves all the users of its computers, who are among the most loyal and at the same time the oldest, in uncertainty. No one knows when or if we will ever see a new Mac Pro, or where the owners of the aging MacBook Air should take their steps. When, after a year and a half, Apple releases a brand-new computer with one problem after another, embarrassment and concern are justified.
Many of the criticized steps could be defended by Apple; it can often be a point of view, either on the way of use or perhaps the development for the future. However, one step is causing real wrinkles on the forehead - it is Apple's latest solution with the allegedly weaker durability of the new MacBook Pros.
Solving non-solutions
In its promotional materials, Apple claims 10 hours of battery life. But the Internet was flooded with complaints from customers that their new machines did not even come close to reaching this goal. Many he speaks even only about half the duration (4 to 6 hours), which is simply not enough. Although Apple's assumptions are usually exaggerated, acceptable in reality are one, at most two hours below its data.
Although the new MacBook Pros have batteries with a lower capacity than the previous models from 2015, Apple still promises at least the same durability. According to experts, software may largely be to blame – macOS still needs to sit down due to the new components, and we can expect that the endurance of MacBook Pros will be better with each subsequent Sierra update.
After all, that was exactly what was expected after the release of macOS 10.12.2, for which Apple did not even mention the battery problems, although it admitted the extensive problems with poor battery life in a different way - by removing the battery life indicator, which is actually a much worse way.
In addition, Apple only added that in its tests, the new MacBook Pros correspond to the official data, i.e. 10 hours of operation on the battery, but it is the indicator of the remaining time until discharge that can confuse users. Due to the dynamically functioning processors and other hardware components, it is no longer so easy for macOS to calculate the relevant time data, as the computer load and hardware activity are constantly changing.
But removing the remaining battery indicator is not the solution. If the new MacBook Pros lasted only six hours, the hidden indicator will not add three more hours, but the user will not see it in black and white. Apple's argument that simply due to the constantly changing processor load, processes running in the background and the overall diverse use of the computer, the endurance cannot be accurately estimated is difficult to accept at the moment.
The removal of the pointer is clearly Apple's answer to the current problem that its flagship laptop is still unable to fulfill its claimed endurance. At the same time, the potential problem with bad estimates of how much battery life is left has been around for a long time. It is definitely not just a matter of the latest computers, but the important thing was that thanks to the time data, the user could usually estimate at least roughly how long it would take the computer to actually die on the battery.
It was clear that when your MacBook was showing 50 percent and four hours left after surfing and office work, and you suddenly opened Xcode and started programming or doing heavy graphic work in Photoshop, the computer really didn't last four hours. However, everyone already expected this from experience, and moreover, the indicator leveled off after some time.
I know from my own long-term experience that it was possible to help with the time estimate, at least as a guide. When the MacBook showed me an hour at 20 percent, I knew that it was no longer suitable for long-term work without a source. But Apple has now completely removed the time indication of endurance from everyone and left only those percentages, which are much harder to grasp in this regard.
If the endurance of the new MacBook Pros was as it should be, Apple would probably not be concerned with any time data, but this is how the user experience is primarily affected. If the current algorithm really wasn't always able to work correctly (some say it was off by as much as four hours), Apple certainly had many options to improve it (eg by including other factors in the equation). But he decided on the simplest solution - to remove it.
“Tesla's range estimate depends on many factors, so we're getting rid of the range indicator. You're welcome," parodied Apple's move on Twitter Mike Flegel. "It's like having a watch that doesn't tell the exact time, but instead of fixing it or replacing it with a new one, you solve it by not wearing it." he said John Gruber, who moderated his with this announcement previous, a somewhat unfair analogy: "It's like being late for work, and they fix it by breaking your watch."
Interesting opinion expressed na 9to5Mac Ben Lovejoy:
"It seems to me that - by claiming 10 hours of battery life and removing MagSafe - Apple's vision is to turn MacBooks into devices that we use like iPhones and iPads: we charge them overnight and then use them on battery only. But most of us don't even come close to this vision.
The argument that there are also only percentages on iPhones and iPads and not the time until the device discharges is often rejected. But it is necessary to realize that, unlike mobile devices, computers are usually used completely differently. While you use the iPhone all day, but only in shorter time intervals, where the remaining endurance may not be so important, you may want to work on the MacBook for eight hours at a time. Then the estimation of the remaining time is relevant.
Personally, I've always found the time indicator helpful when using it (most recently on last year's MacBook Pro) and its predictions have been helpful. If the pointer doesn't work so reliably on the latest machines, Apple should have tried to find a solution other than depriving everyone of it.
Accumulating minor errors
But to be fair, it's not just about the battery status indicator being removed. This would not be enough to question Apple's focus on the entire product, but the entire operating system, which has been called macOS since this year, has been showing signs of a certain lack of interest in recent years.
Colleagues and many others are increasingly talking about the fact that they are starting to encounter bugs on the Mac that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. I usually didn't admit it myself, because many times I didn't come across the described errors myself, but I find that I can often get over some small snag without really realizing it.
I'm not talking about any big lapses, but little things like the occasional freeze or crash of the app, error messages popping up, or things and functions that otherwise "just work" not working correctly. Each user could probably name their own symptoms, they often change depending on the activity and type of computer.
In general, however, stability and reliability are not what they used to be, as most long-term Mac users will recognize upon closer observation, although as I admit, sometimes we can simply accept a slight deterioration and move on. But if my macOS can now freeze in such a way that there is no other solution but to restart the computer, that is undesirable.
Of course, the operating system cannot be without errors, but it is not for nothing that many say that the last truly stable macOS (or more precisely OS X) was Snow Leopard. Apple beat itself to the punch in this regard when it committed to releasing a new computer operating system every year. It seemed quite illogical even then, and maybe Apple should take back its decision. Even given the abandonment of regular computer updates, it would make sense.
The macOS operating system continues to maintain a very high standard, and its bugs are certainly not a reason for users to look for other platforms, but it would be a shame if the Mac was not given the attention it deserves.
The last update canceled the hourly forecast from the menu bar, but it can be returned there with a simple trick, you just need to back up the relevant system file before the update.
Also, the last update probably underclocked the CPU, because foreign users report an improvement in endurance and a reduction in the average TDP from 6W to 4W.
underclocked? lol :D surely those people who paid extra for the HW will be happy :D
Rather than underclocking, it will be about limiting the Turboboost function to a minimum, or perhaps setting the normal clock to a lower one. Today's processors change their frequency practically constantly, which is why they are so economical compared to their predecessors.
I researched a similar topic when my IT friend wondered how I could power a computer with components with a total power consumption of about 120W with an 80W adapter - but I can't - when the graphics are running at full power, the processor is throttled to half, on the contrary, when the processor is running on TurboBoost, the graphics is underclocked..
Even older OS X had limited battery power, if you want to use full power, you have to be on an adapter, Apple did a good job for me.
Do you have a source for this information? It's interesting, but I can't find it. Thanks.
A really simple solution as a slap in the face :) now with every new update something useful disappears and I have to use some simple trick to bring it back :)
Snow Leopard was really cool. There hasn't been such a good OS since then.
Within two years, Apple will cancel the Mac Pro and Mac Mini, because no one buys them, just like they canceled the Xserve.
And also cancel the macbook air because it doesn't have retina.
The iMac will get 4 USB-C ports and there will be reductions for everything else.
And finally they will make a version of XCode for Windows and cancel all Macs because they don't have at least 35% profit on them.
And Tim Cook will demonstrate at the keynote that, as a professional, an iPad is enough for him for everything. And we should use color balanced and rainbow emoji.
Don't forget ethical and gender balance ;)
But nicely written.
I threw it under my headphones at first, but it gave me so much work :-)
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CUPERTINO(CA), A notice was issued last week in the matter already referred to
speculated for a long time. Almost exactly five years after their death
common godfather Steven P. Jobs's marriage was divorced Design
and Applicability. There has been speculation about mutual disagreements for a long time
and this was confirmed in a joint statement by both former partners
they released. According to this statement, they have not been living in for approximately two years
joint household and the application for divorce was filed by Design, represented
Mr. Jonathan Ive, citing persistent and insurmountable differences as the reason.
The design has often been seen in public in the past
with Mr. Marketing, and the latter spoke out against her several times in public
support.
Well-known analyst and environmental expert of the Cupertino company Ping-Či
Chujo let it be known that we can expect their official soon
engagement. She claims that Design cheated on her, now ex,
partner Usability with Marketing for almost two years and they want to celebrate their engagement by announcing the further postponement of the start of sales
AirPods, on which you can clearly see that Design collaborated only
with Marketing. Marketing has reportedly let it be known that the AirPods will do
they will never get sales anyway because the customer's physical contact with this
product could damage an otherwise great new marketing campaign
headphones, said Ping-Chi Chujo.
I liked Apple because of User friendliness. And I don't understand how they could forget it so soon after the death of Jobs. Off with Cook. And it can be seen that when no one is watching J. Ive, he makes nice things, but they are only useful.
Jony Ive is practically cleared out and does not participate as a designer in the current product lines, which explains a lot.
It is sad. This whole - whole article. I observed it first on the Ipad Air 1. The first software worked amazingly and this latest one is worse in many aspects. (I'm not saying that the performance is enough for all things) but suddenly the game I had from the first day I unpacked the tablet crashes... and iOS? it also has its flaws and I don't like it at all, it's just that multitasking doesn't display correctly or that applications fall more often than snow in a whole year. And it is very sad that I read this about Macs in general. I have not experienced Snow leopard (I started with Lion on a mac mini) and I bought a Macbook Pro Retina for programming school. Unfortunately, I already feel certain errors in the system and I don't like that the errors that I experienced only on iOS until now are slowly but surely coming to macOS (for a moment we will mention the golden days when it was OS X, it could be used at least: D ) ... One of the things that bothers me is that the classmates who curse Apple generally have notebooks with Windows and they don't always have everything :) I bought a much more expensive notebook and sometimes they have better equipment than I do... but the point is is that when I already paid that kind of money, I would expect at least error-free software from it, because they don't have it. I am afraid that for a while I will have the same problems as them, and the only thing that will make me different from them is that I will have an apple on my laptop, but the error rate will be the same. (PS I don't need to be different from my classmates, it's about having good software because I'll put up with it, but hearing them swear about it that it's expensive and nothing better can become the truth for a moment, and then I'd have the money sorry already)
I'm reading vague criticism of macOS and the direction of mac development here. I get the impression that Apple computers are becoming a common but overpriced computer. OK, but in that case, please advise what is the replacement? What computer without macOS would survive if we had the same demands on it? Here with him, I go to him, I buy, so which one is it?
Windows users would certainly, and today probably rightly so, mention a dozen such machines... So maybe it's time to start thinking about whether the "style" is really worth the price. Written from a Windows PC. Which is really stable with Win 10 for what I do on it.. Which in my case is also my old Mac. But I admit to myself that I am considering buying the next machine in the Windows field. Already because of my expectation and the real price. Which I would have to increase by many, many times on the Mac. And is the "feeling" really worth it? Now that Apple has taught me to pay for software, I'm considering whether to just go back to Windows as an honest person.. from herd to herd :)
At work I'm running on Win10, one of Dell's last screams of "fashion". At home I use a retina iMac and MBP 13″ mid2010. No, not even Windows 10 on the last cry from Dell can compare to the comfortable and much more trouble-free work on macOS.
Can I ask what problems you are solving on Win 10? I'm running W10 in Parallels Desktop on my Macbook Pro Late 2013 and somehow I have no problem. I used to have Win laptops with Win XP – Win 7, then only in a virtual machine, but I never had any big problem and everything is fine in a virtual machine. Or of course, sometimes a problem appeared, but now also on macOS (sometimes the macbook doesn't wake up after sleeping, etc.). I admit that I'm a geek and I can solve a lot of things and I'm not afraid of it, but in my opinion Windows is also quite cool for a normal user and I don't see much reason to claim that macOS is somewhere completely different with stability and speed, as I often read .
Well, you basically answered yourself. I have observed for years that the most stable windows are those running in a VM. I don't know if it's a set of debugged HW drivers, or the fact that they are used exclusively for work and quite often outside the internet (VPN), but it is true. The situation is significantly different for the main OS, which also hosts additional VMs and is constantly being updated with drivers, bombarded with updates, etc. The error rate of MacOS is increasing (probably by adding, in my opinion, unnecessary features), but it does not yet exist on Win. Freezing, freezing, biting - even on machines in the MBP price category.
And I'm not talking about the control, the display on hi-res displays and the ergonomics of the system in general. But that's another topic.
Mr. LadaM answered you. I'm also an IT guy, my brother is slowly coming to the end of his second decade, I'm weaned from Microsoft, and it's my main source of income. It runs relatively smoothly in the VM, but it takes some time to fine-tune it to that state in the beginning. For a BFU who can't fine-tune it, it's hopeless, not to mention the bloatware that some laptops are full of. Whereas with a Mac, it still applies that you take the machine out of the box, connect it to wifi, log in and it works.
With Win10, the same problem still applies, that the system swells and slows down with updates, not to mention the fact that more and more often an update breaks something, and you then have to search the Internet with difficulty, which one it actually was and what needs to be done for correction (at least two in the last six months, from June and August). Just the fact that sometimes you don't log in to the system after sleep, simply because Win10 tries to connect via the (now inactive) VPN (which you didn't log out of manually before sleep), but it doesn't have the verification code generated by the application, so you only see the login screen and the spinning wheel (the solution is a hard restart) is a pain (and there is no way to interrupt/stop it). Still practically unusable IE or Edge. Ergonomic complexity etc.
Yes, I agree with the author of the article that macOS is becoming needlessly bugged and Apple stops being careful, but to talk about Win10 finally becoming a level playing field even for BFU..that is a very bold and I dare say still false statement .
I can confirm this, macOS is still far ahead of anything from MS for me. If you take care of your system, macOS runs like clockwork.
1. So mention at least one such machine so we can compare.
2. I left Windows in the fall of 2013, bought a MacBook Air, and used it for about a month. I was so pleased that I immediately upgraded to a MacBook Pro and restored the Air backup to the new MacBook.
I immediately bought an IMac and re-extracted the entire backup originally from the MacBook Air. A year later I upgraded to an iMac 5K and repackaged the backup from the previous iMac, originally from the Air, into it. Now I unpacked the iMac 5K backup again into the MacBook Pro Touch Bar.
So now I'm using a Mac that runs with an unzipped backup already in the fifth!!! computer, originally from 2013 and I have no problem.
I answer everything with that. I like the computer to be used, not to debug drivers.
Another clickbait article? Again, the comment will be about nothing, such a flame will probably burn your hosting as well. Aren't there just a little too many of them? Don't you find it even a little interesting how the number of comments under certain types of articles has increased? No articles... screams in the dark, without constructive content.
So I added one for you as well. Hopefully it will please.
Cook has a huge problem, and that is that he took over a person who had an absolutely different way of thinking about how his machine should work. It's unbelievable how one machine can change.
Before, I was used to opening and working. Simplicity, beauty, simply usable goods and for the price it was worth it. As someone already mentioned here in the comments, today, thanks to the fact that Apple fell asleep to the maximum, MS products are almost comparable to Apple. It is true that a lot of things that Apple used before were delivered by MS only now with the advent of W10 and a lot of things are not delivered, however, even I myself, as a kid and a big supporter of iOS and Mac OS, I have to say that the times when I bought products Apple mainly because I don't have to solve the problems that I solve at work and at home, since everything is in perfect order, they are already gone.
I'm starting to use Windows more and more often and I found out that if you set up everything already during a clean install, adjust all the drivers exactly for your HW, I have absolutely no reason to run MB because surprisingly and with great resistance I found out that it works :D ..
So for the future, it's no longer about thinking about which Apple product to choose, but now it's about which product to choose for Apple's price :(. I found that you can find so many products with far greater HW equipment and comparable, if not better quality than MB, for example from Dell or Lenovo.
A huge surprise for me was the Surface Studio, which clearly indicated to Apple that it cares about us Apple users. Apple's response was desperate, here you have a "picture bar" and you only want 16 GB of memory, because if we gave you more, then you would have no reason to buy another new device in the future. Yes, maybe 16 GB is enough now, but what about in 2 years? Why should I buy a device for around 40-60 thousand and replace it in two years because it is outdated?
Or to explain to a photographer, graphic artist, cameraman, editor, etc., that he does not need a card reader or a connection to a second monitor. No connectivity, reduction boy, you want it will feed us :D.
Stupidly translated article, but true. As an Apple fan, I'm disappointed and I have to admit that it's not what I used to be proud of, because I know that any "nerd" with W10 and a good machine would tear me apart...
I see the difference between Apple and Microsoft in that Apple is closed to the opinions of customers and is closing more and more, and Microsoft is open to the opinions of customers and is opening up more and more.
For example, Microsoft promotes touch control on the display, and even though Win8 was schizophrenic, things are getting better with Win 10. At Apple, the customer doesn't even know if there will be any Mac Pro or Mac Mini. The Touch Bar is just as schizophrenic as the touch display was with Win8.
Or MS prepared the Surface Studio and even if few people bought it yet, why in the future, when the programs for that puck are ready, could MS not sell the puck separately and could it not be paired with a Surface tablet and it would connect to a PC via USB. And next, programs could be controlled with those keys, as is now possible on the Surface Studio.
Another option is to prepare a Surface Phone that runs desktop applications. It will be quite enough for the beginning of MS Office. I come home, I connect the Surface Phone to the monitor with one cable, and I have a keyboard, mouse, USB drive, ... connected to the monitor, and I can use desktop applications. And I don't need any PC at home.
I will repeat myself...Jobs willingly appointed Cook to the leadership of APPLU, he knew that he was incapable of leading and further technological direction of APPLU...perhaps he is an expert for what he did during the leadership of APPLU even under Jobs, but without him it absolutely fails. Jo's main and dare I say that the main full-time work is LGBTI icons, support of multiculturalism in the form of new smileys, support of the assassin Clinton, colorful / rainbow / bracelets and rainbow marches. Komlet's entire production program falls apart for us - iPhone, iPad, iWatch and a whole range of computers and accessories. After all, Jobs could not appoint someone at least as capable or even more capable than himself to the management of APPLE after his death. After all, he couldn't allow APPLE to be led by someone who knows it after his death, that way Jobs would be quickly forgotten. That's why the bridge, where he installed an incompetent LGBTI buzzer, who will be dismissed in the near future and then APPLE will finally be able to be led by a man - a visionary. And he starts pointing to Jobs again as he knew it. History will repeat itself again, only with the difference that then Jobs returned alive and brought APPLE to where APPLE was only 2 years after his death, and now it will be without his physical presence, but in the minds of the professional and lay public.
In my opinion, Putin is to blame, first he controlled millions of counting devices in the US and orchestrated Trump's victory, and now he took away the remaining time indicator from OS X, the LGBTI community is innocent.
Well, Obama said it too, they don't have prime evidence, but they don't care, they're still right even if they shouldn't be. Done, done!
So much bullshit in one post. Cook was not chosen by Jobs, but by the Board of Directors. Jobs could only give his recommendation. Believing that, for example, Al Gore, former vice-president of the USA, was deceived by the insidious Jobs, who wants to destroy his "child" after his death so that his genius can stand out, is just a laughing fool. You would know this if you didn't just read about poppies, but owned one and used it daily.
http://investor.apple.com/corporate-governance.cfm
who claims that Gore should have been his successor...Al Gore is a representative of the global elite...he can be used for some management in APPLE.... , Cook is in turn a representative of the incompetent state elite, who knows absolutely nothing about state management and foreign policy, which is why even the murderer of Clinton, whom Cook supported both financially and morally, did not win the elections in the USA... and Cook, like the state elite, knows very little about managing such a colossus ...Jobs left him a company in growth, prosperity and at the top of technology companies...such a company as APPLE was still suffering after the death of Jobs like a spinning wheel, thanks to that APPLE worked for the first 3-4 years, because the wheel was still spinning. But under the leadership of Cook, the wheel no longer turns, but slows down and I suck at the results...whatever Cook touches, it sucks...APPLE is going down the drain...that person only has LGBTI and financial numbers in his head...but that never moved APPLE...same to that it paid off when Jobs was fired from his own company, and whoever is watching knows how it turned out. One thing is certain, Jobs will not return to APPLE again, as in 1996, when he saved it from such incompetent people as Cook. The future will show who was right. PS: I have been using APPLE since 1999/2000, when the first Jobs products were sold on the market. I also have the first iPhone 2 G and other APPLE products at home. I know enough information about the history of APPLE, I also visited the museum in Prague, 8 APPLE stores in the EU and I also met Wozniak...
Sir, you probably have cognitive difficulties and do not understand the written text. Al Gore is a long-time member of Apple's Board of Directors. She chose Cook as director. Gore has been participating in meetings where the company's strategy is determined for many years. You obviously have no idea. The board elected Cook on Jobs' recommendation. You write that Jobs deliberately put the wrong director there to highlight Jobs' genius. How would he do it if he never had the authority to do such a thing? According to you, even Gore did not reveal this intention and raised his hand for him.
By the way, when Coock took over as director of Apple in 2011, the share price was $54, today it is $115. Since the introduction of the iPhone 7 in September, the price of events has increased by $5.
In my opinion, if you have no idea what you are writing about, it would be better for you not to write anything at all.
I quote... She chose Cook as director. and then you quote this... The Board of Directors elected Coock on Jobs's recommendation... so you are contradicting yourself... They stepped on the APPLU stock... it was only a previous job during Jobs's life... the heat is only riding on wheels that have already turned... the share price is interesting... I bought shares in 2003 for 16 dollars per share, then came the year when 1 share became 7. In 2015 I sold all my shares, even one for 130 dollars ... I don't feel that the share price is increasing thanks to Cook , when I got 130 dollars per share in 2015 then and now thanks to your great managerial skills of Cook, the share price is 116...I don't see any rise there...rather a drop of 24 dollars per share..so according to you we can applaud Cook for a job well done …
What am I contradicting myself about? After all, they write that the board of directors is voting, and they could easily screw up on Jobs's recommendation.
The share price has been rising at a steady pace even after Jobs' death, so your argument that Coook's role is only to put Apple down so that Jobs excels is not valid. Since his death, they have designed 6 phones, watches are increasing in sales. So don't beat the crap out of me.
Apple's share price has been more or less stagnant for two years.
Actions do not take place. Rather they are falling, sales are also falling. Every new product released after the death of Jobs is pruser after pruser. Without Jobs' proposal, the warmth would not have been there. Others who follow APPLE are already writing about the incompetence of Cook's current leadership... I'm even writing it here... http://jablickar.cz/divize-macu-uz-v-applu-nema-pozici-jako-driv-priority-jsou-jinde/
I wonder how many discussants have experience with the new MBP longer than the experience from the store. I originally went for the 2015 model, but when I saw them side by side, the choice fell clearly on the 2016noTB. as a former MBAir user, I definitely don't regret it and I don't miss the connectors either, in fact, it's actually well thought out, because as someone writes here, they connect the surface with a single cable to the monitor to which the other peripherals are connected, so with a Mac, at least the same can be done, but it can also be lime. One cube for 2 thousand in MBP design with HDMI, LAN, 2x usb, sd slot and power connection works perfectly. Simply connect the cable from the replicator instead of the power cable and you're good to go! Then I didn't get into a situation where I would be in trouble... without a large USB, and to be safe, I have a small USB->USB-C cube (2x2cm) with me. I connected the MBA to 3! cables (power, USB and Displayport), here you only need to connect one!
I will rethink what the new MBA would be for and what configuration it should have so that it is not the same as what Apple has already delivered to the market.
You know, that's the point. MBP 2016 without TB is actually a substitute for MBA. Linen is 350 euros more expensive.
I agree, I wrote it several times MBP without TB has only 2.0GHz Intel and it is a clear replacement for MBA13, imo it is also at a good price.
The durability will be very good, it has the strongest battery capacity of all 13″ Late2016 models, a lower clock speed and it is without TouchBar... for a student or an office worker it is highly optimal.
I have to join in - in my opinion, Apple simply isn't what it used to be:
* I stopped using iPhone a few years ago - Android has caught up - it's functionally comparable - and more powerful, longer lasting devices are a fraction of the price
* I still use the MacBook, but more and more out of inertia - and because of OSX (sorry Mac OS)
** As for the endurance of the MacBook (Pro 15, mid 2015) - it's almost new and about 4-5 hours - if I'm not editing the video in FinalCutuX - then it goes down much faster - the fans almost do not stop even when editing text in IntelliJ or XCode
** They replaced the display size with a meaningless pixel density - so my long-standing principle of not using an external display with the MacBook is gone (yes, I'm visually impaired and I hate higher pixel density)
** MagSafe - what moron removed this?
** And normal USB ports?
** And have you noticed the ever increasing prices with us? For the money the base MacBook 15 is now, I've been buying a MacBook 17 full blast - and it went away this year, and the new MacBook 15 is DEFINITELY NOT better/more powerful: less USB ports, smaller display, about the same performance, about the same battery life despite being new (vs. 6 year old 17")
I don't know, I don't like the direction Apple is going either. I think what bothers me the most is the outdated offer of computers and the uncertainty of what will actually happen with them or rather what will not happen. I think the article sums it up quite nicely, the whole behavior of Apple seems kind of chaotic to me - almost like trial and error from an "outside" perspective I'd say. You can see a lot of effort to launch the next bomb and they forget about the basic products and their functionality. They try to be "cool and progressive" about it, but straight up - for example, the "dj scene" at the keynote, it was really quite embarrassing and it shows enough that Apple is pushing the saw somewhere else than long-term users would like and expect. One would forgive Apple for a lot of things, but when I look at their pricing policy and the effort to screw even very compromised products with a dubious lifespan (Macbook 12) to high prices, it really seems too much to me. Personally, I like Apple products (I've had everything from an iPod with a clickwheel to a Macbook Pro), but paying over 40000 for a small Core m Macbook 12 or 65000+ for a "pro" seems misguided. And I don't understand opinions like, so buy Air. A run-of-the-mill and outdated model, still being sold for the money I'll buy a new W10 machine with, strikes me as milking the other end of the spectrum. I like, for example, Petr Mára's videos, but I don't understand how today anyone can still praise practically anything that Apple does and explain everything with possible and rather questionable positives.