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My love of MacBook
- xlayn 11y agoResume: if you don't need the ports, don't mind go back to 2012 Mac book Air processing power [0], don't mind that there is no way to update it or fix it "The MacBook 2015 Repairability Score: 1 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)" [1], and portability is top on your list; go for it. [0] http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks [1] https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Retina+Macbook+2015+Teardown/39841
- delish 11y agoI enjoyed this article. I've been thinking of getting a macbook. This article allayed my fears of not being able to charge my phone from my laptop, which I do more than I'd like. I bet the author has an iphone with better battery life than mine; if mine lasted two days I'd plug it in at night. Time to get a new iphone. The 12-inch MacBook has the best keyboard I’ve ever used. I'm highlighting this sentence hoping other commenters don't pile on it. I'm typing this from an IBM Model F keyboard. This is a soft article, and if I were to criticize this author, it'd amount to "I'm from a different tribe than this author." He doesn't allay my fears of the keyboard, but that's ok. I'm glad he's happy.
- tomcam 11y agoLove the Model F keyboard. If I could make my MacBook 1" thick and 2 lbs heavier in exchange for the Model F key feel, I'd do it. This machine's keyboard is probably shown in Wikipedia as the anti-Model F exemplar.
- tomcam 11y agoHave the exact same machine, disagree with about 60% of the post, and still love it. It's clearly not a "versatile" machine. The lack of ports makes this fact, not opinion. I do not experience the long battery life others report. Don't know why. Most of my work is web dev. I hate the keyboard. The reason I love it is that it's fanless, has a good screen, and is incredibly portable--more so even than the 11" MacBook Air it replaced.
- PhrosTT 11y agoI don't think "Stop needing the USB ports" is a solution to no USB ports.