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There is a no touch bar option currently. I think you'll get your first two wishes along with a vastly superior CPU if you wait for second generation.

by Kequc 10y ago

yedpodtrzitko 10y ago
Two ports only is a joke.
- grzm 10y ago
  Which ports do you currently use? On my MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), I use the MagSafe and either a USB port for charging/syncing a phone or the ThunderBolt display. If I'm plugged into a display, I'm using USB ports on the display for charging. If I were using additional peripherals, I think I'd most likely be using those when I'm also connected to a display, so I can use the ports on the display for those as well. That said, for the target market, I don't think it's unreasonable to think they likely need only two ports the vast majority of the time. I'm not saying you don't have a use for more than two ports. Just that "two ports only is a joke" sounds quite dismissive without any additional details.
  - rangibaby 10y ago
    Two ports is not ideal on my current laptop. Normally use one for charging phones, the other for an external HDD. Plugging something else in (USB stick) usually means not being able to connect to my external or making my wife mad because she was charging her phone.
  - yedpodtrzitko 10y ago
    You're right, I'll be more verbose. I was looking forward to this event as I was considering getting a new machine. However the new machines are full of compromises I would need to do (usual things I hear a lot are "oh you can remap Escape, you can buy a dongle, you dont need that much ports etc.") I am a touch-typist (and I use the F keys), so the machine with Touchbar is no-go for me. What's left? The non-touchbar machine, with two ports. I will omit the thing I would need a bunch of adapters from USB-C to anything. If I look on my current setup right now, that would be a charger (1st port), a monitor (2nd port), a mouse (3rd), a mobile device for development (4th). Ocasinally I use an external disk too (5th). So if I am doing the math correctly, I am missing 2-3 ports. I guess that would mean some extra adapters to be able to connect all of this. All of them on one side of the laptop (including headphones). That's just mess.
sundvor 10y ago
The no touch bar option is only available as the weakest of the lot. Too bad if you like your CPU and memory.

There is a no touch bar option currently. I think you'll get your first two wishes along with a vastly superior CPU if you wait for second generation.

by Kequc 10y ago

There is a no touch bar option currently. I think you'll get your first two wishes along with a vastly superior CPU if you wait for second generation.

yedpodtrzitko 10y ago

Two ports only is a joke.

grzm 10y ago
Which ports do you currently use? On my MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), I use the MagSafe and either a USB port for charging/syncing a phone or the ThunderBolt display. If I'm plugged into a display, I'm using USB ports on the display for charging. If I were using additional peripherals, I think I'd most likely be using those when I'm also connected to a display, so I can use the ports on the display for those as well. That said, for the target market, I don't think it's unreasonable to think they likely need only two ports the vast majority of the time. I'm not saying you don't have a use for more than two ports. Just that "two ports only is a joke" sounds quite dismissive without any additional details.
- rangibaby 10y ago
  Two ports is not ideal on my current laptop. Normally use one for charging phones, the other for an external HDD. Plugging something else in (USB stick) usually means not being able to connect to my external or making my wife mad because she was charging her phone.
- yedpodtrzitko 10y ago
  You're right, I'll be more verbose. I was looking forward to this event as I was considering getting a new machine. However the new machines are full of compromises I would need to do (usual things I hear a lot are "oh you can remap Escape, you can buy a dongle, you dont need that much ports etc.") I am a touch-typist (and I use the F keys), so the machine with Touchbar is no-go for me. What's left? The non-touchbar machine, with two ports. I will omit the thing I would need a bunch of adapters from USB-C to anything. If I look on my current setup right now, that would be a charger (1st port), a monitor (2nd port), a mouse (3rd), a mobile device for development (4th). Ocasinally I use an external disk too (5th). So if I am doing the math correctly, I am missing 2-3 ports. I guess that would mean some extra adapters to be able to connect all of this. All of them on one side of the laptop (including headphones). That's just mess.

sundvor 10y ago

The no touch bar option is only available as the weakest of the lot. Too bad if you like your CPU and memory.