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by eknkc 10y ago

Good. Article doesn't seem to load for me but it served nearly no purpose but a nostalgic one. Maybe someone somewhere debugged a hardware problem with it? Have no idea. Given that the touch bar has it's own hardware and software, it can serve as a better hardware debugging tool anyway.

shurcooL 10y ago
Agreed. I wish it also didn't have the "MacBook Pro" text on the bezel of the screen. It serves no useful purpose of making the laptop better, but it can be slightly distracting from the work you're doing on screen, just because it's always in your field of view. There's already an Apple logo on the back of the screen, which is perfect. Why the need to bring back this text? iMac doesn't say iMac on the bezel...
- selectodude 10y ago
  https://regmedia.co.uk/2010/11/24/imac_three_quarter_large.jpg https://regmedia.co.uk/2010/11/24/imac_three_quarter_large.j... It used to :)
- dingaling 10y ago
  > There's already an Apple logo on the back of the screen, which is perfect. Except for those of us giving presentations to a roomful of glowing Apples wherein it becomes intensely annoying. To the extent that it's difficult not to direct my attention to the Mr Joe Boring with the Anonymous Black Laptop. He's the only one thinking differently... I'm not sure why people voluntarily advertise for the World's most valuable company without any form of compensation and futhermore feel proud to do so.
  - evv 10y ago
    The logo on the new macbook doesn't glow.
- geophile 10y ago
  One more way in which the previous MBP was superior. No "MacBook Pro" on the bezel.
danudey 10y ago
The chime was useful to know when the computer had finished its test and was about to boot, or rather, to count boot cycles. 'Zapping the PRAM', or, on modern systems, NVRAM, is a useful diagnostic trick and has fixed a lot of problems on a lot of the machines I manage, and for a lot of people I don't. The standard instructions I gave were very easy to follow: 1. Hold down Command-Option-P-R 2. Keep them held down until you hear the chime twice 3. Release as soon as you hear the second chime Done! Simple instructions anyone can follow; grandparents, children, lawyers, whoever. Now that the chime is gone, those instructions are useless, and I'm not sure what instructions I'll be giving people to help them through the process. "Hold it down for thirty seconds" maybe?
- subway 10y ago
  "Lug it down to the Genius Bar"
- deleted 10y ago
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ben174 10y ago
It's useful to me, to let me know if it's a cold boot or resuming from hibernation. Kinda mentally prepares me so I'm ready to launch some terminals and tmux sessions, connect to VPN, etc.
charlesism 10y ago
I'll definitely miss it. If your Mac won't start, or you have a desktop and the monitor's acting up, it's convenient to have some indication of what's going on. Not that zapping the PRAM often solved anything, but it'll be more difficult now that there's no indication how many times the machine has restarted. But the nostalgia (I'd call it the Pavlov response) is the biggest part. Hearing the chime as I sit down to get some work done is a cozy way to get into the swing.
carsongross 10y ago
Is nostalgia bad?

by eknkc 10y ago

shurcooL 10y ago

Agreed. I wish it also didn't have the "MacBook Pro" text on the bezel of the screen. It serves no useful purpose of making the laptop better, but it can be slightly distracting from the work you're doing on screen, just because it's always in your field of view. There's already an Apple logo on the back of the screen, which is perfect. Why the need to bring back this text? iMac doesn't say iMac on the bezel...

selectodude 10y ago
https://regmedia.co.uk/2010/11/24/imac_three_quarter_large.jpg https://regmedia.co.uk/2010/11/24/imac_three_quarter_large.j... It used to :)
dingaling 10y ago
> There's already an Apple logo on the back of the screen, which is perfect. Except for those of us giving presentations to a roomful of glowing Apples wherein it becomes intensely annoying. To the extent that it's difficult not to direct my attention to the Mr Joe Boring with the Anonymous Black Laptop. He's the only one thinking differently... I'm not sure why people voluntarily advertise for the World's most valuable company without any form of compensation and futhermore feel proud to do so.
- evv 10y ago
  The logo on the new macbook doesn't glow.
geophile 10y ago
One more way in which the previous MBP was superior. No "MacBook Pro" on the bezel.

danudey 10y ago

The chime was useful to know when the computer had finished its test and was about to boot, or rather, to count boot cycles. 'Zapping the PRAM', or, on modern systems, NVRAM, is a useful diagnostic trick and has fixed a lot of problems on a lot of the machines I manage, and for a lot of people I don't. The standard instructions I gave were very easy to follow: 1. Hold down Command-Option-P-R 2. Keep them held down until you hear the chime twice 3. Release as soon as you hear the second chime Done! Simple instructions anyone can follow; grandparents, children, lawyers, whoever. Now that the chime is gone, those instructions are useless, and I'm not sure what instructions I'll be giving people to help them through the process. "Hold it down for thirty seconds" maybe?

subway 10y ago
"Lug it down to the Genius Bar"
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ben174 10y ago

It's useful to me, to let me know if it's a cold boot or resuming from hibernation. Kinda mentally prepares me so I'm ready to launch some terminals and tmux sessions, connect to VPN, etc.

charlesism 10y ago

I'll definitely miss it. If your Mac won't start, or you have a desktop and the monitor's acting up, it's convenient to have some indication of what's going on. Not that zapping the PRAM often solved anything, but it'll be more difficult now that there's no indication how many times the machine has restarted. But the nostalgia (I'd call it the Pavlov response) is the biggest part. Hearing the chime as I sit down to get some work done is a cozy way to get into the swing.

carsongross 10y ago

Is nostalgia bad?