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They sure as hell sacrificed a lot of battery for those useless stereo speakers.

• louhike 10y ago
  They might be useless for you, but some people use them. This design decision might be coherent with their main target audience.
  • stinos 10y ago
    That's always a bit double. At one point I appreciate they try to improve the sound (and maybe succeed? didn't hear the last model yet), on the other hand I loathe the marketing 'best sound ever'-like phrases and hope not too many people fall for it, as it is in fact physically impossible to get anywhere near proper source reproduction whith such small speakers placed behind a cover. Then again, as you say target audience might not care about that.
    • asmosoinio 10y ago
      For me video conferencing on a laptop is a very usual use case, and improved audio makes that better. I don't think I'm the only one.
• 1123581321 10y ago
  I can only speak for myself, but I use my laptop speakers daily. I have a MBP and bought Boom 2 to make it a little louder when listening to people speaking. I'd certainly rather have them natively play that loudly. For me, the battery life tradeoff is worth it as six hours is about how much battery life I tend to use. That said, I recognize that having ten or twelve hours would change my behavior and expectations.