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I'm not a Mac user, but having listened to friends who are, their complaints fall into: - so many dongles required (ethernet, Adapters to HDMI, DVI, etc, sdcar
by will_hughes 10y ago
I'm not a Mac user, but having listened to friends who are, their complaints fall into:
- so many dongles required (ethernet, Adapters to HDMI, DVI, etc, sdcard readers, USB C to USB A, and another one to get their iPhone to connect) - some of them need to be genuine Apple to get decent performance, and those are all hideously expensive.
- lack of ram (tops out at 16GB even on 15" model)
- not the best battery life
All of this seems to have been sacrificed in the name of thinness.
Folks who wanted thin could already get that with the Air / Non-Pro variants.
- matthewmacleod 10y agoThat's an interesting point, and it tallies with what I've heard. I'll give Apple a pass on the RAM, which AFAIK was down to unavailability of Kaby Lake. Probably better to get the machines out, and bump them when Kaby Lake is available. The dongle thing is a worse situation. While I appreciate the steps taken by Apple, it does seem like the whole malarkey could have been avoided with the inclusion of a couple of basically free USB-C to USB-A converters. I reckon the general dongle story is going to be much nicer soon, when there are more multi-port adapters available and more devices (including the iPhone) are supplied with USB-C cables.
- will_hughes 10y agoThe ram thing was mainly due to a decision to go with lpddr3, which tops out at 16GB. The argument they put forth was a battery life one. But they made it thinner which reduces the volume available for battery. Also, the dongle complaint is mainly that to use it, you need to carry a bag full of dongles around. Also, thinner laptops than that have had no issues packing a USB-A port in.