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Yup. The Macbook Air is heavier (and has more ports) than the Macbook. I suspect this is because Apple gives so little attention to Mac now and updates produc
by nostromo 8y ago
Yup. The Macbook Air is heavier (and has more ports) than the Macbook.
I suspect this is because Apple gives so little attention to Mac now and updates products two or three times a decade. So when one product is updated, the rest of the lineup seems incongruous.
- will_pseudonym 8y agoAnd it has function keys!
- jakebellacera 8y agoFunction keys _and_ TouchID? How is that possible? ;)
- neolefty 8y agoYes, TouchID is a keeper! Any chance Apple will back out on the touch bar for MBP's — "We've learned from that experience."? I have one and am not thrilled with the touch bar, but I really prefer fingerprint unlocking over typing a password.
- josephjrobison 8y agoIt's great for quick access to emoji's though - my #1 usage, sadly :)
- threeseed 8y agoGet BetterTouchTool. It allows you to fully customise the buttons making it infinitely more useful.
- nil_pointer 8y agoEven with this, the Touchbar is gimmicky garbage. Maybe I'm getting old, but I don't want this even if I can customize it.
- encoderer 8y agoTouch ID is temporary. FaceID is the future.
- philjohn 8y agoApple Watch unlock is even better - especially when I'm at work and my mac is off to the side with my focus on my 2 external monitors. I just walk up to my desk, tap the space bar and the watch and mac do their thing and I'm logged in. It's awesome.
- mikewhy 8y agoThere's Unlox, where you can lock/unlock based on phone proximity. It was wonky last time I used it, but that functionality with the watch is too good. https://unlox.it/ https://unlox.it/
- CogitoCogito 8y agoMaybe I'm old fashioned but I just don't understand what's so difficult about typing in a password that warrants the facial recognition system.
- philjohn 8y agoOh, it's totally just convenience, no other reason. I suppose you could argue that if you then forced people to use longer, more complex passwords, they would have fewer issues.
- stiGGG 8y agoFunction keys _and_ TouchID _and_ an Escape Key. That’s like Kinder Surprise... three wishes at once!
- ericsoderstrom 8y agoAnyone know if one of those lines will be discontinued? Seems odd to maintain both the macbook and macbook air
- macintux 8y agoNo one outside Apple (and maybe inside too) knows for certain. They don't share information like that in advance.
- gumby 8y agoThe 12" MacBook is popular in Asia where that screen format is allegedly more popular. I can say that having traveled for months with a 12" MacBook it was a great little machine for what I wanted (collecting photos, checking mail and the web, and writing lots of code in Emacs). I plan to get another and make my 15" MBP behemoth a desktop.
- benologist 8y agoPotentially all of them within a few years depending on how aggressively they migrate to their own CPUs.
- neolefty 8y ago> updates products two or three times a decade Just the overall design — there are substantial internal updates (silicon, battery, etc.) every 12-18 months for most lines. Air had been waiting a while, though. > heavier (and has more ports) ... I suspect this is because Apple gives so little attention to Mac now A simpler explanation: There's a market for a laptop somewhere between MB and MBP.
- ableal 8y ago> The Macbook Air is heavier (and has more ports) than the Macbook. We could call the latter "Macbook (void)" - void is lighter than air ...
- pygy_ 8y agoThe avoided the MacBook Helium that would have disabled modern iPhones...