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Aside from the color, The new 14 inch screams late 00's MacBook in-person. It is so subtle but I guess I'm so used to the tapered designs that it is like the un

Aside from the color, The new 14 inch screams late 00's MacBook in-person. It is so subtle but I guess I'm so used to the tapered designs that it is like the uncanny valley, you can see it so clearly. Check the profile vs the G4 Ti: https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/3e0fffde-93dd-4bb2-919b-3f01aabe3bb0-jpeg.1871375/ https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/3e0fffde-93dd-4bb2-... And then the Last gen: https://help.apple.com/assets/6062258EBFC7E7487E19DBB0/60622592BFC7E7487E19DBC1/en_US/9ac78cfcac4a18d853406ee013751231.png https://help.apple.com/assets/6062258EBFC7E7487E19DBB0/60622... It is a dramatically different shape.

jon-wood 5y ago
The new MacBook Pros hark back to those late 00's ones in more ways than just the appearance. You can tell that Jobs' permanent drive for being ever thinner, lighter, and less adorned with ports is finally losing its grip on the pro end of the range. I bought a 14" Pro recently and its so nice to be back in a world where the MacBook Pro is designed to get work done - the keyboard works properly, its got HDMI out, MagSafe is back, and its got a screen proportioned for work rather than watching films.
- microtonal 5y ago
  You can tell that Jobs' permanent drive for being ever thinner, lighter, and less adorned with ports More Jony Ive. MacBooks had useful ports during Jobs' reign and several years thereafter (until the MacBook Pro 2015). It's only after Ive left Apple in 2019 that the ports came back (well, in 2021, but products are in the pipeline for a while).
pjerem 5y ago
Effectively, I like the new MBP design for a "work" computer. But I miss the simple style of the white MacBook for a more "personal" computer where you want a pretty and sturdy computer you can move around the house and lend to your kids. Plastic was more family proof. Yes you could scratch it but it wouldn’t instantly become ugly. Aluminium is nice and all until it falls from the coffee table and flattens on the edge, becoming both ugly and unsaleable.

jon-wood 5y ago

The new MacBook Pros hark back to those late 00's ones in more ways than just the appearance. You can tell that Jobs' permanent drive for being ever thinner, lighter, and less adorned with ports is finally losing its grip on the pro end of the range. I bought a 14" Pro recently and its so nice to be back in a world where the MacBook Pro is designed to get work done - the keyboard works properly, its got HDMI out, MagSafe is back, and its got a screen proportioned for work rather than watching films.

microtonal 5y ago
You can tell that Jobs' permanent drive for being ever thinner, lighter, and less adorned with ports More Jony Ive. MacBooks had useful ports during Jobs' reign and several years thereafter (until the MacBook Pro 2015). It's only after Ive left Apple in 2019 that the ports came back (well, in 2021, but products are in the pipeline for a while).

pjerem 5y ago

Effectively, I like the new MBP design for a "work" computer. But I miss the simple style of the white MacBook for a more "personal" computer where you want a pretty and sturdy computer you can move around the house and lend to your kids. Plastic was more family proof. Yes you could scratch it but it wouldn’t instantly become ugly. Aluminium is nice and all until it falls from the coffee table and flattens on the edge, becoming both ugly and unsaleable.