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Apple first gets you to choose between tiny (Air) or powerful (Pro) and then makes you choose one of two screen sizes. If you then want to upgrade any component

by SandB0x 12y ago

Apple first gets you to choose between tiny (Air) or powerful (Pro) and then makes you choose one of two screen sizes. If you then want to upgrade any components you can but you don't see all the options at once presented as different models. All the information and options are very clearly presented, e.g. https://www.apple.com/uk/mac/compare/notebooks.html https://www.apple.com/uk/mac/compare/notebooks.html

hobs 12y ago
Yep, I dont know how long it will last, but this is one thing jobs was credited with after coming back to Apple, they had something like 36 choices for computers to buy, and that went down to 3 iirc. It is a good marketing tactic for something people perceive to be complex and difficult, and while they are absolutely as guilty as the pc manufacturers for making non-standard parts (and more guilty than mobile imo), I could still connect magsafe adapters to any laptop that accepted them with no problem, plenty of pc manufacturers cant promise that even in their own lines, once a model changes the adapters often change as well.
- bluedino 12y ago
  >> I could still connect magsafe adapters to any laptop that accepted them with no problem, plenty of pc manufacturers cant promise that even in their own lines, once a model changes the adapters often change as well. Except that the MagSafe 2 came out and screwed that up. Apple makes an adapter but it only goes one way. So if a friend comes over with their 2012 MacBook Pro and doesn't bring their charger, they're screwed. They can't use the charger to my 2012 Air.
  - nemo 12y ago
    There is a MagSafe-MagSafe2 adapter, it's a tiny thing with a magnet that holds it on. I keep one in my computer bag so I can use older power supplies if I run into it.
    - bluedino 12y ago
      Right, that's what I said. The problem is that you can't power an older machine with the newer power supply.
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by SandB0x 12y ago

hobs 12y ago

Yep, I dont know how long it will last, but this is one thing jobs was credited with after coming back to Apple, they had something like 36 choices for computers to buy, and that went down to 3 iirc. It is a good marketing tactic for something people perceive to be complex and difficult, and while they are absolutely as guilty as the pc manufacturers for making non-standard parts (and more guilty than mobile imo), I could still connect magsafe adapters to any laptop that accepted them with no problem, plenty of pc manufacturers cant promise that even in their own lines, once a model changes the adapters often change as well.

bluedino 12y ago
>> I could still connect magsafe adapters to any laptop that accepted them with no problem, plenty of pc manufacturers cant promise that even in their own lines, once a model changes the adapters often change as well. Except that the MagSafe 2 came out and screwed that up. Apple makes an adapter but it only goes one way. So if a friend comes over with their 2012 MacBook Pro and doesn't bring their charger, they're screwed. They can't use the charger to my 2012 Air.
- nemo 12y ago
  There is a MagSafe-MagSafe2 adapter, it's a tiny thing with a magnet that holds it on. I keep one in my computer bag so I can use older power supplies if I run into it.
  - bluedino 12y ago
    Right, that's what I said. The problem is that you can't power an older machine with the newer power supply.

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