The new 12inch Macbook
Jun 15, 2015, 10:44 am
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I just looked at one of these yesterday at the Apple Store. it's nice and thin, but the lack of ports is really a downside. We also played with a Yoga 3 at the Microsoft Store, a Windows machine that weighs just a half pound more, seems just as thin, has a larger screen and multiple USB ports, has more storage, and is cheaper. I think that's what my wife wants to replace her laptop, though she had been interested in the Macbook.
I have been trying to convince her to try the Macbook because she's a happy iPhone user.
I have been trying to convince her to try the Macbook because she's a happy iPhone user.
Jun 15, 2015, 11:34 am
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I just looked at one of these yesterday at the Apple Store. it's nice and thin, but the lack of ports is really a downside. We also played with a Yoga 3 at the Microsoft Store, a Windows machine that weighs just a half pound more, seems just as thin, has a larger screen and multiple USB ports, has more storage, and is cheaper. I think that's what my wife wants to replace her laptop, though she had been interested in the Macbook.
I have been trying to convince her to try the Macbook because she's a happy iPhone user.
I have been trying to convince her to try the Macbook because she's a happy iPhone user.
Jun 15, 2015, 12:59 pm
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It will be for my wife's work laptop. Basically it's just a machine that she uses to VPN into her firm's network. All of the heavy lifting is done on the office side.
Jun 15, 2015, 1:17 pm
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Not much down side for that; I'm also very pleasantly surprised for the configs on Lenovo's own site that they're all 8GB. I'm not sure if there are any 4GB ones out there in retail channels, but for Windows these days I'd avoid anything with less than 8.
Jun 18, 2015, 1:12 pm
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Mine came in last week. I've taken it on two business trips so far. It replaced a 2012 11" Air.
The screen is far better. The performance is about the same. I'm happy with the keyboard.
I'm real happy with the smaller footprint, the battery life, and the small but noticeable reduction in weight.
The screen is far better. The performance is about the same. I'm happy with the keyboard.
I'm real happy with the smaller footprint, the battery life, and the small but noticeable reduction in weight.
Jun 18, 2015, 4:44 pm
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Mine came in last week. I've taken it on two business trips so far. It replaced a 2012 11" Air.
The screen is far better. The performance is about the same. I'm happy with the keyboard.
I'm real happy with the smaller footprint, the battery life, and the small but noticeable reduction in weight.
The screen is far better. The performance is about the same. I'm happy with the keyboard.
I'm real happy with the smaller footprint, the battery life, and the small but noticeable reduction in weight.
Jun 19, 2015, 2:40 am
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Mine came in last week. I've taken it on two business trips so far. It replaced a 2012 11" Air.
The screen is far better. The performance is about the same. I'm happy with the keyboard.
I'm real happy with the smaller footprint, the battery life, and the small but noticeable reduction in weight.
The screen is far better. The performance is about the same. I'm happy with the keyboard.
I'm real happy with the smaller footprint, the battery life, and the small but noticeable reduction in weight.
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
Jun 19, 2015, 9:08 am
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the only performance peeve i have is youtube sometimes stuttering on 1080p videos. i'd have to tone it down to 720p and even that occasionally hestiates. something that never happened with the air.
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
Jun 19, 2015, 1:20 pm
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the only performance peeve i have is youtube sometimes stuttering on 1080p videos. i'd have to tone it down to 720p and even that occasionally hestiates. something that never happened with the air.
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
Jun 19, 2015, 2:43 pm
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the only performance peeve i have is youtube sometimes stuttering on 1080p videos. i'd have to tone it down to 720p and even that occasionally hestiates. something that never happened with the air.
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
youtube is running on html5 with chrome
other than that, have not noticed a performance fault
Jun 19, 2015, 4:27 pm
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Jun 19, 2015, 5:25 pm
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This. I'm currently using Chrome because of a nasty kernel panic issue with Safari and the El Capitan developer preview on my late 2013 13" rMBP and it definitely makes my system work a lot harder. Even YouTube videos with the HTML5 player cause the fan to spin up to near maximum sometimes. I can easily see it being a lot worse on the MacBook.
Jun 20, 2015, 3:31 am
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Havent tried safari or firefox. Im thinking and hoping its something thats correctable via code either in chrome or osx update.
The machine will play 1080p in standalone player all day long. The occasional trouble is with a video rendered inside a browser - which im not is not what nexus 6 is doing
The machine will play 1080p in standalone player all day long. The occasional trouble is with a video rendered inside a browser - which im not is not what nexus 6 is doing
Jun 20, 2015, 10:28 am
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Safari's already preinstalled, right? If so, you might give that a try. Chrome and Firefox both have video support issues on PC (slightly different ones), and it sounds like Chrome on MacOS may have some of its own.