Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable Music Player (2001)

Re:Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable ... by bluthru on Monday October 24, 2016 @10:13PM (#12784718)

I remember hearing that Phil Schiller came up with that idea.

Apple really wouldn't be Apple without him. He's the guy who had the goal of making a laptop with one port. He's the guy who's on board with removing the headphone jack. He's the guy making decisions that piss a lot of people off but understands what makes their products uniquely Apple.

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Re:Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable ... by IslaDeEncanta on Monday October 24, 2016 @10:54PM (#12784909)

Having one good idea doesn't mean that all of those are good ideas.

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Re:Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable ... by bluthru on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:26AM (#12785524)

Any company can add a bunch of ports and say "yes" to everything. It's characteristic of Apple to piss people off in the short term and keep things focused.

Personally I wish the MacBook had 2 ports, but I love that Phil's philosophy is "what if we made a notebook with just one port?"

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Re:Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable ... by danieldk on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:58AM (#12785649)

Personally I wish the MacBook had 2 ports,

Me too, but I have come to appreciate the whole product experience. I went from the MacBook Air 13" to a MacBook 12". I cycle to work nearly daily and take my MacBook in my backpack. Yesterday I had to connect my wife's MacBook Air 13" and then I realized that I forgot how heavy it is.

If you need a laptop that is so light and thin, something's got to give. If removing a few ports and a CPU fan brings you there, it's like it is.

(Before someone says that you have the extra weight of an USB-C to display/USB-A adapter: the MacBook 12" charger is also smaller and lighter than the MacBook Air charger.)

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Re:Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable ... by zimpenfish on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @05:52AM (#12786572)

Plus you can charge the Macbook from any* 2.4A USB charger with appropriate cable - and since I'm already carrying two of those for the iPad and iPhone, there's no need to carry the USB-C brick as well.

* I've had issues with some of the cheaper ones I've tried.

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Re:Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable ... by qbrass on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @02:10AM (#12785693)

The real innovations come from saying "what if we made a notebook with no ports?"

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