The Samsung thing, especially, must have worried Apple's engineers (their marketing and sales departments probably was ecstatic) I expect they will have bought dozens of these phones, attempting to figure out what went wrong.
Could Apple have made a last-minute change to the batteries because they do not want this to happen to them?
Re:New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly und...
by IMcD23 on Saturday November 19, 2016 @04:43PM
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I highly doubt it. It's not like there is any leftover space inside these laptops. They made them thinner, and took out some of the screen bezel, making it a smaller width and height as well. The battery life did not get worse, since they also use lower TDP chips (4980HQ -> 6920HQ on the highest end) and made other power improvements.
A change to the battery size is definitely not a last-minute design decision you could make, since it depends on the logic board size and case size.
Re:New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly und...
by mixmastamyk on Saturday November 19, 2016 @05:13PM
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Stopped in the other day to check the new MBPs. They are beautiful, but I agree they have gone too far in the weight/beauty direction at the expense of practicality. I liked the touch bar, but typing on the keyboard felt like typing on a brick, despite its precision.
Sure, you can hook up a keyboard for day to day use, but that feels suboptimal from my perspective.
Re:New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly und...
by astrodust on Saturday November 19, 2016 @02:09PM
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I wonder if they're having manufacturing or yield problems on this round. The first "Retina" machines had a serious issue with under-performing displays that took some time to iron out.
Re:New MacBook Pros have non-upgradeable SSDs, seemingly und...
by mankash666 on Saturday November 19, 2016 @03:05PM
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Johnny Ive has personally invested 10 minutes in beautifying the SSD, and 100 hours beautifying the PR video pitching the SSD beautification process. So fuck your concerns about replacability and other real world issues. Replay the PR campaign video 10 times over and covet the irreplaceable, soldered, genius of an SSD. Rediscover your inner sheep. Be the sheep Apple meant for you to be.
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/as...
- Samsung recently recalled their flagship phone because of battery problems (http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/)
- Intel recently recalled all their Basis Peak smart watches because they might overheat (https://www.mybasis.com/safety/)
The Samsung thing, especially, must have worried Apple's engineers (their marketing and sales departments probably was ecstatic) I expect they will have bought dozens of these phones, attempting to figure out what went wrong.
Could Apple have made a last-minute change to the batteries because they do not want this to happen to them?
A change to the battery size is definitely not a last-minute design decision you could make, since it depends on the logic board size and case size.
Sure, you can hook up a keyboard for day to day use, but that feels suboptimal from my perspective.
I mean, back ages ago the Macbook was kinda surprising and nice. There wasn't many alubody laptops back then.
But now? They look goofy as hell with oversized keyboard, no keypad, featurelessness...
AND THEY DON'T EVEN COME IN BLACK
Sheeps do like apples