Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features

Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by Mistri on Sunday January 17, 2021 @07:19AM (#25810136)

I'm excited about everything mentioned in the rumors, except for the "flat edge design similar to the iPhone 12". One of my favorite parts of the MacBook design is how easy it is to pick up off of a flat surface with one hand. The tapers help me slide my fingers underneath the computer to hold on. I feel like if there is a flat edge, it'll be hard to grip on the side unless you're using 2 hands.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by scyzoryk_xyz on Sunday January 17, 2021 @08:11AM (#25810386)

Fair point.

I do think that they have a team in place to make these decisions and the experience you’re describing was thoroughly tested and designed already.

One thing they’re frequently berated for is an emphasis on visual aesthetics. But I think that’s a misunderstanding - they design for function, and the aesthetic pleasure comes from that function.

I suspect they will find a way to make these match the visual look that these leaks suggest, without abandoning what you’re talking about. Probably with some tapered edge shape or something like that.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by keepingscore on Sunday January 17, 2021 @08:41AM (#25810547)

Was this team on holiday when they designed the mouse to have it's charging port on the bottom?

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by bnj on Sunday January 17, 2021 @09:09AM (#25810739)

I have to wonder if that design came about because Apple didn’t want people to leave the mouse plugged in all the time. It’s the kind of reasoned institutional blunder that I feel like I encounter in my work life fairly often out of momentum and groupthink.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by kgermino on Sunday January 17, 2021 @09:30AM (#25810878)

I suspect the conversation was closer to “make it rechargeable, but don’t change anything else.”

You obviously can make an Apple style mouse that plugged in sensibly, but that would require changing the case and internal layout. The way they did it the new battery and charge port fit in the space left by the old AA’s.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by fastball on Sunday January 17, 2021 @09:39AM (#25810943)

They definitely have not been designing for function over form, at least while Jony Ive was there without Jobs to curtail his worst impulses.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by uncledave on Sunday January 17, 2021 @08:07AM (#25810365)

What is like is one robust enough to pick up by the top of the screen like the thinkpads.

Also my Dell XPS is so bad if you pick it up by the corner of the unit it flexes enough for the touchpad to trigger clicks. Ugh.

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