Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features

Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by Kognito on Sunday January 17, 2021 @03:45PM (#25814774)

Given Apple have gone cellular with everything all the way down to the Watch, I’m always amazed they never included it in a Macbook.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by copperx on Monday January 18, 2021 @06:43PM (#25828132)

I remember that Qualcomm licences their modems for an outrageous price if they're for a computer, that might be a reason they were never included. But I believe Apple will now manufacture their own cellular chips.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by 8ytecoder on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:14AM (#25823171)

There’s a solid reason to have a cellular modem in a MacBook - data only plans. It’s cheaper in the US to buy a cellular plan addon for iPad than to pay for data as part of the main plan.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by bzzzt on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:58AM (#25820123)

They expect you to have an iPhone; using that for cellular data is literally one click away.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by yarcob on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:26AM (#25820282)

You could make the same argument for the iPad. But they do sell cellular iPads.

In my experience, personal hotspot on my Macbook takes about 30 seconds to connect, and it sometimes just fails to connect altogether. It disconnects when I close my Macbook, so next time I open it I need to connect again. Sometimes my phone doesn't show up in the Wifi menu and I need to manually start hotspot mode on my iPhone.

I'd much prefer a built-in cellular modem.

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