Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip

Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by __mharrison__ on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:24PM (#39597541)

I have a Thinkpad P1 with 64gb. I love that it has a trackpoint. I hate that it had a fan. I guess not so much that it had the fan but that the fan constantly sounds like it is impersonating a helicopter. Not sure where it wants to take the laptop. Also the battery life is horrible, 1 hour or so. And Windows is sluggish. Otherwise, it is a great machine (I occasionally RDP into it when demoing thing for my Windows clients.)

My MacBook on the otherhand lacks a trackpoint (that will never be fixed) but is otherwise snappy and quiet. Sure it had some software/OS issues, but overall it is miles ahead of the Thinkpad.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by fiddlerwoaroof on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:15PM (#39597848)

It’s possible to buy an external keyboard with a trackpoint: not as convenient as having it builtin, but it’s great if you’re mostly using the laptop at your desk anyway

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by __mharrison__ on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:03PM (#39599300)

I have a Unicomp Endurapro. However, my fingers and wrists favor split keyboards for longer periods.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by Liskni_si on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @07:59AM (#39602738)

Imagine buying a MacBook Air only to need an external keyboard to be able to use it comfortably…

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by __mharrison__ on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @08:51AM (#39603402)

Imagine buying a MBP but using it at a desk 90% of the time... I'm perfectly fine using the machine while traveling but mostly use split keyboards with a non-QWERTY layout at my desk. I've been around enough computer users to realize that there is no "one-true device" that will be ergonomic and RSI-proof for 100% of users. Folks should listen to their body and take action when it complains.

My biggest complaint about the MBP was the lack of Trackpoint. I've survived. My work forces me to have both MacOS and Windows machines, and I'm very happy with my MBP. The P1 and sluggishness of Windows are huge letdowns.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by fiddlerwoaroof on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @12:15AM (#39612566)

I like the modern MacBook keyboards just fine. I still use my mechanical keyboard when I’m using my laptop with an external monitor. In part because my desk setup makes using the builtin keyboard awkward

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by ffgjgf1 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @03:22AM (#39600688)

> a Thinkpad P1

To be fair it’s not exactly fair to be comparing this to a MacBook. Dell XPS, Lenovo X1/Z/? series would be closer equivalents, of course AFAIK while the battery life is much better fans/temperature are still an issue.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by __mharrison__ on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @08:43AM (#39603289)

How so? A P1 is basically the same as an X1. Not even sure why they are different models.

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