Re:Ask HN: What's your experience with the new macbook?
by mistercow on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @10:27AM
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Wait, how is this first generation? Do you consider any refresh of an existing line to be "first generation"? What would you consider not to be "first generation".
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Re:Ask HN: What's your experience with the new macbook?
by wlesieutre on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:12AM
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The computers that are processor bumps aren't first generation. Not the case here; though this is a similar computer to the MacBook Air, there are a ton of new parts in it. The Air is still (more or less) the same design that it's had since 2010 or so.
As an example, Apple had been making white iBooks for a long time before their Intel transition. But the 1st gen MacBook used a different white plastic that could absorb oils from your hands and turn a nice shade of orange/brown. http://appleinsider.com/articles/06/07/26/apple_recognizes_w...
With a brand new design, you risk problems like that slipping through the cracks. Maybe it turns out that the new keyboard mechanism starts missing presses once the usual crud falls in between the keys, or maybe the USB-C connector isn't durable enough and stops charging reliably a few months in. If the new models have any issues like that, waiting for the second version would save you some headaches.