New 12″ MacBook sans Thunderbolt

[Lance Bachelder]

Looks pretty cool to me but definitely not an editing machine. The USB C port supports 10Gbps so twice as fast as USB 3 so in theory a raid could be attached but I doubt that would happen when the MacBook Pro is far more powerful etc.

I’d love to be at the coffee house banging out my next screenplay on a gold one…

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[Noah Kadner]

Yep I’m guessing its the GPU that will be much more limiting than the adapters required to attach hard drives. This looks like a killer email/photo/iWork ultra portable productivity Mac but not something intended for heavy FCPX usage.

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[Craig Seeman]

Although even the 11″ MacBook Air has a Thunderbolt port and that’s not really an “editing” computer.

The hangup wouldn’t be so much editing but anything that’s on a Thunderbolt only drive.

[David Lawrence]

Intel Core M processor puts it more in the tablet/keyboard hybrid class than the laptop class. Good article on Gizmodo explains: https://gizmodo.com/the-new-macbook-isnt-what-you-think-1690390617

Also of note from the article’s comments:

New MacBook:

2lbs
13.1 mm thick
Intel Core M processor
LED lit keyboard
2304 x 1440 screen
9-hour battery life web browsing
Starts at $1,299
Surface Pro 3

1.76 lbs
9.1 mm thick
Intel Core i3, i5, or i7 processors
optional LED lit keyboard
2160 x 1440 touchscreen
9-hour battery life web browsing
Starts at $799

USB C is a welcome addition, but would have preferred a mag-safe version or a separate mag-safe power port. Can’t tell you how many times mag-safe has saved my laptop from the floor. Losing it is a step backwards.

I’ll probably recommend this to a lot of people but I won’t be buying it.

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[Tim Wilson]

This appears to me to go after the Microsoft Surface space in the computing ecosystem more effectively than iPad can, imo. Not at all a bad thing of course.

There will be a lot of people who are looking for something smaller than a laptop, attracted to looking at Surface as a laptop replacement, go to Staples, Walmart, Best Buy, etc., try one and think, “Uhm, that ain’t either a laptop replacement,” then naturally turn to the similarly priced and sized entry from Apple that is, in fact, a laptop. Smart move.

[Walter Soyka]

[Tim Wilson] “There will be a lot of people who are looking for something smaller than a laptop, attracted to looking at Surface as a laptop replacement, go to Staples, Walmart, Best Buy, etc., try one and think, “Uhm, that ain’t either a laptop replacement,” then naturally turn to the similarly priced and sized entry from Apple that is, in fact, a laptop. Smart move.”

Tim, why do you think the Surface is not a viable laptop replacement?

(Posted from my Surface Pro 3.)

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[Timothy Auld]

And so what is?

Tim

[Tim Wilson]

[Walter Soyka] “(Posted from my Surface Pro 3.)”

Do you really have a Surface 3? LOL That’s awesome. I want one so bad I can taste it. I have in fact tasted one. It tasted kind of…purple. They nearly made me buy it.

Look, I’m an extreme case, but I live on my laptop. I need a bigger keyboard, I need more RAM, and I like a big screen. Fifteen inches hits my sweet spot…but I also LOVE a touch screen, so any Mac laptop is immediately out. Including this new one.

That said, I have an iPad, and I think anyone who says THAT’s a laptop replacement is on crack. What I meant to say is, “Your mileage may vary.” I do think a Surface is (or appears to be) vastly superior, and much closer to the mark.

But I’ve tried smaller things. Not just the iPad, but a Kindle (which I much prefer), a Chromebook (fun, but impractical imo), and a 13-inch laptop, and whenever I use one for long, I’m sorry I didn’t just grab my 15-incher. If I want a device, I go for my Note.

(I can’t count the number of Mac people who scoffed at my ridiculous huge phone with 1920×1080 resolution, then immediately got an iPhone of roughly the same size and resolution as soon as it was humanly possible, then BRAGGED to me that they have an awesome new big phone. Yes, I know you like it. I’ve been telling you for two years that you would.)

So, my summary of Surface based solely on clicking around on it in the store, then licking it: I can live with the screen size, but too little RAM and keyboard that feels to small seeeeeem to be deal breaker.

I’d still love to hear how you’re using your Surface and how you feel about it.

[Mitch Ives]

[Craig Seeman] “The hangup wouldn’t be so much editing but anything that’s on a Thunderbolt only drive.”

I think we will be awash in hubs in the next few months that will allow you to connect more things than you want. This connector is an industry standard and the next generation tech…

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[Mark Suszko]

You can get most of the effect of a real touch screen by adding the LEAP 3D interface. Looks like a little box the size of a cigarette case, maybe. Set it under or above any screen, blammo, 3-d “touch” interface.