[mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book?
- From: "Bubba" <bubbathegeek@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:37:19 -0400
Hi, this is just rumors but they say they are going to revamp the mac book
pro 13 inch and make it a ultra-portable notebook. They say it will come
with 128 gb of flash storage or either standard SSD drive and no optical
drive in it so this will make it lighter and thinner with more mussel than
the mac book air. Now like I say this is just rumors as of now. But should
know something next year when it comes out . They are just putting things on
the chopping block that is just not selling and keeping what most people are
buying. This makes good business sense. They chop all the other IOS devices
except the iPhone, ipad, iPod touch and the iPod Nano . they revamp the Mac
book air and refreshed the mac mini and sure they are going to revamp the
mac books pros especially the 13 inch. This then would make sense to get rid
of a in-between machine that is not really selling that much. JMO
Bubba
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Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: why have they dis continued the Mac Book?
The MacBookAir comes with internal storage ranging from 64GB up to 256GB, if
I remember correctly. It is a trade-off that I personally agree with. By
using Flash memory instead of a hard disk, you lose some capacity, but gain
speed, reliability, and portability. Hard disks are far more prone to
failure, run much more slowly, and so on.
At this point, there are not very many average users I'd recommend a
MacBookPro too, especially if you plan on making it a portable device. The
MacBookAir doesn't have a DVD drive, something that few people use on a
regular basis anymore. When my older MacBook's DVD drive finally gave up the
ghost, I got an external drive to use for a while. In the span of 18 months,
I used that external drive exactly once. My next machine will be a
MacBookAir, in part because I don't want to lug a DVD drive around that I'm
not using. Plus, if you are carrying around a DVD drive, the possibility of
its failure is higher, too, due to its moving parts.
The storage is really a minor trade-off in comparison to the benefits for
the vast majority of users. If you have a lot of data to store, you should
have multiple external drives for back up purposes in any case. If you need
to access optical discs now and then, you can have an external drive around
for that purpose, but won't be forced to carry around with you wherever you
go with your Mac.
Just my two cents.
On Oct 26, 2011, at 4:09 PM, Daniel McGee wrote:
Hi all, as I'm not really up on the Mac history it still struck me
that why they should discontinue the Mac Book all together.
I red or heard somewhere that it was to be replaced by the Mac Book
Air and from what I understand you don't get alot of memory on that
merchine. Mike Arrigo says on a podcast of his that it is 64GB which is not
alot. Im comparison I wonder how much the Mac book had before apple
discontinued it.
But before I stray off the line my question was why do you and
everyone hear I invite people to make there own theories and ideas that
apple decided to stop the mac book line. Because as a consumer that was
going to be the Mac that I would buy but since that's no longer around then
I would proably go for the Mac Book Pro option.
Thanks
Daniel
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