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psmith2.0
Mr. Vieira
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
 
2021-01-15, 05:16

“Radical redesign” = returning to everything that was right/good to begin with? Interesting.

“If you’ll notice, our new manned explorer and ISS transport vehicle looks just like the Mercury capsule.” - NASA

“For our 2021 lineup, we’ve made everything a Telecaster.” - Femder

“All titties, all the time..” - Cinemax



All four of those things existed once already on these models, and two of them - MagSafe and useful ports - actually mattered and made for a nicer, more capable and worth-all-the-money purchase.

I don’t think that touchbar ever really hit in the way they probably expected. It almost seemed like unasked-for showing off.

Some of this that seems like a shot at Jony’s “minimalist design over all else” obsession/leanings.

“Alright guys, enough of this shit...make these things work well out of the box without a mandatory dongle-buying spree...”.

If this is true...awesome. The Air can be the minimalist, bare-bones “notebook for the rest of us”, but maybe something with the word “pro”’ in its name should be a bit more versatile and full-featured? Maybe, as it turns out, ultra-stark minimalism isn’t a “pro” feature request?

Last edited by psmith2.0 : 2021-01-15 at 05:39.
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