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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Question on MBPro |
| Date | 2015-03-11 13:19 +1300 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <110320151319521673%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <54fe0cd5$0$19827$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com> <100320151340259957%YourName@YourISP.com> <barmar-E2193A.10525110032015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> <110320150918579430%YourName@YourISP.com> <barmar-CA70B8.16552910032015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> |
In article <barmar-CA70B8.16552910032015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <110320150918579430%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > In article <barmar-E2193A.10525110032015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > > In article <100320151340259957%YourName@YourISP.com>,
> > > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Nope. Apple also updated the MacBook Air models at today's event. The
> > > > MacBook Air may be phased out eventually, but at the moment there's now
> > > > three tiers to the "MacBook" family:
> > > > - MacBook
> > > > - MacBook Air
> > > > - MacBook Pro
> > >
> > > But it's no longer the case that Air refers to the thinnest ones with
> > > the fewest connectors. Is there still some quality that distinguishes MB
> > > from MB Air?
> >
> > The "quality" is that the new MacBook is thinner, lighter, has fewer
> > ports than the Mac Book Air, and comes in a few different colours ...
> > and is probably less powerful / slower.
>
> But that's not a quality common to all MacBooks. Previously, the
> lightest were Air, heaviest were Pro, and MacBooks were in the middle.
> Now MacBook includes laptops that are both lighter and heavier than Air.
There is no "MacBook" heavier then the MacBook Air ... unless you're
referring to the old plastic models that were discontinued a few years
ago.
> Does the naming scheme have any relationship to the designs any more?
Did it ever??
The idea of *adding* a 12" laptop to the line-up seemed rather
ridiculous to me even when it was just a rumour. The difference between
11", 12", and 13" simply doesn't warrant it. It would have made more
sense to drop the old MacBook Air models and use just this 12"
version... but the answer (as I posted earlier) is likely to be due to
the new MacBook being slower. That means you've now got three tiers
(although I haven't checked the pricing structure):
MacBook = slowest, most compact
MacBook Air = faster, less compact
MacBook Pro = fastest, least compact
A secondary issue is why doesn't the MacBook Air now have a Retina
screen?
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Re: Question on MBPro Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-10 09:29 -0700
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Re: Question on MBPro Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-03-10 16:55 -0400
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