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Re: Ultrabook portables

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On Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:22:22 -0500, Ezekiel wrote:

> So I decided to upgrade my aging laptop. It's an older Acer i5 that's
> pretty big and weights about 6 lbs. I have a full desktop and plenty of
> CPU+storage on the network so I don't need a really powerful machine.
> Decided to go with something light and portable.
> 
> Factors were:
>   Size and portability - Extremely important SSD drive - Must have
>   Battery life - important DVD-Drive - Do not want at all High res
>   display - very nice to have Touch screen - nice to have Gaming - N/A
>   100% silent (no CPU fan) - nice to have
> 
> I looked around and decided to go with a Macbook. Not a Macbook Air and
> not a Macbook Pro, but the small 2lb Macbook like this one :
> https://www.apple.com/macbook/
> 
> It only weighs 2 lbs and is about a 1/2" thick. Not entirely sure but it
> might be the smallest/lightest ultrabook available. The display is
> 2304x1440 and the battery last 7+ hours in real life usage. The only
> other laptop that I considered seriously was the Dell XPS-13 which was a
> close 2nd.
> 
> 
> What I like:
> 
> The Touchpad is the best I've ever used. Period. it's as smooth as glass
> because it is glass. It has the force-touch which is very cool. When you
> press hard (adjustable) it actually feels like the touchpad "clicks'
> down. But it doesn't move or click at all. it just feels like it does.
> Try it out if you can get your hands on one from a friend or at an Apple
> Store. You'll be absolutely convinced that it clicks down even though it
> doesn't move at all. (The amount of "click" feedback is also
> adjustable.) Fantastic touchpad in every way.
> 
> The screen is excellent and the battery life easily gives me a full day
> of usage. The 802.11ac wireless is way faster than the Acer's 802.11g
> and the backlit keyboard is also something the Acer didn't have. There's
> no CPU fan and it has an SSD so it's always 100% silent.
> 
> All the hardware works perfectly. Open or close the lid and it does the
> right thing. The power button works and I spent exactly zero time
> messing with acpid or apcupsd. It works the way it's supposed to right
> out of the box.
> 
> The hardware, build quality and fit-and-finish is top notch. It looks
> and feels like a well build device.
> 
> 
> What I don't like:
> 
> No Mag-Safe connector. The Macbook Air that my wife stole from me 2
> years ago has one but this Macbook is so thin that there wasn't room for
> one. So it charges with a USB-C connector but I would prefer a Mag-Safe.
> 
> Since there's no room for Mag-Safe give it a lightening connector which
> is pretty ubiquitous for people with other iDevices. I don't want yet
> another different cable with a USB-C connector.
> 
> Not easy to open the lid. Maybe my hands are too big but it takes a fine
> touch to open the skinny little thing.
> 
> 
> The Apple eco-system or walled garden:
> 
> Say what you want about this but it "just works" and works incredibly
> well and easy. When I powered it up and set it up for the first time it
> asked me to sign-in with my Apple-ID. Done. Finished. Nothing else to
> setup, configure, edit, whatever.
> 
> Once I signed in with my Apple ID my email, calendar, contacts,
> text-messages, photos, documents, shared-photos, todo-list, music and
> everything else was synced with my iPhone. I didn't need to configure a
> half-dozen apps individually. Everything that I need to stay in sync and
> share across devices was done.
> 
> Maybe I don't get some fine level of control that 1% of users might
> need. But 99% of users won't care because "stuff" they otherwise would
> never be able to setup on their own "just works" with very little to no
> effort.

That is one sweet machine for sure.  Congrats!



-- 
Lloyd

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Ultrabook portables "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-11-09 11:22 -0500
  Re: Ultrabook portables John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 08:40 -0800
  Re: Ultrabook portables Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-09 11:59 -0500
    Re: Ultrabook portables "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-11-09 12:10 -0500
      Re: Ultrabook portables Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 19:52 +0000
        Re: Ultrabook portables "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-11-09 15:11 -0500
          Re: Ultrabook portables Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 20:15 +0000
        Re: Ultrabook portables Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-09 16:48 -0500
  Re: Ultrabook portables Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 17:10 +0000
    Re: Ultrabook portables "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-11-09 12:14 -0500

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