[OSX-Users] Re: New 2015 MacBook

[Hugh Davis]

I saw a few reviews suggesting that the CPU power would be a downgrade on existing MacBook airs.

I’m not sure that CPU speed is ever an issue for the sort of activities I undertake – its usually been disk speed,  and even that seems to have been an insignificant problem since I got SSD or hybrid disks.


ALSO
Still slightly worried about the single USB C slot.  In effect I have to always remember to carry around some extra device in order to charge my iPhone from my PC. when its charging?

And Finally.
It would be nice if they produced a PC that could be charged from a USB supply as an iPad can!  I presume this is not the case here?

Any thoughts.?
/h.


Hugh Davis

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Director of Institute for Learning, Innovation and Development (ILIaD)

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From: Jules Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Organization: University of Southampton
Reply-To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Date: Friday, 22 May 2015 11:39
To: List for users of Mac OS X <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Subject: [OSX-Users] Re: New 2015 MacBook

All models have 8GB RAM.

256GB ssd and 1.1GHz cpu = £902
256GB ssd and 1.3GHz cpu = £1074

512GB ssd and 1.2GHz cpu = £1117
512GB ssd and 1.3GHz cpu = £1220

Then you'll want an AV multiport adapter (either HDMI or VGA version) = £65
That provides a USB-C socket (so you can charge while showing a presentation), normal USB, and either HDMI or VGA.

So top-of-the-range = £1285 for the package. But I'm not convinced the 1.2GHz->1.3GHz upgrade is worth having, so you could knock roughly £100 off that.

All prices include VAT.

One thing I have noticed is quite how fast the SSD is. Installing my 30GB system image from a USB disk takes 3 minutes, compared to 6 minutes for a MacBook Pro Retina and over 20 minutes for a "spinning rust" disk-based Mac.

Hope that helps,
Jules.


On 22/05/2015 10:26, Tim Chown wrote:
So what’s the damage for one of those?

Tim

On 21 May 2015, at 15:21, Jules Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote:

If anyone would like to see one in the flesh, I've got one in my office you are welcome to come and look at.
Zepler 4211, by the lift.

- Weight under 1kg (lighter than MacBook Air)
- Thinner than the MacBook Air
- Brand new keyboard
- Force Touch trackpad
- No fans, no moving parts at all (even the keys only *just* move)
- 10 hours battery life
- 1.1/1.2/1.3GHz Core M cpu
- 8GB RAM
- 512GB SSD storage
- Retina display (12", 2304x1440 pixels)

Jules

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Jules

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email+iMessage: Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Twitter: @JulesFM

Senior Tutor, Postmaster
Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

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