[OSX-Users] Macbook pro review - the Verge

[David Tarrant]

I’m currently considering if Apple just released the best Mac Book Air ever? The price point is pro however the hardware is pretty much everything you could dream about on an Air (bar MagSafe). 

It will be interesting to see what they do with the rest of the Laptop line.

Dave T


> On 3 Nov 2016, at 12:52, Steve Harris <steve at totl.net> wrote:
> 
> I had a hackintosh for a brief while, but it was a total pain. It was some Dell machine that was recommended to be a good choice.
> 
> Loads of the drivers (including graphics drivers) had to be hacked, so every time I applied a patch there was the fear that it would stop working.
> 
> I guess if you had one that was essentially the same hardware as a apple laptop it might be less precarious?
> 
> - Steve
> 
>> On 2016-11-03, at 12:32, Nicholas Gibbins <nmg at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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>> This is probably the best review I've read of the new MacBook Pro:
>> 
>> https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the_new_macbook_pro/
>> 
>> Regardless, the new MBP might be the impetus I need to start seriously
>> looking at hackintoshes; some time ago, I came to the conclusion that
>> what I liked was the OS, and not necessarily the hardware.
>> 
>> Nick
>> 
>>> On 3 Nov 2016, at 12:09, mc <mc at ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Anyone considering a new MacBook Pro?
>>> 
>>> You’re up for the TOTAL adaptor requirements? Like a USB key requiring an adaptor. It beggars belief right now. 
>>> 
>>> This review so nicely captures at least how I feel about it in terms of 
>>> Death of relevant ports for example
>>> Loss of sd card slot (for some of us that really is a blow)
>>> Dongle cost
>>> That the processors aren’t the optimum
>>> 
>>> Anyway, read and enjoy/read and weep?
>>> 
>>> http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/2/13490774/apple-macbook-pro-review-2016-13-inch-laptop
>>> 
>>> m.c.
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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