<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 5 Nov 2016, at 13:36, Vladimiro Sassone <<a href="mailto:vsassone@soton.ac.uk" class="">vsassone@soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">On 3 Nov 2016, at 12:32, Nicholas Gibbins <<a href="mailto:nmg@ecs.soton.ac.uk" class="">nmg@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Regardless, the new MBP might be the impetus I need to start seriously<br class="">looking at hackintoshes; some time ago, I came to the conclusion that<br class="">what I liked was the OS, and not necessarily the hardware.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">well, i am not sure, it’s all deja-vu, like when the iPad was just a glorified iPhone that nobody may ever want/need. I am not a developer, really, ask agree on the software, but in terms of hardware am jolly happy with the retina, an unrivalled trackpad (jeez, to look at a Thinkpad sends shivers down my spine), touchId, fast keyboard, portability etc. I would have loved a touchscreen (but after all, I hate fingerprints on my screen, so perhaps not…), but am inclined to give the touchBar a go before writing it off. TouchId alone might be worth the pain (and no, i don’t think i am really concerned about the demise of <esc>). <br class=""><br class="">In summary, although I mourn the loss of magsafe —but why oh why!— I am not sure that there is out there a laptop right now that overall I’d like better than the MBP. Different is the question for the MacBook. I’ve bought one, which i find almost entirely unusable because of the single port: two would have been fine, even just one plus a (magsafe) power inlet would work… but only one makes things unreasonably hard for no specific gain… Yes, i can buy an usb-c/ethernet adapter or a usb-c/DP one, but what’s the point if I can’t at the same power the laptop?<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">The Macbook’s lack of interfaces is baffling. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At least for USB-C “magsafe" there is <a href="https://griffintechnology.com/us/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-power-cable" class="">https://griffintechnology.com/us/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-power-cable</a> or soon <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/3138865/computer-hardware/start-up-creates-usb-c-to-magsafe-adapter-for-new-macbook-and-other-devices.html" class="">http://www.computerworld.com/article/3138865/computer-hardware/start-up-creates-usb-c-to-magsafe-adapter-for-new-macbook-and-other-devices.html</a>. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But the new MBP is a step backwards in so many ways.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This is just so spot on <a href="https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the_new_macbook_pro/" class="">https://blog.pinboard.in/2016/10/benjamin_button_reviews_the_new_macbook_pro/</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tim</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>