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Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:01:23 No.48912218

New macbook thread

Alright /g/uise, what's the deal with this thing. Is the battery actually up to nine hours? I've heard SO many fucking conflicting
reviews about how long it lasts and the overall performance of this thing. thought?

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Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:02:28 No.48912233

first gen apple product

don't buy

source: professional macfag

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:03:04 No.48912243

>>48912218
Depends on what you do with it
normies probably can't understand so they write bad reviews when it gives less than 9 hours

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:03:43 No.48912256

It only lasts long if it is in idle.

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:05:35 No.48912284

so sexy tho :)))))

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:06:01 No.48912294

Yea usually lasts upto 8 hours for me on moderate brightness

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:07:24 No.48912316

>>48912294
how is it for programming?

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:08:08 No.48912334

>>48912218
It gets 5-6 hours with normal use. They battery meter might say 9-10 hours but in reality it never gets that much unless you're doing
absolutely nothing and sitting on the desktop. El Capitan might improve the battery a bit.

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:08:22 No.48912339

>>48912294
what do you do on it though? like do you get 8 hours of a word processor or what?

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:09:42 No.48912356

>>48912218
The keyboard allows you to type lightning fast but it gets uncomfortable real quick because there's almost no give in the keys.

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:09:52 No.48912360

>>48912316
I second this, incoming cs freshman

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:10:55 No.48912374

>>48912356
:'( it's so goddamn sexy though

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:14:28 No.48912433

>>48912218
dunno about 9 hours, but my 13'' rMBP is fantastic. is that an Air or what?

At the end of the day it's just a slightly better laptop than a lenovo or whatever. but slightly better in numerous ways. Display, build materials,
OS (debatable... but having a proper shell is great if you're a coder), hardiness and durability, general performance e.g. heat

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)21:27:52 No.48912651

>>48912233
>apple product
>don't buy

source: professional

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)22:08:18 No.48913272

As a terminal? Gangster.

As a workstation? Not even once.

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Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)22:09:06 No.48913292

>>48912316
I'm curious too

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)22:10:32 No.48913316

>>48912218
I get 9 hours on my rMBP.

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)23:13:55 No.48914283

>>48913272
the blanket on her bed looks really stiff.

Anonymous 07/08/15(Wed)23:19:36 No.48914362

>>48914283
it probably hasn't been washed since rebooting

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:37:35 No.48915526

>>48913272
this. I wish i had a spare 1000 to spend on a terminal machine because it is fucking perfect for it in every way

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:42:28 No.48915606

>>48912218
>Is the battery actually up to nine hours?
No that's marketing bull. If you make the screen real dark, and are only typing it will last you around 6 hours. Battery life will decrease with
heaver use, like browsing not including videos. Apple makes it annoying to optimize your computer, because the only do things our way
policy, but you can turn off effects and animations which will help a little.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:44:09 No.48915635

>>48915606
Chrome actually has a much bigger effect on battery life than all the animations combined. My 2011 MBA lasts a whole 3 hours longer when
I use Safari instead.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:44:27 No.48915644

>>48912316
>laptop keyboard
It's shit

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:45:51 No.48915665

>>48915606
no reviewers are reporting as little as 6 hours

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:47:16 No.48915685

I got a MBPr for my birthday.

It was fun for a bit, but I returned it cause I really don't have the need for a laptop and now have over a grand to fuck around with.

The battery lasts pretty long when using it for web browsing and shit.

When I would watch streams on twitch, the battery would be kill in about 2 and a half hours.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)00:51:37 No.48915743

It was designed more for business men that need to check emails, browse the web and listen to music. You can program with it but
honestly just go for an air.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)01:26:24 No.48916139

>>48915685
What web browser were you using? I regularly watch streams on mine and I get about 10 hours.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)01:46:05 No.48916352

>>48912316
its shit even compared to the retina MBP keyboard (which is also god awful)

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)01:47:06 No.48916358

>>48915526
except for the shitty keyboard (which is what you'd be using the most)

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)02:59:38 No.48917088

I too have been curious about the new Macbook. What I'm most curious about is, how well does it handle Steam In-Home Streaming? Also,
I've heard sporadic reports of overheating. How common is this? How much of an issue is it?

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)03:25:04 No.48917289

>>48915665
>no reviewers are reporting as little as 6 hours
6 hours of typing max from my daily experience. That's still better than a lot of other laptops and I don't care what 'reviewers' say, because
they are clearly lying.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)03:28:40 No.48917321

>>48912218
>alright guise, i'm gonna ask a shitty question about an extremely shitty product that no one in their right mind owns and i expect valid
answers
ftfy

!KawaiiRiio 07/09/15(Thu)03:36:37 No.48917380

I am still running a 2009 MacBook air, and have been thinking about waiting a year or two to purchase something like the
37 KB PNG new ``MacBook.'' I really like the idea of a fan-less, ultra-portable terminal. That, alongside the moderate performance
boost and high resolution display are making this device quite attractive to me. I plan on doing the usual (programming,
watching media in mpv, browsing the web, using programs, posting on usenet newsgroups), so I think it should have more than enough
power. I don't play games anymore, and don't really see myself needing a high-end computer for video editing or anything like that. The most
I use is GIMP for some personal projects, but that's not too CPU-instensive. Very, very tempting. The new tech in it seems interesting too
(force touch/keyboard/all that jazz). Hopefully I can get myself over to the apple store in the next few weeks to try it out (I'll have to, as I have
been bridging my iPhone wifi connection to my MBA as my wifi card died a few weeks ago.)

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)03:38:53 No.48917396

>>48916139
what web browser were YOU using?
Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)03:45:49 No.48917441

>>48917380
as a non mac user I noticed no difference between the new keyboard/touchpad and the old one when i was trying it out at the apple store

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)03:49:16 No.48917471

>>48912316
You can program your shitty python or java programs you will write in class for the first two years on anything. You can do it on a 10 year old
machine if you wanted to. It only gets more interesting when you start pushing the hardware to the limit, taking advantage of architecture
specific vector instructions like avx for super computing (which broadwell in that macbook supports) or graphics (which is shit, like what 4
EUs?) otherwise even for pure research it doesn't matter cause you'll probably get access to a beast machine if you need it.

!KawaiiRiio 07/09/15(Thu)04:10:30 No.48917630

>>48917441
Interesting. Some of my family members have brand new rMBP's. I tried out their keyboards, and found them much flimsier feeling than my
2009 MBA. Perhaps they just haven't been ``broken in'' enough? These feel firm but responsive. When I type on the rMBP ones, they feel
cheaper somehow. Doesn't really make much sense to me. This is why I really want to try out the new MacBook. Also, I think the space
grey color is sexy on a laptop.
>>48917471
This. I never really do serious programming on my laptop ever anymore, since most of my programs require running an emulator (Android
as of late) or running graphically intensive 3d-applications (like for my game engine design course I took last semester in which we utilized
Ogre3d/Bullet APIs/Blender in C++ for game programming). We are given access to 30+ top of the line workstations running Xubuntu. Hell
even if I need to use my laptop for that, I'll just use it as a terminal for the school workstations. Forwarding my X session to XQuartz is more
than perfect for my needs.

Anonymous 07/09/15(Thu)04:12:14 No.48917640

>falling for the apple meme

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