There’s no perfect MacBook anymore – and Apple doesn’t care

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reviewed.comIs Apple really losing the plot with the MacBook? Has Tim Cook given up on the idea of the idea of the MacBook as the perfect laptop?

TJ Donegan of reviewed.com believes he has and that Apple Inc now sees it’s future in the iPhone. Have almost single-handedly created the premium laptop sector, Apples CEO now seems to be handing the market to his competitors on a silver platter.

As Donegan is keen to point out there are Windows PC’s at half the price that run circles around most of the current older Mac models that desperately need an update.

“The new MacBook Pros are neat, but they’re all significantly overpriced, have a keyboard that is only slightly better than the MacBook, and are missing major ports requiring you to live the Dongle Life.”

Over the past few years, it’s become increasingly obvious that Apple’s future is all about the iPhone. But while the iPhone has been ruling the smartphone market, Apple’s MacBooks have lost their luster.

While mobile computing is the future, many users and Apple fans depend on Macs to get their work done every day. But despite loud, repeated, and clear complaints from the Mac userbase, Apple has spent the last two years reinventing the wheel instead of listening to its customers. read more at laptops.reviewed.com

 

New MacBook Pro Still Planned for October, USB-C MacBook Air Also in the Works

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macrumors.comWill the new, updated and much anticipated MacBook Pro launch to a clamoring multitude of Apple fans at the end of this month? October 2016? Are you eagerly waiting for the launch announcement?

Well, up to now there is no event on the calendar, and no invites have been sent out and yet the rumor mill is going strong. The Japanese Mac fan site Mac Otakara cites a very “reliable Chinese supplier” who confirms says Apple will definitely launch both 13 and 15-inch models before the end of the month.

So we have no event, will Apple quietly launch the much anticipated new models with an announcement and press release? It seems likely at this late stage of the game.

And the features we are still expecting to see? Touch ID via the power button, a LED contextual strip for the functions, AMD graphics, and support for USB-c and Thunderbolt-3. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

Apple still plans to announce its new MacBook Pro “in the month” with shipments to begin at the end of October, according to new information… Apple is also expected to launch a new 13-inch MacBook Air, but will not debut a new 11-inch MacBook Air machine. With the month coming to an end in just two weeks, it is unclear if there will be an event to announce the new machines. There have been no hints of an event and no invites have been sent out, so it’s possible Apple will debut the machines more quietly, with just a press release. read more at macrumors.com