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by emptythought 3363 days ago
I don't understand how this wasn't the bigger news. Touch bar, meh, most people don't care either way. Price increase? it's apple.

Everyone i've talked to who got one laments the loss of magsafe, though. I've also heard at least one person offline say they were less interested in buying one because of that
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carsongross 3363 days ago
If only this weren't scam-ware, we'd have a decent solution:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-9-...

The cynical side of me wonders if apple is doing this whole screw the ecosystem up (monitor, mac pro, magsafe, time capsule, etc) so they can rescue it and get another round of upgrades out of it.

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milesf 3363 days ago
How do you know this is scam-ware? Looks plausible and possible to me. What am I missing?
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carsongross 3363 days ago
Check the comments:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1041610927/znaps-the-9-...

It's too good an idea to not be implemented eventually. In fact, a low profile, magnetic data/power form factor should probably be the next iteration of USB-C.

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selectodude 3363 days ago
The loss of MagSafe is far outweighed by the fact that I can plug the power cable into either side of the laptop and charge my laptop using the same portable battery pack that I use to charge my phone. Literally doubles my time away from a plug.

Also. I like the Touch Bar a lot. This laptop had some real software problems on release, but at this point with 10.12.4, I'm an enormous fan.

I find there are a lot of opinions from people who don't own one. Maybe it's just me.

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