[codedokode]

The screen is too small, not usable for work, you can buy a 15-inch Linux laptop for the same price. And it might even have replaceable RAM and SSD. Also, 8 Gb is too little, it will become a useless toy several years later. Also, there are just 2 USB ports and no USB-A.

Also I wonder how long the keyboard lasts and how does one replace it.

[commandersaki]

Also I wonder how long the keyboard lasts and how does one replace it.

Can't say how long the keyboard will last since it's only been out for a few months, but I expect a long time as these are their new (now old) magic keyboards.

As for replacement, the keyboard is comes out as a module, so it just takes about 10-15 minutes of disassembling and putting a new keyboard in. Macbook Neo is one of Apple's best repairable laptops.

[vel0city]

> no USB-A

Also no RS-232 and Parallel. How do people expect to do real work if they can't connect their dot matrix printers directly?

Wait, it doesn't even have a faxmodem either! What if I need to do real work like sending and receiving faxes?

If its not happening on 3-part carbonless continuous paper its not work. This laptop is definitely not usable for real work.

[kraussvonespy]

You used the magic word "fax". I think you just told me you work in the medical industry without telling me you work in the medical industry.

[vel0city]

How else am I supposed to transmit all this PHI I'm digging up out of the file shed? I hear that new-fangled inter-network world-wide-web is insecure and full of hackers!

I've spent far too much of my life around faxes.

[kraussvonespy]

lol

We consult with a medium sized medical group that interfaces with all of the larger hospital groups and tons of smaller clinics around the area. They had me do an audit on their fax server because they were getting complaints that a lot of faxes weren't getting to their destination. Well.

Almost 90% of outbound faxes didn't get delivered. What?

So I started researching the destination numbers of those faxes. About 2/3 of those numbers continuously rang, were continuously busy, had been disconnected at some point, or were voice answered by someone who had no idea that they were supposed to be making fax noises at me.

Sadly, the story ends there. I didn't have the stomach to investigate how these records were getting places if most of the faxes were destined to fax machines that no longer existed.

[nicole_express]

Personally I prefer having a smaller screen on my laptop, because I can plug it into a monitor when I need a large screen but it makes it more portable.

Still miss the 11" MacBook Air, what a great form factor.

[codedokode]

Yes but monitor is not free, and you cannot travel (to the couch) with it.

[Eric_WVGG]

Funny, I don’t think the screen is small enough.

I was hoping that this would be a return of the 2015 12" Macbook, but good. I’d love to have a sporty little alternative to my 16" Tankbook for sunny, light work days.

> Also I wonder how long the keyboard lasts and how does one replace it.

Apple has been using a single keyboard across their entire line going back at least 25 years. This one is the same as every other current model, and the teardowns report that replacing it is a breeze.

[Jblx2]

What do you use the USB-A for? I mean, I get it, I still have flash drives with the A-style connector. Is there some other critical item that you use on the regular (and is awkward with the little adapters)?

[codedokode]

USB modem, MIDI controllers, USB thumbdrives, external sound card.

[cromka]

> Also I wonder how long the keyboard lasts and how does one replace it

Or you could just google it to see how extrapolating here was not a good move.

[wat10000]

I guess all these buyers must be idiots.

[Mawr]

Yeah, and Dropbox is pointless, just use ftp.