The Evolution of The MacBook ... What's Next and When?

[H20nly]

Best Buy has all their Mac laptops on sale right now.

[oblique strategies]

I see Apple more as de-evolving than evolving... Hardware

One of the first things Jobs did when he rejoined Apple was kill off a bunch of products (something like 70% - 90%?). There were too many options and it was too confusing. Seems like Cook is looking to undo all that

Truth.

[H20nly]

Cook is Ballmer in disguise

[starving student]

Best Buy has all their Mac laptops on sale right now.

really, thanks for the heads up, Crocket.

[starving student]

do any of you guys know a good benchmark comparison site that will allow you to compare any macbook to another cause on most of the comparison charts I see my macbook is not listed, apparently 4 year old macbook airs are not worth mentioning anymore but I'd like to compare benchmarks with what's out now?

[Machinesworking]

do any of you guys know a good benchmark comparison site that will allow you to compare any macbook to another cause on most of the comparison charts I see my macbook is not listed, apparently 4 year old macbook airs are not worth mentioning anymore but I'd like to compare benchmarks with what's out now?

http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks

[starving student]

fuck yeah, thanks Machines!

[starving student]

I'm obviously mistaken but it doesn't look like too much difference between my 2011macbook air and the early 2015 macbook air.. what am I missing?

2011

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2184057


2015

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2166880

[Machinesworking]

I'm obviously mistaken but it doesn't look like too much difference between my 2011macbook air and the early 2015 macbook air.. what am I missing?

2011

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2184057


2015

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/2166880

That's the case more than you would think. My 2012 Retina Macbook Pro stacks up against the latest ones pretty well too.
Chips haven't improved that much in recent years, and Apple has made choices based on other things besides pure CPU power...

[starving student]

it's looking more and more like I'm going the route of the 13rmbp, but the thing I'm afraid of is this, if they made such a big deal about shrinking everything and putting it all inside the 2 pound 'new macbook', aren't they just going to comeback next year and take the very 13rmbp I get today and shrink it down and put it in a macbook air?

[oblique strategies]

Fortune has named Tim Cook the "world's greatest leader"
http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/

[re:dream]

it's looking more and more like I'm going the route of the 13rmbp, but the thing I'm afraid of is this, if they made such a big deal about shrinking everything and putting it all inside the 2 pound 'new macbook', aren't they just going to comeback next year and take the very 13rmbp I get today and shrink it down and put it in a macbook air?

So what? You will still have a perfectly good computer.

[starving student]

for sure, but I'm really trying to stay as light on my feet as possible. I've really loved the macbook air all these years, even though it was too damn much. 4 years ago it cost me $1900, I think beats talked me into it currrrrrrrrrrrrrrrse you beatsssssssmeeeeeee

[Machinesworking]

for sure, but I'm really trying to stay as light on my feet as possible. I've really loved the macbook air all these years, even though it was too damn much. 4 years ago it cost me $1900, I think beats talked me into it currrrrrrrrrrrrrrrse you beatsssssssmeeeeeee

The answer is easy, wait until next year.

I waited 5+ years before getting my retina Macbook Pro and it's a HUGE difference. You can wait, freeze flatten etc.

[starving student]

bah , said like a true samplitude user