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Old 17-12-2016, 11:44
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I also disagree with Apple's "thinner is better" policy - that's why I referred to it as a mantra earlier. I would happily have gone another 2mm thicker to get a decent keyboard and extra battery. So I'm not really disagreeing with you on that one.
However, I do think they are doing the right thing with USB-C. All the same flak was thrown at Apple when they removed the floppy, the DVD drive, introduced USB etc. etc.
Fair enough, although I disagree that they're doing the right thing with USB-C. Time will tell, I guess.
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Old 18-12-2016, 13:25
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Of more concern for users of older Macs is that because they won't run the latest versions of iTunes it seems they can't backup or sync devices running iOS 10.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:46
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Its getting there Stiggles, and USB 3 is common and cheap

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&...l_4agd63yrl2_e

But Apple...do their thing and sadly the followers just pay up. I was given a mac book pro air laptop by my son (network engineer and the company switched ot MS Pro, sold the Apple's for nowt to the engineers) and I don't much like it. Its well made, runs nice but for me the shortage of software puts me off it so I stick with my W10 PC's and Pro 4.

I'm by no means knocking Apple products, they are well made, work well and if you can stand the software limitations then all is good.

My Pro Air is in the same drawer as my Hudl2's.
You could always install Windows on it You can dual boot using a program called Boot Camp. I run W7 on my MBP 2010 for games and it works like, erm, Windows Probably a bit better though because you don't have all the crapware manufacturers put on it. Gives me the best of both worlds. I get the reliability of OSX and the wide range of software available for Windows all on one computer.
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Old 19-12-2016, 13:52
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You could always install Windows on it You can dual boot using a program called Boot Camp. I run W7 on my MBP 2010 for games and it works like, erm, Windows Probably a bit better though because you don't have all the crapware manufacturers put on it. Gives me the best of both worlds. I get the reliability of OSX and the wide range of software available for Windows all on one computer.
Or run a virtual machine for an even better seamless experience.
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Old 20-12-2016, 12:45
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Or run a virtual machine for an even better seamless experience.
Depends what you want to use Windows on a Mac for though. I use it for games so Bootcamp was the only option. For gaming VMs don't work as well as running it natively. However Parallels or VMware Fusion are perfect for people who need Windows on their Macs for work.
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Old 20-12-2016, 13:22
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Depends what you want to use Windows on a Mac for though. I use it for games so Bootcamp was the only option. For gaming VMs don't work as well as running it natively. However Parallels or VMware Fusion are perfect for people who need Windows on their Macs for work.
Fair enough, but apart form gaming ... (whatever else did the Romans ever do for us)
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Old 20-12-2016, 13:57
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Fair enough, but apart form gaming ... (whatever else did the Romans ever do for us)
Well I guess anyone who needs to use CAD software or anything that requires a lot of power is better off using a Mac version if it exists or dual booting. VMs are good but they're not the ideal solution for everyone.
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