Thunderbyte

6/15/12

#UPDATE (4hrs old): [www.argyll-bute.gov.uk] , which seems quite OK!

6/13/12

How should design and software be "all about marketing"? Good design speaks by itself and does not neet marketing to be good. And software only "gets you" when you use it, sometimes for a long time (an experience by far long after markting and not really influenced by it).

6/13/12

Well, then let me add to my list 2 points that come somehow together with design:

6/13/12

Obviously you don't have Macs at all in your job. Otherwise you would add a simple, cheap 2,5" hard disk with every mac and switch on Time Machine. Both problems: "We use serialized software, and users don't backup properly anyways." solved.

6/13/12

2 reasons why ultrabooks don't beat the new Macbook Air:

6/13/12

So [www.guardian.co.uk] was no real deal?

6/13/12

So isn't it great that everyone has the option to do the one thing or the other? I don't know if it is relevant to you for your job, but the Retina MBP should be more or less silent, with no vibrating HD in it.

6/13/12

Squaring the circle isn't easy and does not come cheap. No issues, just fact. Pay for the best or accept compromises.

6/12/12

If you would know Apple's history and that it was one step before the end, you could imagine that they are simply deeply conservative about their cash flow.

6/12/12

The MBP Retina is indeed brand new and - in that combination of excellence - the first of it's kind. And it is not at all an "off the shelf" platform which Apple has just branded. It is a new development in as small things as the ventilation fan design and in as big things as the display and everything in between.

6/12/12

And yet you read and comment on Apple news?

6/12/12

...and that is exactly the right attitude towards that!

6/12/12

If you say so, please show me examples. I know NO OTHER company nor device that comes only close to the MBP Retina's combined specs and dimensions.

6/12/12

The retina Macbook is affordable....

6/12/12

There is dedicated noise reduction circuitry by Audience inside the 4S and obviously the iPad 3, but not below. That should be why.

6/12/12

You seem to confuse MacOSX with Windows XP. There a higher resolution meant smaller (unreadable) fonts and icons, as the OS itself seems not be able to scale the UI without getting pixelated.

6/12/12

SSDs are NOT just about boot times. How dare you compare a 5400RPM hard disk with a SATA3 SSD!? The SSD feature alone will make up for that faster processor in most everyday tasks. The SSD MBP will "feel" faster than the other MPB with the faster processor and the 5400 HD.

6/12/12

Thinner and lighter and yet as powerful (or more powerful) as the bigger MBPs. That is a BIG thing, as it is extremely difficult to bring together these otherwise contradicting features.

6/12/12

They said they reduced the glare by 75%. There is no separate front glass. Shouldn't you have a look at that display before whining around?

6/12/12

If you don't like that, get a retina Mac, which is almost as thin as a MBA.