Agreed. How can you test something if you don't have it. One of my pet peeves is, techs tell me something can not be done, when in fact they have never tried it. I do and what I wanted to do, works. Yet the tech said it wouldn't. This is why, if you give me a list of letters after your name and brag of, titles you have, it means nothing to me. There is theory and then there is fact.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 10:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Latest 2016 Macs, I like the power but I don't like the user experience as much Well, getting a high end engineering job helps.;) I’ve had to buy plenty of Macs though, nice to get this one assigned to me instead. > On May 17, 2017, at 1:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I think, "Where can I get in on deals like being given computers, rather then > having to pay for them. Smile. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Granados > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:11 AM > To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via <[email protected]> > Subject: Latest 2016 Macs, I like the power but I don't like the user > experience as much > > Wonder what others think. I was given a brand new in the box MacBook Pro > laptop with the light bar and fingerprint censor. The processor is very > good, runs my virtual machines like a champ. The keyboard is a little less > nice but totally usable, they also gave me a magic keyboard and mouse so I > have that wireless option. The light bar seems fiddly to me though. I don’t > like that you can’t make it default to F1 keys first like you can on the > physical keys of the previous years. I also have to say I love the finger > print censor. The fact no thunderbolt ports are included is odd so I had to > get all new dongles. Comes with a good collection of cables though. I also > don’t like you can’t use your same MagSafe adapter. USBC is nice but they > should have given a MagSafe to USBC adapter so you can use your old adapters. > > The other thing is USB C and Lightning feel very similar with lightning > being a tad smaller. I’m always confusing my ends plugging things in. That > and every plug apple still gives you uses the old USB standard so they are > useless with the new laptop. > > I have to say, I like my Mid 2015 better over all but it’s not bad. > > Wonder what others think? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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