Hi Scott, Yes to my knowledge having looked at the latest 13" air a couple of days ago, The air still have the magsafe2 and USB A connectors not the USB C connections,
It is the mac book pro that the USB C starts at and there are 2 levels of the MBP one without the touch bar and 1 with, Processors and keyboards are the main things that change between them. Max ram 16 gig and 1TB SSD air still limited to 512GB ssd and upto i7 2.2GHz processor and 8GB ram. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Monday, 5 June 2017 2:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: I'm really growing to hate this years crop of laptops Well the Air I think still uses the older style connections so you’ll probably be still happy. It’s the 13 and 15 inch top end MacBook Pro line that I’m working with. > On Jun 3, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, that's just screwy. I was actually going to purchase a new 13-inch MBA > this summer, but the cable situation really does sound like a show-stopper. > And given the big deal that Apple made about switching to a lightning port on > the head phones, it was very stupid of them to create a situation where you > can't use their headphones on their own computers. This is really too bad. > I won't try a Chromebook, so it may be back to Windows for me. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Jun 3, 2017, at 6:35 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I hate to say this about apple but I’m not going to give someone a pass >> where it’s not deserved either. I’ve been using a 2016 latest model laptop >> with the touch bar and finger print censor now for several weeks and I need >> to say, I hate it. That’s something I thought I wouldn’t say but the fact >> is I do. Reasons are as follows. >> The touch bar triggers when your fingers are on the row of physical >> keys below. The finger print censor also triggers Siri and also fires when >> you touch the keys below. You also end up starting Siri when you want to >> start or stop voice over. >> The light bar doesn’t work the same in virtual machines as it does on >> the Mac proper. >> The ports are a joke. Everything is USB-C which renders all my >> previous adapters and connectors useless. The power cable now uses USB-C >> instead of mag safe (which I like better). The lightning ports on all the >> phones and other devices feel just like USB-C with a slight size difference >> so I’m for ever using the wrong cable on the wrong port. All your included >> cables with your devices are USB 3.0 the older standard and don’t fit in the >> USB-C port, you can get adapters but they aren’t included. >> While I like the lightning port for headphones now instead of 3.5 MM >> jack, the new laptop doesn’t include a lightning port so you have to use >> different headphones. >> The things I do like are the battery life is very good, it’s very fast >> and the new processors do very well running virtual images. But it’s just >> not fun to use. My mid 2015 model is so much more enjoyable to type on and >> all my cables work. Apple your laptops this year are a miss in my opinion. >> I won’t go back to windows but I bet I could be convinced to try chrome >> books or something else. >> >> -- >> 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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