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Apple’s new MacBook might have worse performance but you’re missing the point

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 11:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Opinion

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After Apple announced its incredibly thin and light new MacBook this morning it only took a matter of hours for the geeks of the internet to collectively bash it for having worse performance than a MacBook Air. But let’s step back here for a minute: that’s the entire point. It’s not there for performance. It’s there for everyone else that doesn’t care. The new MacBook touts nine hours of battery life in an impossibly small frame on top of having a Retina display. It’s got a single USB type-C port, but weighs in at just 907 grams. This new MacBook doesn’t exist to…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Apple’s new MacBook might have worse performance but you’re missing the point

Mar09
by on March 9, 2015 at 11:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Opinion

Screen Shot 2015-03-10 at 12.11.54 pm
After Apple announced its incredibly thin and light new MacBook this morning it only took a matter of hours for the geeks of the internet to collectively bash it for having worse performance than a MacBook Air. But let’s step back here for a minute: that’s the entire point. It’s not there for performance. It’s there for everyone else that doesn’t care. The new MacBook touts nine hours of battery life in an impossibly small frame on top of having a Retina display. It’s got a single USB type-C port, but weighs in at just 907 grams. This new MacBook doesn’t exist to…

This story continues at The Next Web

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