Thread: 13” MacBook Pro Q’s

Originally Posted by Tins

They can be proprietary, can't they?

With the wireless charging Apple decided to query the charger to see if it was compliant before allowing the watch to begin charging. I'm not sure if they have the smarts to do that to a wired charger although given that Thunderbolt 3 is a communications bus as well as a charge source it would be technically feasible.

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by Tote

With the wireless charging Apple decided to query the charger to see if it was compliant before allowing the watch to begin charging. I'm not sure if they have the smarts to do that to a wired charger although given that Thunderbolt 3 is a communications bus as well as a charge source it would be technically feasible.

Regards,
Tote

They've got "the smarts" all right. Maybe they haven't thought of it yet. They can play games with the aftermarket Lightning cables.

Apple sell USB to USBC adaptors. Maybe you could simply charge the MacBook with one of those. I'd check first though.

I assume your inverter is pure sinewave?

USB-C to USB Adapter - Apple (AU)

I would spend the $600 for 16G RAM and 1 TB SSD.

I have a 2012 MBP with above specs, it’s been a solid machine.

After 10 yrs,my MBP died last week.I use it for work so it gets a lot of use.The keyboard needed replacing,it had been playing up for quite a while.

Replaced it with the latest Air,and it seems fine.Much faster than the old MacBook.

When on the road I use an iPad,and we also always take it away with us when travelling,it has a SIM card.

Originally Posted by rar110

I would spend the $600 for 16G RAM and 1 TB SSD.

I have a 2012 MBP with above specs, it’s been a solid machine.

Cheers...yeah I may grab the extra ram and storage.

Originally Posted by scarry

After 10 yrs,my MBP died last week.I use it for work so it gets a lot of use.The keyboard needed replacing,it had been playing up for quite a while.

Replaced it with the latest Air,and it seems fine.Much faster than the old MacBook.

When on the road I use an iPad,and we also always take it away with us when travelling,it has a SIM card.

The air is tempting..........I have the budget at the moment so I’ll probably extend to the pro

I've been looking at a similar choice but I didn't want the M1 processor as I, unfortunately, have to run Bootcamp for Windows 10 for a couple of applications. I also have some 32-bit apps that will not run on the M1. I've been using a MacBook Air 13" with 8Gb RAM and 256 Gb SSD for almost 6 years and this will now go to my wife to replace her 8 year old 11" MB Air. Have had absolutely no problems with either and the only reason for wanting to replace is to get one of the last Intel machines. I've looked at the Pro and spoken to various friends who have them and decided to stick with the Air. I've just picked up a 6 month old 13" Air with the i7 processor, 16Gb RAM and 1Tb SSD, and Apple Care, for a LOT less than a top spec M1 Air would cost and about half the price of a new Intel powered Pro which is still available. For me, it had to be the Intel processor and to buy a Pro with Intel processor is prohibitively expensive. However, if it weren't for my own particular system requirements, I'd probably have gone for the M1 Air.