Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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How the hell are these things usable in the real world as you know a portable computing device? That glare is so awful and in every picture it is present, except for the lid closed picture and the one where its sitting in the dark.
not to mention their keyboard lacks dedicated Delete key, and lacks Pg Up key and lacks Pg Down key and lacks Home key and lacks End key...
I could live with the latter (Sony Vaio Z user) but dedicated Delete is a must!
But then again, the Fn key is in the corner instead of CTRL (which is sick Lenovo placement) and "ALT" is hard to find as it is no longer near Spacebar, there isn't bigger space between A and CAPS LOCK so you'll switch the most useless key in the universe far too often and when I'm "eating" I can't quickly mute my pr0n with just one hand, I need to:
1. find Fn key (takes a while, but I do realize it is in the corner after a while)
2. do a one-hand Bruce-Lee move, e.g. pressing Fn (in the corner) + particular F10-12 key
If anyone wonder why Snow Leopard is the way it is (e.g. very slow developement cycle), the layout of the Apple keyboard for their coders is the answer - contraproductive shit.
and speakers on the 13 are non-existent (no-movies in the evenings) and it gets _very_ hot on a lap in heavy-use (check notebookreview.com).
Other than that, an excellent laptop and you can get a makeup every morning in a tube without using a mirror, just open it and...
They must have signed a deal with 3M to sell a Mac Pro branded anti-glare/security screen that will start at $300 for the 13" and up to $500 for the 17".
It has both a dedicated "delete" key and "mute" button. I hope this makes your porn watching all the more sneaky.
In every picture, that is true. With adequate brightness settings, though, it's not nearly as distracting.
@ cowgar
Any useful programmer (or prOn viewer) will remap the control/fn keys within minutes of first encounter with a macbook (or mac with BT keyboard). The next few minutes will be spent prying the keys out of their places and popping them back in "correctly".
"speakers on the 13 are non-existent"
Huh? Not only are there speakers, but they are the best speakers I've had on a laptop. I can hear music all the way across my apartment clearly using them. Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there/are crappy.
No purnell - it has a backspace key, not a delete key....
You must be a mac user - obviously dont know how useful this key is.... probably dont know keyboard shortcuts either.....
more @cowgar
Have you ever actually used one of the new MacBook Pros? I can mute mine with one hand (one finger actually, you only press the key, no Fn involved) and the caps lock almost never gets activated unless you actually press on it (it has that delay thing for activation).
I don't know what the notebookreviews people do but my unibody MacBook Pro is one of the most coolest running laptops I have, especially compared to an older MacBook Pro or my Sony. Maybe I need to do some Maya renders while it sits in my lap and I too can feel the heat.
@Phenoum maybe it is a regional thing. Are there any regional differences in hardware? I assure you that as I type this, there is a key with the word "delete" on it right above the "\" key. Maybe you are referring to its functionality within OSX as opposed to its actual labeling. It does in fact not function in the quite same way that the "delete" key does in XP/Vista although, with the inclusion of the trackpad's "smart right-click" feature, accessing "move to trash" is simpler than on previous macs. Using "control click" used to be such a pain when I was cleaning up my comp, but it is way more elegant now.
@cowgaR
And also, who wants to be looking at reflections of their tool when watching p0rn with one hand. I guess you can see people coming up behind you though, which gives you a head start on the 2-key mute...
Shift + Backspace = Delete. I know, I know, it's two keys rather than one, but it's still not the calamatous end of the world scenario it could be. :D
Oh my god, TRS, I was starting to get worried there. I'm glad you came along to tell us what we do and don't need on our keyboards. Thank you.
Page Up/Page Down are the fn key plus up/down arrow
They do NOT have real Delete keys. Period.
Mislabeling a Backspace key with "delete" doesn't change that.
There appears to be a delete key according to http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/ but there is no backspace key. Either way, whether it functions as a Windows Delete or as a Windows backspace key, there is no dedicated key for at least one action that I do all the time while typing.
But have no fear guys, I'm sure at some point Apple will invent the Mighty Backspace Key, which will look better than any backspace key ever has, while doing the same thing.
@TRS xactly.
I have never run into these issues that arouse so much passion in this thread. My delete key is fine, thanks for the concern. I have keyboard shortcuts for everything.
Why on earth would I want one key that deletes things left of the cursor and another one that deletes things right of the cursor? Seems rather redundant to me, a bit like a Return and an Enter key.
It has a delete key that functions as a backspace key. If you want to use the delete key as you do in windows (to delete files and such) than you can press command+delete.
The other function of the delete key (to delete characters after the curser) is just silly and pointless, and there's no reason for another dedicated key to do that.
Also, pg up and pg down are pointless, space and shift+space do the same thing, as do command+arrow keys.