Apple is now taking your money for the new MacBook. The reviews are in and the consensus is that it’s the laptop of the future.<\/p>\n
It has a beautiful Retina display and a thin and lightweight design, but (there’s always a but!) its single USB-C port is a dealbreaker today.<\/p>\n
Almost all of the complaints are grounded in the fact that one USB-C port isn’t enough, and using dongles to connect existing full-sized USB devices is a royal pain. Not to mention that the dongles all come at an extra cost.<\/p>\n
While most reviews \u2014 Mashable<\/em>‘s included \u2014 lament the loss of the magnetic MagSafe charger, there’s actually a light at the end of the tunnel.<\/p>\n As we’ve explained before, USB-C is a versatile connector. It does data transfer, outputs video and can send and receive power. That last one is really useful.<\/p>\n Just like iPads and iPhones, the new MacBook can be charged from a portable battery pack<\/span>, as long as you have a USB-C to USB-A cable, which you you can buy for as little as $10.<\/p>\n Unlike MagSafe, which is a proprietary Apple technology, USB-C is universal. That makes it the first MacBook that can charge from a portable battery pack.<\/p>\n Well, the first one with a simple<\/em> solution. Apple’s MagSafe-equipped MacBooks can be charged from a portable battery pack like the HyperJuice, but to do so, you need to buy amodified MagSafe adapter or modify your own.<\/p>\n In other words, nerd-level engaged; nobody, except serious power users, are going to bother.<\/p>\n Apple advertises the new MacBook as capable of getting nine to 10 hours of battery life on a single charge. Mashable<\/em>‘s Senior Tech Correspondent Christina Warren managed around seven hours. With a high-capacity battery pack (you can easily find a 20,000 mAh one for $20 on Amazon), the new MacBook’s battery life could be extended even further.<\/p>\n For instance, while the new MacBook can power through a coast-to-coast flight across the U.S., it won’t last an international one to Asia.<\/p>\n Sure,many plane seats now come with USB ports and outlets, but for those that don’t, a portable battery pack could be a lifesaver.<\/p>\n many plane seats now come with USB ports and outlets, but for those that don’t, a portable battery pack could be a lifesaver.<\/span><\/p>\n The feature could also be useful for doing work at a Starbucks when don’t want to lose your seat to find an outlet, or if you’re a professional photographer out in the field all day.<\/p>\n For all the complaints levied against USB-C, it really is a wonder-port. And as much as I love MagSafe (it has saved my MacBook from a million deaths), I love not having to be a “wall hugger.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: Mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Apple is now taking your money for the new MacBook. The reviews are in and the consensus is that it’s the laptop of the future. It has a beautiful Retina display and a thin and lightweight design, but (there’s always a but!) its single USB-C port is a dealbreaker today. Almost all of the complaints […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":108153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-108151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}