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Shelly Palmer Shelly Palmer Subscribe Add to Share More 4,462 views 17 0 Published on Jan 15, 2017 Apple's new MacBook Pro 15' is the most expensive laptop the company has ever produced. It's also supposed to be the best ever. This may be true, but unboxing it revealed some interesting issues that may influence your decision to purchase one. Shelly Palmer (@shellypalmer) CEO of The Palmer Group describes his experience. Created January 15, 2017. MacBook Battery Life | Shelly Palmer Explores Shelly Palmer Shelly Palmer Subscribe Add to Share More 1,326 views 0 0 Published on Jan 15, 2017 Just how bad is the battery life on the New MacBook Pro 15'? Easy question. Shelly Palmer explores. After I waited more than two months past the promised delivery date, Unit #1 arrived with a bad “E” key. After three hours on hold with Apple Care (I should have taken a screen shot, because no one believes that I actually let it go that long, but I did), I was told that there was no way to fix it at any Apple Store in the area and there were no replacement units available. I had to return it to T2 Computing for replacement. T2 was awesome, BTW. Apple could take a customer service lesson from them. Unit #2 lasted about two hours past its unboxing and battery life video shoot. It crashed so hard that even the techs at T2 could not bring it back to life. Their head tech said, “This MacBook is no more. It has ceased to be. It’s expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late Mac. It’s a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. It’s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-MacBook.” The Odds of Bad Units What are the odds of receiving one bad iPhone and two bad MacBook Pros in any six-month period in the post-iPod era? What happened to Apple Care? What happened to Apple’s customer service? What is the point of the Genius Bar if it doesn’t have the genius to repair or replace brand new defective units? Insane Design Decisions Who is making decisions about dongles and jacks at Apple? To be incompatible with the competition is expected. But for Apple’s products to be incompatible with thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment that Apple forced you to purchase borders on insane. If the iPhone 7 series has only one lightning connector because the future is wireless, then why doesn’t Apple’s flagship 15” MacBook Pro have a lightning jack too? Fanboys may keep buying its products no matter what, but normal consumers are going to have a hard time with this kind of nonsense. A what was the motivation behind removing the MagSafe power adapter? Dongles? Too Funny: Apple Engineer Talks About New 2016 Macbook Pro And iPhone 7! The Eliots TV2 Published on Nov 5, 2016 Too Funny: Apple Engineer Talks About New 2016 Macbook Pro And iPhone 7! Subscribe to our main channel:http://www.youtube.com/c/FreeThePublicTV Disclaimer and Apology: This video is a super cheap shot at the Dongle issue. It’s an old meme video, but it really made me laugh. Microsoft Surface Book Pro, Samsung Note 8 and Other Stuff There is nothing special about the 15” MacBook Pro (2016). I own one because it is powerful enough, features the most amount of internal storage (2TB) and the display is extraordinary. BTW, the new MacBook Pro (2017) specs have been leaked and they will feature Intel’s Kaby Lake processors. (The 2016 models feature the older Skylake processors). This will not be a big deal unless you are really pushing your MacBook Pro to the limits. Although, the rumored 32GB of RAM is kind of a big deal. That said, if Microsoft made a Surface Book Pro with the same specs, I would take a very, very hard look at it. As for my smartphone, Samsung’s new Note 8 looks amazing, and Google is doing an exceptional job with its Pixel and Android OS. Some of the most productive business apps on an iPhone are Microsoft’s Office Suite and Google Apps for Business. I don’t use any Apple apps on my iPhone and there are easy workarounds or excellent third-party alternatives for any Apple software I use on my MacBook Pro. Why do I need iOS and OS X? I’m reminded of Kylo Ren’s last words to Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens: “I’m being torn apart. I want to be free of this pain. I know what I have to do but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.” Author’s Note: This is not a sponsored post. I am the author of this article and it expresses my own opinions. About Shelly Palmer Named one of LinkedIn’s Top 10 Voices in Technology, Shelly Palmer is CEO of The Palmer Group, a strategic advisory, technology solutions and business development practice focused at the nexus of media and marketing with a special emphasis on augmented intelligence and data-driven decision-making. He is Fox 5 New York's on-air tech and digital media expert, writes a weekly column for AdAge, and is a regular commentator on CNBC and CNN. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com or subscribe to our daily email http://ow.ly/WsHcb Facebook Image Search | Shelly Palmer on Fox 5 600,000 subscribers and counting... We write a daily newsletter featuring current events and the top stories in technology, media, marketing and entertainment. Subscribe |