Three years on, Mike’s early MacBook is showing signs of processor limitations. Should it be replaced with a new, faster MacBook or an even faster, but heavier, MacBook Pro?
Choosing a Mac laptop these days isn't at all easy. Do you major on the smallest side, with the MacBook, and limit performance? Or do yo go all-out for speed with the MacBook Pro and suffer the additional weight? Whatever route you take you have to make compromises.
Mike had almost decided to sell his desktop and portable Macs in favour of one all-singing-dancing 13in MacBook Pro and a 27in monitor. But a slice of toast made him think twice....
Back to the old dilemma: A desktop computer and portable laptop or one do-it-all solution: The new MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar.....
What to do when a piece of official Apple software just refuses to install on your MacBook. A clean sweep installation is the answer as Mike found out.
NOTE: A reader, Gavin, has pointed out that this item is in fact the older model without a USB-C power-in port. This explains the price. While it will still work bear in mind that you will be restricted to battery power when using peripherals. This is a criticism levelled at all earlier USB-C devices. My apologies for the confusion.
A couple of days ago I was speculating that we would soon see some impressive hubs to enable me to connect all those peripherals to my star-turn Apple MacBook. On the face of things, with its single USB-C port the MacBook is decidedly short on expansion. I was looking forward to a small portable hub that would offer power-through capabilities as well as an array of useful ports. And voilà, no sooner thought than done.
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