Dongled again! [computers]
May. 15th, 2023 03:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rebeccmeisterNew computer notes:
The speakers on this laptop are pretty darned good! Same goes for the webcam.
I'm glad to be back to the Fruit Company's touchpad and windowing system. And relieved that this model does indeed have a real function key row with a real escape key.
The most inconvenient element I hadn't realized was that this machine is part of the switcheroo over to USB-C. Most of my pluggable devices are USB-A. Whoops!
There are, of course, inexpensive adapters that can be bought for money. And in this case I can mostly forgive the Fruit Company for making this change, because I understand that USB-C has its advantages. So long as they Don't Do It Again. I believe the EU is attempting to help with this point.
They did something similar with this third-generation MagSafe power supply cable. That one is slightly more inconvenient, because there has been a wiring change between MagSafe 2 and MagSafe 3, so where I was able to get an adapter for an old MagSafe 1 adapter to use it with a MagSafe 2 machine, I now can't really use my old pair of adapters to spare myself the hassle of hauling a working adapter back and forth with this computer.
Unless I pony up more money for more stuff.
The speakers on this laptop are pretty darned good! Same goes for the webcam.
I'm glad to be back to the Fruit Company's touchpad and windowing system. And relieved that this model does indeed have a real function key row with a real escape key.
The most inconvenient element I hadn't realized was that this machine is part of the switcheroo over to USB-C. Most of my pluggable devices are USB-A. Whoops!
There are, of course, inexpensive adapters that can be bought for money. And in this case I can mostly forgive the Fruit Company for making this change, because I understand that USB-C has its advantages. So long as they Don't Do It Again. I believe the EU is attempting to help with this point.
They did something similar with this third-generation MagSafe power supply cable. That one is slightly more inconvenient, because there has been a wiring change between MagSafe 2 and MagSafe 3, so where I was able to get an adapter for an old MagSafe 1 adapter to use it with a MagSafe 2 machine, I now can't really use my old pair of adapters to spare myself the hassle of hauling a working adapter back and forth with this computer.
Unless I pony up more money for more stuff.
