Apple Jan. 27 launch event... what will it be?

[Uncle Ted]

You mean with the new apple tv, I have to go and buy expensive wireless Bluetooth headphones?!? What a rip. Roku let's me use the cheap headphones I already own.

Stop being a cheap basturd and let Dr. Dre fix you up... http://www.beatsbydre.com/headphones...-wireless.html

[Jeff Lebowski]

Amazon is digging their own hole: http://www.wired.com/2015/10/amazon-...tv-chromecast/

But can you get Apple movies and Apple Music on your Roku? (All you can eat apple music for you and five of your friends/family for $14.99/mo.)

Yeah, the Roku is ok as long as you just want to stream crap... http://business.financialpost.com/fp...eaming-anymore

Wait, so now I have to pay for overpriced Apple movies and purchase a contract to Apple Music?

lol. Knock it off.

[falafel]

Wait, so now I have to pay for overpriced Apple movies and purchase a contract to Apple Music?

lol. Knock it off.

Stop being a cheap basturd and let Uncle Ted fix you up.

[Uncle Ted]

Uh... No thanks.

That's not Dr. Dre.

[TripletDaddy]

Sounds like Apple is going to clean up monetizing the "want to watch tv wearing wireless headphones" demo

[Uncle Ted]

sincere question: why would anyone ever use either of these services?

Apple Music for the friends and family plan ($15/mo for a family of six) is a deal compared to spotify premium. Spotify's family plan is $10/mo for Dad, $5/mo for Mom, $5/mo for kid1 (ah the hell with the kids... let them bootleg their damn music off bit torrent).

[falafel]

Apple Music for the friends and family plan ($15/mo for a family of six) is a deal compared to spotify premium. Spotify's family plan is $10/mo for Dad, $5/mo for Mom, $5 for kid1 (ah the hell with the kids... let them bootleg their damn music off bit torrent).

I just let my wife and my kids use my spotify account. Hardly any overlap, and I don't have to use apple's crappy interface or pay an extra $5!

[old_gregg]

(ah the hell with the kids... let them bootleg their damn music off bit torrent).

lots of movies and music downloaded by a vpn server in the netherlands

[Uncle Ted]

I just let my wife and my kids use my spotify account. Hardly any overlap, and I don't have to use apple's crappy interface or pay an extra $5!

I wonder what's in your playlist...

Of course, you could do the same thing with Apple music but with six families all for $15/mo or $2.5/mo each.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

My wife is buying a MacBook, she doesn't want an Ultrabook like mine. Given the direction that Windows is going, that's probably a good idea.

It won't be used for any high end purpose, no video editing and that kind of stuff. That said, I would like the thing to be able applications heading into the next several years.

So, does she get the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

She's probably going to keep the SSD at 128GB, going to 256 costs $250 more. Photos and videos will either go on an external drive or a USB drive.

Right now at B&H Photo the 13 inch MacBook Air is $950 with 4GB and $1,000 with 8GB, I'm thinking 8GB RAM is no-brainer and advisable regardless. I think the MacBook Pro is $1200 with 8GB. The MacBook Air with the better processor is around $1,170. I figure you're better off with the MacBook Pro at that point, but the battery lasts longer on the Air and it's lighter.

So, we're looking at either the 13 inch Air with 8GB of RAM and the basic processor, the same model with the upgraded processor (2.2 GHZ i7) or the 13 inch MacBook Pro with the basic specs (128GB SSD, 8GB of RAM).

[Jeff Lebowski]

My wife is buying a MacBook, she doesn't want an Ultrabook like mine. Given the direction that Windows is going, that's probably a good idea.

It won't be used for any high end purpose, no video editing and that kind of stuff. That said, I would like the thing to be able applications heading into the next several years.

So, does she get the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

She's probably going to keep the SSD at 128GB, going to 256 costs $250 more. Photos and videos will either go on an external drive or a USB drive.

Right now at B&H Photo the 13 inch MacBook Air is $950 with 4GB and $1,000 with 8GB, I'm thinking 8GB RAM is no-brainer and advisable regardless. I think the MacBook Pro is $1200 with 8GB. The MacBook Air with the better processor is around $1,170. I figure you're better off with the MacBook Pro at that point, but the battery lasts longer on the Air and it's lighter.

So, we're looking at either the 13 inch Air with 8GB of RAM and the basic processor, the same model with the upgraded processor (2.2 GHZ i7) or the 13 inch MacBook Pro with the basic specs (128GB SSD, 8GB of RAM).

Both great choices. Just the classic tradeoff of a power vs portability. She is going to love it either way.

[creekster]

My wife is buying a MacBook, she doesn't want an Ultrabook like mine. Given the direction that Windows is going, that's probably a good idea.

It won't be used for any high end purpose, no video editing and that kind of stuff. That said, I would like the thing to be able applications heading into the next several years.

So, does she get the MacBook Pro or MacBook Air?

She's probably going to keep the SSD at 128GB, going to 256 costs $250 more. Photos and videos will either go on an external drive or a USB drive.

Right now at B&H Photo the 13 inch MacBook Air is $950 with 4GB and $1,000 with 8GB, I'm thinking 8GB RAM is no-brainer and advisable regardless. I think the MacBook Pro is $1200 with 8GB. The MacBook Air with the better processor is around $1,170. I figure you're better off with the MacBook Pro at that point, but the battery lasts longer on the Air and it's lighter.

So, we're looking at either the 13 inch Air with 8GB of RAM and the basic processor, the same model with the upgraded processor (2.2 GHZ i7) or the 13 inch MacBook Pro with the basic specs (128GB SSD, 8GB of RAM).

I got an air 13" and like it so much I use it for almost everything.

[old_gregg]

13" air. best laptop i've ever owned.

[Jeff Lebowski]

13" air. best laptop i've ever owned.

My 15" MBP is 3 yrs old and still as solid as the day I bought it. And still plenty powerful.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Both great choices. Just the classic tradeoff of a power vs portability. She is going to love it either way.

The question is essentially an i5 vs and i7 on the Air, and whether that's worth an extra $180. Will the i7 actually get 6 more months of use or so and is the processor typically a limiting factor with Macs. In my experience with PCs, and I'm a non-gamer typical user, the processor is never the reason a PC becomes obsolete, it's always been the RAM or the video card or some combination of both.