Hi Tim, I’ve gotta couple of options,
The air would be a custom build to fully spec’ed out and yes still has USB-A and thunderbolt 2. But only 8GB ram, I’m also looking at a 2017 I7 2.5GHz pro with 16gb ram and 512 GB ssd, I’m not going to touch bar as that causes trouble with windows in bootcamp. Which ever I end up doing it’s a long term thing so it will have to be considered carefully. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Friday, 7 June 2019 2:35 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mac book pro 2017 Hi Simon, Janina may be right :). No, it doesn't have a boot chime. I have a similar model, but the 3.1 I5 processor and 16 GB of RAM. It's the one with the Touch Bar and 4 USB C ports. I haven't had any problems with my model although, like you, many don't like the feel of the butterfly keys, and some are stuck on USB A ports, of which the MBP's have none. Battery life is good, but not excellent. It's nice and light and handles processing big jobs well. If the price is right, I'd go for it. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) [cid:image001.jpg@01D51D78.1FAE3810] Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 6, 2019, at 05:38, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> wrote: Hey, Simon. My wish for you is that someone returned these machines because they'd heard there shouldn't be a boot chime any longer! <grin> Janina PS: I looked at the 2017 Air machines still available today. I'm disappointed. It looks to me like the only advantage of leaving my 2014 Air for a 2017 model is a measly 4Gb more RAM. That's ain't enough today, imo. I'm back to looking at the small Thinkpad X1 Carbon machines for laptops. I realize that would leave me out of the Apple eco system. I am finding the new minis very attractive, so perhaps I'm thinking transitionally. 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