Archived Apple MacBook no longer considered as best laptop due to premium pricing and limited options (ibtimes.com.au)
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Archived Apple MacBook no longer considered as best laptop due to premium pricing and limited options (ibtimes.com.au)
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[–] WhiteRonin 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
And what is better?
[–] 8752952? 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
I recently purchased an over priced over powered MSI gaming laptop, not my best life decision.. but not my worst either....... it out performs all the brand new macbooks all the hipsters around me purchased. They all paid about 25% more.
[–] GreatDrok 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
I honestly run very little on my MacBook since I remotely admin and work on Linux boxes. I have to deal with users on Windows so the Mac gives me MS Office but it also doesn't have to deal with the issues around Windows using CTRL-C for copy and UNIX using it to break out of a program. The Mac keeps these separate so the integration of the GUI with the shell is excellent. Also, I really like the keyboard and trackpad on my MacBook, and the screen is fantastic. For an admin on the go the Mac is far better than anything else. As for the cost, I typically get 5+ years out of my Mac laptops and I've yet to break one so by the time I've done with them, they still have value to others. Windows laptops I destroy in a year so for me Windows machines cost me a lot more.
[–] WhiteRonin 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
My i7 1155 CPU hackintosh always has cycles to spare and the card runs 3 monitors. I mostly do programming so it's way more than enough. If I was doing priemere at home ... I wonder ...
What do you use your machine for?
One thing I can say for sure about MacBook pros ... They always feel good to carry and to type on for me. Almost every other laptop I've looked at was definitely cheaper but just didn't have that craftsmanship. Also, although I like Linux as a server OS, I can't get over how unpolished it is for a desktop.
[–] GreatDrok 3 points 0 points 3 points (+3|-3) ago
Indeed. If you want a shabby slapdash spyware filled OS which is the bastard offspring of CP/M and VMS then Windows is fine I'm sure, but if you want a proper UNIX machine then a Mac is still the best choice. More to the point, despite what this article says, Macs are still the best laptops if only because they're a fully supported UNIX and they don't lie about the battery life so when they say they'll get 10 hours, they'll get 10 hours whereas DELL claims 9 hours and actually delivers 5. http://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/03/which-laptop-battery-tests-manufacturers-overstate/
[–] WhiteRonin 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
For a laptop, Mac has always been my choice. I have a trashcan at work and a hackintosh at home. The trashcan is sexy, smooth but the graphics card is retarded. You need thunderbolt displays basically to milk it for it's worth. My hackintosh is an i7 lga1155 and is holding up. I do the game so it's got another 2-3 years before I switch unless I build a dual chip Xeon machine with older cores.
But for having a BSD OS. Mac OS like you said solid.