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Macbook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalis
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This is just me being picky, but, they system76 logo is ugly as hell too. The styling, size, all of it to me just looks very bad.
I still don't care how my computer looks. I know geeks lost this argument in the late nineties but I just don't care.
The problem I have with your statement in the first line is that it depends. Sure , with Apple, the equipment is simplified.
But
I can buy any display, trackpad, or clean install. Stability I think has gotten much better. So saying worse like that but acknowledging the customization one can do is weird.
I wouldn't call having a full desktop OS a "crappy" tablet experience. I love my Surface way more than my iPad, and most of the time I don't have a keyboard connected to it.
I would put my next bucks on an Intel PC, maybe a couple of years old or a good small footprint PC running a current Linux. Best bang for the buck and best OS.
I have a two-year old MacBook running the latest Mac OS X, but I think that for what I do, Ubuntu and other Linices are better. OS X is really geared for Media types. If you want a good OS, Linux is better.
Mac Hardware is expensive to begin with and Apple is migrating it to be closed and more oriented to social media rather than computing, note reduction of ports and things like souldered SSD on main board of some devices. That is really bad and it tells you that Apple is going to charge you a huge price to get in and an even larger price if anything goes wrong. I am less inclined to go with Apple which I believe has been resting on its laurels since Jobs died. I also think that Apple has become greedy like many corporations in the world, it has lost its vision and creative edge, which made paying the "Apple Tax" compelling. Having used a Mac Book Pro for two years along side Linux systems, I am not all that impressed.
Being able to run bash under Windows 10, after being forced to install a developer pack, is not all that compelling. I'd much rather have to choice to buy a bare PC with proven support for Linux than to have to run it in dual boot with Windows 10 or be forced to run Linux with aproval from Microsoft, another greedy corporation.
I hate our Mac Pro at work, mostly because when I'm not working on that I'm stuck with our shitty beat to hell 5 year old iMac because instead of building 3 powerhouses we blew a load on one.
it's great with a pen
"Hey network, we'll have to push back the airdate because I need to call support to get Avid MC running on Wine through Ubuntu."
People in this thread refuse to listen to reason - or think logically about it.
Sad to see us getting downvoted for being a voice of reason - but "reddit"
It is not the software. It is a hardware problem.
Moving to Ubuntu doesn't do anything.
I've got one, but it's 1920x1080. I love it but I wasn't aware it came in HiDPI.
Pixel is absolutely my next phone. Can't wait to build my PC and get off the bandwagon. Funny thing is I've always been too poor for Apple but I'm kinda stuck in it because of work. I think it's about time to force a change in the tide.
My W530 is reaching the end of its life . What you list there sounds like a good candidate (for engineering software). Hadn't heard of the P50 until this thread, thanks.
Do you know how it compares to the Dell Precision and the HP? Last time I made this decision it came down to those 3.
I haven't used Linux a whole ton, but I am definitely a KDE fan
>Apple is no longer interested in what used to be their core users, it's sad.
They have simply found a new core user base. One that doesn't care about specs, battery life, etc. They care about the badge on the lid and that it turns on.
Sigh, of course it won't have all the features, but nothing says open source software cannot be designed well for general use. GIMP has also been missing critical features that people have been screaming for for years now and nobody seems to care to implement it.
I have praised other related software here that extolls exactly what I'm talking about.
No you aren't reading, I've covered exactly what I mean in the comment and given examples of good open source software.
I was wondering if this was going to happen more progressively...
yeah, well that's not really Apple's problem that your boss is cheap AND reckless with their money
Yeah, I'd wager something is wrong there.
Why do you think it should be different for a laptop? Mac laptops don't have optical drives either and very few people seem to mind.
And this laptop only (currently) needs a number of dongles to be useful for a very specific subset of people.
That's because you have autism.
MacOSX may be more polished, but only for what apple wants you to do. The UI General set has be feeling like I'm wadding through syrup. The obsolesce of macs can be annoying. My Mac wouldn't last this long unless it was running linux.
While people say macosx has great hardware support, only for Mac stuff. Lots of stuff basic need drivers. It's easier experience running linux on a Mac than MacOSX on a non Mac. Like the new fell xps 13, or chromeBooks, buy linux software sbd it's excellent.
Beyond that, just switch to various programs. Blender, Krita, inkscape, etc
> but I can always fire up a Linux VM on my Surface Book if I need to do something with a *nix system
Or start the bash.
I have a surface pro 4 and the key travel is way better on that than in the MacBook. I'd imagine it's even better on the surface book.
Does the Surface Book have that weird plastic/mesh keyboard thing?
or he'll get a fancy ubuntu laptop. with F keys.
> I'm stuck with our shitty beat to hell 5 year old iMac
You're lucky. I needed to use 9 year old imac at my previous work place. Characters were appearing on the screen couple of seconds later and scrolling on sites like Stackoverflow was ... let's say interesting.
But isn't that what Air and Macbook is for? For people who don't care about specs. They know who prefer MBP and they should've known they wouldn't be able to attract their MBP users with MBP 2016.
People laugh and say that, but i always preferred the old version linux has than the newest windows versions. No ads, more compact usage of screen space and was immune to the http:// null parsing crash.