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1. vitro · 1790070461 · focus · HN ↗

   Not trying to start flamewars, but more and more I wonder how much are people willing to put up with such practices. On linux for 15+ years and everytime I try to use mac or win, it is an ordeal. And ads. F*cking ads in a system someone has purchased. And spying. Really user hostile environment. No, thank you.

   1. tomp · 1790071277 · focus · HN ↗

      Because Mac laptops are lightyears ahead of any other hardware.

      Build quality (aluminum), charging (magsafe), screen resolution, battery life, noise (or lack thereof), trackpad…

      It’s like other vendors aren’t even trying.

      Also the OS mostly “just works”, just last week my Linux laptop disabled NVIDIA GPU (and almost bricked itself?? Not sure, had to fix apt) during automated updates

      1. prodigycorp · 1790071610 · focus · HN ↗

         We're 30+ years into trackpads on laptops and they're still terrible on Windows machines. Make it make sense.

         1. jeltz · 1790075189 · focus · HN ↗

            I am confused here. While I generally like Mac hardware the trackpads are quite mediocre. Lenovo and Dell have better ones. What are they better at?

            1. lostlogin · 1790078132 · focus · HN ↗

               > While I generally like Mac hardware the trackpads are quite mediocre. Lenovo and Dell have better ones

               I find the Mac better for scrolling, clicking, gestures and zooming. It’s rejection of eg palm input and the size of the touch pad are great.

               1. prmoustache · 1790085212 · focus · HN ↗

                  Wild guess is they have to reject palm input mostly because they make them too big. I don't even put my palm on my thinkpad trackpad so I don't even know if it has such functionnality as it isn't even needed.

                  Gesture is more an OS functionnality but I am not sure how a trackpad can be better or worse for scrolling or clicking. You slide 2 fingers, it scrolls right? you click (or rather tap these days), it clicks? right? Can a trackpad click "less" or even "scroll less"?

                  OK maybe some handle better wet fingers, that is maybe the weak point of my current trackpad.

                  1. lostlogin · 1790098562 · focus · HN ↗

                     > I am not sure how a trackpad can be better or worse for scrolling or clicking. You slide 2 fingers, it scrolls right? you click (or rather tap these days), it clicks?

                     I laughed. I have a work HP machine. The click is only available on the bottom half or third of the trackpad, with no visual indication of the area. It takes a strong push. It’s bad. The scroll is shiite too.

                     When you get one that doesn’t work right, you really miss a good one.

            2. deadbunny · 1790080841 · focus · HN ↗

               because 99% of the time these people are comparing a macbook trackpad to a $300 Acer trackpad on their parents machine they have to fix twice a year.

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