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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. XorNot · 1790074021 · focus · HN ↗

            I can't say I've ever been impressed by an Apple track pad. Or their insistence on removing actual buttons for them.

            The peak was my high school Gateway laptop.

            1. lostlogin · 1790078210 · focus · HN ↗

               I’m surprised you can tell it isn’t a button anymore, the fake click is very accurate feeling. The lack of moving parts is a good upgrade.

               1. XorNot · 1790079875 · focus · HN ↗

                  There's no seam, and it depends on being a button by guessing that you're not scrolling.

                  It's annoyingly non-deterministic.

                  I've never had a laptop mouse button ever break down on me.

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