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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. 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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