I can charge, run external hard drive, and 2 external monitors, and 3 usb devices and and speakers and an SD card on 1 cable. I do wish the cal digit dock was included, though.
So, today, for the first time in *25* years of Apple, I downgraded
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#12Nothing new here. And no discussion about what he misses in the older one, etc.
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#14Anyone else dislike the larger trackpad because of that?
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#15>but now I could randomly fail to click something if I rested my palm wrong. Anyone else dislike the larger trackpad because of that?
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#17Got tired of re-buying 2011 Macbook Pros because it was getting kinda ridiculous. Decided the only things I actually care about are Lightroom, the keyboard, decent drivers and power management, and a terminal app. New machine is a Dell XPS 15 running Windows. Keyboard and build is almost identical to Macbook, no N-key rollover but I can live without. Otherwise, meh, why is everyone still so attached to these dumb ove…
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#18Apple software quality started to go downhill a long time ago, and now their hardware is catching up. It makes sense because hardware has a longer lead time. Anybody who disagrees can try explaining the mess that iTunes has become, or why I have to reboot both my phone and laptop (almost) every time I try tethering.
Re: So, today, for the first time in *25* years of Apple, I downgraded
#19Maybe, elementaryOS 5 + librem 15?
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#20Which one should I buy? How much should I spend? What do I really need? I am paralyzed.
OTOH, I know an MBP will do fine, and the price is $1200, which is steep, but I have nothing to compare it to.
Not saying this is good, but I would think this drives a lot of inertia, which Apple is certainly counting on as they try to improve their profit margins.