first you have to realize you want mac OS. then the options are clear. get a used prior model MBP.
Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
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Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
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Once upon a time this was true. User-facing documentation was scarce (usually requiring internet searches). However, between unofficial package managers like homebrew, the excellent efforts of a few devs (LaunchBar/Quicksilver, PathFinder, Little Snitch, etc...), `osascript`, and the internet providing defaults documentation for obscure apple apps, I always felt like I could get the system to behave the way I needed…
What cmd-key shortcuts are you thinking of? FWIW every apple filepicker window I come across I can utilise the following shortcuts consistently, which is very nice: Cmd-Shift-A: Open Applications folder Cmd-Shift-H: Open Home folder Cmd-Shift-D: Open Desktop folder Cmd-Shift-O: Open Documents folder Cmd-Option-L: Open Downloads folder Cmd-Shift-L: Open Library folder Cmd-Shift-.: Toggle Hidden Files Cmd-[: Back Cmd-]…
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Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
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Err, have you ever bought a first-gen Apple product? Not something you walk into lightly... Apple has a tendency to let customers find their flaws rather than actually test for them and shake them out. I'd rather not volunteer $3000 to be a guinea pig for Apple's keyboard design gremlins. If they went back to the 2016 model and just slapped a new motherboard inside and made the battery larger, then yeah, it'd be a no…
> Err, have you ever bought a first-gen Apple product? I have 1st gen iMac retina, I have had zero issues and have been using it daily since I bought it new in 2014. I did get SSD and upgraded cpu and graphics card; I believe the base models under performed so I can imagine people were not so happy with those models? Only regret, it cannot be used as an external monitor. > I'd rather not volunteer $3000 to be a guine…
> Only regret, it cannot be used as an external monitor.
You should check out Luna Display. In the wake of being "Sherlocked" by Apple's new iPad Sidecar feature, they've added support for using Macs as external displays.
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
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> In a hotel (=on Mac), everything is stylish and cared for, but you have very little freedom to change things. I've heard this over and over — that Macs are locked-down, uncustomisable machines — and I don't agree with it at all. I use replacements for almost all the built-in apps. I use a custom launcher. My editor config Git repo is approaching ten years old, and my shell config Git repo is almost eight. There are…
There's no real package manager. You can't rebuild your kernel. You can't upgrade your hardware. Once your HW is unsupported by Apple you're stuck with an old OS that is unsupported by third party software as well.
"no real package manager" [MacPorts has existed nearly as long as the public OS][0] and was even hosted by Apple until a few years ago.
(And there's the App Store, which is effectively a non-technically-inclined-user's "package manager".)
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
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While it is a very unusual metaphor, I don't see how it is misogyny or derogatory against women. This is wildly off-topic but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
It’s archaic. The analogy isn’t well served by using women and sex as an example, and I don’t really see why someone needs to hear about touching women in ways they don’t like when all they’re talking about is a shell configuration. This probably would have gone down well back in the 60s, but we’ve hopefully since moved on from comparing women to objects, and comparing how we treat women to how we treat inanimate thi…
Because men and women still marry and still chose each other as partners?
And the more men and women wait for that moment to chose the right person, the more the probability of making the right choice increases.
As long as I support women rights, I don't see what's wrong if an eterosexual man talks about choosing the right woman for him.
Should men not chose carefully their partners?
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
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As someone else pointed out, Enterprise versions don‘t get ads. As for teams, enterprises love teams since it comes with the Office license anyway.
Not everyone has access to Enterprise version so this is a non-starter argument. Even better is the LTSC versions of Windows 10 but let's assume we are not pirating windows, and going to purchase a copy of windows, the users are left with a horrendous breach of privacy and a complete disregard to the user experience. Also, I loving Microsoft Teams is a different argument than having it pushed to your PC without askin…
In no way did I mean to defend those actions. You are absolutely right. I merely tried to explain my ignorance towards them.
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
#397If you want something that works, and with little downtime, go for a Dell XPS laptop. Way better than every other manufacturer I can think of.
Next business day on-site repair is usually included, so if something goes wrong then it will be fixed very quickly as a technician will be sent to you with the necessary parts.
I love it when companies actually stands behind their products.
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
#398I switched from MBP to a Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu. I compare the experience to living in a hotel vs. living at home [1]. In a hotel (=on Mac), everything is stylish and cared for, but you have very little freedom to change things. At home (=on Linux), you need to do the dishes yourself but there's no external agenda. It's simply yours. I'm very happy with the switch. Though I'm on (Debian+) Xfce now instead of Ubuntu…
I have new Dell XPS 13 with Ubuntu and I'm satisfied with it. Camera has moved in these new models. Dell Thunderbolt Dock (TB16) is is disappointment. Others report problems as well.
I agree w.r.t. TB16. While it works (unlike TB15) it's very loud (fan is enabled 90% of time).
Generally I'm not fond of XPS 13 (9350) but later firmwares got rid of most issues (except extremely long boot time).
On the other hand Dell is contributing to several Linux projects (such as fwupd) and all of XPS hardware (including touch screen) worked out of the box.
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
#399Thinkpad or Dell XPS with a nice Linux distro is the ultimate developer combo
Re: Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro?
#400Seems like incredibly bad luck. I run an IT department with hundreds of macbooks, and they're at least as reliable as standard Lenovos -- and thanks to macos tend to work longer without software trouble.
I also have personally owned several, and have faced no problems. Could be that I have incredibly good luck :) As further anecdote, I've ran Linux on my computers for almost 2 decades now, and I'm really enjoying macbooks and imacs as a replacement for them.