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I'm using my 2017 Macbook Pro and I hardly use the early 2019. I never liked the touchbar.
Honestly my 2012 MBA with 8GB RAM is still perfectly fine as my daily dev machine. Macs are expensive but if you shell out for the top specced model they can last a loooong time.
Unless Apple makes a serious commitment to quality and stops prioritizing form over function, I'm done with them.
Surprised she did not mention MagSafe. This is, IMO, the single biggest unforced error Apple has made in a decade filled with them.
Yes, this is really my biggest issue with the new MacBooks or rather was my biggest issue, until I found out there are numerous magnetic connectors and complete cables for USB-C[1]. Now that I use such a cable (L shape, like MagSafe 1), I find it better than the T shaped MagSafe 2 cables, which would disconnect/fall off all the time from my 2015 MBP. 1) Like this one (no affiliation at all): https://www.amazon.com/Ma…
I finally forced myself to spend a solid six weeks using nothing but Linux after decades of using almost exclusively Macs. It's been much easier than I expected. Ubuntu 18.04 on a Dell XPS runs great. It has some rough edges but it feels like my computer, rather than one I'm just borrowing from Apple. Unless Apple makes a serious commitment to quality and stops prioritizing form over function, I'm done with them.
I'm using my 2017 Macbook Pro and I hardly use the early 2019. I never liked the touchbar.
The 2017 has a Touch Bar, unless it's the entry level version, in which case I don't understand why you would purchase a 2019 which is essentially the same device... but with a Touch Bar that you never liked
I switch regularly between the 2018 15" MBP from work and the personal 2012 retina 15" MBP. The most obvious difference I see immediately is that the CPU in the 2018 model is substantially faster. And boy the the bigger trackpad is nice.
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I'm still using a laptop with a MagSafe charger and have never seen the connector becoming unreliable (nor do I know anyone has had this issue).
The little MagSafe 1 to 2 adapters have been problematic for me and others, but the original chargers are not something I've heard problems about. I've not been able to find out what happens with the adapters, but it was surprising how many I went through.
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I'm still using a laptop with a MagSafe charger and have never seen the connector becoming unreliable (nor do I know anyone has had this issue).
We had a substantial minority of our chargers at work develop the issue. It’s not a black-and-white state so you might just know people who became more deliberate about attaching it over time.
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Well I for one did go omgomg when I went back. Stuck keys or not, I never got to more than 80% typing speed on the new keyboard and I never learned how to use the arrow keys. I hope my “brand new” mbp2015 will last at least 5 years and then I can reevaluate the situation which might very well lead to me buying a Surface.
Oh my god, the arrow keys. After 2 years still can't use them.
That said, I do love my 2015 MBP keyboard in general, and loathe the 2018 one.
I now have a silicon cover on top of the keyboard which gives me a slightly better touch typing experience but is worse for other things.
Highly recommend checkout out Dells XPS lines once you've had enough. I find them nicer to use than any MacBook I've had.
dhh is pretty frustrated with apple's years-long keyboard screw-ups, so he had a fresh look at windows: https://m.signalvnoise.com/back-to-windows-after-twenty-year... his conclusion would be mine as well. yes, apple is making a lot of mistakes, but their story is still miles beyond windows or linux, as far as i'm concerned. the situation would have to get a lot worse before i would consider switching.