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Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by bambataa »

jamestnz wrote: post #352
bambataa wrote: post #321

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sometimes my wifi drops out when I connect a USB-C hub to my MBP (Mojave). I should really look into it.

I just got through researching this issue for a client. Apparently it is at least somewhat common, and appears to be caused by RF interference/noise radiating from USB 3.0 ports and cables, which stomps over 2.4 GHz band. Popular solutions seem to involve applying custom shielding to dongles/cables/adaptors, trying different models of these, or experimenting with their physical proximity and layout. Sigh. Discussion,…

Thanks for the info (and the child comment). I'm really glad I spent so much money on this laptop.

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by jdsully »

ImprobableTruth wrote: post #355
criddell wrote: post #305

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Was there a Candy Crush ad in the menu that would install it as soon as you click on int?

No, I specifically looked to remove any crapware and was surprised that there wasn't anything. I also just did a search for candy crush and I only got the website.

I'm on Pro and while Candy Crush was removed, I now have Farm Hero's Saga and something called "Groove Music". Netflix also somehow made its way there even though I've never once tried to watch it on this PC.

They are less brazen about it, I had to look in my Applications list.

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by criddell »

jdsully wrote: post #482
ImprobableTruth wrote: post #355

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I specifically looked to remove any crapware and was surprised that there wasn't anything. I also just did a search for candy crush and I only got the website.

I'm on Pro and while Candy Crush was removed, I now have Farm Hero's Saga and something called "Groove Music". Netflix also somehow made its way there even though I've never once tried to watch it on this PC. They are less brazen about it, I had to look in my Applications list.

I think Groove/Zune Music is Microsoft's music player.

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by temporallobe »

fluffything wrote: post #353

I also still have the same MacBook air as the author and have been wanting to upgrade for... 2 years or so. Not only the Webcam is a downgrade. You also loose Magsafe. Not a big loss, but a downgrade none the less. > The touchbar. [...] Regular users probably find it useful and cute. No they don't. My GF bought herself a new Macbook because... she has an iPhone and thought "For what I use the computer, any computer s…

I have the ‘17 MacbookPro and detest the touchbar, especially for programming since I use the ESC key quite a bit. Changing the volume is a ridiculous 2-step process, and I never use any of the dynamic shortcut buttons. The butterfly keyboard is also obnoxious. I’d gladly forgo the gimmicks in exchange for more RAM or other hardware upgrades.

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by pkz »

I have been looking for a replacement 13" laptop and for the first time in many years I am looking at getting a Win 10 laptop (heres hoping WSL2 will be the saviour for decent development setup). But is is hard finding decent 13" hardware that doesn't have annoying drawbacks. Hard to believe but there seems to be a market segment for a new laptop manufacturer that produces three models that are continuously refreshed every second year or so.

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by toxican »

mthoms wrote: post #297
toxican wrote: post #235

The touchbar is super useless unless you install something like MTMR[1] to customize it. The downside of course is that you need to be comfortable with some code to modify it outside of any pre-defined profiles. But even then I don't find myself using it much. Also while Mac's aren't meant for gaming, when I do game I find the touchbar to be a poor replacement for the F keys. I play WoW and have F1-F5 bound to certai…

I've found this tiny utility a great help. It provides haptic feedback for all touch bar presses (BetterTouchTool also has this feature). https://github.com/niw/HapticKey

Looks like MTMR supports it as well, but I didn't have any luck getting it to work. HapticKey is working great though. For as good a job as Apple did with making the iPhone's button and the touchpad feel really responsive, I'm amazed they didn't bother doing the same with the touchbar.

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Post by stevewodil »

garmaine wrote: post #480
stevewodil wrote: post #313

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The question is ambiguous but I interpreted it as if the laptop fails and I need to have it repaired how do I keep my data safe because I can't just pull the hard drive out before sending it for repair. The T2 chip already encrypts the SSD using a unique identifier generated and known only by that host's T2, so it's sort of a non-issue imo

If you use FileVault encryption with a secure password.

No, it's encrypted either way. With FileVault enabled it just won't automatically mount and decrypt when connected to the T2 chip

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by mmcnl »

realusername wrote: post #29
paulcarroty wrote: post #20

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-1 for WSL. If I need Linux, it will be obviously native. Also WSL doesn't solve: * forced Windows updates when you don't need them * shitload of failed updates: bricked OS, deleted user data etc * stupid non-uninstallable game icons in start menu, a lot of vendor-forever-locked garbage like cortana & one drive * bad fs performance in general

That's harsh but I agree with those points, Windows is still a consumer oriented operating system at its core, which has a lot of undesirable features for a developer.

Is macOS so different? You have to disable notifications manually every day to not have your developer workflow interrupted. The login screen is a 3D cube (weird, random and ugly). Icons in the dock wiggle. You delete applications by dragging them to trash bin. Maximizing Safari is impossible. The list goes on and on.

Re: Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by winxton »

mstudio wrote: post #283

Totally agree. After reading so many reviews panning the new MBPs, I ended up replacing my ancient 2011 MBP with a 2015 model. You can still find new/unopened or relatively unused models on eBay. I love this laptop. i7, 16GB memory, AMD Radeon R9, great keyboard with F-keys... plus, it has all the standard ports I need: USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt. All for much less money than a new machine from Apple. No complaints at al…

The 2015 maxed out model was my first MacBook and it's served very well so far. Lately, it does slows to a crawl when running docker, VSCode, and half a dozen electron apps :(, but after reading about the latest builds I'm honestly not sure whether to upgrade or go back to running ubuntu or elementary.
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