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- Sharp edges eat into my forearms.
- Glossy screen makes it hard to see when it's light out.
- The keys have a real hard stop when you press on them which tires out my hands.
- An arrogant desire to obsolete ports.
I don't understand the appeal of the machine, it feels like style over function everywhere.
Another thing that multiple generation of MacBook Airs used to do is constantly be running (sometimes quite painful) amounts of electricity through your wrists if they accidentally touched the metal. Not sure if the Apple Silicon devices have the same issue - but it was consistent through at least 3 different generations.
Not all heroes wear capes. This is excellent and can't wait to get aluminium mac next to try it – don't think Space Black is a good way to go. Author's another post on "The Seasons are Wrong" [0] is excellent too and I fully support both approaches. [0] https://kentwalters.com/posts/seasons/
Oh, I have never heard of seasons starting mid-month. My mind is blown! In Australia it's just split up by months, with each season being 3 months long: March 1 - Autumn starts June 1 - Winter starts Sept 1 - Spring starts Dec 1 - Summer starts Of cause, those in far northern Australia, only really have Dry and Wet seasons. I have no idea when those are.
But most countries other than the USA use meteorological definitions of the seasons starting on the 1st of December, March, June, and September.
All the same, hell yeah.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
My work computer is missing two keys and has been since they signed it out to me. I'm betting they don't notice if I file down the corners. Hell they probably wouldn't notice if I just cut the corners off with a fret saw. But God forbid I try to install an ad blocker or use Firefox.
I promise you they’re claiming taxes on the depreciation of that machine every year. If anything they’ll be upset you didn’t tell them sooner so they could have claimed more.