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I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by maxbrt »

BoxOfRain wrote: post #20
HugoTea wrote: post #19

I love the animation on the background of your website. And I totally understand what you mean about using a tool, if it's too delicate to do the job, then it's not doing its job. Imagine buying a hammer and trying to keep it clear of scuffs, it's obviously going to impede your work.

Yeah I think the grief OP was getting over that statement in some of the other comments is unwarranted, I understand completely what they mean about tools. You have people who buy expensive guitars and barely play them for fear of scuffing them for example, depriving themselves and the tool of the thing it's actually for. I'll never understand that mentality. I don't like to be precious about my tools either, scratch…

Thanks for the encouragement, glad you like the background :-) Yeah I phrased it a bit badly initially. But what I meant was pretty much what you stated!

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by lrvick »

maxbrt wrote: post #12
lrvick wrote: post #11

Now try modifying the software that Apple sold you with it.

Yeah that's been a major headache. I ssh into my server/desktop most of the time anyways, so there is no friction there. Then also I was surprised by how well VMs with OrbStack on Mac run. With yabai and skhd I've gotten it pretty closely to where I previously was with i3. Even still, I'm looking forward to the day where I can run Asahi on this

Three employers in a row insisted on handing me a macbook, and three times in a row I ported Gentoo to it out of pure spite and disdain for third parties trying to control the binaries I use to do my job.

At the time they called this crazy and unproductive, but those obsessions with control of my tools built the foundational skillsets that drove my career.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by jader201 »

zaptrem wrote: post #3

This is my number one complaint about the M-series MBP line. Especially true of the cutout in the middle that has points so sharp they can cut you if you accidentally scrape it with your hand.

Is this unique to the M-series?

My 2015 MBP has this exact same issue.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by alanwreath »

HugoTea wrote: post #19

I love the animation on the background of your website. And I totally understand what you mean about using a tool, if it's too delicate to do the job, then it's not doing its job. Imagine buying a hammer and trying to keep it clear of scuffs, it's obviously going to impede your work.

yes I want a post about that background, its pretty awesome how it gradually and seemingly randomly builds itself.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by Hammershaft »

maxbrt wrote: post #12
lrvick wrote: post #11

Now try modifying the software that Apple sold you with it.

Yeah that's been a major headache. I ssh into my server/desktop most of the time anyways, so there is no friction there. Then also I was surprised by how well VMs with OrbStack on Mac run. With yabai and skhd I've gotten it pretty closely to where I previously was with i3. Even still, I'm looking forward to the day where I can run Asahi on this

If you struggle with Yabai I'll reccomend Aerospace, which I think is more performant & reliable.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by dmaa »

Great article and happy to see that I'm not alone. I don't get why on such a well thought-out and built device as this, the corners are so sharp.

From how I use the trackpad, the bottom of my thumb always feels sore-ish after a day's work and it took me a while to trace this to the sharp cornern of my macbook.

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