Porsche already started to copy BMW when they copied the X5 and brought a really ugly and way to underpowered Cayenne into the market in 2002...
MacOS is the new Windows
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Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#12I had to buy a new machine 6 months after buying the 2012 Macbook Pro. That thing overheats like hell's breaking loose, and Apple simply doesn't admit to it, so I'm left with a paperweight that kinda works, but if you try to do anything more intensive than browsing the web on it, it gets unusable.
So much for a 3 grand machine.
Despite Apple making pretty things, that's not really making me buy their stuff again
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#13We recently replaced all (~300) our 2012 MPBs with 2015 MBPs.
We didn't have a single complaint so far. And we have a lot of power users.
Maybe you just attract bad luck.
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#14So it runs games now?
ZING
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#15I still use Debian on eeepc 1000H, which is over six years old, I suppose. I love everything about it, except that it is too underpowered now to even watch youtube in 720p. It's mic and camera gave in, some buttons are missing, it can not handle much anymore. I thought about getting old 13" MBP and installing Debian, but systemd is too bothersome. I'm not sure about hard and soft anymore..
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#16Meanwhile, the Thinkpad T42p from 2004 which I type this message on still works without a hitch. OK, it has been upgraded with an SSD (through a PATA-SATA converter) and the battery only lasts for 2 hours instead of 6 but that's basically it. The 1.8GHz Pentium M does just fine with Debian, the only 'slow' moments are when visiting some Javascript-infested site which insists on doing senseless things to a perfectly functional browser.
As an added advantage, software developed on this older system really flies on more modern hardware. Or it can fly, if not hindered by the OS gobbling up all extra cycles for its own nefarious purposes (the solution to that problem lies in using something like what powers this machine...)
Just get out of the habit of regularly upgrading perfectly functional hardware just because the manufacturer wants to increase their cash flow. Use your mind for what it is meant for: conscious thought. Use it to look through the group think, think different!
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#17Meanwhile, the Thinkpad T42p from 2004 which I type this message on still works without a hitch. OK, it has been upgraded with an SSD (through a PATA-SATA converter) and the battery only lasts for 2 hours instead of 6 but that's basically it. The 1.8GHz Pentium M does just fine with Debian, the only 'slow' moments are when visiting some Javascript-infested site which insists on doing senseless things to a perfectly f…
the only 'slow' moments are when visiting some Javascript-infested site
which insists on doing senseless things to a perfectly functional browser.
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#18We give all our devs brand new MBPs. Zero issues like you're describing. Actually zero issues of any kind.
We also give devs matched dpi 4K retina displays as second screens. No issues with 60hz 4K either.
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#19Meanwhile, the Thinkpad T42p from 2004 which I type this message on still works without a hitch. OK, it has been upgraded with an SSD (through a PATA-SATA converter) and the battery only lasts for 2 hours instead of 6 but that's basically it. The 1.8GHz Pentium M does just fine with Debian, the only 'slow' moments are when visiting some Javascript-infested site which insists on doing senseless things to a perfectly f…
the only 'slow' moments are when visiting some Javascript-infested site which insists on doing senseless things to a perfectly functional browser. If you happen to be using Firefox, look into the Noscript extension.
Well, mostly Seamonkey actually but yes, NoScript is installed. However, since some sites just don't work at all without Javascript this is not a panacea. Sometimes I just need to access something which is only available on one of those sites, turning the browser into treacle.
Re: MacOS is the new Windows
#20> an early 2015 13 inch MacBook Pro. In 5 days I'm using it the machine restarted two (or three?) times "because of problems"
Also using early 2015 13" MacBook Pro (16 GB RAM). 3 months old, rock solid so far.
Bluetooth is a bit weird, though. Can't always connect to headphones or mice, but a reboot fixes that. Wifi works a lot better than 2012 model I have experience with.