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Re: Apple's Greed Is Finally Backfiring [video]

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Post by thewileyone » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 2:56 AM UTC

qgin wrote: post #10

linotype wrote: post #4

Frankly as someone who has a new M4 MBP and had a butterfly keyboard MBP, I’m glad form is following function. I don’t care if my laptop is 1 mm thicker if the performance and reliability are better.

The current MacBooks are the best they've ever made. That wasn't true of the last generation. Late 2010s models were extremely cursed.

Early 2010 models with the AMD GPU were ALL cursed.

Re: Apple's Greed Is Finally Backfiring [video]

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Post by wkat4242 » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 4:17 AM UTC

thewileyone wrote: post #11

qgin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The current MacBooks are the best they've ever made. That wasn't true of the last generation. Late 2010s models were extremely cursed.

Early 2010 models with the AMD GPU were ALL cursed.

The Nvidia ones were too. Remember the BGA issues? I remember Apple even sued Nvidia over them.

The AMDs were the 2011 BTW. The 2010 were Nvidia 320M and 330

Re: Apple's Greed Is Finally Backfiring [video]

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Post by wkat4242 » Mon, Aug 18, 2025, 4:19 AM UTC

qgin wrote: post #10

linotype wrote: post #4

Frankly as someone who has a new M4 MBP and had a butterfly keyboard MBP, I’m glad form is following function. I don’t care if my laptop is 1 mm thicker if the performance and reliability are better.

The current MacBooks are the best they've ever made. That wasn't true of the last generation. Late 2010s models were extremely cursed.

I think the keyboards are still way worse than what they were before Butterfly. The 2010-2015 models had more travel and better feel to me.