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Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by alextgordon »

hguant wrote: post #169
jordanpg wrote: post #149

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Most of these things are considered features of homebrew, not bugs.

Nonsense. Absolute rubbish. Being broken is a feature? Changing /usr/local instead of being sane? Leaving old versions of packages lying about instead of cleaning them up? Breaking when the Apple devs wonder if it would be fun to switch things up a bit under the hood without telling anyone? The one thing I can think of that's a "feature" is that brew compiles locally, instead of pulling down a binary, but even that h…

I'm not understanding what is "insane" about installing to /usr/local/Cellar and dropping a symlink in /usr/local/bin. This is the convention on OS X. All tools I have ever seen install to /usr/local.

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Post by manyxcxi »

jolux wrote: post #119
rasz_pl wrote: post #96

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never brake? :))) Apple hardware is build to fail, 35 years and they still make computers like we are living on Arrakis and moisture doesnt exist.

Well I'll put it this way: I've owned three Windows laptops and one Mac and the Mac has outlasted all three individually, two of them combined, and on track to outlast all three of them combined in the next year. It also has yet to slow down. But that's just my anecdotal experience. Think of it what you will.

I've had two MBPs since 2007/8 and the first one still works just fine- in fact it works great with upgraded RAM and an SSD. The second is a late 2014... I was on a 2 year cycle with my PC laptops. Batteries, screens, the fact that they were shit to begin with...

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by miahi »

debaserab2 wrote: post #191
xlayn wrote: post #12

Do you like the MacBook but don't like the OS? go ahead and change it, you can have triple boot. Tiny fonts and pop ups doesn't have anything to do with the machine you are going to buy (unless you also want the website). HP makes the elitebook, magnesium construction a la thinkpad. And last but not least I would like to give this entry the RAGE post award, nomination points for What I want is a computer with: -Decen…

> Bonus points for calling apple website an icon of web design when it weights almost 100mb. Huh? My chrome network panel registered 13.3k for apple.com

The html part only is 25KB; you got 13k because you had everything cached from previous sessions.

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by manyxcxi »

sirkneeland wrote: post #198
manyxcxi wrote: post #193

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BULLSHIT I live in the command line and use a modern toolchain. Package management has no bearing on my development. mvn, npm, composer, gem, and pip all work just fine. Home brew gets you the OS packages and I've yet to run into an even remotely popular package not in a Homebrew repo somewhere. On top of all that- with Vagrant and (or even just) Virtualbox you have whatever flavor of Linux you want running on your d…

I've been on HN for years now and I've never seen someone write "BULLSHIT" in all caps here. Can we not do that?

That's fair enough. I can see how the response starts significantly more aggressive than I meant it to be as a quick response.

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by masteryupa_ »

sirkneeland wrote: post #198
manyxcxi wrote: post #193

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BULLSHIT I live in the command line and use a modern toolchain. Package management has no bearing on my development. mvn, npm, composer, gem, and pip all work just fine. Home brew gets you the OS packages and I've yet to run into an even remotely popular package not in a Homebrew repo somewhere. On top of all that- with Vagrant and (or even just) Virtualbox you have whatever flavor of Linux you want running on your d…

I've been on HN for years now and I've never seen someone write "BULLSHIT" in all caps here. Can we not do that?

Trash talking laptops and OS choices seem to be a pressure point for HN users, considering how civilised discussion is normally.

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by lighttower »

martey wrote: post #93
superobserver wrote: post #80

Why not by a Chromebook Pixel (2015)? Seriously.

I think if Google decided to sell the Chromebook Pixel (2015) with Linux instead of ChromeOS, OP, I, and a horde of other developers would all buy it. In reality, it doesn't seem very easy to install Linux on the 2015 Pixel or any other Chromebook without either remembering to press Ctrl+D on each boot or by going through a significant set of hoops.

I want the Pixel for its USB C charging capabilities. the biggest reason I don't get one is because while I have no regrets with wiping windows, I have FOMO about wiping ChromeOS.

if the SSD weren't only 64GB... I could put Debian and chrome OS on it.

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by sosuke »

sirkneeland wrote: post #198
manyxcxi wrote: post #193

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BULLSHIT I live in the command line and use a modern toolchain. Package management has no bearing on my development. mvn, npm, composer, gem, and pip all work just fine. Home brew gets you the OS packages and I've yet to run into an even remotely popular package not in a Homebrew repo somewhere. On top of all that- with Vagrant and (or even just) Virtualbox you have whatever flavor of Linux you want running on your d…

I've been on HN for years now and I've never seen someone write "BULLSHIT" in all caps here. Can we not do that?

Hmm, I guess the tone of the actual content wasn't abusive or inflammatory so I didn't think about it. OS flame wars are still burning.

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by thirdsun »

gcb0 wrote: post #189
SomeCallMeTim wrote: post #140

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I'm really happy with my Toshiba Tecra Z series. The article totally missed Toshiba, which is still a decent manufacturer. I get 5-6 hours of battery life with real usage, close to 10 hours in "green" mode, I've got a 15.6" screen, a keypad, 16Gb of RAM, an i7 processor, and a 1Tb SSD. And it's just over 4 pounds and pretty thin. I have NVIDIA graphics. The Tecra Z has an available 3K touch display, and its HDMI port…

the article misses everything. lenovo is not even relevant anymore. Their new keyboards (since 2009!) are complete garbage. his "research" was probably asking some guy at the water cooler "what's a good PC laptop" "lenovo" "thanks"

That was my impression too. I'm not an expert on Windows hardware/devices but from what I hear the Dell XPS 13 is an excellent machine if you don't want a MacBook. Not even mentioning Dell tells me this guy misses a few things.

Re: We Need a Better PC

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Post by hartator »

habosa wrote: post #113

Not disagreeing with the premise, but just want to plug a machine I am very happy with. I was a lifetime mac owner (since OS 9) and my 2010 Macbook Pro finally broke down this year. It made it that long because I doubled the RAM, replaced the battery, and replaced the HDD with a hybrid drive. Finally the battery puffed up and exploded. I brought it to the Apple Store and they were beyond useless. The new MBPs are not…

I think if you are spending more than 10 hours per day on your laptop, price shouldn't matter.

On a side note, you've missed the retina thing, it's making a true difference.

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