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Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it

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Post by qayxc »

michaelt wrote: post #201
qayxc wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why was Solitaire bundled even with the NT (i.e. enterprise/business) versions of Windows? No one ever questioned that, but everybody takes issue with Candy Crush? Weird...

People see it as less analogous to Solitaire, and more analogous to the McAfee crapware you get bundled with cheap PCs.

And why is that? I never even once played Solitaire and uninstalled Candy Crush without even looking at it.

What's the deal with this sudden hatred towards nonsense that was installed 35 years ago as well and had a way bigger impact on system resources (in terms of disk space and screen real-estate) than Candy Crush?

Is it because it's a mobile port - too colourful and too in-your-face about it being a mindless pastime than a boomer-style virtual card game that even came with a "boss-key"?

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Post by horsawlarway »

modernerd wrote: post #123

The XPS 17 will be my next “MacBook”. It should be out this month and it ticks all the boxes for me (great screen, supposedly good cooling, user-replaceable SSD/RAM, acceptable weight and size for a 17" laptop). https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/13/21257006/dell-xps-17-15-r... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyRUWM_LOPQ I've been trying Windows again after ~20 years on Macs (via a borrowed Lenovo Carbon X1 and then a s…

I went with the 13 inch, but basically my approach. I still have a mac kicking around for work, but for my personal stuff I switched to xps laptops around 2017. Honestly, I like them a lot more than the new mac 16 my office has given me.

OSX is getting a lot less friendly for any non-consumption based activity. While I still prefer Linux by a mile, I'm at the point where I'd take Win10 with WSL over OSX.

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Post by bfirsh »

SCdF wrote: post #81

> By the way, not including the extension cord is unacceptable. This cord is not only a convenience, but it increases safety, because it's the only way to have earth grounding for the laptop. Without it, rubbing your fingers on the surface of the computer generates this weird vibration due to static. .... THAT'S WHAT THAT IS? I have wondered for _years_ why my laptop sometimes feels that way. Another mystery solved!

It’s got a name! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrovibration

As others have said, it’s due to a little bit of current passed through to the outside of the laptop which would otherwise have been passed through ground, not static.

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Post by goatinaboat »

raverbashing wrote: post #155
fuzzy2 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows (the technology) is okay. Not good, but okay. Windows (the experience) degrades every day. Everything is slow even though the specs are good. Granted, corporate “additions” like O365 ATP don’t help and aren’t part of the core system. But many users have to bear with them nonetheless. And have you looked through the diagnostic data Windows sends? That cannot be turned off without hacks? They get live notificat…

Would it be feasible to run a Windows Pro or Server version in a laptop? (or at least shut all the "windows 10" stuff and return to something that look like Windows 2000?)

Would it be feasible to run a Windows Pro or Server version in a laptop?

Pro runs just fine on a laptop.

When people talk about Candy Crush they mean they see it first thing when they start Windows Store as a recommendation. It is definitely not pre-installed on Pro, if it is I haven’t found it in 4 years...

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Post by slantyyz »

panpanna wrote: post #127

> When I push the laptop a bit more ... I get around 4 hours. In comparison, that figure is reasonable. Overall, it's not bad, but I expected more. How can this be "reasonable" from a new laptop? Maybe that's typo because I can get more from a five years old laptop under similar load. (Although to be fair, my containers are first class citizens)

I don't think I've ever gotten close to the advertised battery life from any new laptop, Mac or Windows, but I probably use a lot of apps and settings that aren't battery friendly (e.g., I prefer a brighter than average display).

So when I do get 4h of battery life, I'm pretty happy.

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Post by rcarmo »

rsynnott wrote: post #193
bootlooped wrote: post #140

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Having never owned a Mac, and only rarely used them, I had no frame of reference for many of the claims. The pictures were incontrovertible though. The camera is horrible. What really is the marginal cost of upgrading to whatever camera they use in a modern iPhone?

A laptop screen as thick as an iPhone, pretty much.

I'm typing this on a Surface Laptop 2 (and have a 2016 MacBook Pro), and the cover is nowhere as thick as a phone.

It's not sharp enough to cut bread, but those 2-3mm of thickness have zero impact on perceived laptop thinness while affording enough room for a spectacular webcam (by current Apple standards) and its companion Windows Hello counterpart.

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Post by ImprobableTruth »

thegagne wrote: post #192
raverbashing wrote: post #155

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Would it be feasible to run a Windows Pro or Server version in a laptop? (or at least shut all the "windows 10" stuff and return to something that look like Windows 2000?)

Even server includes candy crush and all the junk.

I'd be pretty surprised if that's true. I've recently switched to windows 10 pro and I don't have candy crush or anything installed.

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Post by Nasrudith »

nitinreddy88 wrote: post #153
blub wrote: post #141

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On paper Windows is good. In practice the telemetry and the story behind its introduction and how they handled communication means that I won't consider Windows as a primary OS candidate until there's a CEO change at least. It's disappointing to see so many being ignorant about this topic.

How replacing CEO helps. Really?!

My guess is under the assumption that the solution will never come under the leadership who was the source of the problem.

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Post by vmception »

rednum wrote: post #217

I did switch from 2012 Macbook Air to 2019 Macbook Pro a few weeks ago and I can't agree more with the article. One of the reasons I'm using Mac instead of Linux is that I make music. And the new Macbook sucks for this purpose: the same recording settings I used on my old laptop are not usable on the new one. 90% of time things work fine, but sometimes I get glitches and pops in the middle of the recording. Why? Who…

Macs and OSX were only interesting because they "just worked", and now they don't and are simply not that interesting.
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