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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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This has to be a "you are holding it wrong" situation. I use my macbook on the desk, on my lap, on my chest laying on my back, and have never once gotten to thinking parts of it should be filed down.

People are different: my hands are big and on my preferred laptop sizes (13-14"), laptop edges cut into my palms when my fingers are on the home row. Others' anatomy might be different in other ways. Perhaps you could claim I should be using larger laptops ad part of the "holding it wrong"), but then my preferred Thinkpad X1 Carbons do not cause the same issue for me. (Nor the screen reflections, or mushy keyboards o…

I still don't see it. I am replying to this after scrolling with my laptop halfway up my belly and my palm rest directly on this supposedly too sharp edge. I just don't see what people are doing to induce pain and cuts.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

My reason for switching from a M1 MacBook to a ThinkPad: I can install Linux without worrying about compatibility issues. Also, being able to have 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD without having to sell a kidney to afford it is nice.

Taking a cursory look at the ThinkPad website, which is nearly unnavigable, the model I was able to find with 64gb of ram and a 1TB currently costs (a lot) more than an M5 Pro that has a better SoC, way better screen, way better battery life probably, it's not even a contest now other vendors had to adapt to hardware shortage pricing.

I got mine before the RAM price surge.
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