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

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Post by olvn »

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…

As a former long-time Ableton user, just want to recommend Bitwig Studio[1] as a viable (improved?) alternative that runs natively on Linux. I've used it for live performances and label-released music for over four years now and other than the typical setup issues related to Jack (one time thing resolved in an hour or so) I couldn't be happier.

[1] https://www.bitwig.com/en/home.html

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

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Post by buro9 »

x3haloed wrote: post #299
buro9 wrote: post #66

Just got my first MBP. Found problems with USB devices on day 1 with USB 2.0 devices intermittently freezing. Documented https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/gp5b1z/usb_20_issues_o... , and there is a workaround... do not use any hub that shows a USB 2.0 device to the Mac, find and use a USB-C hub that presents everything as USB 3.0 to the Mac even if it's USB 2.0 I believe that this is a Catalina software bug, and…

Anyone know of a good hub that works that way?

CalDigit TS3+ is the one that solved my issue.

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

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Post by g_delgado14 »

I was in the market recently for a new laptop after owning 2 different MB pros since 2011. I ended up buying a System76 linux laptop and couldn't be happier. It's cheaper and it's built for software devs. The keyboard is amazing. Only real downside is the trackpad isn't as good. But I use a mouse anyways.

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

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Post by auggierose »

mstudio wrote: post #283

Totally agree. After reading so many reviews panning the new MBPs, I ended up replacing my ancient 2011 MBP with a 2015 model. You can still find new/unopened or relatively unused models on eBay. I love this laptop. i7, 16GB memory, AMD Radeon R9, great keyboard with F-keys... plus, it has all the standard ports I need: USB, HDMI, Thunderbolt. All for much less money than a new machine from Apple. No complaints at al…

Doesn't have thunderbolt 3 though.

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Post by criddell »

ImprobableTruth wrote: post #228
thegagne wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Was there a Candy Crush ad in the menu that would install it as soon as you click on int?

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

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Post by x3haloed »

Don’t buy an older model with the butterfly keyboard and avoid touchbar where possible. Problem solved. I actually disagree with the trackpad complaints. I’ve never used a better trackpad in my life. It’s really a joy, and palm rejection is not perfect, but close enough that it doesn’t bother me.

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

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Post by Symbiote »

sneak wrote: post #107
mrweasel wrote: post #58

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If Apple had two versions of their laptops, one with the touch bar and one without, I feel pretty confident that the version with the standard F-keys would outsell the touch bar. I mentioned this before, but the real proof that the touch bar isn't for professionals is that you can't buy an Apple keyboard with the touch bar. Local labor laws require that I have a "external" keyboard when working at my desk, so the tou…

> Local labor laws require that I have a "external" keyboard when working at my desk Whaaa? Why? Where?

Also the UK (and probably many other European countries)

> Whenever possible, users should be encouraged to use a docking station or firm surface and a full-sized keyboard and mouse

From https://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/dse/ and the resources linked from it.

When one of my colleagues insisted on using the laptop keyboard, we made him sign in writing that he'd been offered a wide selection of keyboards and didn't want one, and understood he could take a keyboard at any time.

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Post by GordonS »

thomaslord wrote: post #277
exdsq wrote: post #171

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WSL2 is a Linux VM, what's your use-case for native over that? - You can disable updates - I'm on the insider version and this has never happened to me, let alone for 'normal' users. - You can uninstall all of that stuff - It's not that bad, I work on a decentralised database and we have similar performance across Windows and Linux. Windows was a bit tougher to do but it got there :)

I'm honestly baffled that you've never experienced an update that bricked your system - how long have you been using Windows? Two years ago Microsoft released an update that killed Windows on my brand new (at the time) desktop (i7-8700k, gtx 1080). I thought "no big deal, I'll boot up my old desktop and deal with it later" but when I turned on that machine (i5-2500k, rx480), it applied the same update and also killed…

Not the parent, but I've been running Windows for decades on multiple machines (4 different ones at this time) - never once had an update brick a system.

You seem to be assuming everyone else is frequently having a problem because you have had it. In reality, these events are rare, which the overwhelming majority of people not having any issue.

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

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Post by whywhywhywhy »

The webcam is inexcusable, if Microsoft can put such a high quality webcam in their $399 Surface Go then what on earth is Apple's excuse in their $2000 laptops?

We've actually started using a Surface Go for all our video tutorial recording in my work just because it looks more professional than MacBook Pro webcam footage.

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