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Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

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Post by scrlk »

StilesCrisis wrote: post #327
jansan wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacBooks recently had this bug that you had to connect it to LAN in order to initialize it, or return it to the shop. It's not all perfect in Apple world. Still, Windows is a problem here. I wonder what the monthly fee is to get rid of the ads?

Not sure what you're talking about. Almost no one has Ethernet anymore. This would be national news-level failure.

A bug affecting M5 MBAs & MBPs made it impossible to connect to a WiFi network on the activation screen. The workaround was to use an Ethernet dongle: https://x.com/TheBobPony/status/2033958150936703363

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Post by drnick1 »

mandeepj wrote: post #306

Whatever they all do, they can never, ever match the quality of Apple! I've bought many Macs so far, and many Windows machines (Dell, Sony, 1st and 2nd Gen of Surface) as well. All of those Windows machines died within less than 2 years, while the Macs, which were bought more than 10 years ago, are still working fine. So, I'm not going to buy a new Windows machine anytime soon.

You must be treating your hardware extremely poorly because all the Windows laptops that have used have lasted many years and were retired before they stopped working due to a hardware defect. In every case however, Linux replaced Windows after the first boot.

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Post by locusofself »

MBCook wrote: post #366

Prominent dual fans? Hell no. Who would think that’s a good idea? One of the absolutely best things about the MacBook Pro is that it’s silent when you’re not really pushing it. It’s incredibly rare for me to hear them on my M4 Pro. Normal work, including compiling, using docker, my IDE, etc. almost never does it unless I do something big over and over and over. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a single sound out of my M3…

The M3 air has no fan either, which is a big reason I bought it, as I record acoustic music and having no fan is the best.

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Post by sixothree »

mrheosuper wrote: post #6
whatever1 wrote: post #2

No price? I guess over 3k for 128GB ram and Nvidia spark.

I read somewhere, $4k for 64gb ram

The current Surface Pro is >$3600 for 64 GB of RAM. This number sounds completely reasonable. One year ago this month I bought 128 GB of DDR5 RAM for $300. I can't help but feeling annoyed by the state of the market.

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Post by basch »

exmadscientist wrote: post #199
RankingMember wrote: post #170

My experience with Surfaces and, particularly, the Surface Book and its accompanying dock were such that I'd have to be paid to use one again. For example, the dock would get its own updates silently and brick itself randomly and the proprietary magnetic connector between the dock and the computer was prone to a poor connection. I remember many occasions trying to work and my screens just randomly blinking in and out…

I worked with some of the people responsible for the Surface Book, Surface docks, and specifically the Surface Book's dock. These were hardware people (EEs), not software people, and this was after their time at MS. Unfortunately I don't remember specifics (both because it's been a few years, and because I'd probably have to fuzz details anyway), but... : Docks are horrifying products. Thunderbolt docks are doubly ho…

It was not better than a competing dock from Dell or Lenovo etc at the time. Wireless docks worked better.

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Post by jolt42 »

andreygrehov wrote: post #374

Microsoft doesn't get it. People don't buy MacBooks because they're powerful. People buy MacBooks because they love macOS.

Eh, I like MacBooks because they've been bulletproof. Any PC I suspect it might just go kaput whenever it feels like it, except for maybe a ThinkPad, but they cost more than a MacBook.
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