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Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by olalonde »

mproud wrote: post #772
olalonde wrote: post #755

> my personal workstation remains a 2021 M1 Max MacBook Pro I was surprised that a guy who shills Apple for a living still uses a 5 year old MacBook. It goes to show how the longevity of laptops has increased over time. I'm also on a M1 Macbook and find it hard to justify an upgrade.

More of a testament to Apple device longevity.

I don't know... I used to upgrade MacBooks more frequently in the past even when they were functioning perfectly fine. There was usually a compelling reason like a markedly better screen, a big jump in performance, or noticeably improved battery life. Nowadays I have a hard time finding a compelling reason. Maybe I'm just getting old.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

olalonde wrote: post #808
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #766

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Someone didn’t read the “There is something rotten in Cupertino” article that caused Apple not only to not make an executive available for his post WWDC podcast for the first time in a decade or how he continuously criticizes Tim Cook kissing Trump’s ass. He has also been a continuous critic of Apple’s App Store policies and its handling of regulators

Well "shilling" is a bit strong but his livelihood is tethered to Apple.

Yes, because if Gruber doesn’t say nice things about Apple, they may go out of business and he won’t have anything to write about…

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by olalonde »

raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #812
olalonde wrote: post #808

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well "shilling" is a bit strong but his livelihood is tethered to Apple.

Yes, because if Gruber doesn’t say nice things about Apple, they may go out of business and he won’t have anything to write about…

Is he your uncle or something? I was just saying that it's surprising someone whose livelihood revolves around Apple uses a 5 year old MacBook. And yeah, if he was not an Apple enthusiast, Apple wouldn't suffer but his blog would.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by adastra22 »

smackeyacky wrote: post #97
ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #67

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The keyboard issue was probably caused by the battery, which can be replaced, and the keyboard would have likely returned to normal after the battery replacement. In fact, depending on the model, the battery replacement may well have also entailed replacing the whole top cover (including the keyboard).

Interesting I will look at replacing the battery if that’s a possibility. Thanks!

Just did this on a 2017 MacBook Air. Battery was cheap ($50?) and it was simple to do. Machine is working just fine now.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by adastra22 »

tfehring wrote: post #152
MarkusWandel wrote: post #134

"It's a real Mac" - I get that! I remember a whole slew of inexpensive netbooks and the like that were technically Windows XP or Windows 7 machines, but came with a dumbed-down "starter" OS, not enough RAM, only a 32-bit CPU in an era were 64 bits were already becoming standard - the sum of which amounted to a barely usable imitation of a real Windows machine and as a result most of these became garage sale fodder pr…

I thought I was so clever for buying one of those things for like $190 and putting Lubuntu on it to make it usable. It worked - but the joke was still on me when it died a year later.

I put macOS on one of those, back in the good old hackintosh days. My wife used it as her daily driver for years.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by LtWorf »

kstrauser wrote: post #539
ezst wrote: post #273

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I broke that circle by having a sibling ultimately follow my recommendation of getting a ThinkPad T at a discount (prev-gen during a sale) and then letting them advertise it to the rest of the family. If you ask me, for a comparable price range, the ThinkPad still is a much better pick than the MacBook Neo: that thing has no IO and not even enough RAM for nowadays light web browsing.

You're comparing a $1254-minimum laptop[0] with a $599-minimum laptop[1] and asserting that the one that's twice as expensive is nicer. I'd expect it to be. In fact, I'd demand it. (I'm ignoring the "old model, found cheaply" bit because that's entirely irrelevant. You can find old Macs on sale around, too, but that doesn't mean you can reasonably compare them to the MSRP of a brand new device.) [0] https://www.lenov…

Except you've only tried the expensive apple computers, not the macbook neo.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by baq »

philip1209 wrote: post #274

Imagine if future versions had a sim card slot for data-only connections. That would be killer - a main reason I've considered an iPad is for "ambient internet" wherever you go. Why has that phone feature not made its way to laptops?

esim has you covered.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by Certhas »

Arainach wrote: post #531
Certhas wrote: post #333

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Updating video drivers in Ubuntu is so so so much easier than under Windows it's ridiculous. Windows has more drivers for more things, but if Linux has drivers (e.g. you buy a Laptop with Linux support) then driver management is massively easier. I spent god knows how many hours getting the windows drivers for my last self built gaming PC working. Linux I just installed and was done. In reality the Windows experience…

Unless you have very specialized needs, the driver experience on Windows is "turn the machine on". The driver update experience is "connect to the internet" and occasionally "reboot". That's it. Linux is significantly easier than it was 20 years ago but still not as easy in general.

That's true if you buy a Laptop with all drivers preinstalled. But it's absolutely not true if you install on a machine you built yourself.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by raw_anon_1111 »

olalonde wrote: post #813
raw_anon_1111 wrote: post #812

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, because if Gruber doesn’t say nice things about Apple, they may go out of business and he won’t have anything to write about…

Is he your uncle or something? I was just saying that it's surprising someone whose livelihood revolves around Apple uses a 5 year old MacBook. And yeah, if he was not an Apple enthusiast, Apple wouldn't suffer but his blog would.

No I am saying it’s dumb to call someone a shill when he has a very public spat with Apple, he constantly criticizes its CEO, its App Store policies, the latest OS, etc.

Exactly what would you like him to criticize? That the latest Apple Watch doesn’t run Linux?

Why exactly would he need to buy a new Mac just to maintain a blog? He buys a new iPhone every year and he gets review units of everything.

Re: The MacBook Neo

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Post by hliyan »

MarkusWandel wrote: post #134

"It's a real Mac" - I get that! I remember a whole slew of inexpensive netbooks and the like that were technically Windows XP or Windows 7 machines, but came with a dumbed-down "starter" OS, not enough RAM, only a 32-bit CPU in an era were 64 bits were already becoming standard - the sum of which amounted to a barely usable imitation of a real Windows machine and as a result most of these became garage sale fodder pr…

I used have a netbook as a second personal device around 2013 and loved it. Very easy to carry around and work on the go, and it could do everything except development work (web browsing, Word, Excel). I actually miss the form factor.
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