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Macbook Pro. Pros: "it just works" (mostly, nowdays, :)), it seldom overheats/has the fan turn on, it makes a good impression (read: 'dress for success'), I li

by ag_47 11y ago

Macbook Pro. Pros: "it just works" (mostly, nowdays, :)), it seldom overheats/has the fan turn on, it makes a good impression (read: 'dress for success'), I like the screen size, its got enough RAM for me to run a couple VMs, Unix/terminal power. Cons: Price. Accessories.

dominotw 11y ago
homebrew just works
piyush_soni 11y ago
Personally, for me though, for some reason a person using a Macbook just gives the exact opposite impression of what you think (just some guy doing it for "show"). I will thus not take then seriously, at least to begin with. I think it might have something to do with people I met in the past ... But I agree that on most people it will have a good initial impression.
- mrits 11y ago
  Having it make an impression either way says more about you than the other person
  - piyush_soni 11y ago
    Yes, may be. But it still does. Everyone has a MBP these days, and more people I met before bought it for style more than any other reason. What looks sincere to me? Thinkpads. Only sincere people work on them. :)
    - jpgvm 11y ago
      Except for the fact they no longer run Linux well or are even good hardware. The MBP -is- the new Thinkpad, atleast for everyone that used to rock the T60 era gear.
    - hluska 11y ago
      With Lenovo's security record, I don't think 'sincere' is the best adjective to describe their users.
- piyush_soni 11y ago
  All MBP fans flocking to downvote a comment which just lists a person's 'feelings' or his opinion. :) Seriously?
  - runjake 11y ago
    For me personally, it was your pointless arguing, which borders on trolling, and dumb comments like "Thinkpads. Only sincere people work on them." (And for the record, I use both a MBP and a Thinkpad. They're both good, in different ways.)
    - piyush_soni 11y ago
      I feel it was still a relevant reply, the parent comment had told one reason for buying the MBPs, which I had earlier personally (clearly noted) found to be not just "one corner case" but a very frequent reason for buying them. I was just telling the other person that one reason he bought it for might work the exact opposite on people like me (which I don't know are in majority or minority). Also, the smiley at the end indicated that I was saying the Thinkpad thing just in a lighter note, not as a serious fact (I have none of the two, if it helps). To be fair to the commenting system, we generally don't downvote comments just because we don't agree with them. We downvote them if they don't add to the general discussion. I think mine did add to what the immediate parent was discussing. Of course, you have the right to disagree to that, in which case you'd have downvoted it for the 'right reasons' :).
- sreenadh 11y ago
  I too looked at mac users are phonies BUT when I got to know some serious users, I was impressed by what I saw so much; that I replaced my thinkpad with mbp. I do not regret getting a mbp. I do have my tower for other things. As a long time windows user, homebrew & BASH has to be used to understand its benefits. Words cannot explain it. Windows is missing out on MANY things. Hibernate works seamlessly in mac. That being said, YES, many mac users buy it just to show off. It's same with people rushing to buy the next version of iphone not even trying to find out what is special about the new version. All I can say is "looks are deceiving" & "do not judge a book by its cover" or "do not judge a person by their appearance".

by ag_47 11y ago

dominotw 11y ago

homebrew just works

piyush_soni 11y ago

Personally, for me though, for some reason a person using a Macbook just gives the exact opposite impression of what you think (just some guy doing it for "show"). I will thus not take then seriously, at least to begin with. I think it might have something to do with people I met in the past ... But I agree that on most people it will have a good initial impression.

mrits 11y ago
Having it make an impression either way says more about you than the other person
- piyush_soni 11y ago
  Yes, may be. But it still does. Everyone has a MBP these days, and more people I met before bought it for style more than any other reason. What looks sincere to me? Thinkpads. Only sincere people work on them. :)
  - jpgvm 11y ago
    Except for the fact they no longer run Linux well or are even good hardware. The MBP -is- the new Thinkpad, atleast for everyone that used to rock the T60 era gear.
  - hluska 11y ago
    With Lenovo's security record, I don't think 'sincere' is the best adjective to describe their users.
piyush_soni 11y ago
All MBP fans flocking to downvote a comment which just lists a person's 'feelings' or his opinion. :) Seriously?
- runjake 11y ago
  For me personally, it was your pointless arguing, which borders on trolling, and dumb comments like "Thinkpads. Only sincere people work on them." (And for the record, I use both a MBP and a Thinkpad. They're both good, in different ways.)
  - piyush_soni 11y ago
    I feel it was still a relevant reply, the parent comment had told one reason for buying the MBPs, which I had earlier personally (clearly noted) found to be not just "one corner case" but a very frequent reason for buying them. I was just telling the other person that one reason he bought it for might work the exact opposite on people like me (which I don't know are in majority or minority). Also, the smiley at the end indicated that I was saying the Thinkpad thing just in a lighter note, not as a serious fact (I have none of the two, if it helps). To be fair to the commenting system, we generally don't downvote comments just because we don't agree with them. We downvote them if they don't add to the general discussion. I think mine did add to what the immediate parent was discussing. Of course, you have the right to disagree to that, in which case you'd have downvoted it for the 'right reasons' :).
sreenadh 11y ago
I too looked at mac users are phonies BUT when I got to know some serious users, I was impressed by what I saw so much; that I replaced my thinkpad with mbp. I do not regret getting a mbp. I do have my tower for other things. As a long time windows user, homebrew & BASH has to be used to understand its benefits. Words cannot explain it. Windows is missing out on MANY things. Hibernate works seamlessly in mac. That being said, YES, many mac users buy it just to show off. It's same with people rushing to buy the next version of iphone not even trying to find out what is special about the new version. All I can say is "looks are deceiving" & "do not judge a book by its cover" or "do not judge a person by their appearance".