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My story about this; I made the mistake (in my personal opinion), based on the advise of a friend, to buy one recently. Insanely expensive and I really don't l
by tluyben2 10y ago
My story about this;
I made the mistake (in my personal opinion), based on the advise of a friend, to buy one recently. Insanely expensive and I really don't like it as much as the much cheaper Air; it has worse battery life (I had Apple check it twice and there is nothing wrong, just 'my usage pattern'; I use the same software on the Air and on my old X220 and get better battery life on both; on the X220 far better), the screen has staingate[0] which my local Apple store said they wouldn't replace for free (going to try different ones now). And it feels slower; it's objectively (tests) faster, but for my subjective performance perception it's slower. It often pops the beachball which I never see on the Air and it runs hot doing nothing but web browsing. Again, Apple checked it twice.
[0] http://www.staingate.org/ http://www.staingate.org/
- givinguflac 10y agoJust my 2c, my experience has been the exact opposite in regards to subjective performance. You may want to try a fresh install and reformat, sounds like something is off. My coworker and I were issued the same model Mac, and he had issues and I don't. Reinstalled his OS and things are great for him now. But, to each their own; certainly not trying to say your opinion is invalid.
- tluyben2 10y agoI have tried... And my Apple store tried as well. For my usage pattern there is no rescue apparently :) I'm not that mift about it anyway; I use it for compiling + testing iOS apps and compiling + testing cross platform apps. And for everything else I use my X220. I would never recommend the MBP, I would recommend the Air any day. But I would give it this context; I know some people who love their MBPs. Especially designers.
- jasonlfunk 10y agoI hadn't heard of "staingate" but I just took my mbp in for the same problem, though not nearly as bad as some of the pictures on the site. Just a bit around the top.
- tluyben2 10y agoFor me it started a little bit in the middle. It stayed like that 6 months and then suddenly it spread all over the place...