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>top notch specs You mean low-spec RAM? Slow SSD's? Obviously soldered in, lel... A GPU that is apparently is on par with last, severely slower (compared to 1

>top notch specs You mean low-spec RAM? Slow SSD's? Obviously soldered in, lel... A GPU that is apparently is on par with last, severely slower (compared to 1000 series nVidias), generation of GPU's? 2GB of VRAM, lel again A CPU that is nothing to gawk at? (2.6~2.8 GHz nominal) Crappy sound, crappy cooling, zero moisture resistance, all for ~2800 bucks Meanwhile Lenovo I've got in order to work with Autodesk Inventor has the same CPU, 1TB 7200rpm HDD + 128GB SSD (replaceable), up to 32GB RAM (I've got 16GB in 2 slots out of 4), 960M with 4GB VRAM, SD card reader that is amazing to have, bitching sound that kinda surprised me, full size keyboard, all for a whopping ~1000$. (And I'm fairly certain it will not die to humid air - I'm guilty of sometimes using it with water dripping off my fingers even) Sure, it only has a 1080 screen and I don't care about battery life (since I use it as a mobile workstation that is plugged 99% of the time) and it obviously comes with Windows 10 (THE HORROR) The point is: stop spreading bullshit about how amazing Apple hardware is. For the price you are paying it is a joke.

yardie 10y ago
> it only has a 1080 screen and I don't care about battery life Then you are not in Apple's market, period. For a lot of mobile users, wicked specs are pointless if you are tied to an outlet.
NovaS1X 10y ago
Clearly seeing you're from /g/ I'll reply. I used to be Thinkpad hardcore too. I switched to Mac when my x200/x201 hybrid that I built died (fell off the top of a server rack) and work bought me an MBPr. I'm pretty firm in the Apple camp now. I used to be a hater and holy shit was I wrong. Now that my workflow is mostly photography and 4k video editing I couldn't imagine being back on a Thinkpad with Arch/CentOS. Windows is dead to me and has been for years, I'd go back to Linux FAR before Windows, but the workflow on OSX is just so damn sweet that I'm not even thinking about it. There's really no company that comes even close to Apple for my use case. That being said I wouldn't pay $2800 either. Let the suckers buy it and I buy lightly used for half the price. The new screen is really, really, tempting though.

yardie 10y ago

> it only has a 1080 screen and I don't care about battery life Then you are not in Apple's market, period. For a lot of mobile users, wicked specs are pointless if you are tied to an outlet.

NovaS1X 10y ago

Clearly seeing you're from /g/ I'll reply. I used to be Thinkpad hardcore too. I switched to Mac when my x200/x201 hybrid that I built died (fell off the top of a server rack) and work bought me an MBPr. I'm pretty firm in the Apple camp now. I used to be a hater and holy shit was I wrong. Now that my workflow is mostly photography and 4k video editing I couldn't imagine being back on a Thinkpad with Arch/CentOS. Windows is dead to me and has been for years, I'd go back to Linux FAR before Windows, but the workflow on OSX is just so damn sweet that I'm not even thinking about it. There's really no company that comes even close to Apple for my use case. That being said I wouldn't pay $2800 either. Let the suckers buy it and I buy lightly used for half the price. The new screen is really, really, tempting though.