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First off, the intro video is very clearly comparing the laptop's thickness to proprietary, freedom-denying candies with trademarks on them. The comparison shou

by cwyers 10y ago

First off, the intro video is very clearly comparing the laptop's thickness to proprietary, freedom-denying candies with trademarks on them. The comparison should be to libre candies that don't deny users freedom. Second... I once came into possession of a bottle of vegan Worcestershire sauce. Well, I love Worcestershire sauce, and I was curious. So I did a side-by-side taste test. And, I learned two things very quickly: 1) The vegan Worcestershire sauce was horrible. 2) It also was in no way reminiscent of Worcestershire sauce. The only way it could be mistaken for Worcestershire sauce is if you'd been a vegan for so long you forgot what Worcestershire sauce was supposed to taste like. That's what this article reminds me of. This laptop is a "Macbook Killer" if you've never actually used a MacBook before. (And I say this as someone who has never bought a Mac.)

rufugee 10y ago
Have you used a MacBook before? I have. I have two and an iMac, and I'd still rate my experience in OpenSUSE (where I've ended up these days) as 1000% better than OSX aside from video codecs. So if you're not using that vegan Worcestershire sauce, could you please pass it this way? No offense meant, but
- cwyers 10y ago
  I've used a MacBook before, yes. And, so, don't get me wrong, I've hated every moment of using one. I don't like the OS. I don't like the aesthetic. There is absolutely nothing about the MacBook I like. But I am very able to recognize that I am not everyone, that there are a lot of people who like their MacBooks, that Apple's build quality is the best there is, that Apple's support is top-notch, that you can FIND Apple support in any major city in the US. That they are built to last. A Taiwanese MacBook visual knockoff running Linux isn't a MacBook killer. If you want one? Good for you. But the majority of the market for a MacBook, in fact, is not buying them because of the color. Making your laptop the same color as Apple's doesn't make your laptop a competitor.

by cwyers 10y ago

rufugee 10y ago

Have you used a MacBook before? I have. I have two and an iMac, and I'd still rate my experience in OpenSUSE (where I've ended up these days) as 1000% better than OSX aside from video codecs. So if you're not using that vegan Worcestershire sauce, could you please pass it this way? No offense meant, but

cwyers 10y ago
I've used a MacBook before, yes. And, so, don't get me wrong, I've hated every moment of using one. I don't like the OS. I don't like the aesthetic. There is absolutely nothing about the MacBook I like. But I am very able to recognize that I am not everyone, that there are a lot of people who like their MacBooks, that Apple's build quality is the best there is, that Apple's support is top-notch, that you can FIND Apple support in any major city in the US. That they are built to last. A Taiwanese MacBook visual knockoff running Linux isn't a MacBook killer. If you want one? Good for you. But the majority of the market for a MacBook, in fact, is not buying them because of the color. Making your laptop the same color as Apple's doesn't make your laptop a competitor.