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I never had a Mac from age 5 to age 18, despite being very interested in computers. Only PCs. Built them myself. In 2007, at the age of 20, I bought my first Ma
by malchow 10y ago
I never had a Mac from age 5 to age 18, despite being very interested in computers. Only PCs. Built them myself. In 2007, at the age of 20, I bought my first Mac. I've bought Macs biannually since then. I have staffed whole companies with Macs.
And I too just purchased my first Windows PC in ten years.
My new 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar hangs on resume. Whether a USB-C connected external monitor will work or not is a total crapshoot. The TouchBar display becomes decomposed intermittently. The battery runs down to zero once a month, forcing a total electrical disconnect and a hot computer. I am afraid to install flash for Safari, fearing it will cause a black hole to form in my office, so I have to run Safari or Chrome depending on the situation. Each gives me a very disappointing 3.5 hours of battery runtime. Opening the computer is a gamble: will the keyboard backlighting work or not? It's impossible to know in advance.
On top of all of that, Apple's refusal to push on component quality means that this computer is just plain slow, despite being maxed on RAM and CPU. Also it was $3000.
If you want a computer that is snappy and just works these days, you probably want a Windows computer.
- UnbornSoul 10y agoWait what, flash. Does that still exists. I thought we buried that back in 2015.
- H4CK3RM4N 10y agoThose reports were coming out at launch, but then all the fanboys took their computers in to get them replaced and they started working.
- malchow 10y agoThanks. I guess I'll take mine in, then.