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> My ideal setup is actually a MacBook Pro. But I am forcing myself to live out of the Apple ecosystems, and it hurts. Why? In all of the digressions I would l
by monkmartinez 9y ago
> My ideal setup is actually a MacBook Pro. But I am forcing myself to live out of the Apple ecosystems, and it hurts.
Why? In all of the digressions I would like to read about this is a big one. I have been considering the same. The only Apple product I have left is a MBP. There are soooo many choices on the PC side of things. The paradox of choice hits hard when looking at; Samsung, Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, Dell, and HP. Some $700 models have the same specs as $1500 Mac's with touch screens and pen support.
- petepete 9y agoWithout guaranteed full Linux compatibility, it's not worth the risk on many of those vendors. OEM (adulterated) Windows just isn't an option and unless there's an ad-free version of Windows 10 (I haven't researched extensively but I don't think I can just buy one that won't spam my Start Menu) I'm going to have to revert to another OS - having ads built in simply isn't an option. I'm no Apple fan but the competition is embarrassing at times. For the record my two notebooks are a MBP 2014 and a Dell XPS13 Developer addition running Arch. Both are equally competent as development machines.
- oaiey 9y agoMy start menu does not have any advertisment. It had after blank installation but removing the tiles and initial apps solved that. Never came back. Well, I do not have the store on the tile part of the start menu. But I think it is fair game that the store would show some advertisement when it is a tile.