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I'm a PC person and just got a brand new Macbook Pro 2018 i7 16GB of RAM for work. The keyboard is pretty terrible if you're used to mechanical keys. The trackp

I'm a PC person and just got a brand new Macbook Pro 2018 i7 16GB of RAM for work. The keyboard is pretty terrible if you're used to mechanical keys. The trackpad (with the "taptic feedback") while strange and annoying at first, grew on me and is nice. MacOS for Java dev has been fine. The touchbar is fairly useless, but I was able to bind escape to caps lock very easily, muscle memory though is still a problem. I personally don't like MacOS more than Windows 10 after Windows 10 got the Linux subsystem. I hate all the USB-C only stuff. I can't plug anything in anymore without tons of dongles, and I can't seem to find a dongle that has all the ports I want on it at once. And the ones I have to buy are crazy expensive. The thing gets REALLY hot when doing anything taxing. It warmed my entire desk up where I noticed it when touching the desk from 5 inches away from the laptop. It burns my legs when I'm wearing shorts. It also slides off my legs because it's made of slippery metal. The speakers are very nice. Webcam is okay (all laptop cams suck compared to phones). Touch ID is okay I guess. I shut my laptop off when I'm done using it and each time you do that you have to type your password back in to use touch id, so I don't find myself using it that much. All in all, I think if I had a choice, I would choose something else over a 2018 Macbook Pro. At least considering how much it costs.

ioddly 8y ago
> The touchbar is fairly useless, but I was able to bind escape to caps lock very easily, muscle memory though is still a problem I started using a 2017 Macbook Pro last week. First thing I did with the touch bar was set it to be all function keys rather than app-specific stuff. I still miss the feedback of hitting the escape key, but otherwise it's okay.
- d3sandoval 8y ago
  There's quite a few apps (both open source and proprietary) that enable haptic feedback for the touchbar. I recommend trying them out if you're missing the feeling of actually touching the escape key. I think they leverage the same feedback mechanism that the track pad uses to make it feel like you're actually clicking. Links: - https://www.haptictouchbar.com https://www.haptictouchbar.com - https://github.com/niw/HapticKey https://github.com/niw/HapticKey - https://community.folivora.ai/t/touchbar-haptic-feedback-improvements/2313 https://community.folivora.ai/t/touchbar-haptic-feedback-imp...
memco 8y ago
One thing I didn’t know until I had owned my MacBook Pro for awhile is that the haptics for the trackpad can be changed. I always felt the click was too shallow and I had hard time dragging files. When I played with the settings I learned that there is options for deeper presses. I also learned that there is actually two clicks: one shallow one deep, which I disabled since I don’t see a need. If you haven’t investigated the settings I suggest playing around and finding a comfortable setup.

ioddly 8y ago

> The touchbar is fairly useless, but I was able to bind escape to caps lock very easily, muscle memory though is still a problem I started using a 2017 Macbook Pro last week. First thing I did with the touch bar was set it to be all function keys rather than app-specific stuff. I still miss the feedback of hitting the escape key, but otherwise it's okay.

d3sandoval 8y ago
There's quite a few apps (both open source and proprietary) that enable haptic feedback for the touchbar. I recommend trying them out if you're missing the feeling of actually touching the escape key. I think they leverage the same feedback mechanism that the track pad uses to make it feel like you're actually clicking. Links: - https://www.haptictouchbar.com https://www.haptictouchbar.com - https://github.com/niw/HapticKey https://github.com/niw/HapticKey - https://community.folivora.ai/t/touchbar-haptic-feedback-improvements/2313 https://community.folivora.ai/t/touchbar-haptic-feedback-imp...

memco 8y ago

One thing I didn’t know until I had owned my MacBook Pro for awhile is that the haptics for the trackpad can be changed. I always felt the click was too shallow and I had hard time dragging files. When I played with the settings I learned that there is options for deeper presses. I also learned that there is actually two clicks: one shallow one deep, which I disabled since I don’t see a need. If you haven’t investigated the settings I suggest playing around and finding a comfortable setup.