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~20yrs Windows user and die-hard anti-fanboy of Apple, I'm almost considering switching to a Mac as the next corpo laptop (if not for unergonomic Mac keyboard l

~20yrs Windows user and die-hard anti-fanboy of Apple, I'm almost considering switching to a Mac as the next corpo laptop (if not for unergonomic Mac keyboard layout and different shortcuts for everything, I'd have done it already). While I'm happy with my personal Thinkpad, being nearly the only front-end guy on Windows sucks (missing out on various tools, and regularly having to fix slightly broken scripts etc.). But above all, my corpo Dell is a misery (current status: malfunctioning audio drivers hence all audio sounds like 32 kbps crap; issues with external monitors when replugging laptop to the docking station; cherry on a cake is laptop going berserk while presenting at a conference, due to loose RAM; there's an issue like this every few weeks lately). Current Dells have much better battery and are half as heavy as the previous generation, but I still wouldn't buy a Dell for myself, and sadly those are still the default Windows corpo laptops.

munchbunny 7y ago
For better or for worse, Windows these days seems increasingly designed for two main form factors. Surface products, and desktops. The hardware quality on a lot of other OEM laptops has really fallen behind. I use both OSes, and the only Windows laptop I've found compelling over the last four years is the Surface Book line.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  I have been using ThinkPads (T, W and P models) with Windows since 2006 and seldom had anything to complain about.
  - maccard 7y ago
    My single biggest gripe with Windows laptops (I have a T470 now, previously a Razer Blade, and I have had various classes of Dell/HP laptops over the years) is the trackpad. The trackpad experience on a mac is leaps and bounds ahead of any of the windows machines I've used. The Mac trackpad via bootcamp is a downgrade, but still better than the trackpad on my T470.

munchbunny 7y ago

For better or for worse, Windows these days seems increasingly designed for two main form factors. Surface products, and desktops. The hardware quality on a lot of other OEM laptops has really fallen behind. I use both OSes, and the only Windows laptop I've found compelling over the last four years is the Surface Book line.

pjmlp 7y ago
I have been using ThinkPads (T, W and P models) with Windows since 2006 and seldom had anything to complain about.
- maccard 7y ago
  My single biggest gripe with Windows laptops (I have a T470 now, previously a Razer Blade, and I have had various classes of Dell/HP laptops over the years) is the trackpad. The trackpad experience on a mac is leaps and bounds ahead of any of the windows machines I've used. The Mac trackpad via bootcamp is a downgrade, but still better than the trackpad on my T470.