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I may well end up buying it to replace my aging Macbook Pro, but it will be because the cost of switching to Windows is too high, and because there is propriet
by teruakohatu 7y ago
I may well end up buying it to replace my aging Macbook Pro, but it will be because the cost of switching to Windows is too high, and because there is proprietary software I need that won't run on Linux.
I am buying it because I have little choice, not because it represents good value or the "total package". Few ports, bad repairability, and an OS that won't run perfectly good 32-bit applications.
- ct520 7y agoInteresting. I'm not stuck on OSX ecosystem as much as you but certain things do turn me off. I'm really in love with the trackpad and for the most part overall build quality. (my daily is still a macbook pro retina late 2013). I would love to make jump to linux but traditionally battery life the hardware options i have not been in love with. :(
- zrm 7y agoA good alternative to this is to run Linux and use Windows in a VM if necessary. Having to use a VM for something once in a while is mildly inconvenient, but it's not that bad, and on the other hand it's just bad enough to keep you on the lookout for ways to stop using it entirely.
- BLKNSLVR 7y ago> use Windows in a VM if necessary That's my last vestige of Windows usage, and by the end of the coming weekend I'm hoping not to need that VM very often either. My only other occasional need to use Windows tends to, ironically, revolve around the software needed to root some Android phones.