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why don't you return it back then and buy something better? Isn't there a money-back guarantee for the first X days?
by mister_hn 6y ago
why don't you return it back then and buy something better? Isn't there a money-back guarantee for the first X days?
- kranner 6y agoIsn't the money-back/satisfaction guarantee primarily a US thing? (OP is in Barcelona.)
- jack_pp 6y agoEU requires a mandatory return policy of atleast 14 days for online purchases afaik
- p_l 6y agoDevil is in the details. Also, somehow, the "buy-test-return" mentality simply isn't present around Europe, at least never seen it as anything other than exceptional.
- jack_pp 6y agoI've been sort of abusing it since it became available to the point that I won't even consider buying any electronics over 200$ that I can not return or atleast test in advance until I'm sure I'll be satisfied with the purchase. But you are right, where I'm from (Romania) people look at me in disbelief when I suggest it, thinking that the companies will punish them if they do it when that's not really true.
- drclau 6y agoI have used it many times over the years. Never abused it though. I only buy things that I plan to keep, and do my research prior to ordering. Nevertheless, I still had to use it occasionally. Currently I literally only buy electronics from stores that I know deal fast with returns, either via returning the money or replacement. Edit: In fact, I had way better experiences with this law, in comparison to warranty claims.
- tluyben2 6y agoThere is (at least in Spain) something similar for offline purchases; I have been returning stuff that was just not satisfactory fo a while and no-one bats an eye.
- GolDDranks 6y agoThe problem is that there isn't anything better. The author said that he hates using Windows and his experimentation with Linux wasn't an entire success. That limits him to Macs. The 2016-2018 models were a disaster. The only reasonable choice left is the choice he made.
- cerberusss 6y agoHe could've gone for the 16", but coming from the Air, that's probably not an option.
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- garmaine 6y agoComing from a 2013 Air, he probably should have picked up a 2017 Air, the latest "old-style" MacBook made by Apple.
- mister_hn 6y agonothing better? Well, questioning about Linux depends really on what kind of distribution the author used previously. Some are less efficient than others. Considering hardware, the whole set of AMD Ryzen3 and Ryzen4 based laptops are much better than a MacBook, in computing power, flexibility, energy efficiency and lately also in price, plus they have the advantage that you can later upgrade SSD or RAM, while on MBP everything is soldered and you're out of luck later on. The day MacOS will be fully virtualized, it might be the doom of the MBP and iMac.