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That it doesn't get in the way of my work and life. Let me phrase it this way: A laptop is good when i don't have to think about it. Super quiet, exceptional
by siva7 5y ago
That it doesn't get in the way of my work and life.
Let me phrase it this way:
A laptop is good when i don't have to think about it.
Super quiet, exceptional battery performance, lightweight, sturdy, excellent design, super fast, doesn't crash, doesn't reboot when it wants, does what it should do when i close the lid and never lets me down.
Basically the M1, the first laptop that does fit my requirements.
I like Linux, but i have to be honest: Windows/Linux laptops can't compete in 2021 with the Apple M1. Maybe some day they will catch up.
- Oddskar 5y agoI like Linux, but i have to be honest: Windows/Linux laptops can't compete in 2021 with the Apple M1. Maybe some day they will catch up. Mostly because all the flagship laptops are stubbornly (or rather being strong-armed into) sticking with Intel.
- seanmcdirmid 5y ago> Mostly because all the flagship laptops are stubbornly (or rather being strong-armed into) sticking with Intel. Intel sold StongARM (and XScale) along time ago. They might be in a much different place now if they didn’t.
- Oddskar 5y agoIs this being sarcastic?
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoI thought the parent comment was making an intentional pun given intel’s well known history with strongARM.
- throwawaycuriou 5y agoWhat you describe reminds me of my time with the Pixelbook. Nothing since has come close to comfort and peace of mind that brought me.
- cehrlich 5y agoSame, my ideal laptop is an M1 MacBook Air but with a bigger screen and more user serviceability. The M1 Air I have now is the first laptop since probably the 2012 15” Pro that truly feels like a generational upgrade instead of just an increment. For several months now I have not once had to think about performance, heat, volume, or battery life. And even though multi core performance benchmarks slower than some high end x86 devices, the M1 _feels_ faster. It’s a game changer. I hope everyone else catches up soon, I’d love to buy the Lenovo (or whatever) equivalent of this and run Linux on it.
- bradleyjg 5y agoI never used a mac until my current job starting three years ago. I don’t think I could go back to random problems requiring me to reinstall driver or futz around with registry keys (never mind recompile the kernel). I have better things to do with my time at this point in my life.
- smoldesu 5y agoI feel like I spend more time making MacOS like Linux than I do making Linux like MacOS. Certainly wastes plenty of company time, but my boss doesn't need to know that :)
- eertami 5y agoAnecdotal counterpoint, but as someone who had to use a MBP for work, OSX has given me way more random problems. Installing a system update on an MBP still gives me anxiety and I would avoid it for as long as possible, since I never managed to do one without _something_ inexplicably breaking.
- bradleyjg 5y agoI have had my MacBook break but it was just broken at that point. I returned it to IT and got another one. The fact that I couldn’t do anything (or at least that was my perception) is a relief.
- Zitrax 5y agoSame here, got a MBP from my work 2 years ago. I have had more issues with it than other non mac laptops in the past, both OS and hardware issues. Battery expanding, display issues, system processes using 100% cpu until I reboot as some examples.