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People have never bought Apple because of the hardware. They buy it because of the software, the aesthetics, the label, the support (It's easier to find an App

People have never bought Apple because of the hardware. They buy it because of the software, the aesthetics, the label, the support (It's easier to find an Apple repair shop than repair shops for any other brand anywhere in the world), and the integration with Apple's services. Comparing spec to spec is missing the point. Also while this is niche, at the high end (M3 max + 128gb) you end up with a laptop that can literally just do things no Nvidia laptop can do right now due to the gobs of memory directly addressable by the GPU. I'm not saying 99.9% of people are going to take advantage of it, but it is a thing.

tapanjk 3y ago
> People have never bought Apple because of the hardware. Actually, a lot of people do. Here's one famous example [1], and I also know people in my network who love their MacBooks for the hardware. [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-an-arm-powered-m2-macbook-air-to-release-latest-linux-kernel/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-...
kfajdsl 3y ago
> People have never bought Apple because of the hardware Hardware was the primary reason for me buying an M2 MBP. I've been primarily a Linux user for years, but I bought a MBP after my ThinkPad T14s just died and became completely unresponsive in the middle of a work day. The screen is gorgeous, the trackpad is great, the keyboard is decent, but the battery life is incredible. My ThinkPad was advertised to have a 12 hour battery life, but I'd be lucky to get 8. I can go nearly two days without charging my MBP. I don't love macOS though. I had to install several third party apps to get basics like window snapping and a middle click, but I'm mostly okay since I just swap between Emacs and Chrome. Once Asahi gets DP over USB-C support though, I'll probably switch.

tapanjk 3y ago

> People have never bought Apple because of the hardware. Actually, a lot of people do. Here's one famous example [1], and I also know people in my network who love their MacBooks for the hardware. [1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-an-arm-powered-m2-macbook-air-to-release-latest-linux-kernel/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-...

kfajdsl 3y ago

> People have never bought Apple because of the hardware Hardware was the primary reason for me buying an M2 MBP. I've been primarily a Linux user for years, but I bought a MBP after my ThinkPad T14s just died and became completely unresponsive in the middle of a work day. The screen is gorgeous, the trackpad is great, the keyboard is decent, but the battery life is incredible. My ThinkPad was advertised to have a 12 hour battery life, but I'd be lucky to get 8. I can go nearly two days without charging my MBP. I don't love macOS though. I had to install several third party apps to get basics like window snapping and a middle click, but I'm mostly okay since I just swap between Emacs and Chrome. Once Asahi gets DP over USB-C support though, I'll probably switch.