I dropped a 'plastic' thinkpad from a five foot height onto a tile floor once. It bounced three times and not a chip. I couldn't say my macbook would be in the same condition after that.
I personally hated the magsafe connector. It was ok on a desktop but try to use it in bed and it would come out all the time. On the other hand I abuse the heck out of my Thinkpads and I've never had an issue. I think magsafe was just a cheaper way to solve a problem that could be solved with build quality.
I'm a guy who hated Apple products, and then for my development job I was doing iPhone apps, so I basically was forced into one. I can honestly say I don't hate it. Some criticisms I have:
- Arrow keys way too small
- Touch pad gets in the way, I find it very easy to press Siri instead of delete which gets very annoying. I want for a physical ESC and function keys.
- I find the all or nothing approach to maximizing a window frustrating. Some times I just want a window to be the size of a desktop without it being in a separate workspace.
- Finder can be frustrating. Views are not consistent in the way they select files, and icons can appear off screen and will stay there. I have not been able to find files until I realized I needed to scroll to the left.
- I have not been able to get used to having a single menu at the top. It just seems to make more sense to put it with the window it controls. It is a pain to have to go to the desktop to get to the finder menu.
- Can't run windows applications unless shelling out a bundle for vmware.
- Some features that should 'just work' require utilities. For example, I had to install a separate utility to associate some links in the browser to the appropriate app.
- It nags me to upgrade all the time, just like Windows 10.
- XCode is awful for developing.
- iPhone is painfully bloated. There aren't many options for an application that will just play some MP3s. I don't necessarily go to a shopping mall when I just want a pencil.
- Dongles.. the USB-C thing. I do like the USB-C connector and I get that it is better, but it was a bit too soon. I have been stuck without dongles.
- Battery life isn't as good as they say.
- Sometimes the simplicity gets in the way. For example I was shuffling between a couple working directories for my iPhone app and I was in Xcode, it would not show me what directory my file was in. It's almost like OSX feels that people are offended by absolute paths.
- Keys are too flat. It is unbelievable how important it is to feel if your fingers are in the middle of the keys if you are a touch typer.
That said, it is the nicest laptop that I have ever had and I tell people this. I also tell them that I would hope it would be the nicest laptop I have ever had, because it costs three times as much as any other laptop I have ever had. I have no had to repair it for anything yet, I'm a little nervous about how that will go especially after my Apple care runs out. I have mostly gotten used to the keyboard, despite my issues with it. I can run a couple VMs and sliding between workspaces works well with them running.
Ultimately, I probably wouldn't have considered this laptop a good value if I had paid for it and I'm glad I didn't need to purchase it myself. It feels very sturdy, but a drop to a tile floor would bend it, whereas my Thinkpad bounced three times and had not a chip.
I'm in the same boat as you, but I just gave up and said yes to iCloud. I have no idea what is in there at this point, but it seems to be the only way to make OSX bearable.
I dropped a Thinkpad T400 once onto a hard tile floor and watched it bounce three times. Not a chip. I couldn't say I would want to experience that with a Macbook. The case would surely get dented. All in all I don't like the fact that the case is metal. I have to take my watch off when I use it because the metal on metal grating sound irritates me and I fear it might scratch the case.
- The arrow keys are damn small.
- The siri button on the touch strop is right over the delete key so I press it by accident all the time.
- I really miss a physical ESC key (I use vi a lot)
- The one thing I use the touch strip for is volume, because I have to, and I find it way more awkward than physical keys. Mostly I miss the function keys because every IDE needs them.
How do you stop your mac from asking you if you want to update?? I've been searching for that option. Even worse, the message window that pops up can't be dismissed easily like the normal message window.
Back when I had a Samsung Galaxy S3, Android was a bit choppy so I could understand how people who were highly sensitive to that would dislike it. But these days Android is just as smooth as iOS with many more features. So I don't really understand what people see in the interface for iOS over Android.
Fewer students are studying computers to replace workers who are retiring.
Gee maybe they should be treating the people well that are in the industry now, and then that problem goes away. Companies seem to pay lawyers a lot and I never hear of a shortage there.
It's not that easy to just drop a career and go learn a trade. You will likely have to start working more hours and make less per hour to start. That kind of adjustment is not easy on a family. It's better than starving I guess but not much. Also, if I must go learn a trade I would still want to know what my government is doing to help me achieve the same quality of living by doing so. Otherwise you are still getting screwed over.
By your own admittance they can not run without supervision. What are you not getting here? You seem to be trying to make a point when you have nothing to back it up. You can't prove a fully automated car is possible if you simply don't have a fully automated car. Once you have a car that can run without supervision through any kind of obstacles then argue it but if you don't have one then don't assume it is possible.
Also I found an article about how Google has to go to the wheel when they get to a constriction zone? Really telling someone to use Google is one thing but don't do it if it doesn't support your point. Are you really that naive that you thought self driving cars were already safely navigating constriction zones?
Next time you go to use your car, tape a camcorder to the hood, put a blindfold on, and hit the gas. You'll see exactly how far there is to go from 'use a camera' to actually recognizing traffic markers.
How is a self driving car going to even drive through a construction detour without strong AI? Every construction site in the world isn't going to be put on a digital map to follow via GPS coordinates. Rules will have to be written to somehow follow construction markers, independent of the type of markers that the construction company happens to put up. Better to use strong AI and have the car understand what construction markers are.
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But then why pay for an aluminum case? Plastic is far more resilient cheaper and practical. There is some ounce of superficiality there.
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I dropped a 'plastic' thinkpad from a five foot height onto a tile floor once. It bounced three times and not a chip. I couldn't say my macbook would be in the same condition after that.
I'm a terminal guy too. But I don't like the OSX terminal. If I want to use a terminal I switch to a linux VM.
I personally hated the magsafe connector. It was ok on a desktop but try to use it in bed and it would come out all the time. On the other hand I abuse the heck out of my Thinkpads and I've never had an issue. I think magsafe was just a cheaper way to solve a problem that could be solved with build quality.
It's the menu at the top. It was a bad idea then and it's a bad idea now.
I'm a guy who hated Apple products, and then for my development job I was doing iPhone apps, so I basically was forced into one. I can honestly say I don't hate it. Some criticisms I have:
- Arrow keys way too small
- Touch pad gets in the way, I find it very easy to press Siri instead of delete which gets very annoying. I want for a physical ESC and function keys.
- I find the all or nothing approach to maximizing a window frustrating. Some times I just want a window to be the size of a desktop without it being in a separate workspace.
- Finder can be frustrating. Views are not consistent in the way they select files, and icons can appear off screen and will stay there. I have not been able to find files until I realized I needed to scroll to the left.
- I have not been able to get used to having a single menu at the top. It just seems to make more sense to put it with the window it controls. It is a pain to have to go to the desktop to get to the finder menu.
- Can't run windows applications unless shelling out a bundle for vmware.
- Some features that should 'just work' require utilities. For example, I had to install a separate utility to associate some links in the browser to the appropriate app.
- It nags me to upgrade all the time, just like Windows 10.
- XCode is awful for developing.
- iPhone is painfully bloated. There aren't many options for an application that will just play some MP3s. I don't necessarily go to a shopping mall when I just want a pencil.
- Dongles.. the USB-C thing. I do like the USB-C connector and I get that it is better, but it was a bit too soon. I have been stuck without dongles.
- Battery life isn't as good as they say.
- Sometimes the simplicity gets in the way. For example I was shuffling between a couple working directories for my iPhone app and I was in Xcode, it would not show me what directory my file was in. It's almost like OSX feels that people are offended by absolute paths.
- Keys are too flat. It is unbelievable how important it is to feel if your fingers are in the middle of the keys if you are a touch typer.
That said, it is the nicest laptop that I have ever had and I tell people this. I also tell them that I would hope it would be the nicest laptop I have ever had, because it costs three times as much as any other laptop I have ever had. I have no had to repair it for anything yet, I'm a little nervous about how that will go especially after my Apple care runs out. I have mostly gotten used to the keyboard, despite my issues with it. I can run a couple VMs and sliding between workspaces works well with them running.
Ultimately, I probably wouldn't have considered this laptop a good value if I had paid for it and I'm glad I didn't need to purchase it myself. It feels very sturdy, but a drop to a tile floor would bend it, whereas my Thinkpad bounced three times and had not a chip.
My 2009 macbook broke in several ways within five years. The most annoying was that the touchpad click broke.
I'm in the same boat as you, but I just gave up and said yes to iCloud. I have no idea what is in there at this point, but it seems to be the only way to make OSX bearable.
I dropped a Thinkpad T400 once onto a hard tile floor and watched it bounce three times. Not a chip. I couldn't say I would want to experience that with a Macbook. The case would surely get dented. All in all I don't like the fact that the case is metal. I have to take my watch off when I use it because the metal on metal grating sound irritates me and I fear it might scratch the case.
Will this make the arrow keys larger?
- The arrow keys are damn small. - The siri button on the touch strop is right over the delete key so I press it by accident all the time. - I really miss a physical ESC key (I use vi a lot) - The one thing I use the touch strip for is volume, because I have to, and I find it way more awkward than physical keys. Mostly I miss the function keys because every IDE needs them.
I was just going to post this. Now I don't have to.
The home directory should be /home not /Users, dammit!
How do you stop your mac from asking you if you want to update?? I've been searching for that option. Even worse, the message window that pops up can't be dismissed easily like the normal message window.
Back when I had a Samsung Galaxy S3, Android was a bit choppy so I could understand how people who were highly sensitive to that would dislike it. But these days Android is just as smooth as iOS with many more features. So I don't really understand what people see in the interface for iOS over Android.
Sure.. But having to commute an hour each way sucks, no matter how you are doing it. Too much time taken from personal life.
Fewer students are studying computers to replace workers who are retiring.
Gee maybe they should be treating the people well that are in the industry now, and then that problem goes away. Companies seem to pay lawyers a lot and I never hear of a shortage there.
It's not that easy to just drop a career and go learn a trade. You will likely have to start working more hours and make less per hour to start. That kind of adjustment is not easy on a family. It's better than starving I guess but not much. Also, if I must go learn a trade I would still want to know what my government is doing to help me achieve the same quality of living by doing so. Otherwise you are still getting screwed over.
But then you have to drive an hour into work every day. Commute time is an important factor in this conversation.
By your own admittance they can not run without supervision. What are you not getting here? You seem to be trying to make a point when you have nothing to back it up. You can't prove a fully automated car is possible if you simply don't have a fully automated car. Once you have a car that can run without supervision through any kind of obstacles then argue it but if you don't have one then don't assume it is possible.
Also I found an article about how Google has to go to the wheel when they get to a constriction zone? Really telling someone to use Google is one thing but don't do it if it doesn't support your point. Are you really that naive that you thought self driving cars were already safely navigating constriction zones?
I Googled on 'self driving cars that can navigate a construction site with cameras' doesn't seem there are any.
Next time you go to use your car, tape a camcorder to the hood, put a blindfold on, and hit the gas. You'll see exactly how far there is to go from 'use a camera' to actually recognizing traffic markers.
How is a self driving car going to even drive through a construction detour without strong AI? Every construction site in the world isn't going to be put on a digital map to follow via GPS coordinates. Rules will have to be written to somehow follow construction markers, independent of the type of markers that the construction company happens to put up. Better to use strong AI and have the car understand what construction markers are.