The lack of an esc key was already a deal-killer, but my current MBP will be my last. Apple seems to have stopped giving any shits *at all* about pro users/developers:https://www.pcmag.com/news/362580/core-i9-macbook-pro-cooling-problems-kill-performance …
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Replying to @slightlylate
You understate the problem. The faux esc key is no good for programmers, but the touch bar, keyboard, and lack of legacy USB-A ports is no good for *every* user. But IMO Apple still leads with chassis, touch pad, OS sleep/wake, screen, durability, so not an easy choice.
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Replying to @stshank
Touchpads have gotten better everywhere; chassis *could* be an asset but last 3 gens have screwed it up (kbd/battery fusing, poor thermals, etc.).
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Replying to @slightlylate
Which Windows laptops match it? I haven’t found one yet. Not even close, though Chrome OS Pixel models are pretty good. (Nobody else supports Mac’s immensely useful 3-finger drag option.)
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I'm going to the pixel; don't use 3-finger drag. Also excited to be moving to an OS that really takes security seriously.
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Replying to @slightlylate
I thought about buying one during Amazon prime day, but… Lightroom and a couple orger other non-web apps are still important to me, plus other desktop browsers
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Replying to @stshank
VMs for other OSes (via Crostini) is why I can move now. But back to the Apple hardware debacles...I'm trading sideways; current MBP is a 2015 i7. Pixel is more recent i7, but same (problematic) 16gb of memory...but I now have no reason to think any Apple device is a good deal.
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Replying to @slightlylate @stshank
And, yes, the Pixel has some good HW design. Sleep/wake is even better for how I mostly use these devices (MBP frequently flubs transitions to/from external 4k monitors/kbds).
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But what really gets me is that the core Apple product tradeoff no longer comes up roses: you accept limited options at a higher price for the benefit of someone having focused on the balance of the overall device and experience in the context of a larger goal.
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In the G5 desktop era, that was "sure, it's overpriced, but you can trick it out". In the intel MBP era, that was usually "you can buy something close enough to the high-end to just squeak by"...but now? Not so much. Neither high end nor well balanced.
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The iMac Pro is pretty close to traditional Apple: you can pay an eye-watering amount for some near-top-of-the-line kit in a very nice package and ignore the parts that don't work (swap out kbd & mouse, e.g.). That sort of offer isn't available in their laptops.
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