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Piece of shit.
so brave, posting this here OP.
>>45638193
/g/ is macfag central now so it actually is kind of brave
>>45638203
>implying
Don't flatter yourself, it never has been, never will be. There seem to be a few more people acknowledging what Apple does well instead of blindly shitting on them non-stop, but everyone recognizes their many, many flaws, particularly/primarily in terms of desktop computers which most of us care a lot about. They make damn good notebooks but their desktop lineup is almost universally awful, though for an AIO (which no one here would want for ourselves but might be ok for a family) the iMac does some OK stuff, their 5K implementation was cool.
/g/ is going to continue to care about desktops though, and Apple shows no sign of giving a fuck, if anything they've been going in reverse there. TrashcanMac is shit, latest Mac Mini was a flat out downgrade, and I say that as an old Mac Pro owner. So /g/ will not like Apple, have no fear.
Mfw I ca get better results with a $200 thinkpad.
kekekek
Just bought a T61 with /g/entoo
>>45638284
>They make damn good notebooks
No. They're fucking shit, which is why I made this thread. I'm fed up with this bs.
My mate has a mac with the same specs and my laptop. i5-3210M intel HD 4000 4GB DDR3, mine coat £280 and his cost three times that xD
>>45638178
1/10 bait
>>45638326
Fucking sell it and get something else you stupid little shit.
>>45638203
You really think that a handful of people who incidentally use Macs makes this place Macfag central?
You know there are people in the world who cried when Steve Jobs died, right? In fact, there are whole online communities of these people.
Posting that you don't like Macs on 4chan is just about the most cowardly thing you can do other than mumbling angrily to yourself like every other kid with Asperger's.
>>45638326
They're really damn good though, so you're objectively wrong. Why do you insist on being so wrong and then pooping about it on the net?
>>45638284
Holy shit, someone actually reasonable on /g/
This place is almost cult-like with its obsession with 2006 ThinkPads and constant and irrational hate towards Macbooks or anything Apple.
>>45638178
>128GB
Fucking piece of shit. My 8 year old Thinkpad has a 1TB drive, and you can actually upgrade it without getting Apple's permission.
>apple
>>45638358
No because everything else is ugly and I need backlit keyboard + good trackpad.
>>45638374
They ain't. The build quality is good and they're pretty but that's it.
>>45638366
nah, /g/ barely matters on 4chan so computer platform wars are also pretty irrelevant overall, /v/ shitposts more about consoles in a week then /g/ will whine about linux/mac/windows in a year. More "cowardly" would have been typical stormfag stuff, at least until based moot blew the fuck out of /pol/.
>>45638284
Depends what you value. I like good build quality and a nice design as much as the next guy. But I like my laptops to be serviceable and modular to some extent too so I can repair them and do replacements or upgrades. Also Apple tries to lock you into their ecosystem so hard it's bullshit.
So no, if you like to be somewhat in control of your hardware, you don't buy Apple.
>>45638415
>being a 3 year old
>>45638398
Of course webm doesn't work in Safari, neither does Channel 4 VOD and plenty of other shite.
Piece of shit.
>>45638430
>using safari
it's not really our fault if you're such a mongoloid that even OS X isn't sufficiently dumbed down for you.
>>45638430
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKnukPsF9Ok
the fact is you can get about three 'Gaming' PCs for the price of a mac. Another one of my hated things is the use of the term gaming in computers. I looked at s pre built computer that my mate got and I'm like "you fuck wit!" they all use APUs and they charge really crappy prices like £300-500
>>45638430
IE doesn't support webM either.
This just in: OP is too stupid even to use OS X. His misdirected rage at Apple ensues.
More at 7pm when OP has to go to bed.
>>45638437
I shouldn't be forced to choose between a decent browser and battery life.
>>45638422
Also this is why there is so little mac love on /g/. /g/ are consumertech enthusiasts who like to mod and generally be in control of their machines. Apple is really restrictive and even engineer their products be not serviceable.
>>45638468
It's 10:52PM, I can use OS X, I just realised I paid £1200 for a piece of shit.
>people unironically buy macshit
>>45638338
>muh specs
enjoy your crappy trackpad, bad battery life and cheap and clumsy plastic case
>>45638492
I've been a custom builder for a while now. I see this a lot, more then you would think.
>>45638422
>But I like my laptops to be serviceable and modular to some extent too so I can repair them and do replacements or upgrades.
In a desktop? Abso-fucking-lutely. But in a notebook I found that to be utterly useless, in fact worse then useless because the compromises needed to make them modular and "serviceable" which in practice usually they weren't requires them to be some combination of bigger/heavier/less battery life. The physics of mobile is harsh, so honestly I don't find Apple to be one iota worse there then anywhere else. If I ever need one of our notebooks at work (I manage 14 or so) repaired for an actual hardware failure, which almost never happens anyway, it's fine to just send it in and have it dealt with.
I can understand people who want something from notebooks that Apple just doesn't offer though, like more powerful GPUs in a thicker package for example. That doesn't mean I don't think Apple's notebooks aren't still good, but they definitely don't cover the whole market or even close, PC has way more breadth, but unlike the desktops what they do do they do well.
>Also Apple tries to lock you into their ecosystem so hard it's bullshit.
On iOS holy fuck yes, but on the Mac, no, not for a long time. It'll be a big deal if that ever changes but it hasn't yet, it's more flexible then Windows though obviously way less then Linux/BSD.
>So no, if you like to be somewhat in control of your hardware, you don't buy Apple.
That's not true though. You don't buy Apple if your needs don't intersect with their extremely limited product matrix, or you prefer a fully open stack. Control isn't an issue for now though.
>>45638530
Trackpads are shit. It is always more efficient to use the keyboard for navigation. Enjoy your shitty chiclet keys.
>>45638530
track pad is shitty, the case is warped due to throttling, and the battery life lasts me 3 and a half hours. it's a cheap shitty college laptop, but it has the same specs as a mac. the reason got it, is it was something I could replace if I fucked it up, college being what it is in the UK.
>>45638415
>it's not good guys!
>then get rid of it and get something else
>n-no guys, I can't do that because reasons
1/10
>>45638471
Thats just bullshit, you still get decent battery life with Chrome and you can also install a Quicktime plugin and play Webms in Safari if you want.
>>45638415
>needing a backlight keyboard
>macfags in charge of being able to type properly
>paying $1500+ for the equivalent of a $200 chromebook
>>45638616
>70*C idle
>apple engineering
>>45638616
that's the problem. if they charged the same as others, then people would climb all over their notebooks but they should give up on desktops and all-in-ones.
>>45638616
That explains the battery life if they throttle to 800MHz under any task.
2 system updates in and they still haven't solved this issue.
Piece of shit.
>>45638616
i dont even have a reaction image for this
>>45638678
at least you can view eye cancer at retina resolutions
>>45638638
This can't be true, right? It runs at over 100 degrees there. Why hasn't the macbook melted and burnt the users lap?
>>45638536
>Trackpads are shit
Never tried a Macbook
>>45638709
well said xD
>>45638714
100c is normal for a macbook
>>45638714
that photo was taken from a safe distance. because the Mac is made of aluminium it is used to heat the greenhouse.
>>45638536
Those are the most comfortable keyboards to type on.
>>45638536
You think so because you've never learned how to use a proper one.
> gestures to switch between applications and workspaces
> two finger gestures to go forward, backward and for scrolling
> three finger gestures for drag and drop
Trackpad is directly underneath your keyboard, its less effort to move a hand from the keyboard to your trackpad than it is to move to your mouse. Exposé+Click and clicking what you want is less effort than Alt+Tab+Tab+Tab moving to your mouse and clicking what you want.
Any Windows laptop I've tried had a shitty trackpad that felt muddy to use and could only do a small subset of gestures like that, so I could see why you would want a mouse for those.
>>45638453
Shh, fair comparisons are taboo here
>>45638766
Fuck off shill.
>>45638442
>Uploaded on Oct 28, 2008
>mfw
Why are we talking about a 7 years model/issue?
>>45638801
>no proof in the image
>more than likely made by a troll
>>45638375
>irrational
Apple's software philosophy is directly at odds with most of /g/, and OSX offers no incentive to dual boot it alongside Linux (not like Apple wants to let you anyway). It's not irrational, it's easily explained.
>>45638420
>anything I don't agree with is stormfag
>anyone discussing anything I don't agree with with other people is cowardly.
Please tell me what I'm allowed to talk about, comrade. I don't want to draw the ire of the party.
>>45638616
Jesus fuck I thought my Surface Pro getting to 70c after gaymen for a while was bad compared to other similar devices
>>45638893
Microsoft's software philosophy is directly at odds with most of /g/, and Windows offers no incentive to dual boot it alongside Linux (not like Microsoft wants to let you anyway). It's not irrational, it's easily explained.
>>45638729
I have. I don't know why you would willingly use any trackpad. Wireless mice are cheap as fuck and easily put in any side pocket in your laptop case.
>>45638780
When has anyone recommended IE on /g/? Applefags so fucking desperate they compare their software to Microsoft's, my sides.
>>45638977
>>45638977
>no incentive
Games and DX11 don't exist everybody. Please explain what I'd need OSX for that I can't do on Debian/Arch with Windows dual boot.
mfw I'm getting a rMBP because all the other options are shit
stay mad, OP
>>45639024
>playing games on a laptop
>playing games at all
>>45638530
I rarely use my trackpad, because I have a good mouse. In fact, two good mice
>>45639047
>OSX is laptop only
Post I replied to said /g/ has an irrational hate against all apple products. The only reason anyone should use windows are for games or video editing, otherwise you should use a Linux distro.
>playing games at all
*tips locally grown, fair trade and 100% organic fedora*
There are zero reasons to use OSX ever.
>>45638178
Regardless of preference its an amazing machine and OS. How much of an ignorant whiny butt hurt little faggot can one OP possibly be?
I love my 15" rMBP. It is the best thing ever. Fuck you OP.
>>45639098
>The only reason anyone should use windows are for games or video editing, otherwise you should use a Linux distro.
>there are people that unironically, genuinely, wholeheartedly believe this
>tfw I still use this for everyday tasks
>>45639987
>iBook G4
>Everyday tasks, today
How the fuck do you even manage? Unless you are strictly doing web 1.0 HTML sites and word documents only as your "everyday tasks".
>>45639348
where do I apply, I'd like to get paid to shill chink crap too
>>45640015
It dual boots Debian and OS X 10.5.8
I use OS X if I need to use some old PowerPC Mac program, and Debian for my daily tasks.
I'm actually typing this right now from the iBook
Piece of shit.
>>45640077
which processor? I have a 1.07 with maxed out ram. Thiking of getting a IDE SSD drive too. (still has the original drive)
Is debian pretty smooth running? the biggest hicup these old thing have when running osx is flash video playback. It ucrrently has 10.5.8
>>45640015
not everyone use a laptop for gayman you know. since it's got a PPC it will perform the tasks it was designed for a long time.
however, don't expect a "modern" intel mac to last longer than two years and half after the warranty wears off.
macs always been shit anyways.
>>45638415
>fucking shit guys!
>oh but they have good build quality
>oh and the keyboard is back lit that cool
>oh and thier track pad is the best out there
>and they dont look like otaku basement dweller garbage
fucking troll.
>>45640176
I don't use flash or YouTube on this machine, but when I do I either just download the video and view it in some player, or use "MacTube" under OS X which basically streams the video to quicktime. It works just fine for 480p, haven't really tried 720p but I don't imagine it working.
As for the HDD it's a 320GB WD Scorpio.
I have the 1.33GHz model and 1.5GB RAM, and it's been a great laptop over the years that I've owned it.
Debian runs ok, about what you'd expect from a mid-2000s dell, if you've ever used one. I would compare the performance to that of a ~2GHz P4.
It works great for word processing (OpenOffice), music, youtube (using the methods above), and games that were made for macs prior to 2005
>>45640242
Why shouldn't I expect a modern Mac to last 2.5 years past the warranty expiring?
>>45640268
Yeah mactube is where its at on these things. However mine hasnt been working for some reason, keep" timing out" when I go to watch a video. Mine is the lowest end one probably, early 2004 and it still runs great though.
>>45640242
>>45640301
I still have every laptop Ive owned since 2002 and they all still functioning Two of them ar 08 Macbooks. With minor item replacements like the fans and batteries they still run perfectly.
>>45640343
I've gotten MacTube to work on a 500MHz Powermac easily.
Try deleting the app preferences and cache.
>>45640379
I've done that. Unless I'm missing a file somewhere.
>>45640054
http://www.apple.com/careers
>>45640054
>he said something that doesnt fit into narrow-minded shitty edginess.
must be shill
>>45638678
?
>>45638442
*heavy breathing*
>>45638983
You've never used one.
Literally it's the only good thing about macbooks and I wish to fucking christ real laptops had that trackpad. The thing is almost worth the $1000 overheard, but the fact it's a mac doesn't make it worth it.
>>45638678
Hackintosh problems?
>>45640712
shills shilling shills, it's the new /g/
>>45638442
Well they never thought that any of their users would type more than 140 characters at a time, so they didn't think they would need to fix it.
>>45638513
what the fuck am i looking at?
>>45638430
webm works in safari for me, install perian and just click on the filename, opens in new tab no problem.
>>45638678
uh i don't know if you're trolling or not but that doesn't happen on yosemite for anyone I know....
I found a 2011 MBP for $400 on CL; the optical drive doesn't work but who uses DVDs anymore anyways
Should I pull the trigger? I've been in the market for an apple laptop to take on business trips and also to help me learn OSX on an actual machine instead of jumping through trillions of hoops setting up a VM
>>45640892
Looks like it happens when you turn transparency off.
>Popular
>Ergo, piece of shit
>>45638178
i want that wallpaper
>>45641747
link to the post? im not gonna snipe it I just want to see pictures to tell you whether $400 is worth it
>>45641814
http://worcester.craigslist.org/sys/4806908640.html
>>45641841
looks pretty decent honestly
see if you can haggle for like 380 if not oh well
>>45641841
I had that exact MacBook Pro with the same specs, but with a working DVD drive. I sold it on Craigslist a few months ago for $750, lowballed down from $800.
A replacement drive shouldn't be more than $30-40 on eBay.
You could flip it and use the money for a used retina MBP.
>>45641986
what are/were the specs? i5 @ 2.3ghz 4gb ram and like 512gb hdd?
>>45641986
>buying macshit
>any year
>>45642075
Well, almost the same specs. Don't know what the storage drive is from the ad.
>Early 2011
>i5 @ 2.3 Ghz
>8GB RAM
>120GB SSD
