Now that the dust has settled, what's your objective opinion of the new CuckBook?
>>52982531
Spec wise worse than an iPhone 6s Plus.
Not worth it, should get a cuckbook pro retina.
>>52982531
I like it, bough one for myself and one for my wife's son. He likes it so far.
>>52982531
Its symbol of wealth for lower class of society
>>52982531
Simply beautiful, an amazing experience, untouched elegance.
My wife's son can't stop staring at it.
still can't stand the trackpad on Macs
and that color is pretty ugly
>>52982556
>Spec wise worse than an iPhone 6s Plus
Holy mother of fucking shit is this true?
>>52982593
>wife's son
>>52982623
ya, it's garbage yo idk who the fuck would purposely buy one of these things
-posted from my mbpr13/iphone6
>>52982631
how fucking new are you or am i being reverse memed
>>52982531
I read somewhere that the panel was shit and mba is still a better buy.
Overpriced garbage
>>52982631
>the joke
>>52982623
Yes, this is true. The MacBook even costs more.
>>52982531
It's awful
>>52982593
>wife's son
Well played my friend
>>52982665
anything is possible
>>52982746
Universe is a magical place
>>52982531
>objective opinion
oxymoron
The only acceptable iCuck product is a CuckBook Pro.
>>52982692
poorfag
>>52982531
>mfw a $500 Dell Chromebook has more USB ports, better specs, and better battery than this thing
>the only place where it loses is that it has a 1080p display instead of Retimeme
And don't even get me started on how much of an embarrassment the Air is with its 768p TN panel.
>>52982831
>>52982831
Macbooks are what the lowest strata of society purchases as a symbol of wealth
If I am going to blow money on something unnecessary it wouldn't be a shitty computer
>>52982852
And before somebody tries throwing the "but muh Macbooks are thinner!" at me, bare in mind that it's your decision to spend an extra $700 on a laptop instead of $200 on a very nice, slightly more spacious bag.
>>52982898
what would you blow money on?
>>52982898
who would you blow for money?
>>52982918
Cambodia
>>52982918
Nice clothes, good haircuts, quality food, you know, shit that people actually see that stands out, rather than what is effectively the standard "I just want to blend in" computer on any college campus in America.
>>52982898
Let me know how that $400 best buy special works out poorfag.
>>52982899
*bear
>>52982531
I've always been a fan of Apple 'aesthetics', but I think this Macbook is absolutely fucking disgusting and wouldn't even take one if it were given to me for free.
>>52983045
How does it feel to be a cuck?
>>52983109
Whats it like to be a poorfag?
>>52983045
>The only computers a person can buy are Macs or $400 display models are major retailers. There's no way somebody would ever think about ordering direct from manufacturer or Amazon.
>>52982531
Pros:
> godly build quality, probably one of the most durable laptops ever because no moving parts.
> Sexiest laptop ever, fact.
> Best touchpad on the market
> Performs fine on OS X
Cons:
> Fanless Core M throttles if performing heavy tasks
> A bit overpriced, $1000,00 would be a fair price in my opinion
> Should have at least 2 USB-C
It's shit, but it will be really good (compared to what it is now at least) and cheaper in a new release or two. Same thing happened with the Air when it first came out. It's a really pretty machine, I'll give it that.
>>52982593
>staring at it
fucking perfect
>>52983158
Pajeet see >>52982875
>>52982531
It's an iPad with a keyboard with the intended audience being iPad users.
I think the keyboard is fuckin ugly
ugly and small, theres no reason to drop 1k on a laptop when a $95 older macbook pro does the same and has a biger screen.
>>52983541
>$95
what's the specs on it? And is the software up to date? I'd give it whirl for a hundred bucks
>>52984447
its from late 2007 it came with 2gb RAM bit i had another 2gb stick lying around, core 2 duo 2.33, running 10.8.5 thats the latest you can install on this model.
Got it on Ebay auction
Not enough ports by far
>>52982531
I tried the keyboard in store and hated it at the first button press
I'd also be afraid of bending it in my backpack, I regularly toss my mbp in with a 6 pack
>>52983541
>That MacBook
I love that one so much. It's so comfy to use with Leopard on it.
>tfw playing Bugdom & Nanosaur 2 on it
>>52984750
eyy sounds not bad
>>52984834
>tfw I can't find a bugdom iso for my g4 tower.
>>52982531
It really is a pretty pure example of apple's design philosophy:
>Thin at the expense of function
>lowest spec/price ratio in the industry
>good display and build quality
>shitty port(singular) that only apple uses
and last but not least: hordes of fanboys who, unable to defend apple's latest fuckup, simply resort to calling everyone else poor.
>>52986135
>only apple uses
Phones are completely deprecating Micro USB.
In a year, you will not find a single phone that doesn't use USB-C.
It'll take time for everyone else to catch up, but I project out of my ass that USB-C is going to dominate connectivity in 3 years.
>>52982531
It's a test by Applel on the unsuspecting shee...er, public. If they can get you to buy a barely functioning piece of aluminium that is mainly battery with some glass and plastic with one port, they can literally, LITERALLY sell you premium stinking shit.
>>52982531
it's ok for some minor shit, I just use it to shit post really and when I visit my parents/travel I take it with me for just internet/memes.
Other than that it's garbage.
>>52982531
old tired look
its like the same model of car year after year
I'm liking it so far.
The people in my algorithm and data structure class were pretty much mirin' about my laptop. It's pretty sad that they don't invest the money in a quality laptop like the Macbook, and instead, waste money on a Thinkpad. Thinkpads lose value over time real fast. You can find refurbished ones for less than $300 at Microcenter.
Either way, it's a good machine, and I feel bad for those who missed out.
>>52986497
>mirin' about my laptop
>It's pretty sad that they don't invest the money
>lose value
>I feel
Could you be anymore superficial and materialistic? Oh wait, you own an applel.
I'll just be up here orbiting the planet earth doing mission critical work from the space station with Thinkpads.
>>52982531
It's something neat from Apple for once, nice as a mobile shitposting machine. I might pick one up when the price becomes reasonable ($400 ish).
For anything that remotely requires power I'll still be using a Latitude.
>>52986603
Those edgy 12 year olds are the 20 year olds of now
Where the fuck did the time go help
>>52986684
Daily reminder that 2007 was 15 years ago desu
>>52986656
>I might pick one up when the price becomes reasonable ($400 ish).
>>52986497
So then I'll buy a refurbished one for $300 and spend the rest elsewhere
>>52986788
I was just looking at this laptop from another thread. Looks pretty rad.
>>52986788
That's how much EEE PC's cost, anyway.
I think this is the first laptop apple made that is undeniable complete shit.
its just a glorified tablet
>>52986419
if it has the same function as a netbook/tablet why did you spend 1,200$ on it?
>>52982559
cuckbook for the cuck. how apropos.
>>52982623
Yeah, but then again the iPhone 6s has ungodly specs literally years beyond the competition.
>>52982898
what do you have?
>>52988645
Kek, nice b8
>>52982531
would be much lighter than my thinkpad.
>>52983306
NOT! Durable...
i know someone who owns one and he is bitching about the hinge making noise while opening/closing because the thin body somehow got under some light pressure in his backpack or something..
But these things are everything but durable..
I'm what most people would call an Apple fanboy, but I'm not gonna defend this piece of shit.
Good:
The black color option is really good looking, I hope they bring it to their other laptops.
Thin as fuck with good battery life
Lighting every key with individual LEDs, pretty much how it should have been, but I want it in my MacBook Pro, not this piece of shit
Decent amount of RAM
Retina display
At least trying to push USB-C along, someone has to do it
Build quality
The bad:
Intel Core M
LITERALLY 2 ports
I personally dislike the force touch trackpad
Keyboard is horrible
The gold color option
Having only 2 ports and making USB-C one of them
Having only 2 ports and making a headphone jack one of them
Even though I and a lot of others are giving it shit, I don't really know how it could be improved (without changing the overall design).
Lovering the price is definitely one way to do it, it isn't worth at all what they are charging for it.
I was thinking maybe have a normal USB or USB-C on the right side, removing the headphone jack and putting a lightning connector on the left side instead of a USB-C, that's probably not a good idea, but I think this was a chance to push lightning headphones assuming they will with the iPhone 7
>>52983306
this guy has a pretty reasonable view on it
>>52984750
at least the macbook has 8gb RAM
I didn't like the keyboard on it, feels like shit compared to old Airs and MBP. Fuck this thinness obsession, you can't make good tactile feedback with 0.1mm of travel.
>>52982531
it's still a shitty netbook with overheating issues
I'ts surprisingly small though
If I had to choose between getting a free tablet or the macbook I'd choose the macbook just because tablets are horrible. but there's no way in hell I'd spend more than a dollar to own one
>>52982531
Up until a few months ago I would've bought one. Then I got a dock for my laptop and won't get another without one, and that's never going to happen for a MacBook
>>52988746
Are you saying it isn't true? Because it is.
>>52982831
even if it was free it would still be garbage >>52982613
do you just hate all trackpads or something?
because the trackpads in macs running mac os are the best out there
>>52984750
if it can run 10.8 it can run el cap
it's the ones with the 32 bit uefi that can't run anything else
>>52988883
>>52988883
it's about half a year ahead of the competition
and that's only because qualcom has been re branding the same shit for years
>>52982531
Why in the world would someone NEED this?
>>52988836
>I don't really know how it could be improved
Wait for Intel to make faster Core-Ms, put a second USB-C port on the right side, make the keyboard slightly deeper and more clicky, reduce the price to $1k.
It's actually reminiscent of the first Air.
>Impressively thin at the time
>Slow, expensive and with a distinct lack of ports
Then in a few years Apple gradually fixed all that and Air became their most popular model.
>>52986290
You have absolutely no clue what the word "literally" means.
>>52988970
Wouldn't they be able to fit a few more ports if they staggered them slightly?
something like this in mind
>>52989025
Wouldn't that make the connection to the motherboard more fragile?
Basically, what I hope Apple do would be that they reduce the price, fix the cooling (it doesn't need to be fanless) and also fix the performance. Then they use it to replace the Air.
Or just put a Retina screen in the Macbook Air and retire this model, or even a 1080p screen in the Air, because there is no reason to buy the Air now since the screen is so bad.
>>52989075
If it's either the MacBook or the Air, I'm hoping the Air dies. Apple's so close to perfection, they've got the right screen size, now they just need to make it 4:3.
>>52989075
>Wouldn't that make the connection to the motherboard more fragile?
Not to shit on Apple, but is that something they've ever expressed concern about? I'm more concerned that they'd consider it aesthetically unpleasing.
I don't see them adding Retina to the Air unless they drop the MB price a bit. I mean anything can happen, and they've been more erratic with their strategy since Jobs died, so they're a little too unpredictable now.
I don't think they'll make the Air 1080p though. Implementing a screen that's not the standard "1x" and not "2x" would mean breaking the narrative they made up when they introduced the "Retina" line.
The Air had insufficient ports (maybe just one USB port, like the MB now) in its first generation, so I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they just figured they would follow the exact same procedure now as they did then. Maybe putting a second USB port on the right, but you just know that people will try to charge from both ports (then again, if that would work, then that'd be cool).
I'm more interested in seeing the rMBP picking up some of the riskier design choices Apple made with the MB.
>>52989104
>they just need to make it 4:3.
just so you know, that'll never happen.
>>52989134
I'm well aware.
>mfw those shitty specs
Even my laptop is better.
>>52989220
I don't know anything about you. I would assume that a random person on /g/ would have a higher specced laptop than a MB.
Is your laptop lighter than a MB?
>>52989232
Nah, but it can run gamez.
>>52989243
do you think the sorts of people considering buying the MB are looking to run games on it?
>>52989249
Nope. Normies don't care the quality of the product. They only care if it can run facebook.
>>52989264
Disregarding the original issue that the MB is lighter than your laptop, was there any point to your posts given that you seem to appreciate that these are two totally different use cases the MB and your laptop are satisfying?
It's also a little funny that you're looking down on people for using their laptops for facebook when the only criterion you seemed to care about was "gamez", but maybe this is all a self-deprecating joke and I just didn't get it.
>>52989264
you are more insufferable than macfags, fuck off back to /v/
>>52989220
Yes because power is the primary goal of a laptop
>>52989264
>Normies
>buys his laptop to play videogames
Yeah, tell us more about yourself, tripfaggot.
>>52989025
I see no problem in physically fitting the second port horizontally, they just have to shrink the battery a tiny bit, and/or rearrange the mic cable on the audio sub-board if putting the connector on the left side.
>>52989264
If normies didn't care about quality, they would just buy a bargain bin 200€ laptop made out of creaky plastic.
>>52989290
I work on Microsoft and make lots of money shilling here.
>>52989280
Anon. MB is just overpriced in terms of price/performance. You could buy a normal laptop at the same specs for half the price of the MB.
>>52989293
That's fair. I guess my point is that they could arguably fit more ports if they staggered them a bit since they couldn't have them on top of one another (like a double decker), but this would allow them to pack more ports in.
Then again, we're all assuming that Apple even cares enough about there being 1 port that they're making much of an effort to make multiple ports happen. This wouldn't be the first time that Apple largely ignored the "wish lists" of consumers for at least a year or so. Apple kinda just does what it wants and then the Verge retrospectively says that has solved all the problems that they never admitted to before and the whole cycle goes over and over again.
>>52989322
tripfaggot. If you're honestly too stupid to understand what I've written, go back to /v/.
>>52989326
>we're all assuming that Apple even cares enough about there being 1 port that they're making much of an effort to make multiple ports happen
Well, they did it with the original Air.
Currently, rMB is rich hipster tier, but once Apple starts trying to phase out Airs and sell rMB to normalfags, they might want to fix the rough corners.
It has less power, less ports, and almost half the battery life of the last gen macbook air. The keyboard is the worst thing I've ever used, chinese knock off flip phone quality. Timb is running apple into the ground.
If you're considering this machine, just get the MBA, it's better in every way. INCLUDING display. They cheaped out on the LCD in the MB and the way the scaling works out you have less effectively resolution that the MBA. It's a fucking joke.
>Buying aluminium laptops
>Aluminium so thin it bends with HEAT, not even with force. With stuff known to reach >90ºC on the CPU.
>After all the proof during all these years that even if you manage to keep the temperature under control they bend to hell and back just by opening and closing the lid
>Popped hinges
>Misaligned seams
>As soon as they move away from a table into a bag they're ruined forever
And this is not exclusive to Apple stuff. A friend of mine got an Asus Zenbook some months ago and one of the rubber feet no longer makes contact with the table even after taking extreme care with it.
There's some stuff that should never be made with anything else than plastic, and mobility stuff (laptops, smartphones, etc.) are the perfect example.
>>52989451
My rMBP13 has serious corrosion damage after 2 years of owning it and the uneven hinge issue popped up shortly after 1 year. Aluminium is a horrible material for devices that you use daily.
Stainless Steel is pure premium for mobile devices, Magnesium for durable laptops/tablets.
>>52983306
$1000? is that a joke?
>>52989451
I have a rMBP that's 2 years old now. It works perfectly still, and I move it around constantly. You have to be mistreating the thing in order to make it bend.
And this is not just Apple stuff. My dad uses a Fujitsu laptop that also works great, and I owned a Sony ultrabook that looked as good as new when I got rid of it due to software issues.
>>52989483
>Serious corrosion damage
What the fuck have you done to it?
just why when you can get this???
It's the ultimate Mac computer for people that don't do anything, like rich college kids or marketing people. It looks fancy and does e-mail and that's it.
>>52989520
Some people's sweat just destroys the anodization on macs, it's more common than you think
>>52989525
>15" laptop
>ever
>>52989520
I treat mine like a newborn. No dents, no scratches nothing. Just a massive spot of corrosion at the right palmrest, similar to pic.
The flex can't be seen, but if I press down on the left palmrest, you can hear the rubber footrests making/losing contact with the table.
Still can't understand what are doing OSX and Windows people in /g/. /g/ is for technology, not for average filth from consumer and shopping forums.
BTW Apple for gays.
>>52989565
There's nothing wrong with OS X, quit being an edgy shitlord. I agree with Windows though.
Test
>>52989556
I'll buy new one. That's a purpose of using aluminium.
>>52989556
That's fucked up. Mine is still in perfect shape. Maybe I just got lucky with my purchase then
>>52989574
OSX is closed source platform without development soft. It's for gays and women not for CS-pros.
Doesn't run the superior OS X, Mavericks, so I'm not really interested.
>>52989601
You probably don't use yours as much or at all.
I do love the battery durability on these things though.
>>52989590
Don't worry about me, I'm slowly moving over to my Surface 3, 9 months in and not a single sign of corrosion, when tiny pits already showed up on the 3rd month on my Macbook.
Just want to point out that you can get a Chinese core M tablet with aluminum body, 1080p screen, magnetic keyboard dock and wacom digitizer for well under $400
Had two of them for 6 months now, no issues.
Cube i7 stylus of anyone cares
>>52989650
Why two?
>>52989645
>when tiny pits already showed up on the 3rd month on my Macbook.
That's a manufacturing defect then, why didn't you get it replaced?
>>52989634
>OSX is closed source platform
Irrelevant. Anyway it's only partially closed source.
>no development soft
False.
>>52989658
One for me and one for the wife
>>52989650
Tablets aren't laptops nor does yours run OS X.
>>52989542
are you a tiny manlet?
I legitimately don't understand this complaint, it's still mobile enough to move around without having a tiny pea screen
>>52989525
does this thread not understand the concept of different markets? Not everyone's a power hungry shut in with no appreciation of design or need for portability
my cousin has a Macbook and it's literally perfect for his job given it's so portable. 90% of buyers aren't spec whores like you /v/ fags
>>52982531
>Make it so thin you won't actually want to use it on the go in case it gets bent
>Keyboard is absolutely awful, even macfags admit this
>No fucking ports
>Cooling so poor it thermal throttles to somewhere near 1ghz when you try to do something with it (else than browsing facebook)
>$500 premium because it has the apple logo
>Guaranteed to have serious design flaws and issues that will rise up after these laptops get used more
>Forced to use all kinds of adapter dongles it lacks essential ports for no good reason
>Can't upgrade for shit, buying a higher spec model has an unwarranted price increase for shit that costs half as much to buy afterwards
>Higher spec parts are made of garbage
I can't think of a single reason why anyone would want one. I suppose the screen is good, but that's it.
>>52989660
Because Apple said it's not, after 3 appointments. They consider it normal behaviour here in Ausfailia.
Oh well, my computer is just a tool, it made back its cost hundreds of times over, over its lifetime. Luckily I can switch platforms without causing much issue to my workflow.
>>52989673
How often do you use yours? Does throttling affect it much for what you do?
>>52989650
I'd get one of those but it's a shame there doesn't seem to be a Spanish version of the keyboard in aliexpress.
>>52989708
I use mine every day - it's my main PC right now, so it spends about half it's time docked to a monitor and USB hub.
Throttling hasn't been a problem for me. The back gets hot when under load for a while. IMO that's a good sign, as it means the heat is spreading as intended
>>52989525
- because portability
- because those inspirons have shit build quality and battery life
>>52989805
It shouldnt be a design feature that the case is part of the thermal solution.
Pure fucking lazy design for idiots who put up with substandard products.
Well done, cockwomble.
>>52988889
Not all of them, but a lot of them. Particularly what I don't like in Mac trackpads is the single-piece design where a physical click means pressing the bottom of the whole trackpad in. Separate buttons allow me to use my thumb or index finger to hit the button while my middle finger moves the mouse, which is usually more precise, quicker to register (compared to a double tap and hold), and lets me lift my finger off the trackpad to get more movement. Physical buttons are also useful for spam-clicking since a trackpad usually registers the double click as something else.
The best trackpad I ever used was on my Asus K61IC. It spoiled me, ever other trackpad just feels like garbage now. It was instantly responsive to trackpad clicks and double click and hold, and the two-finger scrolling was precise enough that I could very easily adjust volume sliders and time on videos. Every other trackpad I've touched has some downside, some lag in input, something that makes it not as good.
>>52982593
>8/10 subtleness
This
>>52982531
Nothing has changed on my opinion since it came out: Its a tablet with keyboard and somehow impractical due to lel1port and obscure one at that.
But its beautiful and great tech demo. Its like a car concept that actually went into production. It has its audience, just not me.
>>52982531
Room mate bought it and it keyboard is worse than my sp3 cover
>>52986788
This looks nice. If only it was a little cheaper.
>>52988889
>even if it was free it would still be garbage
it would be free garbage
>>52983045
Rich people are rich because they know how to save money and don't blow it on useless shit like Apple products.
t. A richfag
>>52989232
>>52989288
>Is your laptop lighter than a MB?
>Yes because power is the primary goal of a laptop
Listen, you can get laptops with better specs (on everything except display,and the graphics on that thing can't even properly drive that meme tier "retina" display) that weigh at most 3 pounds for $500 or less. That argument is shit and went out the Window a while ago.
And I'm sure you'll come up with "MUH BUILD QUALITY! MUH BATTERY!" In reponse I say look up the Dell Chromebook 13, actually look at the reviews and specs, then stop for a moment and think about how retarded it is to buy Apple laptops at this point when Linux laptops are selling with similar luxury specsheets like glass trackpads, metal bodies, and the works at prices as low as half that of the Macbook lines, sometimes even moreso.
>>52982531
It's pretty. And useful. Unfortunately, not pretty or useful enough to justify the price.
>>52996570
>Listen, you can get laptops with better specs (on everything except display,and the graphics on that thing can't even properly drive that meme tier "retina" display) that weigh at most 3 pounds for $500 or less
Yes but they're mid to low end models. Also do these have 12 hour battery life?
>>52988746
>>52988645
Specs wise, Android has 64 GB RAM 64 Bit phones but the run like shit, i tested a Galaxy s6Edge and it had micro stutters all over the place. iPhones from 2010 still run smooth as fuck
>>52996689
>ishit
>any year
>smooth
>>52989525
because its 3 times as big
>>52996628
Dell Chromebook 13.
Metal Body, glass trackpad, matte finish 1080p IPS display, i3, 4GB of RAM, 10 hours of battery life, full support for Linux and Windows support is being worked on, and the SSD can be upgraded.
~$500.
Macbook Air and the new Macbook have no reason to exist at their price point when their competition is like this now.
At work I use a macbook hooked up to a 4k monitor. Its a'ight.
>>52982531
>>52982531
It has poor specs for the price and has one of the worst keyboards I have ever used. The lack of a physical button on the trackpad is also annoying. At least it has a good screen though.
>>52996714
this
>>52996714
yes that is totally normal behavior for an iphone of course of course
>>52997769
The trackpad is a physical button
>>52982531
overpriced, underspecced but a nice travel machine if you're into homosex apple shit
>>52982531
>joke specs
>keyboard barely an upgrade from a touch screen
>terribly supported hardware
>nigger bling bling colors
>costs how much again?
It's everything wrong with today's computers and then some.
> totally unbiased
> literally calls it a cuckbook
Pajeet incoming with "hurr iPhone specs" and "muh chinkpad"
>>52998215
>joke specs
It's a laptop, it's got great specs for its purpose.
>terribly supported hardware
Actually OS X supports it very well, it even comes preinstalled.
>>52988997
>newfag
>>52982531
My wife's bull bought me one for my birthday. It's pretty good.
>>52986135
/thread
Lol you nailed it
>>52989264
>tripfag
>>52994636
>>52998316
>It's a laptop, it's got great specs for its purpose.
It has terrible specs for a laptop. Its specs are unimpressive for a _phone_.
>Actually OS X supports it very well, it even comes preinstalled.
Supported by one operating system is not well supported. Granted, I last tested Linux on one of these nearly a month ago, but back then:
>trackpad didn't work
>keyboard didn't work
>wireless didn't work
>>52997631
>chromebook
>>52998549
>he expects that apple lost time writting drivers to the unstable mess that's linux driver api
>he expects that hardware too recent works in linux perfectly
>>52998549
>It has terrible specs for a laptop. Its specs are unimpressive for a _phone_.
It has terrible specs for _your_ idea of a laptop. It's actually overspecced as far as I'm concerned.
>Supported by one operating system is not well supported
>it's Apple's their new hardware doesn't work with an OS they don't support
Why would you run Linux on it anyway?
>>52998549
>linux
At least name the fucking distro.
And it's irrelevant. Win10 is wonderful in this little thing.
>>52982559
>my wife's son
Cucking for everyone it seems
>>52998551
So what, you come on /g/ and can't be bothered to install an alternate OS? Really? Is that the low we've reached?
>>52998791
>chromebook
>>52998673
>>52998708
DigabiOS, a live system that HS kids in Funland use to do their matriculation exams. These sorry excuses of a machine were not cooperative. Funny, given you'd expect this thing to have students as a target market. Not that that improves the support in any way.
>inb4 I am blamed for implementing the exam as live USBs booted on students' machines
>>52989542
>http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/macbook-pro-15-vs-dell-xps-15/
Ifixit Tear down.
>https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell+XPS+13+Teardown/36157
>>52998852
>These sorry excuses of a machine were not cooperative
Again
>it's Apple's their new hardware doesn't work with an OS they don't support
>>52998852
>he expects that his oscure distro with a 3.x kernel will able to use the last hardware of Apple
>>52998895
Your position is because it is made by Apple, people have no expectation to run an alternative OS, correct?
>>52998895
So you're admitting their hardware is not well supported? I'm not saying it's Apple's fault or looking for a culprit in general. For someone who prefers to run Linux, being poorly supported is a genuine downside.
What if I rephrase to
>terrible hardware support on Linux, at least at the moment
>>52998999
checked, trips of truth
>>52998999
At least try using a more recent distro.
>>52998999
My position is that you cannot fault new hardware for not being supported by third party software. It's new and drivers don't just fucking write themselves on their own.
>For someone who prefers to run Linux, being poorly supported is a genuine downside.
Well yes, but you're a moron if you buy an Apple notebook with anything but OS X as your intended primary OS.
ITT: Mom someone is using a platform I don't like. Make them stop!
>>52999072
Which is why I didn't. The problem is, a lot of these kids don't know any better.
And really, a lot of mfgs' new and shiny machines work with 2 and 3.x kernels just fine. I can't recommend this machine to anyone buying it for school in this country, because the stupid adults decided to require everyine to run a 3.x kernel distro on their machine, and they can't.
To be fair, I wouldn't anyway. Even perfect, OotB support for every kernel since 1.1 wouldn't excuse the horrendous keyboard and the price point. The Linux support is a drop in the ocean for this thing's problems as far as I'm concerned.
The computer looks really nice, aesthetics wise they did an spectacular job.
Other then that it's shit.
>>52982531
Is that the laptop which has even lower specs than my wife's girlfriend's Macbook Air but still costs more?
>>52999072
>My position is that you cannot fault new hardware for not being supported by third party software. It's new and drivers don't just fucking write themselves on their own.
Can't argue wit dat.
>>52998819
>Broadwell i3
>has upgradeable storage
>same level of premium build a Mac has
>literally nothing specwise behind the Macbook or the Air
>"W-well I don't like the default OS!"
So do you have an actual argument or are you just going to keep spouting shit like some sort of memester?
>>52999333
>>52982531
>Now that the dust has settled, what's your objective opinion of the new CuckBook?
It's a status symbol+ultra portable social media device+college notes/essays machine.
I will never buy one because I don't have a desire for any of those things.
If somebody else does, and they buy one, good for them, they got exactly what they wanted.
If somebody buys one expecting a rugged workstation or gaming laptop, then they have made a stupid decision, and I feel no pity for them.
>>52998551
They don't sell these in many places in my country but maybe I could dig around if they are great. I already have an SSD which I could swap in it, that is if it's using 2,5" drives and not the smaller one.
Can you install regular Arch on it without hassle or do you have to backup some Google drivers first to get everything working?
>>52986788
the screen has a god awful anti-glare coating.
>>52982531
it's done everything I need it to do on a laptop, for gaming I just use my desktop, or aws grid.
