Would you use a Macbook if you could afford it? Why or why not?
I already own a MacBook and a 5K iMac, so yes I would.
>>54629387
MacBook Air for Programming.
Its neat
>>54629387
I could afford the hardware
but not the loss in productivity.
>>54629387
ONE
INFINITE
LOO
>>54629432
This.
Nope
>>54629387
No
I don't like the Function key at all and Apple (and some other companies) thought it was funny to put the Fn key where the control button should, to the VERY left of the keyboard. I would have been fine if it were [Ctrl] [Fn] [Option] [Command] but nope.
I could forgive how right click is handled but I will get autistic if keyboard layout isn't something I'm used to and something I personally can easily transition to and from a desktop keyboard.
If it wasn't just for that I'd like to consider getting the Macbook Air or Macbook Pro. Hell no to the 1 port shitty travel keyboard that is the new Macbook
>>54629514
The uses for Control are very limited in OS X so it doesn't really matter.
>>54629562
I'm not very fond of Mac OS X either because of how Command is Control in terms of shortcuts (such as copy/cut/paste) it's just something I'm not used to. At least Apple gives you the option to dual boot.
>>54629387
POO
>>54629387
LOO
>>54629577
I was a long-time Windows user before I got a MacBook as a secondary computer and still used Windows as my main operating system for about three years after that. I don't know if it's just that I've gotten so used to it or what, but I consider Command+something to be more ergonomic than Control+something.
>>54629387
>Macbook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_peUxE_BKcU
>>54629387
PAJEET MY SON
Eh, I mean I can afford it. I just like Gentoo more and I don't have to pay for an Apple logo. Mac is like this typical hipster stereotype to me. Plus you don't know when Steve Jobs is going to rise from the dead and eat the rest of that apple.
Yeah, but I'd also just as happily use any other expensive laptop, like the chromebook pixel or x1 carbon
>>54629387
>pajeetbook
>>54629387
I use my laptop on the go but also as the desktop replacement(I don't like syncing stuff). No MacBook possess even remotely powerful GPU. Also I don't trust American companies, Intel and Nvidia is too fucking much already.
>>54629514
Rebinding keys is a very tricky task for novice users, i don't blame you.
i bought a totally-not-stolen one from a friend in 2010, used it for a couple years then sold it for twice the price i bought it for
it was ok, but i didn't like the keyboard or trackpad
the os isn't as nice to use as linux, and not as supported as windows
>>54629387
Fuck off Pajeet.
I can afford it, used to have a Macbook, but I prefer the Thinkpad T520.
Reminder that Apple is the only major tech company with an American CEO.
>>54630261
Reminder that Apple is the only major tech company whose CEO eats shit from his hands.
I got the newest (as of a year ago) Macbook for free for my job.. I just leave it open for web browsing on the couch. It is literally the opposite of intuitive, plus, any sustained intensive use and it shits out in a few hours.
If it were to break tonight I'd probably just replace it with a 80$ tablet with just as much functionality
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>>54630273
>17 posters, 26 replies
Reminder that all these are 1 person with no life.
>>54630435
Nice try pajeet.
I can afford one, but I wouldn't get one, because I wouldn't use it. I have no need for a laptop, so any money spent on one is a waste for me.
>>54629387
No. My libreboot dell chromebook 13 is modern and fully gnu compatible. Fuck off Macfag shill. Business hardware is always superior. My laptop has a glass trackpad and a highly accurate 1920x1080 ips screen with high brightness.
>mfw macfags yell "muh premium hardware"
>>54630457
It's not a nice try if I'm right.
>>54630435
Are shitposts reportable?
>>54629387
on mpbr:
>soldered ram
>proprietary ssd
thanks but no thanks, I'll get a XPS 13 instead. although the only that could hold me back would be the 16:10 screen.
i already have 2?
does nobody on /g/ have cushy tech jobs??
>>54630551
I have a cushy tech job, but no interest in a Macbook.
>>54630566
Pajeets afraid of Unix.
It's worth learning pajeet.
>>54630585
What? I'm white and I use Linux.
>>54630585
>macshit
>unix
Pajeet pls
>>54630602
>>54630611
Lincucks a shit. Couldn't even pass 03 POSIX
Learn to use a POSIX certified UNIX like OS X.
>>54630623
POO IN LOO PAJEET
>>54630634
Pajeet plz. We don't want your microshit shilling here.
>>54630623
>things no one cares about, the post
>>54630645
>java developer
Pajeet.
>>54629387
>pajeetbook
nty
>>54629387
Anyone can afford a macbook
Retinas of years past are only $600-900 on ebay. It's not like apple ever significantly improved performance or made a flawless model.
>>54629387
>Macbook
Can we finally put an end to this meme?
>>54630810
Why? The only people that hate apple are ricers and gaymers.
>>54630849
POO
>>54630865
LOO
>>54630849
LOO
>>54630849
And the only heterosexual, socially normal males who use apple are businessmen and politicians that are paid to be concerned with their image.
The rest are gays and scruffy geeks.
>>54629387
No, because I would get the vastly superior xps 13.
>MS and Google have pejeet as CEO
>Apple has a white male
wat
smells like MS shills in here
>>54630877
Tim Cuck in an honorary poo in loo considering he sticks his dick in poo, likes dick in his own poo, and eats poo from his hands.
>>54630874
Get out of your basement; you're becoming delusional with meme's.
>>54630888
>Posted from my PajeetBook
I can and I do.
Probably wouldn't again though. But this should keep me going for the next couple years at least, so who knows what I'll buy then.
>>54630877
ONE
INFINITE
LOO
Used Windows all my life. Generally don't care for macs OS - plus price for what you get always bugs me.
>Sent from iPhone
>>54630888
It's true.
The only apple product a normal man can be seen using in public is an iPhone.
>>54630934
Oh, I agree to that. Anyone that "computes in public" should be ridiculed.
>>54630934
>normal man
>iPhone
>>54630934
Normal man? You must live with two other "professional males" in a cruddy hotel in Oakland converted into a "penthouse loft."
>>54630959
the irony in this post.
>I laffed.
>>54630967
"Normal men" are too tech illiterate to rice android into usability like you are too mechanically illiterate to change a spark plug without google
>>54629387
I can afford them. The question is why would I spend money on overheating memeware?
>>54631083
>iOS users are employed in tech/engineering fields
that explains /g/'s hatred.
>>54631083
>redheads
Android definitely wins.
>>54629387
I would by surface pro for editing videos, photoshop, and with the specs of the highest model even gaming.
>>54629387
Affording it is not an issue, desiring one is.
no. Already went with a server and thin clients/laptops. Let the server handle all the work and logins, all files stay safe and secure with backups and shit, and its mostly platform agnostic. With GPU passthrough as well supported in server2012r2 and hyperv in a win8.1vm, it means you can just stream the desktop to whatever device you want, and let the server do all the heavy work.
>>54631264
The company I worked for had vmware/Citrix VDI in 2009. Everyone hated it.
>>54631083
So iphone users are druggies?
They need to keep drinking and staying doped up to justify to themselves they made the right decision in getting an iphone.
>>54629387
>pajeetbook
>>54629387
Bought one for the wife. Expensive little Facebook accessory. I use a dell at work. Wouldn't even consider replacing it with a Mac - They have a reputation of being attached to idiots who haven't got a clue what they're doing most of the time. They get laughed at quite a lot.
>>54631553
lmao @ ur wyfe
>>54629514
unless you are literally mentally retarded it's very easy to switch
>>54630611
OS X is world's most popular UNIX operating system.
>>54629387
>want to like it
>just not worth the hassle
even dual botting the thing is a hassle, because you can't even uninstall, and usb's do not let you use live mode.
Sorry guys maybe some other year.
>>54629387
>unix userspace
>not x11
>>54632511
not having X11 as default is a good thing.
Of course you can always install it.
Why would you want it? OSX is meh its like mobile OS cant do a shit with it if you want it you can always hackintosh, hardware is overpriced. I have some random cheap samsung laptop its 4 years old works perfectly. Even if i was richest person in the world i would never pay $1000 for something worth $500.
>>54635728
>OSX is meh its like mobile OS cant do a shit with it
Pajeet, plz. Even microsoft loves ubuntu now.
I could probably get used to it if someone gave me one as a gift or something, but if I had the actual money, I'd buy a Dell XPS13 or something.
>>54629387
No. Because I don't like these "everything is soldered together" pieces of shit.
>>54635756
If you want linux use linux, OSX cant do anything more than it except OSX specific devel, dont use some OS that comes on $10000 hardware.
>>54635771
Why would anyone want Linux when OS X is more UNIX than Linux?
I would use a Macbook over my current laptop, which is a random Acer that has decent specs. But no, if I were to actually buy a laptop that's over 1k, it would be something else.
I'd also dual boot linux with it, I like OS X more than Windows, but I still like linux more.
>>54635801
Because NOBODY GIVES A FUCK ABOUT THAT
Jesus christ, theres like a million non-autistic arguments you could make to posit OSX and you had to choose the absolute dumbest one.
>>54635950
>nobody gives a shit about POSIX
webdev "programmer" detected.
>using debtphone
>>54629387
i got a 2009 model about 4 years ago and right now its running arch. the hardware is pretty good and i like the trackpad but if i where to buy a new laptop i would get something else
>>54629387
Hahahahaha no.
That shit belongs in the trash.
fuck no. Besides being an Apple botnet, it's super restrictive. I have a OSX VM that I run from time to time to remind myself of these horrors
>can't access root from the GUI
>can't show hidden files unless you fuck with configs that also put shit on your desktop
I can afford it.
But no. I wouldn't.
I use a Mac already. I will buy another when I'm done with this one.
>>54629387
>if I could afford it
seriously who the fuck can't? it's less than two grands for fuck's sake.
Have a Lenovo at the moment, but probably a mac book air, or pro for programming
Got a Macbook Air 2013, currently considering upgrading when updates hit.
Kinda debating between a 13" pro and 15" but at the same time i keep looking at the macbook, and despite all it's flaws, it feels great in the store, is beautifully light and has a great screen.
>>54629387
I love the poo in loo meme cuz it highlights how btfo all the white people are.
>>54638422
>btfo
I didn't pursue a degree in STEM for this reason. I have a more comfortable life working in a warehouse with my girlfriend 4 days a week than most borderline-homeless CS silicon valley faggots. I hope the rest of the white race suffers
I own one and I can't afford it, so fuck yeah. Posting from my iPhone 6 and I have a new Nexus 9 waiting on my doorstep for me. I prefer to shitpost in style.
>>54629577
I have both a Windows 10 Desktop and a MacBook Pro, both of which I use on a daily basis. I have no issues going back and forth.
Yes, because I'm comfortable with the system, the only thing I'd be lacking is games and I already have a PC for that. I would use it because I actually want that retina display and I'm used to the fucking trackpad gestures.
>>54629387
>Would you use a Macbook if you could afford it?
>if you could afford it
Apple shit is affordable by anyone, including homeless people.
It has middle class level pricing at best.
Now, that the price of the shit ain't up to the lower build quality, is quite another discussion.
>>54637509
I've got the 2014 Air which is basically identical and while the new MacBook looks okay, it's way too fucking expensive for what it is and I don't think I could live with a single port. Also no magsafe is pretty stupid. They should have done a USB C + normal USB 3.0 or something, the current model is overpriced shit.
>>54637652
yuck
>>5462938ñ7
Yes I would usa a macbook pro and dual boot it with Linux and OSX
>>54629387
I have a Macbook Pro. I ended up installing Win10 on it (sans bootcamp or OSX) because while they look pretty, recent versions of OSX are more of an x86 port of iOS than a desktop OS suitable for advanced users. Snow Leopard was the last really good OSX
Honestly, I would for a general purpose laptop. It's easy to use, and its just a clean design for general web browsing.
Reason why I don't have one now is because of the cash it costs :(
Price isn't high compared to other new laptops. The hardware is just older and most restricked because apple like to make sure nothing will break instead of letting us the freedom to choose any kind of hardware. 1-2 years old macbook are ~ as good as new ones and a lot cheaper. That's what I got recently because I was tired of always having the fucking urge to rice my linux machine and microsoft pissed me off recently so fk em
>>54629387
>pajeetbook
