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kameecoding@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Very much so, when I brought up that I am a software developer who just loves using their Macbook, because it just works, I was told I stupid because I am now locked in and what if I want to compile my own flavor of window manager, like with no sense of fucking irony.
Dicking around with a shit-box laptop running a barebones os all day and then opening my Mac book pro makes me question if this whole Linux thing really is it.
And then I have to install a niche program and apple calls in an airstrike on my position and I remember why I have the shit-box all over again.
I don’t like being “locked in” but there’s no alternative for a super light laptop with 10+ hours battery and good touchpad.
Tbh, I wanted to go with Framework, as I very much like the upgrade ability and reducing e-waste, unfortunately at the time they didn’t ship to my country only some neighboring EU countries and while I could have made that work as a private purchase, I was purchasing through my company and there I couldn’t make it work, so it was a choice between something like the Dell XPS ( which has notorious touchpad failures) pr the macbook pro, so then it was an easy choice.
Framework strikes me as a bit overpriced for what it is. To be fair, it is boutique computing, just not what I’d want to spend on an alright laptop.
mr_satan@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Hey, you do you. I refuse to use anything apple related, but I’ll be damned if they don’t make great hardware and extremely convenient ecosystem.
Bubbey@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I want an iphone just for the convenience factor, but having dogshit integration with my android smartwatch/devices means I will never buy into Apple. Probably for the best.