Comment on Right to Repair - We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN!
figaro@lemdro.id 9 months agoYep. I use a pixel 6 and a MacBook Air m1. It’s the best of both worlds.
They build fantastic laptops.
As a side rant, I just want to say that I’ve never had a laptop that was able to maintain consistent speed and reliability better than this machine. Every other windows-based laptop I’ve had has crapped out after 3 years. This thing just keeps on going, regardless of the fact that I’ve had about 100 tabs and 3 browsers open for the majority of its lifespan.
HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Surely if you spend similar amounts of money, especially these days you get the same quality - the only thing I’m interested in is the combination of a sturdy metal frame and high specs.
figaro@lemdro.id 9 months ago
Nope. I’ve spent similar amounts of money in the past on a great Lenovo gaming laptop. It was phenomenal for the first two years. But then after the first major Windows update, it seemed like the drivers became less reliable and issues started popping up here and there. Another year so later and everything started to bog down. Reformatting it fixed it for a little bit, but the same issues came up again eventually.
I’ve heard good things about the surface, so maybe if you go the direct from Microsoft route it could be better? I’m just burnt out though. I don’t see myself buying another Microsoft product again.
HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Is linux good on Mac at all, even better perhaps? Though I’ve heard they don’t have the same compatibility with M1 macbooks yet.
figaro@lemdro.id 9 months ago
I’m not sure, I haven’t really looked into it. They are pretty popular and have been around for a while at this point though, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there have been some good developments there
pufferfischerpulver@feddit.de 9 months ago
I mean yes and no. If you value energy efficiency there’s nothing comparable. There are sturdy laptops, there a more powerful laptops, but to my knowledge there are no laptops that offer the same combination of battery runtime and performance.
HaggierRapscallier@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Are they equally good with linux on them?