Re:Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion
by tomduncalf on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:52AM
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I'm an iOS dev so have no other choice - but even if I did, I like pretty much every other aspect of the Mac (both this specific laptop, and the ecosystem) and am happy to give Apple my money, but expect a certain level of quality in return, which this generation of keyboards seems to lack.
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Re:Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion
by j32fun on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:54AM
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Definitely agree with you. I feel underwhelmed with the 2017 MBPs (typing on one right now). And you're absolutely correct: if you're developing for certain app systems, you have no choice. I'm a Ruby developer and I remember years ago people switched to Mac simply so they could use Textmate. Some tools just work better on the system (for better or for worse).
Re:Don’t buy the MacBook Pros even on sale, in my opinion
by tomduncalf on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @11:58AM
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I actually quite like the laptop otherwise - I walk to and from work with it every day so the reduced weight and size is great - although the touchbar is meh and the USB-C/dongle situation is still a pain!