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A comment on Ask HN: Is MacBook Pro worth it nowadays, for a developer?.
Modern MBP's:
- glued-in batteries
- nonservicable RAM
- nonservicable SSD
- lack of peripheral ports
- terrible keyboard
- thin and fragile
- very expensive
- USB-C charging is a step-backwards from MagSafe
- prone to more defects and breakage, and more difficult to repair at the component level, per Louis Rossmann
A1278:
+ older, better keyboard
+ unofficial 16 GiB of third-party RAM
+ 2 SSD's with optical drive removed
+ plenty of ports
+ user-servicable battery
+ MagSafe support
+ relatively lower cost
~ 13" non-Retina display
- thicker
- slower CPU
- slower integrated graphics / GPU
Lenovos:
+ have water-resistant keyboards with drains
+ generally excellent keyboard from IBM lineage
+ 7-10+ hour runtime with both front and rear batteries
+ more normal repair and expansion options
+ semi-rugged
~ moderate cost
- Hackintosh isn't supported nor 100% work-alike
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Modern MBP's:
- glued-in batteries
- nonservicable RAM
- nonservicable SSD
- lack of peripheral ports
- terrible keyboard
- thin and fragile
- very expensive
- USB-C charging is a step-backwards from MagSafe
- prone to more defects and breakage, and more difficult to repair at the component level, per Louis Rossmann
A1278:
+ older, better keyboard
+ unofficial 16 GiB of third-party RAM
+ 2 SSD's with optical drive removed
+ plenty of ports
+ user-servicable battery
+ MagSafe support
+ relatively lower cost
~ 13" non-Retina display
- thicker
- slower CPU
- slower integrated graphics / GPU
Lenovos:
+ have water-resistant keyboards with drains
+ generally excellent keyboard from IBM lineage
+ 7-10+ hour runtime with both front and rear batteries
+ more normal repair and expansion options
+ semi-rugged
~ moderate cost
- Hackintosh isn't supported nor 100% work-alike