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Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by hunta2097 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:48PM (#20825276)
Dell XPS15 with Ubuntu has literally been my best developer environment ever.

Unfortunately my current gig is all MBP and I feel completely handicapped, even after many months - to the point I have resorted to a "proper" mechanical keyboard.

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by orpheline on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @11:31PM (#20826420)
I use a MBP at work and an XPS 13 at home and much prefer the latter - Ubuntu with a Plasma desktop makes for a crazy configurable UI.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by haspok on Thursday August 29, 2019 @05:14AM (#20827945)
Plasma (KDE) sucks at handling multiple displays. I had to learn this the hard way. It's OK if you only ever use the laptop screen.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by mkl on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:49AM (#20828334)
On the other hand, it seems totally fine with multiple displays on a desktop, or a laptop used as if it's a desktop. Is it live plugging and unplugging that causes problems?
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by wyclif on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:30AM (#20826701)
Another way around this for power users and devs that a lot of people seem to overlook is to get a 6-core Mac Mini and a mechanical keyboard. With a retina monitor, it's a great combination.

As a touch typist and massive terminal keybindings user, I won't compromise on the keyboard. Apple needs to wake up and realise which slice of their market they are alienating. I'd say it's the most important one—the developers and creators. There's a sense that at Apple HQ right now, the "Pro" in "MacBook Pro" no longer means "professional" but rather "prosumer." That is wrong, so a major course correction is in order before creative types start fleeing the brand in earnest (judging by this thread and others, they may have already).

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by gurkendoktor on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:28AM (#20827766)
> With a retina monitor, it's a great combination.

Sadly, the Retina monitor segment is a complete failure. Several 5K screens came out in 2015, along with the 27" Retina iMac, ... and then the market died off. The UltraFine 5K is finally available again, but it's being sold at 2015 prices (1400€ here). At that point you might as well get an iMac with eight cores, a dedicated GPU, and a semi-replaceable hard drive instead of the Mini.

In an ideal world, we'd have 8K ultrawide Retina displays by now. Sigh...

Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by wyclif on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:54PM (#20833557)
In that scenario though, wouldn't it be better to wait a little while until 5k monitors price drop?
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by jammygit on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:20PM (#20825475)
I find the XPS has a disappointing keyboard actually.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by _coveredInBees on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:05PM (#20825717)
Yup, I've had my XPS15 for over 3 years and the keyboard (and webcam) are the weakest elements. The keyboard still feels terrible...somehow it has the worst of both worlds, poor key travel and too large a spacing between keys. Typing has always felt very awkward. In comparison, I absolutely love the Surface Pro 4 keyboard which has wonderful key travel and spacing.
Re:MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy by Kipters on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:22AM (#20829233)
I absolutely agree about the Surface Pro 4 keyboard: I've been using one as my personal laptop for the last 3,5 years and I absolutely love it. Although I must say the keyboard on my girlfriend's Surface Laptop feels slightly better though.