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Re:Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro? by randomsearch on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:04PM (#21305830)
If you use email a lot and don’t want to use gmail etc in the browser, your only choice is Windows. I’ve tried all the GUI mail clients on Linux, and they are all either buggy as hell, don’t support most standards, or hellish UX.

Given Windows is much much worse than OS X for tech stuff, there isn’t really an alternative. Macs have gotten worse, less reliable, design is tanking, software becoming buggy, but it’s still much better than the alternatives. So stick with the MBP and buy a stress ball and punch bags to cope.

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Re:Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro? by foopdoopfoop on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:09PM (#21305873)
Why haven't you tried a CLI client? Also, Office 2016 seems to be fairly well-support on any number of those wine-based compatibility layers.
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Re:Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro? by randomsearch on Monday October 21, 2019 @04:21PM (#21316849)
CLI clients aren't really fit for purpose if you're doing management-level email.
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Re:Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro? by ttz on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:18PM (#21305950)
Check out Mailspring.
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Re:Ask HN: Feasible Alternative to the MacBook Pro? by randomsearch on Monday October 21, 2019 @04:20PM (#21316837)
Yes, I did, thanks. I agree it was one of the more appealing clients, but IIRC it was demanding on my old laptop and slow, as well as being a bit buggy.
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