Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days

Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by coolhoody on Monday April 18, 2022 @03:28PM (#31075296)

I don't get it — there is a market for a high quality robust laptop — and yet it does not exist.

Why our choice is an ancient refurbished pre-shit ThinkPad or Mac? You can't throw a rock without hitting a random developer — but they all type on self-destructing shittops… And they type emails to customer support instead of coding.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by j_crick on Monday April 18, 2022 @04:27PM (#31076034)

> there is a market for a high quality robust laptop — and yet it does not exist

Because that market segment is not large enough to easily justify RnDing your own laptop platform, nailing down the finer details, upscale that into mass production and then fight existing competition, all while keeping the price competitive.

And the rest of the world will do fine with the rest of the laptops. Or build desktops for specific tasks :shrug:

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