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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by clint on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:10PM (#31076595)
As an equally useless anecdote, I've probably owned ~10 mac laptops in my life and I've never had an issue. I literally have never used a laptop sleeve or anything I just throw it in a bag and go. Literally one of the most indestructible things I've ever owned.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by varunprasad on Monday April 18, 2022 @05:28PM (#31076820)
You're extremely lucky. Or maybe you change your laptops before Apple acknowledges the very real problems they have.

So many of their laptops have had issues necessitating recalls, but because they were able to delay those recalls until 5+ years after those devices were released (even if complaints started way earlier), they get away with it.

I've already had 2 Apple laptops where I took in a 4-5 year old device, and basically had them replace/refresh it for free. One was the gen 1 or gen 2 Macbook which had a ridiculous discoloration issue on the case palm rests, combined with the case peeling apart, and the other a Macbook Pro (2011?2012?) that had a graphics card issue.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by watmough on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:09PM (#31077263)
The Core 2 Duo 17" MacBookPro is the most expensive and worst machine I ever owned.

The 13" MBP M1 has been the best, apart from the wretched touchbar.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by wildrhythms on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:12PM (#31077889)
Ironically, you can buy the 14-inch M1 MBP with no touchbar... and you can buy the M1 Air with no touchbar... it's only the 13-inch MBP with that god awful invention. I'm sticking with the M1 Air for now specifically for that reason.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by jamil7 on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:02AM (#31080351)
I think there was also a period post 2015 MBP up until the new M1s now that the laptops were pretty bad and had a lot of points of failure. The current ones seem like a return to a more robust workhorse to me. I was lucky and and had a 2013 model that lasted me up until I replaced with an M1 recently.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by perfopt on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @02:29AM (#31093503)
On the personal front my 2012 MBP still works. An old 2004 PPC MacMini is still going strong though it runs OpenBSD rather than the last version of Mac OS X it supported.

My experience with Macs as work and personal laptops has been very good.

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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by n8ta on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:00PM (#31079373)
If we're doing anecdotes. I was hit by a car with my laptop and it has a 1/4 inch dent in the corner of the case. The screen on the bottom right is somewhat off color but it's been running fine for last 7 years. I've swapped out SSDs too for more room.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by nojs on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:34PM (#31078085)
How come you have owned 10, do you replace them regularly when they aren’t broken?
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by Klonoar on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:10AM (#31079924)
Not the person you responded to, but it's not actually that odd - I've owned ~6 just due to career changes and company machines. There's totally valid reasons in our industry to change gear like that.
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Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these... by Valord on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:05PM (#31146533)
Another anecdote, writing this on a mid 2014 MBP that gets regular use. No issues.
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