Re:Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these...
by MaxikCZ on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:38AM
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I got HP Zbook Power G8 for work. It was fine on a table, until one day I tried to use it on my lap while cross legged sitting. The corners of the display lid (now pointed downwards and back), were so sharp I couldnt leave my PC in my lap. I took a metal file and lightly filed the corners the same day, fixing the issue. While I was at it, I also dropped a little glue under piece of paperthin metal cover that was already getting loose. On a less than a month old laptop, boasting Generation 8 in its name...
The fact that the trackpad comes without dedicated buttons is a tradeoff of size, but the amount of force needed to perform a click (even on the side where least amount of force is needed {yes, it varies}) is so high that the mouse WILL move a bit before click is registered, as your finger gets squished. Using anything but touch-tapping on it is impossible with single finger.
That same year I got my first ever macbook, M1 Air. I guess I dont even need to explain the difference in every aspect comming to mind between those two machines to illustrate my point.
The fact that the trackpad comes without dedicated buttons is a tradeoff of size, but the amount of force needed to perform a click (even on the side where least amount of force is needed {yes, it varies}) is so high that the mouse WILL move a bit before click is registered, as your finger gets squished. Using anything but touch-tapping on it is impossible with single finger.
That same year I got my first ever macbook, M1 Air. I guess I dont even need to explain the difference in every aspect comming to mind between those two machines to illustrate my point.