Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?

Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by mdp2021 on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:45AM (#31096865)

> the tool that will randomly prevent you from opening any 3rd party app if Apple's signature checking service goes down

You mean the Mac needs an internet connection to "work" - there is no "airgapped Mac"?

And that they have an execution blocker you cannot disable? How could you code - make your software run on it?

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Re:Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at ... by horsawlarway on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @09:58AM (#31097027)

Apple does signature checking for malware - a year or two ago this service went down. The result was that absolutely no 3rd party apps could be opened on macbooks by default. They would spin for a second, then close. The issue is that the machine was online, but could not get a proper response from the signature checking service.

There are work-arounds, and by default this check is disabled while the machine is offline, but it's not exactly confidence building.

My general take on Apple is that the hardware is decent, the software is absolute dog-shit, and the marketing is TOP NOTCH.

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