Ask HN: Is the Touch Bar preventing you from buying the 13in MacBook Pro?

Re:Ask HN: Is the Touch Bar preventing you from buying the 1... by gtvwill on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @05:51PM (#31994191)

No, Apples ethics towards e-waste, planned obsolescence in its designs and anti-workers rights behaviour in a corporate level tends to hang heavier on my decision to not buy a 13 inch MacBook Pro than the presence of a touchbar does.

Tbh didn't even know it had one.

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Re:Ask HN: Is the Touch Bar preventing you from buying the 1... by idnfus on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @06:27PM (#31994523)

What do you use for a laptop?

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Re:Ask HN: Is the Touch Bar preventing you from buying the 1... by clintonwoo on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @11:33AM (#32002474)

There's some beastly new laptops that recently came out, with Intel gen 12 and Nvidia 3000 series GPUs, the price is around 1300-1700 USD range. The power usage is higher than MacBook but if you use it plugged in for programming (and gaming) it's really the best thing for most people.

Reviews seem to say battery life ranges from 4 to 10 hours depending on the configuration. This gen is way thinner than previous also. Refresh rate is 120-300hz. Anyway I've not personally used it but I'll be trying them out in the store soon.

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