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Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by Spooky23 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @06:33AM (#34935825)
MacBooks have margin so there is room for engineering time.

Also, companies like Lenovo care about their primary customer - enterprise. Apple designs for the end user first.

Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by lostlogin on Saturday February 25, 2023 @08:20AM (#34936457)
Is there anything that’s made better for the enterprise market?

Network switches and wifi access points come to mind, and that’s it?

Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by lwkl on Saturday February 25, 2023 @08:36AM (#34936543)
Laptops for the enterprise markets are better for the enterprise market.

They are often relatively easy to repair (at least for the most common repairs). They offer 5 years and longer warranty contracts with on-site repairs. They offer driver and software package for automated deployments and more.

Most of these things are not important for the consumer market but very important for the enterprise market. There isn't a product that is the perfect fit for all markets.

Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by Spooky23 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @08:57AM (#34936699)
Lwkl summed it up well. A great example is an HP z laptop - good build quality, sort of the equivalent to an old T series thinkpad.

With two Phillips screwdrivers, you can disassemble and replace most parts within 15m.

When I did this work, the other key thing was OEMs would guarantee image/driver compatibility for 4 years. I don’t think they do that anymore, but the hardware is very stable - consumer PC hardware will often have variance based on cost and supply chain.

Enterprise doesn’t want surprises and cares about total cost. So keeping it boring and predictable rules the day. Depending on scale, repairs are important because at some point it’s much cheaper pay for service by the drink vs warranty.

Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by lostlogin on Saturday February 25, 2023 @12:57PM (#34938747)
> A great example is an HP z laptop - good build quality, sort of the equivalent to an old T series thinkpad.

Last year I abandoned a low spec z laptop day one of getting given it at work. The trackpad alone was so poor that the laptop wasn’t usable without a mouse. I am a longtime Mac user but I don’t think I was being snobby or difficult.

I use a MacBook and have windows in a VM when needed.

Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by Spooky23 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @03:36PM (#34940208)
That’s a great point. I’m always baffled by touchpads… does apple have some secret formula? Their touchpads are consistently excellent.

Other vendors vary dramatically, even between models.

Re:Why Mac speakers sound so good by theshrike79 on Saturday February 25, 2023 @04:15PM (#34940564)
It's the magic sauce of software and hardware integration. Also the hardware is just bonkers.

I thought for the longest time that the whole trackpad clicked when you pressed down on it. Nope, it's just a taptic engine hidden in there. If you turn off the haptic click, it's just a flat pane of glass.

Then there's the palm detection, I've used Macbooks for almost a decade for work and I can't remember when was the last time I had a misclick on the trackpad when I was typing. I did have a ton of issues with Dell and Lenovo laptops. On Lenovos I just used the red nub and disabled the touchpad from BIOS =)