Apple introduces M4 chip

Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by nickv on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @12:30PM (#40299980)

I guess we can agree to disagree, but I find the 2020 rev Macbook pros have a good number of USB-C ports (2 on the left, 1 on the right -- all can do PD), a magsafe charger, headphone jack, HDMI port and SD card slot. How many USB-C ports do you need? Sometimes I wish there was ethernet but I get why it's not there.

I agree, the butterfly keyboard was shitty but I absolutely love the keyboard on the 2020 rev. It's still not as great as my mechanical desktop keyboard, but for a laptop keyboard it's serious chef's kiss. Also, I have yet to find a trackpad that is anywhere as good as the Macbook. Precision trackpads are still way way worse.

Finally, the thing that always beings me back to MBPs (vs Surfacebooks or Razers) is battery life. I typically get a good 10+ hours on my MBP. Battery life on my old Razer Blade and Surfacebooks were absolutely comically horrible.

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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip by tharkun__ on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @10:18PM (#40304641)

I'm absolutely not an Apple person. Privately own zero Apple hardware.

However there are two awesome things about my work MBP I would really want from my ThinkPad:

Magsafe charger - too many close calls!

And the track pad.

I can't work properly without an external mouse on my ThinkPad. But on the MBP everything just has the right size, location, proportions and handling on the track pad. I had a mouse for the MBP too but I stopped using it!

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