This one;
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Not all Mac`s spend their life on the desk...
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Oh I see. It's clear now why you need the so-called "the best of the best" and no current Mac can handle that. /s
This one;
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Not all Mac`s spend their life on the desk...
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Oh I see. It's clear now why you need the so-called "the best of the best" and no current Mac can handle that. /s
And a lot use windows and linux. Most people developing web apps don't really care and it does not matter. The tools you need are on any platform. There is nothing special about a Macbook, but there is nothing wrong with it. Its a computer.
No, we just need hardware that makes sense
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No, we just need hardware that makes sense
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So what makes sense on an oil platform?
These days not Mac`s as Apple has abandoned a lot of serious users needs. I am one of very few who use a Mac, equally days are numbered..
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I said it before and I'll say it again. Apple doesn't build mobile workstation-grade computers. And never did. Expecting it to build such a computer is irrational. With the mac mobile line you already get fastest-in class CPUs, fastest in-class storage, fastest in-class WiFi, fastest in-class external connector and a mediocre but reasonableD) GPU. If that does not satisfy your requirement, I really believe you have to look elsewhere.
Nobody is talking about mobile workstations; people are talking about usability, not a sea of dongles, upgrading basic components to extend the life of a system, fixing known issues with Apple`s "fastest" WiFi, OS issues that don't take 12 months to fix if at all, abandoning customers who do require a desktop workstation solution. Unfairly punishing customers due to a lack of innovation & vision, ridiculous margins on in-house upgrades, deliberately neutered systems to enforce up-sales. Totally ignoring known issues until forced by imminent court action - This is the Apple of 2016...
I also consider others, not just my own sole needs, Apple`a degeneration of the Mac will continue as so many are simply happy to accept whatever Apple churns out. Point is your paying premium price, therefore you should demand a premium product. The current iteration of the Mac works for you, equally it does not work for all, hence why sales are slowing - too expensive for the casual user, too diluted for many with higher demands; engineering, media creation etc.
As for looking elsewhere, we have already moved 3 companies off Apple, with a 4th going directly to windows, all courtesy of Apple. Was a time I would have unreservedly recommended the Mac, these days I pretty much discount it
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And this has nothing to do with any requirements of working on an oil platform -- it's just general rant. This rant could be from a Facebooker or an office worker. Your own comments aren't even consistent with one another.
...back when?Dell XPS 13 is a sexy laptop. If I was buying a Windows laptop, this is probably top or near top of the list. But Windows is Windows. As good Windows 10 is, it still have those quirks that made me switched to MacOS from way back when.
Dell XPS 13 is a sexy laptop. If I was buying a Windows laptop, this is probably top or near top of the list. But Windows is Windows. As good Windows 10 is, it still have those quirks that made me switched to MacOS from way back when.
Never said it was, nor was I replying to you directly...
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I switched to Mac as my primary computer when Apple announced intel Macs (Tiger was my first OS X experience)...back when?
I switched during the Vista era. If Windows worked as well as it did now I probably would have never switched.Dell XPS 13 is a sexy laptop. If I was buying a Windows laptop, this is probably top or near top of the list. But Windows is Windows. As good Windows 10 is, it still have those quirks that made me switched to MacOS from way back when.
Every OS has quirks, what specifically do you mean?As good Windows 10 is, it still have those quirks that made me switched to MacOS from way back when.
They can't be turned off. This issue has been discussed in basically every review of Windows 10 ever done....Then turn the auto updates off. I'm pretty sure any grown human being is capable of such an uncomplicated task taking at most 20 seconds.
Every OS has quirks, what specifically do you mean?
While I use OS X at home, when I travel, or work, I'm on Windows and there are things it does better then OS X. Of course there are things that OS X does better as well - there's no perfect OS.
You picked a bad time to buy the XPS when the newest model comes out in like 2 weeks. That really sucks by the way. I wonder if you got a dud unit or if that is par for the course.Have any of you lived with a dell xps 13? I literally just returned mine (i7 processor, 16/512, touchscreen display) yesterday after buying one to tide me over until the MBP update. The xps is great at first-- it checks all the right boxes: fast processor, nice display, lots of ram and SSD. However, there are a lot of issues with it that just leave it way short when comparing to the overall user experience on a macbook pro.
1) there is an annoying and well documented audible "buzz" whenever you scroll through a page
2) the trackpad response/feel pales in comparison to apple's
3) something about the screen leaves me with eye fatigue after relatively brief (1-2hrs) usage
4) there is a random screen "flicker" but it's not really a flicker and more like a intermittent slight dimming/undimming
I really wanted to like this machine, and gave it a 1-month trial run to see if i could live with it. I actually didn't mind the Windows UI as much as I thought I would, but I cannot see myself spending the money for the dell over a mac. And so here I am, still stuck waiting for the MBP update.
At this point, Intel hasn't even shipped a high-end Broadwell
Before you say "but they're not shipping really" and/or "but nobody's using them", here's an MSI laptop with an i7 5950HQ that you can buy right now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GT80-Titan-2QE-263-HID2/dp/B00YZPVNLQ which was announced in June 2015: http://www.pcper.com/news/Mobile/MSI-Announces-Notebooks-Quad-Core-Broadwell-CPUs