That is not ultrabook though and not even very portable as a normal laptop, marketed towards gaming (noisy fans?), kinda hard for me to see them as equivalent lol.
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I dislike using other laptops than Apple MacBooks
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My eyes get tired whenever I’m on a Windows PC. I’ve given it plenty of tries, but Macs just feel better for me. Sure, Windows laptops with OLED screens look amazing, but after 10 minutes I always end up back on my Mac. If you’re going for value, a decently priced Windows machine definitely gives you more for the money. But once you’re after higher performance, Macs are just on another level. I’m really happy with my 14” M1 Pro and I’ll stick with it until Apple drops support or it finally gives up. Currently my Battery health is at 82%. So, I probably will change the battery next year.
The thing that keeps me away from other Laptops than an Apple Macbook is the utter ensh***fication of microsoft.
Razer blade 16 is equivalent to a MacBook Pro 16. Arguably a better product - it’s faster (yes uses way more power), runs a broader range of software (games included), but has terrible battery life.
Still if you want to build quality of apple on a PC the Razer is the only one I’ve seen come close.
Yes I did notice Razer always had thin apple like design with extremely good specs.
I mean...
MacBook is way way more efficient, TDP of 50W for CPU (M4 Max), versus 75W for CPU, on top of performance difference. This is not even close. It does have more powerful GPU - sure, but you don't buy MacBook for gaming, and for ML you are probably gonna be more constrained with Razer there...
It is not using more power to beat the competition, it is using more power than Apple to be behind by less tragic margin. When it comes to CPU.
I have been pretty happy with the various thinkpads+w7/10/11 I've used for work to date. Of course they were work laptops but they performed well, were light and the keyboards and trackpads were ok. What I did not care for too much with my most recent Thinkpad L13 Yoda was the plastic-y case and the USBc ports seemed not as well secured on the logicboard as my macbook. What I liked about it? It has nice i/o including legacy USB-A on each side which my mbp does not have and Im a bit salty about.
So yeah, do I like and own Apple macbooks? Yes. Do I think they have good value for most folks? Yeah. Do I hink there is alot of crappy junk out there? Absolutely. Do I think they are the only quality laptop out there? No.
I definitely like macos - handsdown. BUT if money was tight, I would have zero issues throwing MX Linux on a more modestly priced laptop and be absolutely ok.
So yeah, do I like and own Apple macbooks? Yes. Do I think they have good value for most folks? Yeah. Do I hink there is alot of crappy junk out there? Absolutely. Do I think they are the only quality laptop out there? No.
I definitely like macos - handsdown. BUT if money was tight, I would have zero issues throwing MX Linux on a more modestly priced laptop and be absolutely ok.
