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New Razer Blade Stealth vs. Apple's MacBooks
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I thought 16:10 was perfect until I got my Surface Laptop. 3:2 is the way forward.
I know it's not cool to still like Mac OS X, but as a Web developer it's going to take a lot to convince me to move off of OS X and a major part of that is the underlying BSD Unix foundation of Mac OS X. Yeah, you can run Linux shells on Windows 10 too, but it involves extra hoops and even if I have a good working Linux environment setup, it's only on my machine.
The other reason I'm not a fan of Windows 10 is Windows Update. Ugh. It's so slow and on machines that haven't been updated in a while, it's so slow that it gives you the impression that it hung (which then leads some people to abort or turn off the PC, resulting in even more fun).
Even when you successfully update after restarting twice, it'll tell you you're all caught up before interrupting 10 minutes later with a "JUST KIDDING! We have two more packages we didn't tell you about."
Nope, still not a fan of Windows 10. I weighed going with a Thinkpad instead of a MBP in 2016, but just couldn't get past Windows 10.
The other reason I'm not a fan of Windows 10 is Windows Update. Ugh. It's so slow and on machines that haven't been updated in a while, it's so slow that it gives you the impression that it hung (which then leads some people to abort or turn off the PC, resulting in even more fun).
Even when you successfully update after restarting twice, it'll tell you you're all caught up before interrupting 10 minutes later with a "JUST KIDDING! We have two more packages we didn't tell you about."
Nope, still not a fan of Windows 10. I weighed going with a Thinkpad instead of a MBP in 2016, but just couldn't get past Windows 10.
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Imagine 2015 MBP 15" with current specs in matte black. What a nice dream!
MacOS was always the main selling point (my opinion) but nowadays it is becoming the only selling point.
Around 2012 I even knew a few guys that bought MBPs to run Windows (don't ask, never understood).
Even a gamer basement brand like Razer runs all over the MBP. If it ran MacOS who would buy the current MBP? (rhetorical question)
Regarding the Shift key I had to look it over, over here all keyboards have a smaller left shift
Around 2012 I even knew a few guys that bought MBPs to run Windows (don't ask, never understood).
Even a gamer basement brand like Razer runs all over the MBP. If it ran MacOS who would buy the current MBP? (rhetorical question)
Regarding the Shift key I had to look it over, over here all keyboards have a smaller left shift
And what should it run? MacOS? haha, funny guy. Any serious PC/notebook needs to run Windows which is gold standard these days. Comparing MacOS to windows is like comparing Sponge Bob cartoon to Godfather movie.
For the last few years Microsoft delivers cumulative updates via Windows Update rather than various individual patches so it should be straight forward to update your PC. You can even defer the updates or choose the time to install it, so it couldn't be easier. If it still finds some updates to apply, then that could be drivers or updates to other installed Microsoft applications (which you can disable if you are insane). Again, you can defer or apply them any time you like so you are never forced to perform a reboot.
The only time it will take some time to update your PC is when you upgrade to the latest Windows 10 release (such as the latest 1809 build). Again this can be deferred or scheduled.
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With Microsoft having largely left that business, this has even less of a chance of success as it did in the 90s.
Maybe, but their way of financing development of the software is hardware. Selling consumer software is hard.
Ok, so life is better after 1809? I've spent many hours (several days actually) in the past two months stuck in 1803 hell across several PCs.
Yeah, Apple is getting things reversed here. Phones are getting thicker and pro laptops getting unnecessarily thinner.
We don't mind the size increase for legit better thermals, ya know...
He has to exaggerate, that's the easiest when trying to make Windows look as bad as possible.
I don't even remember when was the last time I was bothered by a Windows update. I must be doing something wrong, I should be in Windows update hell. What can I say, maybe I'm lucky.
I for example manually installed the 1809 when I had a little free time. It went smooth and without any hiccups.
I did not read the full article, however I watched the Video in the article
He did not have 13 MAC, so compare it to 15 !!
Granted it’s not my primary OS, but I do maintain an older windows gaming laptop and I haven’t had any problems with it. Cortana automatically defers updates while I’m playing a game so it doesn’t interfere, then when I’m done it runs through its update and is good to go again. I have to wonder what other people do to get themselves into such dire straights with the process!
If you read the article, you would know why they made the comparison the way they did and it's not because they're fanbois who can't bear to allow their precious Macs to ever lose a fight.
It’s incredibly easy to run Mac OS in a virtual machine in full screen on these and do non intensive stuff (def not pro video editing ) without noticing a major difference....especially given modern cpus and if you have a fair amount of RAM you can allot the VM. I had a Dell XPS 15 that cast Windows 10 on one monitor and Mac OS on another through a VM and the cursor could move seemlessly across the two OS’s.
I love Mac OS...but a keyboard I can count on is more important.
These days, Microsoft is a far more diverse ( technology wise ), exciting and innovative company than Apple.
Profits - that’s always a fall back isn’t it!
Apple have become stale, just like Microsoft did in the last decade.
Profits - that’s always a fall back isn’t it!
Apple have become stale, just like Microsoft did in the last decade.
Mac OS makes for a fantastic development machine.
For development I use the Mac - just a better UI, with the POSIX terminal is just far better than what windows offers by default. Thanks to BSD, all that access to existing 3rd party software out there.
As for windows Update - always a good idea to keep any machine up to date. Windows will do the check in the background while you do other things - no need to sit there waiting.
For development I use the Mac - just a better UI, with the POSIX terminal is just far better than what windows offers by default. Thanks to BSD, all that access to existing 3rd party software out there.
As for windows Update - always a good idea to keep any machine up to date. Windows will do the check in the background while you do other things - no need to sit there waiting.
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That's an awfully diplomatic way of putting it... Because I remember making a close side-by-side comparison with my 15" MBP at the time when they came out and found that design-wise it was literally just a 15" Macbook Pro in black with gaudy green accents and LEDs. It was near-identical even on the inside, with the motherboard (shape, layout and placing), cooling setup and battery (placement, size and overall setup) matching almost perfectly with the 15" MBP of the time.