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New Razer Blade Stealth vs. Apple's MacBooks
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I know that's how it's supposed to work, but it doesn't work as intended when you don't do updates regularly or spend a good chunk of each day in Windows. I go long stretches of time without firing up Windows and sometimes run into a logjam of updates and I always want to make sure I'm up to date before I get to work so I run Windows Update manually. It finishes, it reboots, and I check to make sure there aren't any missing updates and oftentimes, there's another .NET Framework update or two that didn't get installed for some reason and so I have to wait a little longer before I can get to work.
I can live with that annoyance though. Where Windows Update and I have really learned to hate each other is when I get handed poorly maintained PCs that belong to friends and relatives and am asked to fix them. I don't think people who are saying that Windows Update "just works" are doing much restoring of distressed PCs.
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I think you have it flipped. MS has made machines and an OS that does everything "pretty good" Windows still has several deficiencies for me, though I use it every day. No working Quick Look and inferior search hurt me as I have to quickly go thought hundreds of documents every day.
Their hardware is beautiful and I would switch to it in a second if not for the lack of TB3 and reliance on their proprietary port connector.
At this point, MS builds the most proprietary systems out there. Apple is chided bro being walled off, yet the Mac is the most accessible machine out there thanks to it's easy virtualization and universal port usage. The haters can cry all they want about the USB-C/ TB3 ports, but for me it's the best thing about the machine.
Give me a Surface with two TB3 ports or even better, an X1Carbon with a 16x10 or better, a 3x2 screen and my choice would get much tougher.
Yeah, it seems it is.
Could I interest you in some state of the art tablets? watch bands? emojis?
It’s not Windows 10. It’s the apps. Some apps are just plain old and doesn’t get updated. Developers doesn’t bother to update their apps to keep up with high resolution displays. Of course, if you want updated apps you have to pay. Prime example is Guitar Pro, before version 7 was released, the app doesn’t display well on high resolution displays be it Windows or Mac.
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As an owner of Surface Book 2 13''(3000x2000 resolution), I didn't find that may apps that didn't scale properly, maybe one or two. And you can always go into right click -> properties -> compatibility -> change high DPI settings and play with those to normalize any app. Granted, Mac is better in that you don't have to scale anything, but Windows is far closer behind than people think.
It's actually not that uncommon for space saving keyboard designs. You see that a lot with 80 key layouts. There are a few keys that don't fit where you really want to put them. Sometimes the shift is bumped, sometimes it's something else.
Most laptop keyboards involve some compromises. If you think about it, the arrow cluster in almost all laptop keyboards is in an awkward place (if you're used to a full sized keyboard).
No, I'm talking about the each company overall - Apple and Microsoft.
In every software, there will be features that we miss and OSX vs Windows is no exception. My MacBook Pro 2011 could still run windows 10 - the latest version of Windows. Can't say that about Mac OS - it won't (officially) run Mojave.
"Most" proprietary systems? Really? I'd say its Apple and iPad / iPhone with its proprietary connectors. I'd like to be able to use standard USB C.
Add: As for Virtualization, you can do this under windows too - Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMWare.. . I don't see how a Mac is better.
In every software, there will be features that we miss and OSX vs Windows is no exception. My MacBook Pro 2011 could still run windows 10 - the latest version of Windows. Can't say that about Mac OS - it won't (officially) run Mojave.
"Most" proprietary systems? Really? I'd say its Apple and iPad / iPhone with its proprietary connectors. I'd like to be able to use standard USB C.
Add: As for Virtualization, you can do this under windows too - Hyper-V, VirtualBox, VMWare.. . I don't see how a Mac is better.
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No problems at all with 1809.
The next version of Windows 10 (19H1) is shaping up nicely:
https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-19h1-changelog
Dell XPS 15 (although the keyboard isn't great) or Lenovo X1 Extreme. I believe a number of other ones can easily take Linux. The System76 machines are good though (but not the best designs or build quality).
No no no, not running a VM. I'm talking new-bootloader-macos-as-primary Hackintoshing. The real Hackintoshing where you don't have to split your resources between Win and Mac.
Oh my!
One nice thing about the Razer is you don't have to use it inside a freezer to get the rated performance from it.
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You're just wrong there. To make MacBooks appear to have more real estate, Apple switched the default scale factor to 1.714x a while back in the OS. Similarly, the scale factor on the iPhone 6+ was slightly less than 3x.
I have the Razer Blade Stealth 13" (2018 edition), not that different from the one mentioned here. I'm in the Apple tree for many years now, I love Macs, iPhones and iPads, but when I needed a new laptop, I really couldn't spend that much money on a Mac laptop anymore (if you compare the specs-for-the-price with a pc). I don't regret buying the Razer: it's light, beautiful, has gorgeous screen and sound. It's stable, I like the keyboard and trackpad, and I don't thing Windows 10 is bad. It actually made me like Windows again.
It's good to really try something before expression an opinion. Just by looking at some specs and pictures above, you don't know anything. Still, if you really only want Apple stuff, you should buy a Mac
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It's good to really try something before expression an opinion. Just by looking at some specs and pictures above, you don't know anything. Still, if you really only want Apple stuff, you should buy a Mac
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It's good to really try something before expression an opinion. Just by looking at some specs and pictures above, you don't know anything.
Blasphemy! 95% of MR comments would disappear if people's opinions here had to be actually informed. Don't you know facts don't matter, just what people feel?! Get with the program.
But just out of curiosity, the claim has been made that the Razer is subject to heat throttling... how hot does it get?
No, Apple currently has a higher market cap. Market cap moves on a daily basis.
Apple made $60B in profit in FY2018, MSFT made $16.6B. I know who I’d rather be.
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I use it in the enterprise, every day. Excel is probably the most instable piece of software on my machines. Absolutely dreadful.Wait, Windows 10 is "terrible"? Way to be divorced from reality.
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Well that settles it!
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Well that settles it!
(Pot and kettle anyone?)
These posts are starting to look like a pissing contest. (Who has the biggest? Apple or Microsoft?).
I like Microsoft and own the stock too, but they aren’t Apple in terms of profitability. 1.4B active devices is pretty diverse too.
Microsoft has done a fantastic job moving their business to a services one, which is why it trades at 40Xmearnings. Apple is in the process of doing the same, but won’t lose the $60B in profit.
I don't have the 2018 version, but I have the previous gen Stealth. i7-7500u, 16gb RAM, 1800x1200 touch screen display. expandable 250gb NVME storage.
I paid 1400 $CAD.
equally specced MacBook Pro (the new AIR wasn't out yet so i passed) is $2,579.99 CAD.
seemed like a no brainer.
there are some places where it excels over the Mac's lineup, such as performance without thermal throttling (it doesn't), port options (mine has 2 x USB-A 1x USB-C and HDMI, but I like the new port layout better of 2x USB-A and 2xUSB-C)
Where the MacBook Pro excelled over the Razer Stealth. Touchpad. Battery life and overall screen quality (that wider colour gamut is nice). But NONE of those warrant nearly 2x the price.
Pricing was a major factor. I was replacing my old 2011 MBA which had a broken screen. I bought that for 999 in 2011 and in 2018, the nearly identical AIR was also starting at $1700+ CAD.
The one thing I must admit about the 2019 Razer is it looks to be a step backwards. the purchasing options are ridiculous and while still cheaper than the MacBook Pro, now to get the touch/high resolution display, you're looking at about $1900CAD. Still around $500 cheaper than the MBpro. I also prefer the older rounder design language as the boxy sharp edges don't impress me.
Don't get me wrong. my 1st option I looked at was the MacBook Pro 13" non-touchbar for my use. But Apple severely priced them to the point where the value is far less for the price than most of the competition.
Thinking that in 2020 I'll be replacing the Stealth with something tha thas a quad core CPU and get a e-gpu. But unless Apple has a rethink on their pricing, they'll probably get bumped off the list again.
I paid 1400 $CAD.
equally specced MacBook Pro (the new AIR wasn't out yet so i passed) is $2,579.99 CAD.
seemed like a no brainer.
there are some places where it excels over the Mac's lineup, such as performance without thermal throttling (it doesn't), port options (mine has 2 x USB-A 1x USB-C and HDMI, but I like the new port layout better of 2x USB-A and 2xUSB-C)
Where the MacBook Pro excelled over the Razer Stealth. Touchpad. Battery life and overall screen quality (that wider colour gamut is nice). But NONE of those warrant nearly 2x the price.
Pricing was a major factor. I was replacing my old 2011 MBA which had a broken screen. I bought that for 999 in 2011 and in 2018, the nearly identical AIR was also starting at $1700+ CAD.
The one thing I must admit about the 2019 Razer is it looks to be a step backwards. the purchasing options are ridiculous and while still cheaper than the MacBook Pro, now to get the touch/high resolution display, you're looking at about $1900CAD. Still around $500 cheaper than the MBpro. I also prefer the older rounder design language as the boxy sharp edges don't impress me.
Don't get me wrong. my 1st option I looked at was the MacBook Pro 13" non-touchbar for my use. But Apple severely priced them to the point where the value is far less for the price than most of the competition.
Thinking that in 2020 I'll be replacing the Stealth with something tha thas a quad core CPU and get a e-gpu. But unless Apple has a rethink on their pricing, they'll probably get bumped off the list again.
Yeah, i admit it’s hard to measure stability, but I think the common thinking is Apple has a more stable OS, if for no reason than they limit what is used with Apple gear more so than Microsoft.
I have a iMac Pro and a PC side-by-side. I used to dual boot on the Mac but got a dedicated PC for really two main reason -- nVidia cards and g-sync/freesync. Using a display sync makes such a noticeable improvement on gaming that it's really hard to go back to not having it. I really hope Apple addresses this in the new Mac Pro coming out this year.
Agreed. I'm using Windows 10 Pro on my Thinkpad and have been for over a month since returning to a regular PC, it works just the same if not better than the Macs that preceded it.
I also rather like that I can flip the keyboard around and just have the touchscreen for reading.
I do still prefer Debian Linux, but to say Windows doesn't work just isn't true.
Trackpad is still the issue for me for non-Apple gear though this gap is closing year after year.