[maker1138]

I've been a huge Apple fan, but they've been constantly pushing me away with both their hardware and software.

Now that we have so many pixels to push, graphics acceleration has become a key part of the computer, and apple's offerings are anemic at best on mbp.

OS X has also become much more "walled garden"-like and fisher price feeling. With every release they become less developer friendly.

I'm moving to Linux as much as I can and when I finally had to get new hardware, I got the top of the line Inspiron 7559 and replaced the hd with an ssd. It's better than any mbp hardware you can buy today (with the exception of the trackpad. Apple cannot be beat with that!) at half the cost!

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/inspiron-15-75...

Developers are why Apple was successful in the first place, I hope they start making serious tools again instead of toys.

[tedmiston]

Sure it's half the price, but at the cost of foregoing an aesthetically pleasing design, backlit keyboard (paid upgrade), gaining over a pound of weight and 40% more thickness.

For me personally, and I think a lot of us, design is more/just as important as performance at the threshold these machines have reached. I work better and enjoy the feeling of using well designed tools.

[mixmastamyk]

Hmm, the ten-key is a turnoff but could be a benefit in the financial industry I suppose.

I have been waiting for a 2016 refresh on their developer edition, anyone heard any news about it?

[mercer]

> with the exception of the trackpad.

That's a pretty big issue for me, considering how much I use my trackpad (even as a shortcut-and-if-possible-vim-bindings guy)!