[lambdacomplete]

The author is missing two HUGE points in favor of MBPs: battery life and assistance.

Just today I went out at around 12 PM, worked non-stop in a nice cafe' until around 4:30 PM, went to buy some stuff, worked for 2 more hours, came back and realized I still had 30% left. That's insane (I'm using multiple VMs, IDEs, Chrome etc.). Especially considering that I feel the upgrade to Sierra has decreased battery life considerably.

Now, THAT's what you want from a laptop. Good performance, great materials and not having to panic if you forget the charger at home.

Apple's customer care and global warranty are universally known. They will even replace your battery for free (under warranty or Apple care) if its capacity goes below 80% (http://www.apple.com/batteries/service-and-recycling/).

(MBP early 2015 with 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD)

Note: I'm not an Apple fanboy (my phone is Android, never owned an iPhone) but when a product is great you just have to admit it.

[quanticle]

Windows laptops' battery life have improved considerably as of late. I've been able to do cross-country (6-ish hours) flights with my Thinkpad and still come out with about 40-50% of my battery remaining. That's doing Python development with PyCharm and running HyperV VM instances. Neither of those things are especially known for positively impacting power usage.

[spacesword]

This is no longer true with the 2016 MacBook Pro's. So far I love my new Mac, but the battery is absolute crap.

[pentae]

Reset your SMC - took me from 5 hours up to 9 1/2

[alfalfasprout]

Agreed. Battery life on my 2016 15" MBP is abysmal. I get maybe 4 hours of web browsing time. Open up an IDE and it drops to like 3 hours.

[hobarrera]

> Apple's customer care and global warranty are universally known.

My iPhone's lightning cable failed on my, and they needed SEVEN DAYS to check it before I could get a replacement.

I the meantime, I had no choice but to buy a second one to use during that week (I'm now stuck with two cables). If you consider how expensive they are (and I've no use for two!), it can't really get much worse than that.

[grzm]

I'm not sure what the deal was with Apple checking the cable. 7 days does sound out of line. Did you bring it into an Apple Store? Was shipping involved? Did they replace the cable or fix it?

Lightning to USB-[AC] 1 m for $19? Granted, it's $20. It can't really get much worse than that sounds like hyperbole though, if the phone was in your budget.

[hobarrera]

I took it to the only Apple Store around (where I had bought it) in person. They said upfront that checking it would take seven days.

They ended up giving me a new one after checking that it was, indeed, faulty.

> [...] if the phone was in your budget

The phone was in my budget. Extra cables were not. Why would you assume that because I can afford a smartphone, I just have money lying around?

[achompas]

Further, if cable #2 was purchased at an Apple Store, just return it 7 days later. You have a 14-day return window.

[hobarrera]

Damn, it's a shame I was unaware of this at the time.

[nikon]

> multiple VMs

I find as soon as VMs are involved the battery life is awful.