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by monkmartinez 3172 days ago
> My ideal setup is actually a MacBook Pro. But I am forcing myself to live out of the Apple ecosystems, and it hurts.

Why? In all of the digressions I would like to read about this is a big one. I have been considering the same. The only Apple product I have left is a MBP. There are soooo many choices on the PC side of things. The paradox of choice hits hard when looking at; Samsung, Acer, ASUS, Lenovo, Dell, and HP. Some $700 models have the same specs as $1500 Mac's with touch screens and pen support.
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petepete 3172 days ago
Without guaranteed full Linux compatibility, it's not worth the risk on many of those vendors. OEM (adulterated) Windows just isn't an option and unless there's an ad-free version of Windows 10 (I haven't researched extensively but I don't think I can just buy one that won't spam my Start Menu) I'm going to have to revert to another OS - having ads built in simply isn't an option.

I'm no Apple fan but the competition is embarrassing at times.

For the record my two notebooks are a MBP 2014 and a Dell XPS13 Developer addition running Arch. Both are equally competent as development machines.

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oaiey 3172 days ago
My start menu does not have any advertisment. It had after blank installation but removing the tiles and initial apps solved that. Never came back.

Well, I do not have the store on the tile part of the start menu. But I think it is fair game that the store would show some advertisement when it is a tile.

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