[appstateguy]

Yep, I spent over $3k on my MacBook pro and I had the exact same experience. Keys stopped working consistently, brought it into the Apple Store and they cleaned it out, only to have it stop working just a few days later -- and has been getting worse.

I regret buying this laptop every day. I'm considering switching to Linux or even Windows for my next personal computer.

[piyush_soni]

Windows 10 is good. Try it.

[thatswrong0]

Yeah, no thanks. Last time I tried using it I was severely unimpressed. Basic things like viewing photos and previewing downloaded songs is so much more obtuse in Windows than on OS X, not to mention all the snooping Microsoft does. Explorer would even crash trying to generate a thumbnail for a corrupt photo that I wanted to delete.. so I popped the SD card into my Mac to delete it

[anon1253]

Yep, and it's so slow. On my new desktop rig (2017, $3,5k worth of hardware) it's ridiculously slow. Opening a exporer, wait 2 seconds. Open a network drive, it might open, if you're lucky. Even mundane things like opening Adobe software or Office takes noticeably longer than on my 2014 Macbook Pro. And it's not the hardware, geekbench is in expected territory, AIDA64 benches fine. It's just somehow, slow. Feels slow, at least. And then there's the visual inconsistencies. Open the details on a network view and EVERY TAB has a different UI style (one of them going back to the early 2000's) I find that inexcusable. But hey, games, they run fine.

[a012]

I've considered the surface book but it's Windows 10 S, so I'll stick to old Mac

[piyush_soni]

My reply was for the parent poster who already showed an intention of trying Linux or Windows. :) . I know a lot of people here scorn Windows.

[lamlam]

Maybe you want to take a look again. The base model comes with Windows 10 S, but can be upgraded for $30 USD to full fledged Windows 10.

[marak830]

Not op, but I'd prefer 7

[fstephany]

Can't you freely upgrade to the regular Windows 10 when you buy a Surface Book ?

[Yetanfou]

The saying "if you give a man a fish he eats for a day, if you teach him to fish he eats for the rest of his life" seems applicable here. Microsoft gives you a fish with Windows 10, Linux provides tackle, bait and boat.

[breakingcups]

I'm not sure I agree with that analogy, but it does bring up an interesting choice. Do you just want to buy a fish every now and then with money earned with your regular job, or do you want to spend the time learning how to use your boat, the best way to use bait and tackle according to the latest industry insights and plug the holes in your boat when they appear?

I'm not making a value-judgement either way. Different people have different needs.