| Sigh. I don't get the sentiment and the whole debate here. The author is clearly nitpicking (he is the first person who uses messages after all). But honestly, complaints about "arrange" screens button? Nevertheless, he is probably right. Only the people who went through working on Windows, Linux both on cheap and expensive machines while dealing with all the "baggage" these environments bring can tolerate MacOS with leniency. I will never come back to anything else until I see a competitive offer from just anyone because what Apple offers is: * Fast, silent, extremely energy efficient devices with excellent screens and audio. * The font rendering. I honestly can't believe people who professionally work with text all their lives never mention it here. MacOS had and continues to have the best fonts and font rendering that is. * Solid build that lasts (I own MacBook Pro and MS Surface Book 2 both from 2019 so I see how they age). * A device that is ready to work when you open a lid or touch a keyboard button without any "waking up from sleep/hibernation" or freezing due to buggy video drivers and inability to work with GPU in hybrid mode OUT-OF-THE-BOX in 2025. The above-mentioned is more than enough for me to tolerate any MacOS issues and the ones mentioned in the article are just laughable. Apple offers you the full package that allows cross-device integration while Win/Linux users still rely on the Google stack or other third party "workarounds". Yes, no surprises here -- owning the hardware and software stack is a massive advantage. |
Yeah, until the flex cable breaks (a 5 USD part) and you're forced to replace the entire screen (for 1000 USD).
I'm 100% supportive of Framework laptops, especially if it can be an open standard with aftermarket parts.
Apple products have good quality, but I'd prefer to upgrade just the CPU and keep my old display. Hopefully Framework will work towards that.
The Apple model is wasteful and profit-engineered.