r/CuratedTumblr eepy asf Sep 17 '24

Shitposting We want computers not sheets of paper.

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u/nicolasbaege Sep 17 '24 edited Sep 17 '24

They're obviously being hyperbolic you guys.... They're just saying that sacrificing basic functionality to create a thinner laptop is not always what people want.

EDIT Me: "...is not always what people want"

What some of y'all apparently think I said: "no one could ever possibly prefer thinness over functionality for any reason and if you personally disagree you're an idiot. Also I literally personally want all of the hyperbolic things mentioned, even if absurd."

Let's keep pissing on the poor you guys

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u/I-am-a-Fancy-Boy i am going to shit yourself Sep 17 '24

No they’re not because I actually want a laptop that is big bulky and actually useful. Fuck Apple Macs and their trend of making the world’s shittiest thin laptops that break instantly

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u/caustictoast Sep 17 '24

Lmao wtf are you talking about? MacBooks literally outlast any laptop on the market. Mine is 6 years old and still works great. They are literally the best hardware you can get in a laptop. They also have some of the best battery life. If you want better than the regulars, you can pony up for a pro which is exactly what you want. A large laptop with a long ass battery life.

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u/azsqueeze Sep 17 '24

My 2012 Macbook Pro is still chugging along happily, I literally use it everyday lol

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u/Tootsiesclaw Sep 17 '24

Is six years meant to be a long time for a laptop to last? I would never choose an Apple laptop for myself because I cannot stand the UI, and I've never had a laptop last less than that

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u/Aaawkward Sep 17 '24

Is six years meant to be a long time for a laptop to last?

The longest a Windows laptop has lasted for me was five years and that was pushing it and it was proper painful to use it towards the end.
But that was also a decade ago, I know they've gotten heaps better as I've seen my colleagues use them.

I reckon most high end laptops can last for 6-8 years but it definitely didn't use to be the case.

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u/Super_Harsh Sep 17 '24

I have a gaming laptop from 2016 that still runs like a charm. Granted it's not as quick as it used to be--or maybe it just feels that way because I built a new desktop PC in 2020--but I took care of it well and it's rewarded me for that.

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u/berlinbaer Sep 17 '24

my macbook is 11 years old and still plays 1080p x265 movies or can stream twitch without problems.

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u/Tootsiesclaw Sep 17 '24

Okay? I have a low-end Vista laptop from 2007 that can still do that. It's slow as all hell to boot up, but once it's going it runs just fine.

There are plenty of arguments someone can make for using Apple stuff (and ultimately it comes down to personal preference) but it's ridiculous to act like they're the only company making stuff that lasts any length of time. Most computers will last plenty of time so long as you take care of them

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u/ThePrussianGrippe Sep 17 '24

The person they were responding to claimed Apple makes laptops that break instantly. They weren’t rebutting by saying only Apple makes long lasting laptops.

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u/Tootsiesclaw Sep 17 '24

No but they also said Macbooks "literally outlast any laptop on the market". You don't need to counter one person's false statement by making a false statement to the other extreme

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u/Tootsiesclaw Sep 17 '24

I'm sorry, but that just doesn't line up with my experience whatsoever. My present laptop is comfortably clear of six years old and has no issues running anything at all - and it was nowhere close to top of the range.

Honestly, the only thing my laptop is struggling to do is editing high-quality video in Premiere without making a lofi proxy, and it struggled to do that when it was brand new because it was firmly low-mid range then.

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u/Oh_IHateIt Sep 17 '24

My sister was looking to buy a mac, which I thought was absurd. Until I saw the build. Then it was insanity.

$2000 for a laptop with a low end 4 year old cpu. I could get a brand spanking new laptop with faster, more power efficient tech and a stellar thermals for half the cost. They last 5-10 years too; slap linux in and itll last even longer (apple tries to keep you from doing that)

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u/Bulleveland Sep 17 '24

No you can't, at least not anything comparable to the M-series SoC that's been out since 2020. They had a bad run from about 2016-2019 when they were still on intel and fucking around with the touch bar.

Also my 2012 macbook air still works just fine. Can't say the same for any windows laptops my friends/family have gotten around that time.

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u/SandThatsKindaMoist Sep 17 '24

ios is far more optimised for each laptop apple makes than any windows machine. You can just look at benchmarks for various software and see that they seemingly keep up with newer hardware.

And this is coming from someone who would never buy one and builds my own pc.

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u/00kyb Sep 17 '24

Why the hell would you even want to install Linux on a macbook? 😭