Macbook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalis

Pixel is absolutely my next phone. Can't wait to build my PC and get off the bandwagon. Funny thing is I've always been too poor for Apple but I'm kinda stuck in it because of work. I think it's about time to force a change in the tide.

What improvement does the SurfaceBook have over the new MBP? Last I saw, their top tier video card was worse and they are also capped at 16gb ram.

> but I can always fire up a Linux VM on my Surface Book if I need to do something with a *nix systemOr start the bash.

But isn't that what Air and Macbook is for? For people who don't care about specs. They know who prefer MBP and they should've known they wouldn't be able to attract their MBP users with MBP 2016.

or he'll get a fancy ubuntu laptop. with F keys.

Very possible.

Funny you say that, I don't have a plan yet but if I do end up making the switch it will probably be for a Thinkpad too.My current machine will last me a few more years anyway, but I'm really not loving the direction Apple is going. Steve is definitely spinning in his grave right now.

You're hyped about a $4,000 laptop with 16GB of RAM, barely 9 hours of battery life, and no USB ports or SD card slot?Really?

What do you mean – insists that you use every program?Also any program forces you to use it exactly the way it was designed, the distinction is usually that Apple software has less options programmed in than Linux or Windows software.And by overengineered – which parts would you like to be less engineered?

Just another mindless anti-Apple troll who has no idea what he's talking about.The original Powerbook, iBook, TiPowerBook, aluminum Powerbook, the original uni-body Macbook Pros, ect were all insanely ahead of their time in almost every way possible (hardware design, IO, BTO options, ect).

Heck, you can just download Ubuntu GNOME instead of the standard one.

> I'm using Mate (continuation of GNOME 2). It's been well maintained.Which distros are using it?

I'm using MATE too. It works pretty well indeed.

Fedora checking in!We exist, too.

MATE master race here. No joke, I get an additional 2 hours of battery life on my laptop using MATE over GNOME 3, and that's with compositing enabled.

I was very impressed with OpenSuse Leap when I tried it a little while ago. KDE and Plasma 5 looks great, and very traditional.Of course, Mint with Cinnamon is also quite spiffy.But still, you can't hide that it's Linux. To install Skype, I had to go look up documentation and then install RPM's manually. There's too much stuff like that still.On Windows, just install the .exe and it adds what needs adding, no muss no fuss. Want dual or triple screens? Plug in the screens and arrange what order you want them in.Linux is still a pain in the butt when you want to do something, quite frequently.

How well does it work for HiDPI and multiple monitors? Any improvements lately?

Years ago when I first heard about Ubuntu it actually used gnome as the default interface. Why they changed it?

I haven't used Linux a whole ton, but I am definitely a KDE fan

everyone knows that i3 is the best desktop environment. combine that with using vim for all editing and have everything inside a tmux session and remapping your CapsLock key to Ctrl (and vice versa) and making a short tap on your NEW Ctrl key be an escape as well............productivity through the roof and the best thing of all: nobody else can use your computer because they get so frustrated trying to figure out how it works that they leave you alone! Win win.

I want a Pantheon spin of Fedora so badly...

That's what I've always done. But that fucking touch bar is a nonstarter. I use function/esc keys every few seconds. The only option is the 13 inch "pro" which has slow, old off the shelf hardware.I mean, fuck, Apple. It's as if they're trying to drive customers away.

Arent the complaints surrounding hardware though?

But that doesn't help the people in the article. They are leaving MacOS because the hardware is disappointing not the OS.

That's because you have autism.

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Mike Krahulik from Penny Arcade actually tested a prototype and beta-tested the production version. Apparently, he's been loving his for months.

Surface studios are even more expensive than the iMac. And are also somewhat underpowered.

Photoshop has some ludicrously crazy awesome features if you can figure out how to use them. The GIMP doesn't have a skin blending engine cooked in.

GIMP just isn't easy to use even if you know it. I was doing something in Photoshop last night for the first time in months, and probably the most complicated thing I've done in over a year. After about 2 minutes of confusion due to trying to do things the GIMP way (which I use at work all the time for editing photos since I don't have Photoshop) the Photoshop workflow came rushing back and I remembered why GIMP just sucks.