They have some of the best hardware, it’s just expensive.
And that’s the problem. Unless you spend unreasonable amounts of money, you don’t get a display that is similar in class to their competitors, the I/O, the keyboard, etc.
And in the case of their over-ear headphones, their hardware is poor while still being expensive!
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
I don’t see the issue with a 60 Hz display, you’re not getting one for gaming. It has thunderbolt ports, which is all you need and their keyboards are just fine. Some people prefer shallow key travel.
Not sure about their peripherals as I don’t use them, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with their laptops other than being a bit more pricey.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
But the devices don’t exist in a bubble. Laptops that cost much less get 90 or 120 Hz displays, and similarly priced options get OLED and touch support!
Until you need to connect your laptop to an HDMI display and don’t happen to have the required dongle that is sold separately. Or when you have a USB(-A) flash drive, you need a dongle too.
Both of these cases are very common for all groups of people, particularly in educational settings.
Fair point actually
Again, that’s the issue.
remon@ani.social 1 day ago
Ok, so some cheaper laptops have a useless advantage over macbooks. I don’t care. If I could pay one extra doller to get a macbook with a 120 Hz display, I’d save the dollar.
That’s a feature! Dongles are great. You can connect every single peripheral by plugging in a single cable. I wish they would have stuck to that concept instead of re-introducing obsolete ports on their recent models. 4 TB ports + headphone jack was perfect!
But why? No one is forcing you to buy their products if you don’t think they are worth the price. But a lot of people do and we didn’t need to be “tricked”.
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Did you just claim that not having ports is a feature? Lol
If you weren’t being facetious about that, I think you might’ve had too much of that Apple Kool-Aid.
…which is actually probably a flavour of Kool-Aid, lmao
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
I have a MacBook Air that I connect to any of my screens through HDMI using a plethora of sub-20USD USB-C docks that are not made by Apple. I use the same docks for my other laptops. Would I make my MacBook Air bigger to have more ports in it? Fuck no, keep it tiny and put the ports on a SEVENTEEN US DOLLAR DOCK so I don’t need to put the motherfucka on life support every time I want to use my keyboard/mouse/monitor/external SSD/10key/controller/DAC
I plug one cable in and it all works (and charges at 100w!)
If I’m traveling and want to plug in a flash drive but don’t want to use a dock that’s less than half the size of a phone? My travel bag has USB A-to-c (and C-to-A) converters. Plug that wired bitch right in.