Wait....so you live in a first world country, have a job, and

metal laptops don't close correctly if you drop them even 1 inch

i don't understand how apple managed to market aluminium as a premium material
it's SODA CANS

I know this is some kind of new age bait/shill thread, but plastic laptops crack and chip instead of bend, making them much sturdier than aluminium.

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>>59706837
EBIN XD

>>59706798
I'm all for aesthetics, if you can give me a device that looks nice and operates well, I'm all for it.

>have a job

oh you

>>59706798
>metal is objectively stronger
Machinist fag here, depends what you mean by stronger. Aluminium has fucking garbage plastic deformation which is why it's shit for a consumer device that might get dropped.

>>59706798
What does the physical sturdiness matter? Do you routinely use your laptop for self-defense or for driving nails or opening beer bottles?
I've had my messenger bag strap break and fall on cobblestone with not much padding at all and my 5 series Latitude was alright.

>>59706798
Same reason cars aren't made of steel

>>59706837
A real man like you would prefer a steel laptop huh?

>>59706798
>he pays more for less

>"metal is objectively stronger than plastic"
>implying macs laptops and their thin frames are stronger than bulky thinkpad plastic
Louis has made several videos on this, stop baiting

If macbooks are so great, why do they never bother to make the keyboards good? There's no feedback, no definition between keys, it's like something you'd find on a $200 chromebook.

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>>59707023
>Louis picks up modern MacBook Pro to bash it
>"..h-huh, you flick the touchpad and it goes b-backwards..t..this is actually neat"

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>>59706798
>plastic laptop

replacing a rigid plastic frame and a magnesium alloy chassis with an aluminium frame doesn't make devices more durable, anon, it does the opposite by making it far more prone to bending

pic related, it's the metal chassis inside my """plastic""" laptop

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>>59706880
oh fuck my sides

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>>59706798
Thinkvirgins BTFO

Loving my new 15.4" patrician tier MBP. Jealous poorfags can stay mad and virginy

>>59706798
I live in a developing country and I use a magnesium laptop intentionally
It was refurbished tho

>>59707191
it's funny how most macfags pay for their macbook on a payment plan and they baby the shit out of their new macbook by buying a silicone cover and keyboard cover and even keep the sheet of foam that came in the box to protect the screen from the keyboard.

I see this shit all the time in uni.

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>>59707191

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>>59707191
>>59706798
plastic absorbs impacts better than metal, protecting your components inside from damage.

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>>59707225
>>59707227
>>59707229
Thinkvirgins BTFO eternally. Losers hahaha

Aren't alloys superior to both?

>>59706798
>you live in a first world country
>/g/
kek

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>>59707364
Exactly, fuck those virgins

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>mac

>>59707010
Titanium, actually.

>>59706798
>Implying I can't buy an aluminum body laptop made by a different manufacturer without OSX bullshit

>>59707667
WTF. I can only imagine how stupid I would look with an Arch Linux tattoo. Those are not any better.

yeah re-hammering bent metal is so fun

reflowing bgas is so fun

havng the fucking GLUE holding your premium designer luxury facebook machine together degrade is so fun

>>59706798
You got the choice between a shit tier aluminum laptop that bends if you don't handle it ultra carefully and a laptop with replacable plastic casing around a solid magnesium frame.

>>59707364
>>59707191
>tells people how great his macbook is
>doesn't even post real photos because he's on welfare and can't afford a camera
you must be a fat nigger

>>59706880
That's titanium you retard

>>59708013
You shouldn't get a tattoo at all, no matter the motive, unless you're in some special forces unit.

>>59706880
>metal=metal

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>>59708116
But how else will I convince people that my nerd level is worth of their praise

My old laptop is an Asus and it's made of aluminum. I liked it a lot really especially because the screen part was also made of aluminum and it felt like it couldn't bend even under force. Would always just toss it in my bag and for four years it never changed a bit.

once you go Mac, you never go back :^)

>>59708209
Yep because you're too poor to buy anything else for the next 10 years.
And, of course, because you don't want to admit that you made a terrible decision so you begin to center your entire lifestyle around that piece of crap you bought.

Plastic is objectively stronger than metal, by weight. OP's comic status: Tyrannosaurus Rekt.

rare poster here

I like Thinkpads because they're easy to fix and they feel like they're made for engineers. I love the fact that all I have to do to replace my keyboard is remove 2 screws.

It would be great if they were made of metal though, won't deny that.

>>59708224
>being too poor to buy a laptop once warranty expires
time to get a job NEET

>>59708280
They have the inner cage of magnesium which is really sturdy. What would be great is an equivalent of that in the lid to prevent it from bending and damaging the screen. I would even care if it makes it a centimeter thicker

>>59708188
this is some next level retardiation

>>59706798
There's a reason they don't use metal for the exterior of cars anymore. You want plastic because it can absorb impacts and retain its original shape.

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>>59706798

>>59706798

Carbon fibre still to expensive senpai

>>59706798
The same thickness plastic vs aluminum plastic is stronger

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Razer master race. Aluminum. Not antiquated specs like Apple.

>>59706880
That's titanium you nigger.

>>59707191
>t. mactoddler

>>59707789
This what consumers wants. Maybe.

>>59708224
My 7 year old macbook still works fine

>but dented Macs are u-ugly...
More than that. I've got an old 2009 Macbook Pro with two dents in it. One cracked the screen, one rendered the ethernet port inoperable because you can't fit a fucking ethernet cord in it anymore. Dents have the potential to hamper usability.

Also, the hard disk controller on the motherboard is failing (not the disk itself, I've tried fixing that), as well as the DVD drive. I no longer trust Apple with build quality.

Anyways, ideal building material would be something like carbon fiber, but plastic is good enough for machines not focused on durability.

>>59706798
Lots of plasics have better strength to weight ratio than metal(esp. Aluminium)

>>59708940
If your notebooks get wet, you lose all your paper data disregarding if it's ink or not. Write that down.

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>>59706798
>Be me
>fat slob that uses Linux on an IBM-brand Thinkpad
>Apple shillbait post
>Read post, get to thinking
>1 week later
>This one post totally convinced me
>Buy new Apple MacBook(TM) Pro(c)
>$2000
>Shell out the money anyway
>Buy support package, proprietary adapters, and external monitor
>new total $3000
>Spend more money than planned
>2 months later I spill my $25 coffee I bought at some bullshit " artisan shoppe "
>Take it in to Apple repair store
>"that'll be $100"
>They replace my entire laptop when I just needed a new keyboard
>Go back home in my new Prius and listen to KUOW as I remember a few months ago the post on /g/ that changed my life
>Ending up spending 10000 this quarter on bullshit because someone is worried about something that isn't going to happen anyway and didn't happen

Not to mention the new MacBook pro doesn't get viruses.

https://youtu.be/dRM31VRNQw0

>>59706798
An article relating to what >>59706968 is saying:
https://kitup.military.com/2012/07/back-up-iron-sight-drop-test.html
Just because it's metal doesn't mean it's stronger.