Apple products, specifically Macbooks

>>61753120
>there are so many less expensive alternatives
Go on, name some products that are as good as a rMBP and cheaper.

>>61753166
thinkpad p71

>>61753166
System76 galago pro

>>61753166
Dell XPS

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>>61753166
$600 walmart laptops.

>>61753394
The correct answer

I use a MacBook Pro as my main machine for content creation. I'm comfortable handing over the money for a solid build. I prefer to use some of Apple's software for audio and video production. Adobe suite runs fine on OS X. iPad Pro for second monitor and illustration - very easy to hand off from each device (and a Surface is a little too expensive). When I have time to kill, I can boot into Windows and game. I understand the appeal of Thinkpads and have weighed the benefits of an XPS, but I see no reason to switch ecosystems yet. If I weren't creating content, I'd agree that anything aside from a $300 iPad would be a waste.

>>61753120
positives of macs
>fast ssds
>thin
>oooh shiny

negatives
>expensive
>breaks easily
>hardware designed to fail and lock you out when any component does
>osx locking you into an ecosystem
>bad cooling

Two biggest reasons are as some sort of retarded status symbol and baby duck syndrome. Same reason why photoshop users can't seem to understand gimp

>>61753166
HP stream 11

>>61753120
Have you ever used MacBook? Because specs aren't everything t. Windows user

>>61753120

>standard power connectors (Magsafe, USB-C) meanwhile win laptops use proprietary cylindrical connectors

>Battery life longer that two hours

>>61754146
magsafe is proprietary as well.
mean while you can get a third-party charger for any cylindrical connector atany electronics store

- IPS screen + high DPS display + an OS that scales and utilizes the resolution and actually has design guidelines (windows and linux are absolute trash at scaling)
- I have an iPhone and iMessage/AirDrop/the general ecosystem compatibility works great together
- Digital out audio port that isn't USB
- Dedicated GPU and under 5lb
- Excellent trackpad
- Magsafe
- Decent POSIX OS
- Good support I can take my macbook into an Apple store and get it fixed in a couple days if it's not an easy repair I can make (I had to RMA my last ASUS laptop three times in two years; the last time I got it back it was literally missing the W key)

with that being said I'm not too fond of the new lineup since they got rid of toslink port and magsafe. but when I got my macbook nothing else on the market came close for my uses

Yet again, you retards need this clearly explained to you. If you even used a fucking modicum of common sense, maybe you'd know, you autistic man child. Drink bleach.

>>61756137
wew

>>61753671
>expensive
PC ultrabooks are similarly priced.
>breaks easily
source, faggot. they're made of metal
>hardware designed to fail
MUH CONSPIRACY THEORY
>osx locking you in
explain. you can delete it and it does not force anything on you.
>bad cooling
macs are designed to reliably run hot.
kys

I got memed into getting an imac. Worst purchase decision of my life. I could have got a PC for half the price and spent the rest on hobbies...

>>61756179
>buying an imac

your typical /g/ user, folks

>>61756179
>>61756226
XD

>>61756137
You sound upset.

Is your macbook on the blink again?

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>>61753120

It's not the Pro (or Air) which are the rip off, it's the Macbook standard line which is for suckers.

>>61753394
only correct answer in the thread.

>>61760953
This pretty much sums it up. Going for the XPS