| ▲ | HackerThemAll 3 hours ago |
| I never really understood the craze for the overpriced Apple products. After many years of using PCs with Linux and Windows, I got forced to use a MacBook Pro as the company laptop and I found it hard to use. The OS is so limiting, Finder so crappy, oh my. There are some advantages, like the hardware is good, but on the other hand there are countless tiny issues where "Apple knows better" such as tying mouse scroll direction to the trackpad direction which is awkward for me. And now this what you're describing. So no, thanks, I'll stick to ThinkPad. |
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| ▲ | dist-epoch 3 hours ago | parent [-] |
| You don't buy Apple because it's good. You buy it because it's what the cool people use. Imagine applying for a SF startup job and letting them know you use a Windows computer. At best they will politely tell you to fuck off. But they might blog/X about the idiot Windows user who imagined they could be cool enough to work for them, all coated in a plausible "a craftsman takes care of using good tools, sharp knifes, ..." |
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| ▲ | phoghed 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | > You don't buy Apple because it's good You do, because their hardware is very good. Denying this is just silly. | | |
| ▲ | dist-epoch 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | There is no contradiction. I agree Apple hardware is good. But it's not why you buy it (well, maybe you personally do, but you are not representative of the median Apple client) | | |
| ▲ | phoghed 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If it was that simple mainstream Linux success would be one good marketing campaign away. Their hardware is really good, their software is fine — at least as good as all the others to the average user I think, the integration between their products is good, and their marketing is obviously top tier. I don’t think they’d be as successful if their products were not premium hardware. I’d love an arm based laptop with a great screen and trackpad running Linux for work. | |
| ▲ | LoganDark 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Do you have any sources for this? I agree that people tend to follow their peers, or seek things that communicate a higher social status, but like, Apple's hardware just is also very good, and that could easily be why someone stays with them, even if they were prompted by status. |
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| ▲ | HackerThemAll 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > You buy it because it's what the cool people use. I apparently define cool people differently :joy: > Imagine applying for a SF startup job No, thanks :joy: |
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