Context: this is a legit screenshot I took on my workplace around 1.5 years ago. Hopefully it's been patched by now? Completely ridiculous behavior
this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
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Not to talk shit about Mac users, but in this day and age with how advanced technology is, you have to be insane to buy a Mac. What kills it for me is that nothing is upgradeable on the damn thing, like zero. If your internal drive dies, you're SOL. And if I got this correctly, they now have the bios OS on the same drive, the Internal. So, you won't even be able to get to your bios. You won't be able to install the OS on external hard drive in case you needed to. This is insane and I can never understand why anyone would buy into this shit.
I'll tell you why: the best hardware and software that just works with it. No need to deal with drivers or any of that shit.
I still use my MacBook Pro 2011 and I can't find a reason to change it. It just keeps working. And I say that with a 2023 MacBook Pro M2 sitting right next to it (work laptop). Sure, it's faster, but that's it.
What do you use your laptop for?
I'm not a Mac fan. Was given these Mac laptops for work, where I build web apps. And already, it's sluggish. I'm eyeballing the latest Macs with M2s because this 2019 Intel version can't support the programs I need to run without a rainbow ball spinning every few seconds.
It'll hit the same issues with other OSes. But at least with those systems, I can just buy more power rather than throw the whole thing away. Fortunately it's company money.
Everything except gaming. But I agree with you on that one. I wish they would make them more open. Didn't Woz leave Apple because of that, among other things?