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Don't even get me started on electronics when it comes to the overabundance of choice. I only buy Apple laptops now specifically because the choice is so limited and I can be sure that I'm getting "the best" laptop.

Right now I'm trying to actively force myself to make more choices during my downtime. Where do I want to go? Where do I want to eat? What do I want to do? It's tough going sometimes given the overabundance of options and information. However the feeling that you know you are doing something because that's what you want is worth it.

Don't know how much others can empathize with this post. I'll say that the article hit me incredibly hard and I already ordered a print of "Melancholy I" to hang in my office.

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>Don't even get me started on electronics when it comes to the overabundance of choice. I only buy Apple laptops now specifically because the choice is so limited and I can be sure that I'm getting "the best" laptop.

A large part of Apple's success is that they've made it so easy to buy. Until recently there was only on phone, and you know exactly when the new model would come out.

Other brands, including Samsung though they've gotten better, are a mess and make decision making very difficult.

> A large part of Apple's success is that they've made it so easy to buy.

Applicable to their hardware products only. When it comes to digital goods... they won't let me purchase anything off the iTunes marketplace without first installing their desktop client, which doesn't even exist for my OS. I wonder what motivates this disparity.

I just get a new Note every 2 years.

Easy.

> Don't even get me started on electronics when it comes to the overabundance of choice. I only buy Apple laptops now specifically because the choice is so limited and I can be sure that I'm getting "the best" laptop.

Unfortunately, this only works as long as the few choices are all good. In case of laptops, most of them are crap for at least one good reason (cue all the 15,4" laptops with a 1366x768 TN screen) and can disqualified immediately. The real problems for me seem to be that 1) filtering the whole local market efficiently can be problematic and 2) a limited choice of often-idiotic configurations seem to be available in my boondocks so I usually have to give up on something.

That's exactly the reason I only source Thinkpads. The naming convention has been entirely static since the past 6 years.

T410, T420, T430... for the 14" laptop. (Change the 14 to 15 for the bigger size.)

The only madness they ever did was naming X210 (and subsequent numbers) for the 12 inch series.

The Paradox of Choice. Excellent book. Also Ted talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_c...

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