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I ran macOS on a Dell netbook for a few years, and funnily enough it just made we want a genuine Mac more. I'm typing this on a MacBook Air.

The incorrect sleep-wake behavior, the average track pads and the inability to easily upgrade macOS were all annoying, but for me the straw that broke the camels back was when a friend tripped over the charging cable, pulling the laptop onto the ground and smashing the screen.

The irony was not lost on me - had it been a genuine Apple laptop macsafe would have saved it.

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>The irony was not lost on me - had it been a genuine Apple laptop macsafe would have saved it.

The irony is your comment since Apple removed magsafe

I was aware of that when I typed it too :)

My MacBook Air is a mid-2012 model. Many thousands of hours of use, including in stuipd-cold (-40) and stupid-hot (+45C), dusty and humid, and still going strong.

Mid 2012 machines are my favorites.

Lots of ports, Magsafe... sigh.

I can't imagine how/where you got to use a laptop at -40C, did you made a mistake or my imagination is limited?

I also have bought a 2012 era Macbook for testing on OSX, the screen has some artifacts, battery is dead.

The Surface line seems to have picked up the torch on magnets in the power connector and it is one of the little touches I love about my Surface Go.

> The incorrect sleep-wake behavior

It's funny you mention that, because I can't for the life of me get my 2018 MBP to lock the screen without going to sleep randomly and disconnecting my IRC session, despite changing every possible setting that could affect it.

It's amazing how hard it is to get basic shit to work on these things.

I've never had an issue with going to Energy Saver and changing "Turn display off after" to Never.

Is the going to sleep truly random? Do you get the screen saver first? If you aren't seeing the screen saver, the sleeping may actually be an issue with the lid sensor - possibly due to a nearby magnet or some hardware issue.I had that in the past when I inadvertently set the MBP on top of an iPad (in case).

Well if you had a current Macbook it would still get smashed by a friend tripping over the cable ;)

Not on any post-2015 models.. :(

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