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wait... If you wanted a desktop, wouldn't getting a non-apple keyboard be a total nonissue?

I did not necessarily want a desktop. I have used Macs for 12+ years. I have a 15" MBP with the old keyboard that still works well. The trackpad started to not register clicks consistently so I had to switch it to tap to click. I work remotely from home so using a desktop is an option. That said, I do still travel to the office several times a year so I need a laptop. I considered buying a System76 laptop but I just do not think the keyboard and trackpad would measure up to my MBP. I had also been intrigued by Ryzen so I just decided to build a custom desktop. I figured it would also let me test out using Linux as a daily driver and worst case I would have work upgrade my MBP to a new one and I could use the desktop as a home server for testing work stuff.

For now, I still use my MBP when I travel. I could probably do OK with the new Air if I wind up needing to upgrade. I would prefer to have 32 MB of RAM though because I run a lot of VM's and Docker images and having the extra RAM for that helps.

Anyway, back to my original point. PopOS has been a pretty easy transition and it worked fine on my custom build. You do not have to use System76 hardware to benefit from using it.

Have you tried wiping down the Touchpad

A 400$ Ryzen will outperform anything that Apple offers outside the 6000$ Mac Pro, so might as well get a 8 or 12 core CPU?

It's not like it's the law that you need to buy Apple hardware.

Or a 16 core 3950x because works payin and watching a 32 thread beast chomp through a linux compile is legit popcorn worthy.

It could have been the drop that made the bucket overflow (or however you say this in your language) and it is probably also an emotional thing of feeling poorly treated.

Love learning a new expression! In English we usually say "the straw that broke the camel's back" or just "the last straw".

I don't know where you are from, but we say something very similar in Swedish.

in Russian we say just "the last drop".

Indeed, I had been feeling frustrated with Apple for a long time before finally giving in and building a Ryzen-based desktop.

Honestly, I won't say the transition has been entirely painless - it does take time to adjust to a new operating system, but I have to say, my biggest regret is that I didn't ditch Apple's computers sooner. I love my iPhone but honestly it does feel like Apple just isn't all that interested in their desktop / laptop computers recently.

Where are you from? In Greek we use "glass" instead of "bucket", it's really interesting to see how close these expressions are.

It sounds like a literal translation of the Italian version to me.

Or Dutch. "De druppel die the emmer doet overstromen" == "the drop that makes the bucket overflow".

Actually I was wrong, a literal translation would have used vase or pot

Indeed! In German it's "barrel"

Love the expression! I was aware these common phrases are often different across languages/cultures.

In college I learned that while Americans say "Kicked the bucket" or "Bought the farm" for 'died', Austrians say "Handed in their spoon". Which is farm more evocative IMHO.

It's also irrelevant it was a AMD-shilled CPU.

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