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They only have like 2% of the PC/laptop market, so not many people think they're that attractive. I like my M1 MacBook itself, but hate the aluminum chassis. I find it brutally garish, sharp and uncomfortable (hurts to type on, hurts my wrists where they rest on a sharp edge, so it's basically a desktop with an attached keyboard and mouse)

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It's fine that you don't like it, but it's not garish. That's just not what the word means. MacBooks are literally the opposite of that:

adjective

gar· ish | \ ˈger-ish \

Definition

1 : clothed in vivid colors

//a garish clown

2 a : excessively or disturbingly vivid

//garish colors

//garish imagery

b : offensively or distressingly bright : GLARING

3 : tastelessly showy : FLASHY

//garish neon signs

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish

Apologies then, I understood it to mean tasteless, not necesarrily bright or colorful.

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so not many people think they're that attractive

Do most people buy a laptop based mainly on appearance? I always thought that most people buy a Windows laptop because that's what they need for work/school (or what they are most familiar with from work/school).

Many of my friends think most windows laptops look garish

Windows 11 is pretty terrible. So much bad design, I wonder how they do it.

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