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I would ditch Apple in a heartbeat if I felt that anyone could provide a similar hardware experience. I'm not just talking about CPU/RAM/Graphics card (yes, I know I can get a slightly better deal with non-Apple hardware), but everything else as well. Apple displays are beautiful and completely free of defects, Apple trackpads are incredible, the computers are ridiculously thin (my new ThinkPad is twice as thick as my MBP), the battery life is incredible (my early 2013 MBP gets 5-6 hours, new MBPs get 10-12 hours), etc. The hardware is just great. I don't understand why no one else can make hardware like this.

Re. failed laptops: I had to take my last MBP in for repair something like 8 times in 6 months. Totally unacceptable. Most of the time it was for something they botched during the last repair. However, Apple gave me store credit for the purchase price of the laptop and then some, so I'm happy. I do beat the shit out of my laptops, so I'm sure someone who was more gentle would have better luck.

> I would ditch Apple in a heartbeat...

Why would you ditch it in a heartbeat if you think that:

- Apple displays are beautiful and completely free of defects

- Apple trackpads are incredible

- Apple computers are ridiculously thin

- The battery life is incredible

- The hardware is just great

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It's like saying I would ditch my wife in a heartbeat, but her face is super pretty, her body is perfect and her heart is a heart of angel...but I would still ditch her in a heartbeat...

Maybe you and your wife have fundamental differences in beliefs about how people should live their lives?

Because I often feel impeded by the partially closed nature of OS X and the extremely closed nature of iOS.

Pretty sure the problem is what he is describing is purely the hardware, but doesn't equate that with a heart of gold. What he's saying is that she's beautiful, but he doesn't like her personality.

Basically, he's ditching her because he's not superficial.

At leat on mobile, android seems to suffer from high latencies

> - Apple displays are beautiful and completely free of defects

Guess that depends on whether you get the Samsung panel or the LG panel.

As for developers, where are are the matte displays?

The Thinkpad T440s I just got is great, 14" 1080p IPS matte display, though on the forums there is apparently some talk of there being two different panels where one of them is significantly worse than the other. As a first time Thinkpad buyer, I'm completely in love with this machine. It only took two days for me to become unable to use other laptops because I kept trying to find the trackpoint, lol.

The Thinkpads are awesome, except now you can't take them into any important State Department buildings. Lucky for me, that's not a concern.

> As for developers, where are are the matte displays?

And floppy disks

What's a better screen for reading?

One with reflections on it, or one without?

This is no laughing matter for programmers who stare at a screen for hours.

I agree, although I’ve noticed that the Retina screen is coated with something that makes it far less reflective than the older glossy screens.

> my new ThinkPad is twice as thick as my MBP

how much did you pay for the thinkpad and how much did you pay for MBP? i doubt that your MBP is thiner than the Lenovo Carbon X1

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