w0rmwood

The article says at the bottom that it was written in response to another and provides a link.

Official statement which makes this headline somewhat inaccurate:

http://twit.tv/2015/05/27/evolution-twit-live

Eternal facepalm. Expected better than this.

I only use Windows for gaming and it's going to stay that way unless OS X completely drives me away. Each person's preference is different when it comes to OS, and I am not loyal to any (have used Win/Mac/Linux and they all have their strong points). When it comes to day-to-day use, though, I prefer Mac OS by a long shot. I just prefer the aesthetic, apps, and other small things it offers vs. other platforms. It's not necessarily "better" it just fits my preferences more than any other OS.

We do tend to get very tribal/ideological. This likely happens in all fields, but that doesn't excuse the behavior. Getting tunnel vision and only thinking a specific way of development/design is right is problematic.

There's a difference between this and just general "best practices". The latter are positive and suggestive whereas the former tends to be very absolute.

How is this true? They specifically say in their own marketing material that this is a machine for "power users".

Power users are not a group that mostly just does "simple web browsing and document processing".

I see your point in general but I don't personally feel that they market it that way.

It's pretty safe to say this isn't a laptop intended for the Average Joe to purchase. They're not even aiming at that demographic, IMHO.

I do agree that making it more Linux-friendly or selling a pre-installed Linux version would be great.