I have a Mac at work. When I decided my personal Mac needed replacement, I decided to take a serious look at Windows. Ended up choosing Windows because I couldn't justify buying older generation hardware (at Apple prices). I made sure to buy locally so I could return it if I hated it.<p>I am impressed with Ubuntu on Windows. Some bugs, but overall I can see this working for me. Since I use Ubuntu in production, the Linux environment is closer to production than a Mac shell.<p>I have felt lately, though, that the Mac vs Windows vs Linux debate is getting less relevant with most things being in a web browser. The diminishing requirement for Windows around 5 years ago caused me to switch to Mac. And now back to Windows.<p>I can see myself buying a Mac again, though. Maybe even a Chromebook.
@Pinboard's joke on twitter: "We’re two releases from the point where it will make sense to upgrade from a Mac Pro to an iPhone".<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/773593425169960960" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/773593425169960960</a>
A couple of years back I was going to buy a maxed-out quad-core mini-Mac but knowing that a new model was about to be announced, I waited.<p>They dropped the quad-core and it was almost immediately unavailable.<p>Now, in all fairness this was because a quad-core with the newer CPU required a different motherboard to the dual-core, so this was an Intel/economies of scale issue.<p>However there is still no quad-core option available.<p>I got tired of waiting and put together a (much cheaper) Gentoo Linux box.<p>I was then looking at buying a MacBook Pro laptop, but couldn't see the point in paying a premium for older hardware. I bought a Chromebook Pixel instead.<p>I am not regretting either decision.<p>I bought the iPhone SE because I knew it would be the last iPhone with a headphone jack. I don't expect Apple to have a change of heart so no doubt when the time comes to replace my iPhone I will have to buy Android.<p>It's a shame. Apple used to care about users because it needed to look after them. That made good engineering a priority. Nowadays it believes in good marketing instead. And so for example we have ever thinner iPhones that mechanically flex and eventually cause screen issues if they don't just break outright.<p>With Apple you pay a premium price for a premium product. It's no longer a premium product - but it's still a premium price.
Probably not, but I would like to see a new TB monitor. I actually replaced mine with a Dell 27" 4k. You can find them under $500, and I bought mine for something crazy like $350 I think (open box at MicroCenter)<p>My late 2013 rMBP is still great, but I do admit I'm eyeing an XPS 15 (or similarly spec'ed machine) and putting Ubuntu on it. For the price of a 15" MBP, twice the RAM, touch screen, 4K display, etc seems quite appealing.
Apple users used to be proud of their over priced trailing edge hardware (usually a year or two behind mainstream hardware) now they're like refugees clinging to a sinking ship, just hoping their machine limps along until Apple decides to pad their bottom line by releasing the next shiny "must have" like an OLED touch bar they can use to impress their barista.
I have had a couple of generations of Macbook Air until this year. I felt like the Air was lagging, and read rumors about it possibly getting phased out completely, so this encouraged me to move on. I switched to a ThinkPad X1 Carbon and now run Fedora on it. So far no regrets.
Shame about delay, can't wait for new Macbook Pro ,soft function keys a great idea, I use macro keys extensively on steelseries keyboard.
They're probably waiting for new Intel Kaby Lake processor due v soon.
Mind you my late 2013 Max Spec MBP 1TB ssd 16GB Ram MBP still runs everything I throw at it perfectly, including huge 30MB spreadsheets on 64 bit Office 16 Windows 10 bootcamp or huge Postgres databases on OSX whilst driving 2 * 32" high res external monitors.
Build quality is stunning way beyond any windows laptop I've ever encountered, still looks brand new.
I'm hanging in there waiting for HP to release their business class ChromeBooks. I believe they will be metal case, light and fast. Should be sometime this month.<p>Apple is looking more and more like a megacorp as the Steve Jobs DNA fades away.<p>Windows 10 just doesn't appeal to me. And most new notebooks have various problems running Linux. Plus, the battery life on most notebooks sucks when compared to MBAs.
Moved away from Apple for 'real' work years a ago since I really needed stuff like a decent NVIDIA and lots of RAM. Still sticking with them for laptops though since I've yet to find a laptop than can match the MBA in overall design and quality.
Just get a ThinkPad. This X230 is the best machine I've owned in terms of build quality.<p>I stopped giving money to Apple when they started gluing batteries and soldering memories. That's just disrespectful both to the environment and to the end customer.
"lagging behind and seems not to care" seems a little exaggerated.<p>If the rumors are true, they're coming out with new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iPad, and perhaps a new Mac Pro in October, which is just in one month.