I got a HP Spectre to replace a baseline model 15" MBP from several years ago.
How many Apple laptops have you owned and for how long? I've used Apple laptops for most of my professional career until recently (not because I had an option, I do now which is why I have a laptop with Linux on it.) I even at one point was a system administrator that had to deal with these laptops for the organization and very few of them failed (considering how many that company had.) That doesn't mean that I like Apple products or that I'd even buy one for myself, but it does give me some insight into the quality and possible issues that Apple laptops have had in the last 10 years. I don't agree with how Rhino described his question and statement, so lets reframe it. Such scathing remarks without owning the thing is like a person writing a review for hardware that they don't even have but heard things on the internet that validates their narrative. With that said though, if you've never owned an Apple laptop, you seem to have a lot of opinions about them and why they are bad. I would say that most people here aren't looking for what an Apple product provides in a laptop. You're not an Apple person, which makes sense. I suspect that like a lot of other people in this thread are like you.
That's exactly why people buy expensive ultrabooks with worse performance.Ĭlick to expand.I don't agree with how Rhino described his question and statement, so lets reframe it. Not only were they heavy, but you usually ended up carrying 2 bags, which is just an idiotic idea.Īnd yeah, I assume this is still an issue for most owners of gaming laptops (bulky, bad plastic, a lot of bending, large vents, huge power bricks). We used to buy special laptop bags with separate compartments for the laptop and charger. If you can't live with scratches, you just buy a light sleeve.Īnd with 8+ hours of battery life, you don't have to take the charger with you.ġ3" ultrabooks (like MacBook Air or Asus Zenbook) are so small most women can easily carry them in a purse.īack in the day it used to look differently. Ultrabooks are usually very well built, so you don't have to worry about damage.
Even if there's no laptop compartment/pocket, you can put it in the main one with other things. You can put it in whatever you normally use. The whole point of light, slim notebooks is that you don't need a special laptop bag (or backpack).
Just 1 kg and maybe 1cm of thickness less than what I had 10 years ago, but the difference is night and day.Ĭlick to expand.I think this is exactly the part where we don't understand each other very well. And walking around with additional 2.5kg is definitely uncomfortable.Ĭurrently I carry an HP EliteBook 840 (physically similar to the MacBook Pro). It took half of my backpack and was heavy, but OK for commuting between home and university.īut that's not always the case, right? Sometimes you go shopping after work. I had a 2.5 kg notebook when I was studying. And we're getting close.Īnd for people that tolerate heavier luggage, there will always be a potential to get something larger and cheaper / more powerful. The whole point of making notebooks smaller was to get them to the size and weight that we find somehow familiar and neutral. Laptops may be getting thinner in general, but they're still big and heavy. I think it comes down to how you use your laptop.