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Why do most Starbucks customers use MacBooks?
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ctrvl
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Beat me to it.
When I was shopping for laptop I went with apple
1) I hated Windows 8.1
2) After trying to use touchpad on ones I tried for 10 seconds I wanted to throw laptops in to garbage can.
I recently got HP laptop for work and touchpad experience is almost same as on mbp, and I don't hate windows 10.
So when mbp gets thrown in trash can, my next one will be none apple. Unless MS fucks up windows again, or manufacturer's drop the ball on touchpad drivers.
1) I hated Windows 8.1
2) After trying to use touchpad on ones I tried for 10 seconds I wanted to throw laptops in to garbage can.
I recently got HP laptop for work and touchpad experience is almost same as on mbp, and I don't hate windows 10.
So when mbp gets thrown in trash can, my next one will be none apple. Unless MS fucks up windows again, or manufacturer's drop the ball on touchpad drivers.
mrzuzzo
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Using Apple laptops is a California thing.
You don't see nearly as much in the rest of the world, and pretty much the only companies who use Macs for their employee laptops are those that are SV-based.
GiorgioFurioso
on sabbatical
MacBook Pro's are, IMO, the best laptop ever made. My most previous one failed only after repeated coffee/water/wine/cognac spills on to it. Still, it lasted 7 years. I would still be using it, but I'm afraid I finally fried the motherboard. I've never had a Windows based laptop come remotely close to that level of longevity and serviceability.
On top of that, underlying OSX is an actual UNIX OS. For those of us that need to develop or administer UNIX systems professionally, this is a godsend.
If you've ever used one, there no going back. At least not for me, nor for anyone that I've ever worked with.
And the reason a lot of techies hand out at Starbucks is because of the free wifi...coupled with a lack of common sense (Starbucks coffee is terrible) or other options.
Feel free to flame me with claims of your WinTel machine being better. My 30 years of industry experience will simply laugh.
On top of that, underlying OSX is an actual UNIX OS. For those of us that need to develop or administer UNIX systems professionally, this is a godsend.
If you've ever used one, there no going back. At least not for me, nor for anyone that I've ever worked with.
And the reason a lot of techies hand out at Starbucks is because of the free wifi...coupled with a lack of common sense (Starbucks coffee is terrible) or other options.
Feel free to flame me with claims of your WinTel machine being better. My 30 years of industry experience will simply laugh.
Windows 7 if you like computers, Windows 8+ for big cell phones. One thing I'll say about Apple is that their stuff feels really good. Don't like using their products, especially their software, but they're physically nice.
At that time MS rolled out win8 and it was impossible to find laptops with win7 and BDW cpu. I didn't feel like dicking around and installing win7.
Actually I kind of like win10 once I got used to it. Somewhat similar to win7.
wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
I like my Mac, but my next laptop will be what ever I can find a deal on, promptly wiped of OS and a fresh Linux install placed on it.
Mainly because I am a cheap bastage these days.
Mainly because I am a cheap bastage these days.
Yeah, would suck to find out there's one key driver that doesn't exist, then have to go back to an OS you hate.
AbsolutEnduser
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SF and bay area thing. for techies you're cool only if you use a Mac. I have a doorstop of a laptop (thinkpad). For my next laptop from work I plan on getting a Mac and try to be one of the cool kids.
I wouldn't call people who go to a starbucks and open a macbook necessarily techies
You're forgetting the collegestudents, artstudents, etc. Many of them had a discount, too.
MrIncredible
Is fintastic
Creative, intelligent people live in California.
Yeah, because they can't handle the weather varying.
I got my first MAC ever this year. macbook pro retina and 16gb RAM
it's the best damn computer EVER. it is damn expensive but I didn't pay for it. bought an extra. A/C adapter for $85
I run windoz 7 using vmware fusion for work stuff.
I goto libraries to do work because it is quiet with free wifi. starbucks is for posing. or coffee when there is no Peet's nearby.
it's the best damn computer EVER. it is damn expensive but I didn't pay for it. bought an extra. A/C adapter for $85
I run windoz 7 using vmware fusion for work stuff.
I goto libraries to do work because it is quiet with free wifi. starbucks is for posing. or coffee when there is no Peet's nearby.
GiorgioFurioso
on sabbatical
Oh you mean so they only paid slightly over normal PC prices?
No one is saying that the Mac is the cheapest...it's just the best.
"The best" is extremely subjective and really depends on what you're trying to do. Dollar for dollar nothing beats the processing/computing power of a windows (non-apple based computer
GiorgioFurioso
on sabbatical
No disagreement there. But computing power unto itself is only a small part of what makes up the user experience. As someone who spends a *lot* of time on computers, I gladly pay a premium price for a premium user experience. It does actually translate in to higher productivity, which rapidly makes up for the higher initial cost.
I agree. The mac OS and feel is #1 imo. I've been running openSUSE linux on my desktop and am about to throw debian onto my laptop. Not as good as mac but not bad, either. Just depends what the user values more.