About a year ago I was ready for a new computer.
I had money set aside to buy one, and was just waiting for the release of the new Macbook Pros. And then they released it... and I didn't get one. I had a number of older Macbook Pros that I š, and when I had them you couldnāt convince me to ever use a Windows laptop instead. But in the years that passed since the last owning a MBP, a few things happened on the Windows side:
...and a few things happened on the Mac side. The last MBP I had was a 2012 model and it was great for the following reasons:
So Apple decided to get rid of all of the things I liked, and focus on things I didn't care that much about, like making the computer incredibly light and adding a useless touchbar, while increasing the price.
So instead of a Macbook, I am now the āproudā owner of a refurbished Dell Inspiron 7577.
Pros:
Cons:
Itās worth noting here that I have an iPad Pro that Iām pretty enamoured with, and it was a driver for not needing a laptop running MacOS. 95% of what I used MacOS for exists on iOS, and the iPad is lighter, cheaper, and (in some cases) faster than a MacOS running laptop. If the two OSs ever merged, Iād consider getting a Mac laptop again, but until then Iām happy with Mac apps running on an Arm processor and everything running on a much cheaper Intel box.
1 I will admit that there's no good Windows replacement for Tweetbot, and not being able to use Sketch is annoying, but I am equally annoyed that they won't support Windows. And my favorite writing app, iA Writer, has a kickstarter for a Windows version!
2 I try to buy refurbished computers and electronics whenever possible. Best case, they're just a computer someone returned, worst case they failed in some way and then got fixed, but that just means someone else took the early part of the bathtub curve for you. Also, some times you get unexpected free upgrades.