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2049 points bpierre | 7 comments | 30 Mar 16 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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matt_wulfeck ◴[30 Mar 16 17:35 UTC] No.11391211[source]▶
microsoft is leveraging FOSS Linux to get Mac users. I think it's a real smart move.

The author points to using grep and Xargs and some other tools to quickly update a package. That's the key here. These bash/Linux utilities are productivy boosters for all the Linux and Mac/bsd people out there. I can't imagine living without them and they're necessary for any system I develop on (which is currently a Mac).

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simonlc ◴[30 Mar 16 17:53 UTC] No.11391411[source]▶
I completely agree. I only really switched to OSX because getting node tools to work on windows and cygwin is a pita.
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tostitos1979 ◴[30 Mar 16 18:27 UTC] No.11391709[source]▶
I've been "stuck" with a 2010 Macbook since Apple isn't refreshing it's laptop hardware soon enough. Plus I'm sick of soldered in RAM and other BS.

For devs that do heavy Linux work (but have stuck with a Mac OS for GUI/app reasons), is it time to move (back) to Windows? If so, what would be a good laptop to get at the moment?

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sixothree ◴[30 Mar 16 19:11 UTC] No.11392064[source]▶
Thinkpad T460s. I have the T450s and like it plenty. It's definitely up there with macbook build quality.
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meddlepal ◴[30 Mar 16 19:45 UTC] No.11392346[source]▶
The T540p isn't though. I hate mine.
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criddell ◴[30 Mar 16 20:59 UTC] No.11392956[source]▶
I have a ThinkPad Yoga and an older ThinkPad T520. Both are pretty awful machines. Plus I really don't trust Lenovo anymore.

If I were buying a Windows machine, the only one I would consider is the Microsoft Surface Book.

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1. peternicky ◴[30 Mar 16 22:52 UTC] No.11393646[source]▶
why don't you trust Lenovo?
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2. jjawssd ◴[30 Mar 16 23:34 UTC] No.11393846[source]▶
bad build quality. also had issues with humming and generally falling apart in subtle ways while macbooks never do.
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3. r3bl ◴[30 Mar 16 23:44 UTC] No.11393907[source]▶
I'm pretty sure that the answer comes down to one word: Superfish.

Although, in my opinion, I wouldn't trust any laptop hardware company out there enough to use the system that came pre-installed with it, but that's for another discussion.

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4. criddell ◴[31 Mar 16 01:20 UTC] No.11394358[source]▶
There has been a string of things, including Superfish.

There was also the Lenovo Solution Center problem. And the Lenovo BIOS shenanigans (or was it the Lenovo Service Engine?).

There have just been too many lapses in judgement at Lenovo. Either their competence is slipping or their ethics are. Either way, I'm done with them for now.

5. meddlepal ◴[31 Mar 16 02:41 UTC] No.11394640[source]▶
Lots of cheap plastic. I don't love Apple products but the build quality of their products makes PC vendor laptops and desktops look really bad.
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6. se6 ◴[31 Mar 16 08:00 UTC] No.11395651{3}[source]▶
I prefer a great deal plastic to environmental foe aluminium. To me their use of aluminium is a very good reason not to buy Apple hardware. I have a Dell M3800 right now, and the build quality is very good. Thin, light, excellent 4K touch screen, good battery life, I easily added a second HDD to it. Not to mention that every thing works perfectly well under Linux.
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7. criddell ◴[31 Mar 16 13:27 UTC] No.11396962{4}[source]▶
> good battery life

What? The M3800 had terrible battery life under Windows and it was even worse under Linux.