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My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
241 points secure | 6 comments | 31 Oct 25 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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dr_pardee ◴[31 Oct 25 19:33 UTC] No.45775823[source]▶
> I still don’t like macOS and would prefer to run Linux on this laptop. But Asahi Linux still needs some work before it’s usable for me (I need external display output, and M4 support). This doesn’t bother me too much, though, as I don’t use this computer for serious work.

“I don’t use this computer for serious work.” Dropped $3K on MBP to play around with. Definitely should have gotten MBA

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1. mastax ◴[31 Oct 25 20:10 UTC] No.45776174[source]▶
He lives in Switzerland. $3K barely pays for a lunch and an espresso.
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2. philsnow ◴[31 Oct 25 23:45 UTC] No.45777944[source]▶
There's a reason the Zurich airport has a vending machine that sells slips of gold, platinum, and palladium
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3. willis936 ◴[01 Nov 25 00:16 UTC] No.45778117[source]▶
I'm not sure what the actual reason is, but my first instinct is "tax evasion".
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4. denysvitali ◴[01 Nov 25 00:19 UTC] No.45778146[source]▶
Jokes aside, electronics is way cheaper here (also thanks to a relatively low VAT) than in most countries - although Apple keeps their prices pretty much the same across the world.
5. seanmcdirmid ◴[01 Nov 25 02:34 UTC] No.45778810[source]▶
Computers are actually cheap as far as Swiss taxes go (I bought my first MacBook Pro when intel came out at EPFL). I’m sure they got their computer for about the same price as you could get it in Hong Kong. But ya, food, rent, and services are pricey in Switzerland, even if you are just grabbing a croissant at coop.
6. walletdrainer ◴[02 Nov 25 10:49 UTC] No.45789365{3}[source]▶
Paying the 30% premium at a gold ATM and then selling for maybe 95% of spot seems like a terribly inefficient way of avoiding taxes.

These machines are just for souvenirs