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    My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4

    (michael.stapelberg.ch)
    241 points secure | 12 comments | 31 Oct 25 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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    criddell ◴[31 Oct 25 19:38 UTC] No.45775861[source]▶
    If you are going to start making a list of expensive hobbies, $3K for a computer isn't going to be anywhere near the top of the list.
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    1. ekianjo ◴[01 Nov 25 04:37 UTC] No.45779286{3}[source]▶
    > $3K for a computer isn't going to be anywhere near the top of the list.

    That says a lot about the community you live in.

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    2. tjwebbnorfolk ◴[01 Nov 25 05:09 UTC] No.45779399[source]▶
    That they've worked hard to be able to afford nice things? What do you think it says, exactly? This is a pretty irritating comment.
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    3. throw93944i48 ◴[01 Nov 25 05:57 UTC] No.45779539[source]▶
    The "mac community" is even worse. I recently spend $4k on linux laptop, and I get endless criticism, that it is "too expensive" for a "windows pc". I need spec for my work, and comparable mac is 4x more expensive!
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    4. nine_k ◴[01 Nov 25 06:02 UTC] No.45779562[source]▶
    Worked hard, won a lottery, whatever. It mostly says that these are people with tens of thousands to burn on fun stuff, and such people are a rather narrow slice of the population. There's nothing bad about that, it's just a rather niche community, whose opinions may not be very relevant for the large majority of people outside that niche.
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    5. fragmede ◴[01 Nov 25 07:46 UTC] No.45779905{3}[source]▶
    HN is that niche community though. HN is a forum targeting a niche community that skews technical no matter where someone is physically from, and that community skews relatively rich. Concern trolling that there are starving kids in Africa when there are literal billionaires posting here; I mean sure, I'm not saying we shouldn't say something for fear of their feelings. Nor am I saying that everyone here must be rich in order to comment her. Just that some members of the niche community can recognize are inordinately rich. Advertising eg the Volonaut here will likely generate a couple of sales, and if you thought a $3k laptop was a lot, definitely don't look that one up.
    6. tuyiown ◴[01 Nov 25 08:29 UTC] No.45780085[source]▶
    Maxed out a mbp, I couldn’t get more than a bit than 8k. And comparable is probably generous.
    7. theshackleford ◴[01 Nov 25 08:46 UTC] No.45780171[source]▶
    Is this 16,000 dollar laptop in the room with us now?
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    8. infofarmer ◴[01 Nov 25 10:12 UTC] No.45780539{3}[source]▶
    to be pedantic, a maxed out MBP is 90200 BRL in Brazil now before AC+ and software, around 16777 USD
    9. NaomiLehman ◴[01 Nov 25 10:13 UTC] No.45780542[source]▶
    just skip going out to lunch once and eat a turkey sandwich instead /s
    10. technothrasher ◴[01 Nov 25 11:45 UTC] No.45780918[source]▶
    This whole discussion is weird. For the majority of the world's population, dropping $3K on a computer is a non-starter, if even possible. Over six hundred million people cannot even afford proper food and shelter. But there are also sixty-two million millionaires in the world. So there are a large number of people who can buy a MBP without even blinking. We've just discovered income disparity. What the heck does that obvious truth have to add to a review of a MBP?
    11. threemux ◴[01 Nov 25 12:17 UTC] No.45781064[source]▶
    Seriously. Stapelberg is a talented guy that's done well for himself, why can't he have nice things if he wants them?
    12. ekianjo ◴[01 Nov 25 13:46 UTC] No.45781607[source]▶
    That was not a judgment, good or bad. Simply an observation.