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Bikeshedding, or why I want to build a laptop

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224 points cspags | 7 comments | 01 Dec 25 01:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source | bottom
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kevinherron ◴[07 Dec 25 02:25 UTC] No.46178639[source]▶
One model/configuration will never work because developers are awful, picky customers.

You’ll lose 90,000 of your 100,000 with one or more little nitpicks.

Probably 50% right off the bat because you chose a keyboard with or without a numpad.

Another huge chunk because you chose the wrong screen (Retina resolution? Low resolution? Refresh rate?)

Too bad, because I want this. Or at least the version of it I have in my head :)

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miningape ◴[07 Dec 25 02:57 UTC] No.46178769[source]▶
Apple / macbooks seem to be doing fine
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1. chungy ◴[07 Dec 25 03:41 UTC] No.46178959[source]▶
The blog is premised on the idea that Apple and MacBook are not doing fine.
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2. rowanG077 ◴[07 Dec 25 03:52 UTC] No.46179004[source]▶
The reason of course being the awful software, not the hardware options. He makes that abundantly clear in the text.
3. miningape ◴[07 Dec 25 04:00 UTC] No.46179050[source]▶
You missed my point, the original comment is stating that the market for such a device doesn't exist because developers are too finicky and customisation focussed.

As a counter example - look at macbooks which are about as un-customisable as they come, but a large portion of developers use them. Meaning the market exists even if it's currently dominated by Apple (which as you/the post points out is slipping)

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4. prmoustache ◴[07 Dec 25 09:36 UTC] No.46180414[source]▶
Not everybody use/choose macbook though.

Having said that I do believe that many brands have way too mamy SKU and I widh they would be more opinionated on what they believe is better for their customers while maintaining clear and strong ethics (reliability should be #priority)

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5. tensegrist ◴[07 Dec 25 10:45 UTC] No.46180769[source]▶
that they're not doing fine software-wise
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6. miningape ◴[08 Dec 25 01:20 UTC] No.46187244{3}[source]▶
I don't recall saying everybody?
7. naruhodo ◴[08 Dec 25 08:09 UTC] No.46189663[source]▶
And nobody else is doing better software wise because Apple is secretive about how to program the hardware. Asahi is not sufficient.