Ask HN: MacBooks seems to be the only viable option these days
by open1414 on Hacker News.
I’ve used ThinkPads all the way from the IBM days and those good old solid Dell computers too. Recently, I decided it was time for an update. I use Linux on the often so it was important for me to purchase a laptop that was compatible. I bought 2 laptops, all of which I had to return in the last 2 months. 1. Dell XPS: I spent over 20+ hours with their support going back and forth. I also had a tech come to my house to replace my motherboard before I gave up and demanded a return 2. Lenovo Carbon X1: The laptop came with a faulty keyboard so I just returned it because I didn’t want to wait 30 days for a mail-in repair or drive 2 hours to go to a “local” repair shop. They also made me order the laptop 3 times because their system kept cancelling it for whatever reason so it took an insane amount of time to just purchase the laptop (I spent ~6 hours to just purchase the laptop) Maybe I’m just unlucky but the time I spent and energy I spent to just purchase these laptops shows you why people buy from Apple instead. I strongly dislike MacOS because they force the “apple way” of doing things. But it seems to be the only option these days to buy a computer with ease and get a computer “that just works”. My Macbook was more expensive but the time I saved outweighs the price imo.