I don't buy Macs anymore

https://jasonsaidwhat.substack.com/p/the-story-of-why-i-dont-buy-macs

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Why I Think #Macs Are A Pain in 2025: A Rantlet

• Leveraging network shared storage (#AFP, #NFS, #CIFS, doesn't matter) is a raging hemorrhoid PAIN.
• They have secured these machines into near un-usability. Getting an older USB-A/B external hard drive hooked up is a nightmare, and when the "Allow external device to connect?" dialog somehow goes missing? FUUUUUU
• Ports. This is better on the newest high end MBPs but - usb-c only SUCKS. Just don't do it. EVER. At least ethernet and HDMI FFS.
• I can't get any Mac (work issued MBP M3 or my wife's m2 Macbook) to connect to video through a USB-C adapter without juddering the screen into unusability

In short: Apple has optimized the Mac for people who sit in coffee shops drinking soy lattes, never connect their computers to external devices, never try to utilize network shared storage....

They seem tomake them for people who don't REALLY need to use their computers beyond what came in the box.

And if that's all YOU need, good on you, but as a long time Mac user and former lover, I'm getting a bit frustrated!

Sehr schön, #Alternate hat jetzt auch #refurbished #Macs, darunter auch so schöne alte Schätzchen wie dieses #MacBook Air 13" von 2015: https://www.alternate.de/Apple/MacBook-Air-33-8-cm-(13-3-Zoll)-2015-General%C3%BCberholt-Notebook/html/product/100100326

https://www.alternate.de/Refurbished/Apple

Disclaimer: Unbezahlte Werbung #Servicetoot - gebraucht kaufen spart Geld und den Abbau von wertvollen Ressourcen in der Natur.

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗣𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗠5-𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽? 𝗗𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹

Apple werkt aan een meer geavanceerde M5-chip voor toekomstige iPads, Macs en AI-servers. Wat weten we al over de M5-chip en in welke producten kunnen we ze verwachten?

https://www.iculture.nl/uitleg/apple-silicon/m5-chip/

#Apple #M5Chip #Macs