I HATE APPLE

it's only really good for dickhead hotels that offer a free wired connection but charge for wifi, of which there are very few now

Ugh, I bought a new Macbook Pro and the keyboard has this quirk where certain keys click WAY louder than other ones. Some almost make a sharp snapping noise. I guess this was a widespread thing? The online links I found suggest the problem gets worse as the computer heats.

Torn about what to do about it. I don't want to return the computer and go weeks without a laptop, but I also hate the idea of using such a shoddy keyboard, or having the problem get worse each year. I've also heard stories of people returning their computers and getting replacements with the same problems, just with different keys. Really not sure what to do.

mh thanks
I reduced the display res (as much as this is possible on a notebook) and tried a really shitty rip (of twin peaks, of course) and it still stutters

I think the problem is that the projector is set to mirror the display and it's native res is ridiculous. And the gfx card just can't push two of these displays

evan you can look forward to some of the keys randomly becoming quite mushy in feel as dust accumulates in the seams, soon you will barely be able to tell if they're registering or not ...

Just pour some oatmeal over the keyboard

speaking of which

so i spilled a whole coffee (with cream) on my new retina macbook pro with touchbar this morning

i immediately flipped it upside down on my desk, and then after giving it a minute to drain, wiped it dry. because of the keyboard construction it seems that very little if any coffee got into the body. the action on the keys seems a little sticky, but honestly they kind of felt that way before the spill.

so there's that to factor in, next time i get in a conversation about the new macbook keyboard design

― the late great, Monday, February 27, 2017 12:40 PM (five months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this turned out to be wishful thinking, apparently the teaspoon of coffee that got stuck in the body was enough to short out one of the fan sensors and the cost to fix was about equal to a top of the line dell laptop

i imagine that this will almost certainly be the last MBP i own

evan i would consider returning yours if not too late

Is it really that bad? Do you think this is a problem with just my MacBook Pro or all of them? Trying to figure out if I should exchange it or get a refund. Problem is, I don't know what computer I'd use if I didn't get a MacBook. The last PC laptop I had got so gummed up with viruses it was practically useless. I do respect how low maintainence th macs are.

Windows is much better re: viruses these days and is much less annoying in general (my work computer is a PC now) once you account for just the basic differences in usage. Apple has plenty of stuff I have to turn off immediately (messages, Facetime, handoff, notifications, etc.) at this point.

I wound up with last year's touch bar MBP, though, because Windows trackpads are all kind of shitty relative to the MBP. I hear the top Microsoft Surface is on par but it was even more expensive than a MBP.

the key thing is not so bad that i would return it based on that

it's just that this is the fourth macbook pro i've owned and it's the first time that i've felt like i've paid the premium price and not gotten premium usability / performance. it's buggy, it's hardly faster than my four year old rmbp, it's fragile, it's hard to service and the touch bar is just not cool enough to make up for it.

I'm thankful my late 2008 mbp is still alive and kicking.

We had one of those, great machine. Couple of years ago though, its battery bloated up so badly the track pad was cracked in half, and we had to get its hd extracted by the jaws of life

My old MBP (2011?) had the same thing with the battery swelling to the point that the keyboard and trackpad stopped fucntioning. I pulled it out and everything shrank back down and worked just fine again, albeit with no battery so the magsafe plug became sort of a liability. It's my home music server thing now and works great for that.

I just got a new MBP for my new job and had to give my 2013 Air back to my old university. The retina screen is nice but so far I am indifferent to negative on everything else. It's got four ports that essentially nothing I own connects to without adapters (though I'm super pleased I at least have an audio jack which feels insane when I actually type that out). The keyboard is loud and feels feeble, like it's going to give out at any point. And the touch bar is awful - I'd kill for physical keys to adjust all the things I'm always adjusting, never use any of the Apple software that might make use of this, and am a VIM diehard so the virtual ESC key is fucking awful - I remapped caps lock to ESC and will probably get used to that but overcoming muscle memory is tough.

Oh yeah and BATTERY LIFE feels terrible so far; I'd go for days without charging the air but am only getting ~5 hours on this piece of shit.

turned out my phone was indeed bricked. i actually just took the opportunity to leave the iphone behind. got a oneplus five instead.

Joygoat otm

LG makin the jump!

The air will be that last good mac

Those Anker leads do charge as fast as the apple ones I've found, or at least not noticeably slower. And the pvc sheaving is a few mill thicker and feel more durable. Good gear, man - especially for £4.65.

We had one of those, great machine. Couple of years ago though, its battery bloated up so badly the track pad was cracked in half, and we had to get its hd extracted by the jaws of life

Replaced the battery a couple of years ago because it was holding so little charge

this is the best $60 i spent last year https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B012BZMD24/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That is very good value. I'm still on my 2013 MBA and no intention of changing any time soon.

it even came screwdrivers for the ridiculous tamperproof screws

am a VIM diehard so the virtual ESC key is fucking awful -

IT DOESN'T HAVE AN ESCAPE KEY???!

i had been thinking about buying a refurbished recent model to replace my wheezing old macbook but this is BEYOND THE PALE

a lot of serious vim users i know were like 'who still uses the escape key?'. they all rebind `jk` to escape (the ability to go down a line then immediately back up is no loss), or use use ctrl-[ which is escape by default. both of these are closer to the home row (and therefore quicker) than esc (although the second one only if you have a sanely positioned ctrl key, which on mac means you've rebound caps lock to control).

Ha I just thought "i should rebind 'jk' to esc" and found "inoremap jj <ESC>" in my .vimrc. Apparently I set this up and never got into the habit.

I like reaching for the escape key (on my mechanical keyboard from Monoprice), like I'm hitting the "stop editing!" panic button or something.

The real move of course is a foot pedal.

I quite regularly find the only way out of some popup thing in a browser is hitting the esc key. On Facebook business manager, it starts suggesting names you might be wanting to tag, and if you don't want to tag anyone, hitting escape seems to be the only way out.

wonder how long until all the useful apps move to a subscription model

https://www.engadget.com/2017/08/10/silent-10-minute-song-itunes-car-stereo-trick/

so people are paying a dollar for 10 minutes of silence because of bad apple design

lol

iOS 11 just sent me a notification that said “You have a new memory” and showed me a summary of last month’s photos. Go fuck yourself

I guess the familiarity is what bothers me. Like the phone is trying to be nice. The use of the second person. I’d even be ok with “new memory.” But don’t try to assume I now possess something that’s beyond your ability to quantify.

Clippy never went away, did he?

Except now, I guess we can all talk to Clippy.

Fuck Clippy too

Clippy and Siri should get into some s&m shit together and just end up having fatal accidents for all I care

lol http://tidbits.com/article/17412

does this dude understand how business decisions are made

as in, dropping the consumer plan in favor of small business plans isn't necessarily the end result of a nefarious multi-year plan. if you have a meeting to determine how to make things profitable and decide to stick with X items in your range of products, it doesn't mean that next year's strategy decision won't be different

I'm a CrashPlan user :(((.

yeah i think he's angry that he's literally built a career shilling for them and they don't seem to have respected his work by giving him a heads-up

hoo boy

sometimes when a product is the best and seems to be a great value it really is because it's too cheap, shocker

:(

happy w backblaze so far

Bummed to say it, but I'm really disappointed in the new MacBook Pro. It's much lighter than my 7-year-old one, but that's really the only thing it has going for it. It's not nearly as much faster as I hoped it would be, and the keyboard is a bummer. And though they're both 13-inches, the screen is smaller on this one. First time I've ever bought a computer that didn't feel like a huge upgrade over the last one.

That's very sad. I guess you'll have to take the redesign and less weight as a "feature"

hah i just finihsed backing up all my infos to crashplan... took like a month

I'm a CrashPlan user :(((.

― Jeff, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 11:53 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me too :(

what should i move to?

backblaze is the new wirecutter/joe kissell pick http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-online-backup-service/

i'm a collosal nerd so i use arq which is a program that you need to separately by cloud storage for.