Haha, I value the honesty. I’m a spec geek so I’m definitely leaning towards the pro just to say I got the best they offer. It’s also why when I’m seeing these higher end gaming ultra books, it pulls me too.
It was really difficult to pass on buying that matebook x pro a couple of years ago. It sold for $2100 usd or more in the rest of the world, but huawei was trying to break into the US market and selling it for $1299 I think it was. It was just an absolutely unbeatable deal. 512gb ssd, 3k touch screen, Dolby atmos speakers, i7 chip, nvidia 150mx graphics card, etc...I still love the thing but I’ve moved on back to a MacBook Pro and don’t see myself using it anymore aside from some windows only programs when needed.
That’s where this new stealth 15m is tempting as hell. Tiger lake I7, 512gb ssd pcie4, Rtx 2060, 144hz 1080p panel and 3.6 lbs, all aluminum build for $1499
Because once you go Mac you never go back.
It’s tough one because I used to build gaming computers as a hobby but I haven’t actually touched one in about 8 years now. Got back into gaming recently but on Xbox. Just haven’t figured out if it’s worth going back to pc gaming via laptop or stick to xboxBecause once you go Mac you never go back.
Seriously though, it's the tight integration with iPhone and iPad, the intuitive and consistent interface. I'm also a *nix guy and its the only way I can get all the *nix tools I need and want AND get a lot of the commercial software I need that Linux does not have.
Plus, with the new M1 MacBook Air, I get a cooler, silent, much more battery life, more powerful "ultrabook" with a better screen and trackpad than anything else Wintel based. It's impossible to get a Wintel laptop with those attributes at any price range.
If all that wasn't enough, I also just cannot stand to use Windows.
This gaming requirement you have is probably why you have asked this "why" question in the first place and is just about the only thing a Mac will not be better at. If this is a deal breaker then a Mac is just not really for you.
That’s definitely what’s holding me back so far, the compromise. If my job didn’t require me to be away from home so much, I would just build a proper gaming system. But I’m away 65-80 hours a week for work and have 3 kids at home. Can’t get too serious about gaming but definitely enjoy it
That last paragraph is what’s been drawing me to the mac. I have the AirPods, iPhone and an iPad, it feels like it’s the final piece to the puzzle. Just trying to justify its value in my Apple fleet lol
If you are away from home that much and want to game, maybe this would actually be a point in the gaming laptop column if you get any significant amount of downtime (Eg, if you're staying away overnight in hotels etc). If this is your use case it would be a good way to get your gaming time in so you can optimise your time at home with the family.
One that has caught my eye currently is the msi stealth 15m. All aluminum build, i7 tiger lake, pci-e gen 4 ssd, Rtx 2060 at just over 3 and a half pounds. Issue is that it’s so new that I can’t find any reviews on it to find the “but” lol
Dell and Lenovo both offer decent support, just not on consumer machines. You have to buy one of their business systems, but the warranty support is usually better than AppleCare. Certainly their level 1 staff is way more on point.
The thought of ever using another Intel laptop is revolting to me. Loud, obnoxious, inefficient, yuck!
Did you use Catalina? How about High Sierra? I understand that this is a Mac forum and that most people here are just naturally biased against Windows, but saying that macOS is better when it is clearly suffering from QC issues (let alone ones that Microsoft has a better handle on by far) is the epitome of reality distortion field!
No, but the pro-Apple people are the least informed and most loud of the subset of people on here that have a bias, as evidenced by how anti-Windows this thread (and several others just like it) are.
Lenovo has had a **** time with 8th Gen Intel Thunderbolt 3 laptops on the ThinkPad side. But, getting things repaired by them has never been difficult. As for Dell, I personally have a Latitude with ProSupport Plus. It's like someone gave me AppleCare and injected it with steroids. The level 1 people are not horrible; I usually get someone based in North America, and I can get them at my door next business day ready to repair my laptop if need be. Totally wonderful! HP could use some work in this regard, I'll admit.We are a business customer for both Dell and Lenovo. My experience with Lenovo was atrocious while Dell was generally unhelpful (but the technician did their job alright). The only Lenovo laptop (a Thinkpad of some sort) we ever bought to run experiments broke down after couple of months, it took them two weeks to diagnose it after which they refused a warranty repair claiming user fault and charged us a fee of $150 for "laptop disposal". We had to threaten them with legal action
I have found that most people who are biased for or against Windows or Mac are doing so because they do not have enough experience with whichever one they're biased against to appreciate what's actually good about it. At the end of the day, they both do 99% the same things and have minimal layout differences that, at worst, take some adjusting to get used to. Most people on here vent about the Registry not even knowing what it does, why it's there, or what about it actually sucks. They just do it because it's the cool thing to do here.