Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

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StandardPractice in reply to @deleted

It honestly hadn't occurred to me to look at anything other than a Mac. I have to love the object, it's a curse.

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cornelius_blackfoot in reply to @StandardPractice

@velocio is always talking about the Lenovo thinkpads, they might be a viable alternative, though not quite as sexy looking..
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Velocio in reply to @StandardPractice

ThinkPads are worth looking at.

Specifically the 3rd gen X1 Carbon as a Mac Air alternative:
http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x1-carbon/

And the 4th gen X250 (launching next month) as a Mac Book Pro alternative:
http://shop.lenovo.com/gb/en/laptops/thinkpad/x-series/x250/

Yes, they're black... but well thought-out black. The design comes from Richard Sapper who is as important in industrial design as Ive is (more so perhaps, Sapper's reach has gone way beyond technology), and is based on the Japanese Bento box... hence the black, the red accents representing the lacquer.

The machines themselves are incredible, and unlike Apple you can buy next-day on-site warranties... no taking stuff to a Genius, they come to you and fix things on the spot.

I'm about to ditch my Retina MBP for the X250.
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salad in reply to @StandardPractice

ThinkPads are worth looking at

As much as I like Sapper, those things are not nice.
They're actually brute, to my eyes. They look like 2005, not 2015.

The only alternative to apple for me, design-wise, would be ASUS' "zenbooks".

But seriously - if you're one of these "have to love the object" people, then it's basically apple, as the others are to dumb to do this right, unfortunately.