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Not sure judging an entire ecosystem based on a single data point (your short, bad experience) is fair.
I'm judging my experience on my experience.
But of the two problems I've experienced in my first 5 months of owning the most luxurious and expensive laptop out there:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/gp5b1z/usb_20_issues_on_new_macbook_pro_13_2020/ this is still ongoing, there are comments showing it still happens in Big Sur.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/jupvdz/macos_big_sur_update_bricking_some_older_macbook/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/k0ad9y/big_sur_bricked_my_2020_mbp/
I'm hardly a single data point.
- https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/gp5b1z/usb_20_issues_on_new_macbook_pro_13_2020/ this is still ongoing, there are comments showing it still happens in Big Sur.
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I'm judging my experience on my experience.
But of the two problems I've experienced in my first 5 months of owning the most luxurious and expensive laptop out there:
https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/gp5b1z/usb_20_issues_on_new_macbook_pro_13_2020/ this is still ongoing, there are comments showing it still happens in Big Sur.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gadgets/comments/jupvdz/macos_big_sur_update_bricking_some_older_macbook/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/k0ad9y/big_sur_bricked_my_2020_mbp/I'm going to go out on a late-night limb here and say that to a certain extent you may have to bear some responsibility for these issues. You bought a £3k laptop and your USB 2.0 mouse didn't work with it. Why not just change your mouse? Or buy an apple trackpad and bathe in its awesomeness.
And then you install the very first version of a new OS which has been designed primarily for the Apple M1 SOC. Yes, it shouldn't brick your machine but you didn't need to upgrade, certainly not before checking if there were going to be issues.
Both Windows and Linux offer far more stable and predictable experiences with more longevity and productivity than Apple.
God knows I'm livid with Apple for their T2 chip (edit: and Bog Sur bypassing the firewall) but I can't quite agree with this; in fact it's the reason I'm still with OSX despite Apple being dicks about dropping support for Nvidia GPUs and Linux.
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Not sure judging an entire ecosystem based on a single data point (your short, bad experience) is fair.
Windows is a terrible mess, not sure how anyone could advocate using that OS, for anything.
I'd also agree with @grams that there is still a market for high end Intel Macs and you could get your £2.1k.