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This is such a biased comment. Even people who don’t buy Apple products will admit that so many aspects of their hardware is genuinely premium and not met by ot

This is such a biased comment. Even people who don’t buy Apple products will admit that so many aspects of their hardware is genuinely premium and not met by other manufacturers. The quality of the trackpad is at the top of the industry, and you’ll find nearly anyone admitting this, whether they use Apple products or not. And I’ve seen plenty of exclusively Linux-using developers have a wow moment when they sit down at a retina screen. To say that everything is greener on the other side it’s just silly. There are pros and cons.

encom 6y ago
>when they sit down at a retina screen Please. High DPI screens are old hat. And Apple continues to stubbornly refuse to put touch screens in their computers, because they know what's best for you.
- hellofunk 6y ago
  None of what you’re saying changes what I said.
- scohesc 6y ago
  To be fair I'd rather not have a touch screen on my laptop to haphazardly poke and prod at
  - hellofunk 6y ago
    I agree, I believe this is one area where Apple made the right decision. A computer should either be used like an actual computer, or used as a mobile device. It takes more than just a touchscreen to make it the latter. So it doesn’t make sense to add it arbitrarily. Now adding a keyboard to a mobile device, however, does offer some nice flexibility without compromising on the mobile aspect of it.
- joering2 6y ago
  Not only that. As an engineer with 28 years of experience, I'm pass "Wow" times. I worked with enough "wow" engineers who had everything top shiny with Apple logo but when it came to fixing something they spent minutes smooth scrolling then clicking and waiting for nicely animated warning popup that fell down from top and bounced back very nicely like a real tennis ball before they had a chance to click call to action. After they were done getting to it, I turned around and told boss "fixed and pushed into production". The bottom line is that you can definitely deliver cargo of potatoes bags into your fries&cola stand in a shiny new Lamborghini and "wow" everyone around... you can also have a Nissan minvan to do so equally good or better.

encom 6y ago

>when they sit down at a retina screen Please. High DPI screens are old hat. And Apple continues to stubbornly refuse to put touch screens in their computers, because they know what's best for you.

hellofunk 6y ago
None of what you’re saying changes what I said.
scohesc 6y ago
To be fair I'd rather not have a touch screen on my laptop to haphazardly poke and prod at
- hellofunk 6y ago
  I agree, I believe this is one area where Apple made the right decision. A computer should either be used like an actual computer, or used as a mobile device. It takes more than just a touchscreen to make it the latter. So it doesn’t make sense to add it arbitrarily. Now adding a keyboard to a mobile device, however, does offer some nice flexibility without compromising on the mobile aspect of it.
joering2 6y ago
Not only that. As an engineer with 28 years of experience, I'm pass "Wow" times. I worked with enough "wow" engineers who had everything top shiny with Apple logo but when it came to fixing something they spent minutes smooth scrolling then clicking and waiting for nicely animated warning popup that fell down from top and bounced back very nicely like a real tennis ball before they had a chance to click call to action. After they were done getting to it, I turned around and told boss "fixed and pushed into production". The bottom line is that you can definitely deliver cargo of potatoes bags into your fries&cola stand in a shiny new Lamborghini and "wow" everyone around... you can also have a Nissan minvan to do so equally good or better.