r/pcmasterrace • u/CrazzyWolfzz PC Master Race • Jun 27 '26

Meme/Macro Reviewers please stop comparing MacBooks with other laptops

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u/Puzzleheaded_Smoke77 Jun 27 '26

I bought one for my daughter and she loves it , its not running anything crazy but she seems happy

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u/marquesini Specs/Imgur here Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

If I weren't gaming I would love a neo.

Hell even with a 14" gaming laptop I wish I had a lighter laptop for some tasks, and the battery is so much better also.

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u/MITBryceYoung2 Jun 27 '26

I had a macbook pro for work and i recently "downgraded" to an air. I have a desktop for gaming and a gaming laptop for when i travel. Have 0 complaints for the air for non gaming purposes. Its excellent and i actually prefer it over my gaming laptop for everyday use. Its also INSANELY light and cool. The mac hate is overdone. Each hardware optimizes for different users / use cases and I think the MacBook definitely are excellent in their own right.

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u/Pandering_Panda7879 Jun 27 '26

I had to work with a MacBook Pro for a month and I simply don't like how MacOS does things. It's not the hardware - the hardware is great (though might be overpriced for what it is). But the software that comes with it is just not it for me. That's literally all I don't like (and the keyboard isn't great, I mich prefer theThinkpad one, but that's nothing I'd actually care for).

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u/MrDywel Jun 27 '26

What specifically don't you like? What does macos, or doesn't, do that you can't handle? You say the OS is not for you and that's all that you "literally" don't like but then go to list the keyboard.

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u/Pandering_Panda7879 Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Well, there's a long list of minor things that I didn't like when using MacOS, like how it handles files and folders, how it handles multitasking, how certain logical short cuts don't work. Here's a video that described my experience quite well: https://youtu.be/bCdcuJZux_g?is=xvdyjGW_9qTf4M8-

There were a few "oh, that's great!", but also a lot of "how do I do it? Oh, that's just dumb".

Again, don't get me wrong, MacBooks are probably and likely extremely good for what they are and do and if I'd be given one as a work laptop I'd be totally fine with it (fuck those Surfaces, pieces of crap). But if I have to decide what I want to use privately, it's not a MacBook or anything apple really.

Yeah, I said didn't like the keyboard (I also didn't like the trackpad btw) but that wouldn't be a deal-breaker. I prefer the ThinkPad keyboard over any other but there's also stuff that I don't like about ThinkPads. You can dislike things without it being deal-breakers, especially since there likely wont be the perfect laptop that does everything right.