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It's classic Apple to spend over a decade insisting that that glossy screens were the best option, and then to eventually roll out a matte screen as a "premium" feature with a bunch of marketing around it.

6 hours agoby rottencupcakes

20 years ago I bought a G3 iBook because the hardware was lovely and the system was supported perfectly by stock Debian woody. (Hands up if you remember having to bless your laptop with “holy penguin pee”, part of the output of the yaboot bootloader used in PowerPC systems!)

Times changed and the best hardware for me right now is a Dell XPS from the model lines a few years back that looked like an aluminum sandwich with a black plastic filling. These machines are fantastic but (1) no OLED, (2) now high speed refresh rate, and (3) the keyboard isn’t great.

Could this modern Apple hardware bring me back to Free OS on pretty hardware, or is there something else I should try?

5 hours agoby gorgoiler

> I still don’t like macOS and would prefer to run Linux on this laptop. But Asahi Linux still needs some work before it’s usable for me (I need external display output, and M4 support). This doesn’t bother me too much, though, as I don’t use this computer for serious work.

“I don’t use this computer for serious work.” Dropped $3K on MBP to play around with. Definitely should have gotten MBA

5 hours agoby dr_pardee

One thing that wasn't mentioned is the max sustained screen brightness for SDR, which is higher on the M4 Pro (1000 nits) compared to the M4 Air or M1 Pro (500 nits).

6 hours agoby carbocation

> My ideal MacBook would probably be a MacBook Air, but with the nano-texture display! :)

I agree on the nano-texture display having used one in person for a little bit. It's sort of like an ultra fine matte texture that isn't noticable while using it, but is noticable compared to other devices in the same room. I hope it becomes a more standard option on future devices.

That said, I've used Thinkpads with matte displays and while not as fine, they mostly have the same benefit.

6 hours agoby accrual

> The nano texture display is great at reducing reflections. I could immediately see the difference when placing two laptops side by side: The bright Apple Store lights showed up very prominently on the normal display, and were almost not visible at all on the nano texture display.

This is a quiet boon for those who enjoy working outdoors but find the sun/brightness a problem.

6 hours agoby nomilk

Incredible hardware. Love that I can also run local llms on mine. https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/issues/4526

6 hours agoby __mharrison__

You won't notice 8ms difference in input lag

6 hours agoby arbirk

"My ideal MacBook would probably be a MacBook Air, but with the nano-texture display! :)"

Mine as well. What is the likelihood this will happen?

I have a hunch it will not and they will either scrap the nano texture completely or keep it as differentiator for the Pro line, but I am curious what others think.

6 hours agoby weinzierl

> (When I chose the new laptop, Apple’s M4 chips were current. By now, they have released the first devices with M5 chips.)

Does anyone have any feedback on the new M5 models?

6 hours agoby treetalker

We used to sell conversion kits to shoehorn a pixel qi display into the thinkpad x230. Since apple has put in 1,000nit displays on the pros, we don't bother anymore. The nano texture sold me and it performs wonderfully outdoors. I hate giving apple money but here I am.

6 hours agoby pcdoodle

i'll never understand picky preferences about monitors... i still use an LG flatron wide that's old enough to vote... and when i slack at the apple store, it's not like i notice some life-or-death difference. a monitor is a monitor.

ok, i guess for graphic designers it might matter more?

5 hours agoby kome

After 18 years of Mac-abstinence, I just bought a MacBook Air and realized there is apparently no way to change the App Store language without changing region and payment method. WTF? That seems like the most basic thing one could imagine. What has happened to Apple?

5 hours agoby 13415

why is it getting hot?

i noticed my ola macbook pro was connected to my router even when it was sleeping.. probably sending some private info periodically to apple and cia

6 hours agoby anonymous344

One day you wake up and it has auto-updated into iOS. No thanks.

6 hours agoby amelius