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1. :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:39:37 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐
   the touch bar on the m2 MacBook pro is OK, I still hit it with errant finger placement but the worst part is only safari supports the video seek so on Firefox it's just this stupid bar that does nothing
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:39:48 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @graf I was just wondering about this. Seems so cool in theory at least…..

   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:42:10 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot i hit it a lot but after a while im sure i will learn home row differences between this and my ducky keyboard on desktop
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:43:28 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @graf Really dislike how apple does stuff like that and just dusts their hands after a year with no takeup, never to return too the project again

   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:45:14 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot >after a year
     they've put this in every macbook pro since late 2015 or early 2016 Lol
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:45:14 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @graf Haven’t seen them advertise it at all though. It was a big selling point when it dropped, but then it just faded into “eh, the tooling’s paid for”

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:52:39 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Man of Dog

     @kuon @graf It’s like how that trash can mac was supposed to be the next big thing, like, 2 years after release they said “hahah yeah we really screwed up on that one oh well”

     and then sold it for another 8 years without change.

     Gotta work that production line out when it’s all good to go

   • Man of Dog (kuon@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 13:52:40 JST Man of Dog

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @graf The bar has not been well-received by a lot of users, I would probably abandon it, too.
   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:01:01 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • ExtraSpecialK
     @ExtraSpecialK dont go for midnight the finish is fucked if you plug any usb in, it chips away
     
     and shows fingerprint like crazy
   • Hollyjollytailspike (monsterislandcolonizer@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:01:01 JST Hollyjollytailspike

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     • ExtraSpecialK
     @graf @ExtraSpecialK Thought this was a graf_ebooks post at first
     That's how much of this post i understood lol
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   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:01:02 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • ExtraSpecialK
     @ExtraSpecialK >thin-light
     get the m2 macbook air
     i opted for the pro because if im spending a couple grand i want the best i can get but the difference is only a few mm and about a pound
   • ExtraSpecialK (extraspecialk@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:01:03 JST ExtraSpecialK

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     @graf I've never been an Apple person. I jumped straight from Windows to Linux. But gawdamn, back when I was working on an old macbook pro for work, if I didn't love that touchpad and easy portability.
     
     My laptop now weighs like 10lbs, makes a lot of noise, and the trackpad is kinda meh. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a thin-light macbook and running Fedora on it.
   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:25:27 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot its still a selling feature -- the current page for the model i bought is up and it's listed its just maybe not front and center like it used to be. i dont consider it a selling feature unless you're using garage band or something
     
     apple.com/ca/macbook-pro-13/
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:25:53 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Solbera ✝️

     @Solbera @graf Someone posted some funky maglev thing in the works, the whole board is an uninterrupted LCD screen, with the keys floating above it.

   • Solbera ✝️ (solbera@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:25:54 JST Solbera ✝️

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

     @graf @WashedOutGundamPilot I want a keyboard like this so bad, Each key being a tiny screen would be awesome for so many things.

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj7GYU-wedo

   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:27:34 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Ako Suminoe :njp:
     @RealAkoSuminoe @WashedOutGundamPilot the main reason for me going with the pro over the air was because the air has no cooling, the m2 throttles like crazy under load because thermals. the pro allows you to circumvent this throttle which is a major issue if you are doing anything with it beyond simple browsing
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   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:27:35 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Ako Suminoe :njp:
     @RealAkoSuminoe @WashedOutGundamPilot was actually a cheaper config with 16GB ram than the air lol
   • Ako Suminoe :njp: (realakosuminoe@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:27:35 JST Ako Suminoe :njp:

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @graf @WashedOutGundamPilot Probably because no one wants the shitty touchbar lmfao
   • Ako Suminoe :njp: (realakosuminoe@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:27:36 JST Ako Suminoe :njp:

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @graf @WashedOutGundamPilot Now that everything's using M2 processors, I don't really see much of a difference between a 13" Air and a 13" Pro. I'm surprised Apple still has the 13" Pro at all now.
   • Ako Suminoe :njp: (realakosuminoe@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:27:37 JST Ako Suminoe :njp:

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @graf @WashedOutGundamPilot No, they introduced it in 2016, but they've recently started phasing it out again. There's only one line—the 13" MacBook Pro—that still has it. The 14" and 16" MacBook Pros and the MacBook Airs no longer have it.
   • :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐 (graf@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:27:37 JST :btrfly: anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Ako Suminoe :njp:
     @RealAkoSuminoe @WashedOutGundamPilot good, i dont really like it. i want the 13" form factor because I can toss it in my bag and hop on a plane without much thought. the other ones are much bulkier in comparison so i chose this one despite my distaste for it. good to know they are getting rid of it
   • Man of Dog (kuon@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:30:09 JST Man of Dog

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @graf I used to have a g4 iMac. I kind of miss it because of how weird it was. I remember being irritated because it was transitional, the last model that used a PowerPC processor. It ran OSX so it couldn't run old stuff, but everything contemporary only worked with the Intel macs. was neither compatible with the old stuff I wanted to do, nor the contemporary things Macs were doing (iirc Snow Leopard was the current version at the time). I kind of wish I kept it, now.
     
     Actually, this an interesting coincidence, because I just picked up a g6 at a thrift shop, I think they thought it was just a monitor. I haven't decided what to do with it, yet.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:30:09 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Man of Dog

     @kuon @graf I know someone who’s been using the old mac pro for almost 10 years straight sans mods. Can’t say that’s true for too many other computers.

     The liveability stuff is very nice and apple is great about that. It’s the ui touches like zooming, scrolling, using the touchpad that make me think abotu getting a macbook every time I have to use my work-issue crap.

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:35:32 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Man of Dog
     • Lester Cordell

     @C_J_S @kuon @graf After using all 3 in constant rotation I think it’s all fag shit. Windows is worse than ever, at least mac has been the least changed for the last decade. Linux is a crapshoot, ranging from ‘pretty good’ to me sack tapping the coworker that recommended a retarded distro

   • Lester Cordell (c_j_s@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:35:33 JST Lester Cordell

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Man of Dog
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @kuon @graf 20 years ago people were confident that Mac is for fags but every new iteration of Windows increasingly makes you feel like you're getting fucked in your arse like a fag anyway.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:50:00 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • Ako Suminoe :njp:
     • MrBones

     @MrBones @graf @RealAkoSuminoe If it’s a working computer, I count it as a plus that it CAN’T play games

   • MrBones (mrbones@pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:50:01 JST MrBones

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Ako Suminoe :njp:
     @graf @RealAkoSuminoe @WashedOutGundamPilot I had the 24” M1 iMac, MB air, and two iPad pros for the longest time before switching back to PC. I don’t do work or content creation though. Apple’s UI seems like it’s great for that stuff though. Gaming, not so much, though it is better and developers seem interested enough to port bigger titles over to Mac after seeing the arm chips. Alien Isolation, Metro trilogy, etc. have really good ports and MacOS has much better controller support now.
   • Ako Suminoe :njp: (realakosuminoe@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Mar-2023 14:50:30 JST Ako Suminoe :njp:

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     • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks
     • Man of Dog
     • Lester Cordell
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @C_J_S @kuon @graf Apple was smart about avoiding the trend of making their desktop touch-accessible, and never put a touch screen on any of their mac products.
     
     The Linux ecosystem is trapped between a bunch of small desktop environments that don't get the developer labor and testing they deserve and GNOME which has decided that its UI is going to be an experiment of what macOS would be like if it were for touchscreens.
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