I’m just curious if it’s because there was a particular app or a workflow that motivated you to get a MacBook? Or just the Apple ecosystem?

Genuinely just curious.

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    I had MacBook Pro years back. Best laptop I ever had. That thing never crashed except the time it fell off a tall table. I was certain it was done, but nothing was wrong with it. I would love a MacPro, but the price is just too high. Secondly, I got mad at Apple when they started making it, so you couldn’t add ram or upgrade things like you can with pc.

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    11 months ago

    Because they have good built quality and the last two windows laptops I had consistently had problems. My Mac never gives me an issue, it just works.

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    Hadn’t touched a Mac before my first desk job then had to use MacBook Air because that’s all they used. But then fell in love with the Unix os for the terminal and how well everything usually just works not much need to fiddle with things here and there. And I like that it doesn’t automatically start updating at random times.

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    Cuz it’s pretty. I got a MacBook Pro 15” with the 2.6ghz and amd Radeon graphics and touchbar back in 2016 and it’s going strong. I still use it to do all of my photography and videography editing and it only has one sign of aging, the fan. It sounds like it’s hitting the casing when it kicks on.

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    Once you go Mac you never go back! Haha.

    I’ve had 2 iMac desktops and 2 Mac laptops, absolutely loved them all! They’re quality and great computers. The interface is easy to use. Apple Support has been fairly helpful in situations.

    I got my first iPhone while in college. It made sense to get a mac laptop as well. I do photography and was needing a bigger screen so I got my first iMac. After many years I upgraded my laptop and iMac to new versions.

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    Final Cut Pro as well as the ability to use Photoshop and Lightroom while traveling. Just a great form factor that is reasonably small, reasonably powerful, and has excellent battery life. The Intel MBPs were decent, but the MBP 14” is like someone designed the perfect device for my needs.

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    After being blindsided by the breakup of a long-term relationship, I bought the old white MacBook as one step (among many) in reinventing myself and reimagining my life without this person. Been hooked on Apple products ever since.

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    I bought a MacBook Pro in 2008. Got slow a few years ago so I upgraded (doubled my RAM) and it was almost like new again with the exception a taking a little longer to reboot. Fell asleep at the wheel and spilled my glass of wine onto the keyboard. Game over. But got 15 years with that machine.

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    windows has a thing called dpc latency, it can be a major issue if laptop maker is lazy and pushes bad drivers. Problem seems to be getting more prevalent to the point where it’s really hard to find a laptop that doesn’t have this problem these days. It makes real time audio work impossible. I was basically forced to either use Linux or get a MacBook.

    I hate apple and everything they stand for, but I hate not being able to make music even more. I’m sure I could save some money and get a lot more power for my dollar, but it wasn’t worth the hassle.

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    Regretful, Apple customer service and Genius Bar is incompetent and colludes with other parties.