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by dash23 hours ago |
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upvoteby ezst2 hours ago|
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> craftsmanship

What marketing does to people

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upvoteby alsetmusic7 minutes ago|
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>> craftsmanship

> What marketing does to people

I'm sorry, are my MacBooks Pro, Air, and (my spouse's) Neo not some of the best built laptops you can buy? Maybe there's something better, but these are inarguably some of the best. Absolute top of the line.

See the Verge (I think) reviewing similarly priced laptops priced around the Neo. They were plastic crap, even if they had better specs elsewhere.

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upvoteby dahcryn2 hours ago|
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the M line of macbook pro's are beautiful, well crafted, long lasting machines.

MacOS might not be your preferred way of working, and you might prefer cheaper options or USB-A ports, but there is really nothing you could arguably call bad craftmanship in those machines.

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upvoteby inatreecrown248 minutes ago|
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>> nothing you could arguably call bad craftmanship in those machines

my 2 bad craftsmanship cents:

laptop keyboard leaves marks on screen. laptop's sharp edges leaves marks on wrists.

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upvoteby alsetmusic6 minutes ago|
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> laptop keyboard leaves marks on screen.

I don't think this has been a thing in years.

Sharp edges on wrists is true.

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upvoteby k12sosse7 minutes ago|
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..from the company that brought you "You're holding it wrong", not just bad but dumb
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upvoteby rpdillon18 minutes ago|
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In addition to the sibling comment, I would point out the touch bar was poor craftsmanship and the butterfly keyboard was also poor craftsmanship. They both are addressed now, but there were several years where we had to live with them.

Their software craftsmanship has really suffered in the last 10 years.

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upvoteby hansvm1 hours ago|
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I mean, they're not bad, but they have spicy chargers, the corners are uncomfortably sharp, the keyboard often doesn't register, the LCD is prone to vertical bars and other issues even without physical damage and is extremely sensitive to bumps and other minor damage elsewhere on the laptop (not even the display itself), and so on.
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upvoteby pxc11 minutes ago|
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Some of these are consequences of what makes them feel "premium" or even "solid". Aluminum is a terrible material for bumps and drops because it dents, and that often damages the internal components.
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upvoteby diegolas1 hours ago|
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they're very well designed and built products, craftmanship is something else.
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upvoteby choudharism1 hours ago|
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What is it?
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upvoteby sumedh1 hours ago|
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Have you used Windows?
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upvoteby kombine58 minutes ago|
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what does Windows have to do with this? It sucks as much as MacOS
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upvoteby doodledoodahs46 minutes ago|
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Have you actually looked at apple products and compared them to the competition? The different in quality of finish is really stark in my experience. Some other manufacturers have some products which have some nice features. Whatever you think of the software or ecosystem, almost Apple hardware is just nicely made.
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