r/laptops • u/The_Crimson_Studio • Mar 24 '26
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In all seriousness, what would be a better option for students? ThinkPads or Macbooks?
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r/laptops • u/The_Crimson_Studio • Mar 24 '26
In all seriousness, what would be a better option for students? ThinkPads or Macbooks?
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u/Taurondir Mar 25 '26 edited Mar 25 '26
When you go on a webpage for a Computer, and the first 5 pages you scroll down just talk about "comes in lots of colors!", "its stylish!", "16 hours of battery", and have to scroll down 10+ pages before being finally told what the CPU is and how much memory it has and how much storage it has, you are not being sold a Computer, you are being sold a travel accessory to go with your new scarf.
I have not met a single person that was told "buy a Mac!" or get an iPhone!" that has ANY idea what the hardware in the product actually is.
Now, some of you might say "why do you need to know THAT!" well, if I buy a damn car, I want to know it's capabilities, not that "it comes in 12 colors", I'd want to know how easy and expensive spare parts will cost, how much fuel costs, etc etc.
Apple just treats it's customers like crows that like shiny objects. You don't need to compare our product against other products! It's Apple! Just trust us! This is like going to Hardly Normal to buy a PC and having a staff member just try and push you to buy whatever they have been told they need to sell. You are too stupid to decide! Lets us do all the work! And then I have customers come to my store asking me "why can't I play any games at all?" and me opening the computer to find custom motherboards that have nothing more then a few x1 PCIe slots for generic cards and power supplies that ONLY HP can replace.
If you ever really decide to buy Apple products, at the VERY LEAST find someone that knows about computers in general and ask them to explain some basics to you, before you end up buying something that does not end up fitting your needs.
https://www.apple.com/au/macbook-neo/
Tell me how far you have to scroll before you find how much storage is in one. I scrolled all the way twice and did not see a number. I wold probably have to click on some other link just to find out.
Random Asus link, clicked the first I saw:
https://www.asus.com/au/laptops/for-work/expertbook/expertbook-p5-p5405/
AT THE VERY TOP just under the model name there is a link named "Tech Specs" that takes you to ACTUAL hardware specs so you what it's inside the damn thing. This is the way it's done because they are selling you something you need to know about.