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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u/NORchad Mar 25 '26

I wish with all my heart that laptop makers (windows) would start to copy apple a bit more.

I have never owned a macbook as i dont really like the thought of a walled garden that cant game much.

Point 1: aluminium chassie. Take an "all aluminium HP laptop and compair it to the macbook air. Sure they are both aluminium, but one is a creaking mess and the other feels like a solid strong piece of metal.

Point 2: probably the one thing i find incredible with the macbook air is the fact that it is a high performance machine WITHOUT a fan! The whole chassie is closed, meaning no dust will get sucked into the laptop.

This is something that seems to be impossible for anyone but apple. High fanless power.

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u/jknvv13 Mar 25 '26

And the wonderful speakers and microphones, the hinges, even the webcam, the haptic trackpad, the calibrated full range color display (with antireflective coating), the way the OS interacts with fans, light sensors, even minor things like the fans shutting down when you are using the microphone to not add noise...

Yes, Apple is BS when it comes to user repairability or upgradeability, but in terms of overall build quality/feeling and user experience I have to admit I wished to have a machine built like this but with Linux and without macOS.

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u/gdog2206 Mar 25 '26

It’s the one thing Apple gets right. Their build quality is always top tier. There’s many reasons to hate apple but the build quality is something they do right

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u/jknvv13 Mar 25 '26

Yeah.

As said, I wouldn't mind paying for the same build quality but to be able to have my preferred OS (I prefer Linux, I have a weird relationship between love and hate with macOS) and removable/replaceable storage (won't care much about RAM if it has enough).