Why I will NEVER buy a Mac again | APRIL 1st
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The sarcasm is strong in you, young padawan
Apple Fools I guess.
What's April Fools?
No the truth is out!
@@AZiskanother April fools joke 😂😂
These April Fools jokes man 😂
Regardless, many will fall for the joke.
I thought exactly the same thing
Oh no. One minute into the video I traded in my M4 Max with 256 GB of RAM and a 32 TB SSD for a Pentium based Dell laptop. I should have watched the entire video. At least my Dell has right click capability.
Right click defines a professional development machine.
There's right click on macos, you just need to turn it on :)
Yea but there’s a third party app that makes the right click button appear near the trackpad.
I just upgrade my macbook air m1 from 8 to 64 GB of RAM... with just a SD Card!!!!! No soldering required.
amazing. please please please full tutorial!
How
@@Dzlyesful April 1st
I like the idea of a 56 GB SD card! 😁
In that PC world article, they don't even allow comments. I don't blame them.
I was hoping for a tiny grin at the end there, and I could see you were fighting it, lol. Well played!
Dude, if you want the fastest compilation times, build yourself a desktop PC and choose a great performance CPU, with lots of RAM and a really fast SSD or two. That's a whole heck of a lot harder (or maybe just 3x the price) to do with a Mac. Though maybe you can just rent the very best EC2 instance (or a few of them) for when you want to compile, and you can still be happy with your Macbook, if that's your choice.
I am loving this one! Thanks for the funny April the first video ;)
Hello, I'm new in your channel. You have a lot of videos but I couldn't find one about explaining git or github and good practices, pull requests, etc. I would love a video of you explaining all of that, since I loved how you explain thigns. Cheers!
Looool man, I like ur style, keep going ✨
Hi Alex,
Can you do a clamshell mode experiment? I am particularly interested in the potential performance degredation of using any of the 'Pro' and 'Max'-tier chips on the MacBook Pros when they are being used in clamshell mode.
Some manufacturers claim that their clamshell stands are better than others because they allow for more ventilation, but I am not sure that a 200 USD+ clamshell stand is necessary if a simple, much less expensive stand for twelve south will do the job. You can run the experiment with a simple clamshell mode stand and normally without the clamshell mode stand running.
Keep up the good work,
Ali
I don’t say this lightly. This whole video is comedy genius. The golden moment that compiled it all was your stare into the camera after the april fools punchline, no over-explaining to ruin the joke. Thanks for the laughs and I’ll be remembering your channel with a smile now
Wonderful dry delivery Sasha ))
Thank you Alex for your advice! I will never forget it!
Nice work!!!
Hey Alex, I've been following your content for a while now, and I absolutely love it! Your videos are always so informative and helpful. I've been thinking, it would be fantastic if you could create a comprehensive guide on using MacBooks. From simple tasks like closing the lid and charging to more advanced features, your expertise would definitely help a lot of people get the most out of their MacBooks. Looking forward to seeing more amazing content from you!
You forgot to mention that you can develop and publish iOS and Android apps on Windows computers but not on Macs...
you can tho, its just not convenient same if you were to develop iOS apps in widows
He's being sarcastic @@alexh2665 it's the opposite
@@alexh2665 wow
I work as an embedded software engineer and have never encountered a Mac in any of the companies that I have worked for. This is because all of the apps that I need are available for both Windows and Linux. None of the apps that I need, with the exception of a few open source programs, are available for Macs.
Embedded S/W industry is a small subset of the software industry. I know because I worked in it for many years.
@@RunForPeace-hk1cu A Sun Microsystems survey of around 20 years ago found that half of all software written was embedded. Surprisingly this led to them to designing Java for embedded software development.
The reason that most of the software industry is not aware of how much embedded software is written is because more often than not it is written by electronics engineers who both write the software and design the circuits and so are invisible to the software industry.
My main language is C followed by assembler and ADA. I have received many worried comments from none embedded software engineers that I am relying on the dead C language for my livelihood. The reality is that for every embedded C++ program there are ten embedded C program. This is because dynamic object creation is a dangerous technique to use in embedded software where there is no time for garbage collection.
Alex, you always catch up Correct point Man❤Keep it Up👍, What will you choose M2 air or m3 air for Programming ? and Does ssd speed matters for coding & programming?
You got me in the beginning.
As a senior dev I can absolutely agree that right click is essential for copy pasting, as I hate to work with the keyboard in general
I wish more tech tubers were as legitimately humourous as you! Thanks for the April gift. A delight.
Oh dear, what a revelation! Here I was, thinking my MacBook was the ultimate coding companion, only to find out it's been leading a double life as a mere fashion accessory! I suppose I'll have to inform all those countless lines of code that they were penned by a device supposedly unsuitable for programmers. But wait... does this mean I've been inadvertently challenging my MacBook all this time? Like some sort of technological daredevil, pushing it to its limits, daring it to prove its prowess in the realm of programming? Oh, the drama! The intrigue! The sheer audacity of it all! Well, I refuse to accept this preposterous notion! My MacBook and I have formed an unbreakable bond through lines of code and late-night debugging sessions. If it's not for programmers, then I must be some kind of coding sorcerer, conjuring algorithms out of thin air! But enough of this nonsense. Back to my MacBook, my trusty sidekick in the world of programming, forever defying the odds and breaking stereotypes!
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I was not expecting you to pull out the exact model of ThinkPad I used for 7+ years
Well done!
Love it lol. Now back to regularly scheduled programming. Honestly, everyone should use what they want to use. I just use both as needed.
It's all fun and games until you discover a ThinkPad T480... It's like a Framework 13 but 4-5x cheaper, costs only $180-230 used. The upgrades are now very cheap too, the 72Wh non-OEM battery costs like $30-40. You actually don't need a MacBook, unless you work for a big company that buys one for you and you need to compile huge projects every two minutes.
So true. Much better privacy and security obviously…
Yeah, just don't use windows for these days. That will slow you down. Use linux for software development instead.🤣
@@fakhrulhilal Ironically Windows 11's performance in all web browsers beats out any Linux distro I've tried on my T480. Windows is indeed better for some things.
@@one_step_sideways perhaps, but I use windows mainly for hosting docker containers. And wsl isn’t great option for that scenario. Colima on macos is still better than wsl, and still native linux is the best among them.
But I agree with you. I used MS Edge on win11, and it provides best integration, especially for security identity. The same reason for safari on mac.
You're changing lives with your content. Keep inspiring!
Damn! That's a cool video! 👏
Brilliant. Best of the day so far.
I ordered my Mac Air 15 with an international keyboard (swedish). This keyboard COMPLETELY SUCKS compared to the one provided by my Dell XPS 17 because important keys like [ and ] are not marked, and \ requires some weird shift+option+7. I tried witg an external keyboard (intended for Windows...) and it gave the same result for. Any tips? Are there external keyboards for "real programmers"?
I have just converted from PC/W11 to Mac. I'm also using Linux. None of the systems are perfect for programmers but the performance of M3 and the battery life is really great. That MacOS has no built-in package manager is a bit of a bummer. Showing hidden files in Finder using Icons is not a pretty sight. That Apple dropped the server is not a surprise.
Just install Brew - that will get you most of the stuff you need for development
nothing homebrew, pip cannot fix.
Hidden files in finder? It's called CMD-S-. and the icons are translucent. It's a good thing because you shouldn't be playing around with hidden files unless you know what you are doing, esp from the GUI.
Who wants to accidentally delete hidden files?
Thanks for the early morning chuckle. You made me check the calander. :->
I've got a MacBook for programming, and the most annoying thing for me is the keyboard. Small arrow keys, no separate PgUp/PgDown/Home/End/Delete keys, only fn combinations. It's really inconvenient.
This is definitely one of your best videos every. I love your humor!
i love how the only thing he didn't made fun of was the “overpriced” tag
Hi Alex you are the only one that can help me. i have been contemplating to buy the macbook this year but really torn between the 15" Air with 16gb unified and the 14" M3 Pro Macbook pro. Would really appreciate it if you could make a comparison video doing the programming testing that you do.
Heavy video and 3D modelling? Macbook Pro. Otherwise, take the 1" larger screen and you'll still be amazed at the lightning speed.
Impressive! Held the gaze at the end for a full second without laughing!
Who else noticed the subtle detail that the CZcams plaque is hanging crooked in the background?
April fools on me! Loved it, Alex!
fun fact, on some languages like hungarian, macbook keyboards does not even notate how to write the common programmer special characters so you either learn which combo writes those or glue stickers on your keyboard lol
Oh, crap. I forgot what date it was 😅
I know it's April's fools joke, but in actuality...
When in coding in eclipse i miss windows + Arrow functionality to stick a window to half of monitor.
Working with 2 monitors is painful on macos as well
Nicely done.😜
Thanks for sharing. Currently trading in my MBP 14" M2 for a more efficient Lenovo Chromebook. Can't wait to see how VS Code runs on it when I fold it into a tablet 🎉.
Which Thinkpad, Alex?
Here is another thing that Alex failed to mention: You do get a variety of viruses and anti-viruses to enjoy on a PC, while on Macs, there just isn't much selection. It pains me every time that I flip open a Macbook and the OS does not tell me to complete a virus scan. I feel unsecure, unsanitized and it is growing into a bigger mental problem. How dare Apple does this to its customers is beyond my beliefs.
So paying for a second-hand Apple 2012-14 machine that allows the user to upgrade the memory and SDD, would the cheaper options
So good :)
Unacceptable aspects of windows: zoom only works if magnifier app is running, battery life, 2lb power brick, no shell with Unix commands (wsl almost works here), bloat ware pre-installed, no copy/paste between devices, no iMessage integration.
Jokes aside, are there any language limitations MacOS has? I’m looking at starting further education and would like to go down the programming route. The course I’ve chosen is learn from home. I already use windows at home on my desktop but I’m looking to invest in a laptop. The course software is both macOS and windows but naturally I’d want to do more than only my course, and if macOS has pretty much same functionality in that regard I may well decide on a MacBook rather than a windows laptop
macOS is UNIX-based so pretty much you get every language ever. Windows is dominant consumer OS so pretty much also. Language capability is simply not a talking point when comparing the different operating systems. But there are plenty of others.
My TRS-80 works just fine for me.
And now I'm seriously looking at how to export my old BASIC applications from an Apple II...
These April Fool's jokes can be triggering.
I hear you can double the program loading speed by changing the gear ratio on the tape deck.
@@mendodsoregonbackroads6632So that's what I'm doing wrong!
Once a ThinkPad, always a ThinkPad.
Don't compare God, Thinkpad, with kids like Macbook or dell or other brands.
this but unironically
@@karimahmed2589 ironically thinkpad become more like macbook than ever.. soldered everything into the mainboard and going to as light as possible with their carbon lineup
My coworkers got thinkpads from work and omg the FN key is where Ctrl should be, anyone who uses keyboard shortcuts will break their pinky on that thing it suckss.
For a little while in 2020 I thought the ThinkPad would be a viable replacement to the 2012 MBP I had. Boy was I wrong when the 2021 MBP M1 Pro and M1 Max dropped!
My wsl2 tensorflow is now started skipping gpu registration and some months before it use to give me some cuda errors can anyone help me to get out of the rid
For programming, a linux machine with an N100 processor is more than enough. If you want compilation speed, just use distcc deamon on your server...
Unfortunately, N100 is barely any better than i5-8250U or higher, which can be found on ThinkPad T480. I use my ThinkPad T480 for programming and DevOps, and let me tell you, MacBooks are never getting any close to the ThinkPad's robustness, and the keyboard on the T480 is pretty amazing too. Buying M-series MacBooks is pretty much unnecessary, but not as unnecessary than buying a Framework 13 when the ThinkPad T480 exists. It's like a Framework 13 but 4-5x cheaper. RAM is upgradable to 64GB. And the upgradable batteries make the battery life superb on the T480, especially when you undervolt it. For a better screen, all it takes is to swap the panel for an IGZO low-power screen for $60, and it all can be done with one screwdriver with no special tools. You'll also get better battery life because of that.
The ThinkPad T480s and T490 onwards, however, are a disgrace. The T480 is the last of its kind. Perhaps we might really have to buy a Framework in the future........
Good one. Haha… almost had me thinking you were serious.
you got me!
thank God its April fool I thought they cloned you too😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Not so much cloned as turned him into a pod person.
Bro really fell for it 😂
No. Their attempt at aclone is pathetic
Windows for code seems weird to me, you could say that Linux is better than MacOS, but Windows?
I will stick with a Unix system until anything better comes out in the future.
Ow ... now I got it, LOL.
Just watch to the end and you will hate Macs
You really had me there. Nice work
I don't like the window snapping in Windows. I find the snapping that comes with Better Touch Tools and Raycast to be superior.
im always skeptical today expect for the process of your cross-check. ❤
Wonderful!
You freaking got me lmao
I installed MS-DOS on my Mac and it was the best thing I could do!
I want "Overpriced Aluminium" sticker on all my apple products.. I guess "Overprices Titanium" needed too.
All of it will be covered with dust until right click button appears!
I want Apple to seriously switch to an Aluminium-Magnesium alloy. It can seriously lower the weight of Macs.
Happy April 1st!
Right-clicking is a fundamental human right😂😂😂
Thank you Alex for this interesting news, personally I think that even in the Linux environment programming is even better than in Windows, since it is faster because its kernel manages RAM and CPU better and has better security.
There is a more important issue ! There is no middle scroll click on mac ! It is a real game changer . So hard to spend a minute to go settings and set a middle click...
if you look beyond the product and actually look at the company then this is definitely for real
adding this edit to flex my arch linux setup btw
Somewhat new to your channel, I *almost* didn't click on your video, thinking "Oh no, another troll and click-bait title." Haha, it was worth it!
But the replaceable battery wasn't that bad, you could charge it and remove it when you are connected to the wall (most of my day). And if it stops working you can buy a new one and switch over.
Same for disk and memory upgrades.
Now windows... It's something I could use for work but I have been using Linux since... Long time ago.
this feels like a max tech video
Max tech is just an Apple fan boy channel.
Man I forgot to see the date 😂
I've been at work all day, not one April's Fool day gag there, I'd even forgot it was the first of April. Come home, have my dinner, sit with a cup of coffee afterwards, on my new M3 MacBook Air and fire up CZcams, to relax you know, like you do... "Oh, Alex has posted a video, I've watched and liked a few of his videos, what is he saying now..." Man, you almost had me there.....
I’d even go further and say computers are not required for programming. I don’t know why we even compare and contrast.
I was thinking what had happened. and I had forgotten that it was April fools day. Nice one Alex you had me fooled
LOL. You got me!
My blood pressure went up lol
Ya actually got me...
I do all my work (web/dev rust kubernetes C# angular) in macos both for personal and professional reasons. I ditched windows in 2017 i ditched linux(except on server) in 2020. i used to be an apple hater (i still hate the soldered flash) but i have to admit that the cost of ownership is indeed much better. plus i got tired of maintening the horrible linux/windows errors
I do all my development work using an Apple Watch.
series 1 right, not the new ones
You almost got me 🤣
Well done.
Depends on what kinds of programs the programmer's working on. For web development, definitely need closest to Unix/Linux OS to run multiple types of servers locally before deploying to staging, production servers. The Windows suck badly if you r locked up in company provided Windows laptop that does not give admin-level permissions to install most compatible software for development. Of course I'd prefer a personal Linux laptop if the market has better laptops like MacBook Pros that r efficient, quiet, long battery, great keyboards, and pretty fast. At least Mac OS is really stable compared to Windows. If affordability for not-the-fastest build is not an issue, Macs r not bad if don't mind getting a few utility apps to make up missing features that Windows can provide.
Alternative title: How to Increase Bank account balance by not buying a MacBook for work and home. Tips and tricks to follow during April 1st
Haha well done Alex - have a great April's Fool day comrade!
I fell for the click bait and then I realised it is April 1
halfway through i wasnt having allat
You should keep it but just switch to a bit more popular OS, like NetBSD!
It's a disgrace what this journalist in PCWorld says about Macs. Most of his statements about Macs are simply wrong. As a software developer, I'm glad that I can use a Mac for work. My employer gave me the choice between a PC laptop and a MacBook Pro. I have never regretted my decision.
After this video I traded my MBP 16" M2 Max 96Gb 1TB SSD for a i386 DX 40-60Mhz 8Mb RAM 40Mb HDD Conan, 5.25" floppy disk with MS-DOS 6.0.
Now I'm really productive hacker programming with this colossal box!
You got me there!
Macs are good for development, I bought one a while ago, it was kind of slow at first, but once I installed Linux it started working like a charm.
I got a Macbook Pro but they all say it's Silicone. I say impossible, it's Titanium for sure. Although I don't want to drop it.
I used windows with rtx3070 and i7 13th laptop and I have macbook pro m1 max, and I changed the windows laptop to a desktop pc because winbook is unusable - everytime it throthtles, can't work wihout charging. I create games and some web services. I can't work on win laptops.
I've heard the human brain isn't that energy efficient. I'd love to overclock mine.
Apparently Merrick Garland took this seriously😢. Great video!
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