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dahcryntoday at 10:07 AM4 repliesview on HN

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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inatreecrown2today at 11:42 AM

>> 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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rpdillontoday at 12:12 PM

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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diegolastoday at 11:05 AM

they're very well designed and built products, craftmanship is something else.

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hansvmtoday at 11:28 AM

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.