preface

I bought a 13-inch RMBP (Retina MacBook Pro) in 2014 and have been using it till now. I would like to briefly introduce the advantages and disadvantages of MacBook laptops. What I have said may not be correct, but it is my experience after using it.

advantages

hardware

  • The overall design is very nice, not just the computer, the operating system is very nice, the visual effect is very comfortable.
  • Lighter, much lighter than the previous ThinkPad, reducing shoulder pressure.
  • Easy to use touch pad, can replace the mouse, with gestures can greatly improve efficiency.
  • Durable battery, MacBook battery advice sometimes don’t plug to use, such as work time to use the power supply, work time can be a small battery, the battery is not recommended to use to less than 10%, that this might damage the battery capacity, battery is a key parameter of “cycles”, is to use the battery to the empty state the number of times, the value is lower, the better.

software

  • Powerful and beautiful operating system, for the development of students, there are powerful terminal applications, you can operate the entire system through terminal commands.
  • There is no need for computer managers, the application installation and uninstall are very simple, macOS applications are more like Windows green software, directly decompressed to use, and all the application files are included in the application package, does not pollute the system files.
  • Powerful backup technology, TimeMachine configures AirPort Time Capsule so files are no longer lost.
  • MacOS memory compression technology, used in conjunction with SSDS, improves PC performance.

disadvantages

Having said so many advantages, I will briefly talk about the disadvantages of MacBook. The main disadvantages I think are:

  • Most apps are paid for, so there are a lot of independent developers who are macOS and iOS oriented, which I think is fine, developers don’t give their time away for free.
  • There are fewer games. I play fewer games now, so I don’t pay much attention.
  • There is only one standard interface for the new MacBook. Mine is an old Mac, so there is no such problem. I have heard friends make fun of this design, although I have not heard of it now (I can’t help it, but I still need to use it).
  • Expensive.

habit

Finally, simply say a few of their own use habits:

  • Multi-desktop, I opened three desktops myself, one is mainly IM chat, browser and mail application, one is IDE and VS Code, one is terminal, and then switch desktops through touch pad gestures.
  • Trigger Angle, the lower left corner is to return to the desktop, the lower right corner into the screen saver, and set the screen saver immediately require input password, so leave the computer only need to move the mouse to the lower right corner.
  • My computer has been sleeping directly, so the advantage is to open the computer can be used directly, every period of time to shut down and restart a.

conclusion

MacBook has been used for a few years and is generally very satisfied.

  • For ordinary users, I recommend it.
  • Highly recommended for programmers and designers.