I was eating some chocolate when I imagined a world where Hershey’s was widely accepted, even by elitists, as the best chocolate.
Is consumer elitism just a facade for pretentious contrarians? Or are there things where even most snobs agree with the masses?
Also, I mean that the product is intrinsically considered to be the best option. I’m not considering social products where the user network makes the experience.
Edit: I was not eating Hershey’s. Hershey’s being the best chocolate is a bizarro universe in this hypothetical.
My over 10 year old ThinkPad disagrees. The abuse it has put up with while still working puts macbooks to shame.
I know, the newer ThinkPads aren’t what they used to be, but I have a pretty new one as my work computer, and it still doesn’t let the MacBooks off the hook.
The MacBook I’m typing on (in Linux) is closer to 15.
Yes, but I mean… Has it survived a fall from about a meter onto a concrete floor, a fall from an overhead luggage rack, as well as a number of other falls I don’t remember, all without a case - and a bicycle accident (that time in a laptop bag)?
That’s what I mean. Just about any computer will last 15 years if handled carefully, but surviving a lot of active use and abuse, that’s another story.
I could totally believe that ThinkPads are more rugged under actual abuse. I don’t think Apple tries to be, really.
That being said, I have plenty of other younger laptops around that have been reduced to server usage do to falling apart. Apple’s early adoption of SSD also helps.
2011 Macbook gang rise up!
I don’t use mine that much these days, but it’s still going strong. Two SSDs, 16GB RAM, and it’s running Arch(btw). The thing won’t die.