On: On the Sad State of Macintosh Hardware

[doktrin]

I'm honestly blown away by how many hardware problems I've experienced with my 2017 macbook pro after barely a year :

    * the top 5% of the screen is nothing but horizontal flickering lines
    * there's a similar vertical line down the middle of the screen, but much smaller
    * when the machine heats up, the T and U keys sound like a static discharge
    * my left speaker basically doesn't work and just makes popping sounds

I was already sort of on the fence at the weird 16gb limit on a so-called "pro" machine, but now I'm definitely committed to going in a different direction next time I get new gear.