re: IPhone or Android? Which one do you have?

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I have a MacBook Pro and a Lenovo P17 Thinkpad with windows 11 pro. There are a couple of things the MacBook does that Thinkpad can't but the reverse is true as well. At least the Lenovo has a backspace AND delete buttons. Hate that Apple doesn't install a true delete button.

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I have a 2015 MacBook Pro and whatever kind of Thinkpad my company was giving developers in 2023- it's an Intel i7. The missing delete key bugs me, but that's less true over time. I did say that Apple was a bit less intuitive.

The things that bug me about the Thinkpad are many, though:

Frequent turbocharger whine from the fan. I'm not even sure the Mac has one.

Random forced reboots

Random middle-of-the-night reboots. Hope I saved everything!

The search feature of the "Start" button will randomly stop working until I reboot. Granted, it happens when I have too much crap open, but it doesn't fix itself if I close everything.

I can't just double-click an XLSX file and open it. Even though the icon is Excel, the system tells me I don't have a program associated with the file type. It offers several possible programs, none of which are Excel. Same with PowerPoint.

I could ask my IT department about this, but the last time I went to them with a complaint about the pre-installed software, they couldn't figure it out (even with help from Microsoft) and ended up shipping me an entire new laptop, dock, etc.

Another Office gripe- and this has been an issue for at least 20 years: when you do double-click some kind of Office file, it immediately activates some other window of that program, if you have one open. So if I double-click ChiliCookoffSignup2024.docx in the chili cookoff planning meeting, but I had PlannedTerminationsSep2024.docx open previously, I get 8-10 seconds of looking at the latter before I see the former. Let me tell you, that is just fricking great for Teams calls!

The whole thing just feels amateur, and most people just sort of numb themselves to how shitty Windows is. Maybe they try a Mac and the "Delete" key thing stymies them, or just the different, slightly less intuitive nature of it generally, and they post stuff like you did.

Now, I am using the Thinkpad for software development, which is sometimes taxing for a computer. However, I've done plenty of mobile development on the Mac- you need a Mac to do that in a professional way. When I was managing a team of mobile developers I wanted my own hardware to sharpen my skills in that area, so I picked up a used MacBook and a used iPod touch.

They've both been stellar performers. I was never a Mac guy until I was about 45 years old, but I'm glad I opened myself up to them.

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love the numeric keypad

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I will admit this is subjective, but I absolutely despise Thinkpad keyboards and have for many years now. There's way too much going on there, and those things are sharp-edged bricks. I actually used to drive a car with a "Thinkpad dent" in it.