Apple

To piss off my college because they didnt specify which brand of laptop to buy for Electrical Engineering in the syllabus. I showed up with a MacBook and couldn't run any of the engineering software's they had available. Dean was like "Why a macbook?" I was like "Sale at the bookstore"

this was many years ago and I graduated easily.

Paid $200 bucks for it back it 2015 and it’s still pushing. It’s slowed down drastically but I no longer need it or use it.

Logic

Apple silicon, which gives me unbeatable battery life, power and reliability. I'm already using a bunch of the apple eco system so it was easy to make it part of my routine. This is after years without a MBP...I went with Windows when my 2011 17" MBP's wifi card died.

Awesome battery, really fast, long lasting. Every windows or chrome laptop I've owned has slowed down pretty quick, my MacBook is still blazing fast

It doesn’t have ads built into the OS. I was surprised with clicking certain things like weather on Windows and news stories that I didn’t ask for would pop up.

I switched from Windows back to Mac for only one reason: The M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14. It's more efficient and performant - on battery and plugged in - than my windows laptops and it's built quality is in the same league plus Apple finally brought back a good keyboard, implemented a good webcam and useful ports.

The M1 chip and its efficiency is and was my reason and if I switch back to windows in the future it will most likely be to a Framework Laptop with AMD because of modularity, repairability and long lifespan. But I don't think that I will have the need to upgrade in the coming years, my M1 Pro Macbook Pro should last me a long time.

I just could not handle Ubuntu anymore. It kept crashing, didn't use the ressources efficiently and my work would become very slow because of that when building docker images or having multiple projects like services running at once

I bought my 2015 MacBook Pro 15in because it had everything I needed, all the ports. HDMI, nice keyboard. No touch anything. The screen still is 1800p quality, and most importantly. It was 350 bucks. Yeah I bought it like 3 years ago and honestly it’s a champ!!

Final Cut Pro as well as the ability to use Photoshop and Lightroom while traveling. Just a great form factor that is reasonably small, reasonably powerful, and has excellent battery life. The Intel MBPs were decent, but the MBP 14” is like someone designed the perfect device for my needs.

They’re real nice, they handle any a/v creation tasks super well, and now they can handle some gaming. Also, I had an iPhone prior to buying a Macbook and it’s nice that I don’t have to do anything to have them completely coordinated with one another.

Vellum

iOS Dev.

Got a MacBook Air in 2011 due to the form and size factor. I had iPhones all along so entering the ecosystem more and more made it damn convenient.

Meanwhile I tried alternatives and have had an android phone for 2 years but ultimately went back to iPhones due to the software and convenience of use.

I’ve used MacBooks ever since 2011. Got my dad’s 2014 15” MacBook Pro that was great until this summer when it just began lagging due to heat issues. Even I had changed thermal paste and cleaned the fan grills etc. so finally I caved in and bought a 16GB M1 MacBook Air. And it’s totally great - not looking back!

Because they're quality built laptops that last years and work really all.

Apple ecosystem

last longer, my 2010 mbp is still functional, I also got 2015 and 2019 mbp variants.

Decent specs, was cheap, can main drive Windows easily (easier to tear down and fresh install every now and then)

Real answer: i like the metal body, it’s a solid construct

Apple silicon. It’s still the best chip on the market. Laptop is silent and lasts a lot on the battery. If Macs still had Intel I wouldn’t even consider a MacBook

Simple, efficient.

I’m majoring in Cybersecurity, I bought my Apple MacBook Air M2 around 3 months ago and it was the best decision I’ve ever made 😍

Honestly simplicity of the MacBook makes for an amazing experience and plus the eco since I got other apple products it works seamlessly

Unix style terminal.

OS is cool

Davinci Resolve and Docker Desktop. They just work fine.

Yes.

I have straight up PTSD of windows laptops. My m2 pro is the first laptop to give me quality windows desktop Speed.

To stay in the Apple eco system, in too deep now so why not

Simplicity

I’m from India btw, and a decent windows laptop would cost 60k-75k for basic needs like multimedia, web browsing and office stuff. Even such a laptop shows it’s true face after 2 years in the battery and hinge front.

This is where MacBook comes into picture where the longevity plays a part. The benefits you get for what you pay is mutlifolds, especially after the introduction of apple silicon. Again it all leads to use case as the primary factor which made me a seamless transition to a MacBook. (Bought MBAM1 for 60k during sale) And also iPhone mac integration is a cherry on top and makes thing even sweeter

I bought a MacBook for many reasons first yes the Aple ecosystem and because I find them easier to use than Windows computers I just like Macs they last longer and are more reliable for me than Windows machines

As someone from the windows world my whole life, I’m eyeing tomorrow nights releases. 3nm to me might mean more efficiency, and that’s my primary reason is that sick battery life. Got a xps plus and it chews through the battery, makes me anxious. Want to feel calm when I’m sitting at my pc which I do a lot. For me it’s battery life on a high end portable workstation.

I would’ve preferred one of those hybrid 2 in 1 convertible laptops as it seemed convenient but almost every review was saying how amazing the MacBook Air M1 was. I had just brought the IPhone 11 Pro the year before and wanted to stay in the ecosystem if possible so I decided to get the MacBook M1. 2 years later still my best decision.

Before I had the Galaxy book 2 Pro 360 i7 16 gb ram 512 gb ssd, it was nice and thin but I had the 15.6 inch display and the resolution was 1080p which made the screen look terrible but was amoled. Also it would get really hot for no reason even when I just opened YouTube. I returned it and got the MacBook Pro 14 and it’s amazing!

I originally got into it because I like to use Logic (the audio software). I stayed because I love the build quality of the keyboard, screen, and track pad. Weird point but I like how you can resize browser windows in Mac OS. It always annoys me trying to do stuff like that in Windows

The Apple ecosystem mainly. But I do really like the build quality and battery life. I can program on it, game on it (lots of retro and some modern), edit photos, run VMs. I could do all this on a PC and I have in the past. I enjoyed Thinkpads and still have the ones I owned but I don't like the user experience when it comes to most laptops out there. Frameworks does seem pretty cool so maybe they'll be my next laptop.

Because the build quality is better than most windows laptops. OS is better than windows, and if we got a Mac we got mostly an iPhone in which we also see more value than android phones, and performance is through the roof since 2021

Like the screen Like the weight and how it looks like

for me, yes, apple ecosystem and i love macOS rather than Windows coz the ui was more spesific to iOS. i know i can slam hackintosh to my HP laptop, but sometimes i felt jealous with someone have a real Mac

I was fed up with constant windows maintenance. Reinstalling windows every year was still a thing then (2012). Tried Linux (try it every other year) but this is still nothing for me. To much maintenance to. Bought a macbook pro retina in 2013 which is still running.good on Catalina.

I use windows for work. It‘s OKish but the amounts of tickets I had to open for malfunctions of the software is still baffeling. And a Macbook Air 15‘ with 512Gb isn‘t that expensive compared to a windows machine of the same specs

Between the 2020 Air and the crappy windows laptops that were available in my country during peak inflation, Air was a no brainer

Got a MBA back in 2014 because at the time it was the only laptop, to my knowledge, that would run for 10 hrs from battery and was able to somehow stack multiple discounts to bring the price to a little over $700 (tax included). Needed it to take notes at a conference that I was attending to get ideas for my thesis and my original laptop would stay for for more than 30 min off battery (the auditorium I was in did not have power plugs for laptops and my handwriting is so bad I’d not be able to understand what I wrote after 1 day. Doctors would be jealous of my handwriting)

Reliability and ease of use.

Because they have good built quality and the last two windows laptops I had consistently had problems. My Mac never gives me an issue, it just works.