I was planning to buy a laptop last month and as a Logic X user for years,another Mac seemed to be the only option.
I didn't buy one for the port situation (wasn't aware of keyboards and other issues) and ended up buying a LG Gram.
Now my wife dropped her old macbook air from an escalator last Sunday and it was destroyed completely (hinge,screen etc) She tried to use my old iPad air2 for her photography needs but it was lagging a lot even with the Photos app, so she bought the 2018 base MBP from a nearby Apple retailer (South city mall in kolkata) on Tuesday.
Right from the start, it’s plagued with strange issues, every time we attach any peripheral with the dongle (HDMI cable, midi keyboard, SD card etc.etc.) the WiFi disconnected intermittently, the trackpad started lagging, locally stored music started cutting off.
We initially thought that its a lemon (as for last 10 years we were using Macs without any problem) but a quick google search and a few YouTube video (specially the Louis Rossman videos) later I changed my mind.
Don‘t want it to be a Apple bashing post, I love their Mac OS and still think it’s much better compared to Windows for musicians, photographer, video editors. But Apple’s choice of hardware for their laptops really baffles me.
I‘m still struggling with Windows 10. It’s really shitty with power management, audio drivers, lack of reasonably priced good quality DAW like Logic, but Apple is really making things harder for people who use their computers for things other than Facebook, YouTube and general browsing.
Sorry for the long whiny post. I thought it’s necessary for people to know how crappy the current MacBook situation is ,before dropping a lot of money.