Also, it would be a hassle to verify that the hardware was supported by Ubuntu. I didn't state this in my question, but I'm looking for something that "just works" to the extent possible.
I only care about how they feel. The old MPBs had a keyboard that was soft to the touch (eg. not "clicky"), there were no gaps between the keys and each key was curved to fit your fingers.
In contrast, the newer Macbooks and MBPs have clicky, flat keyboards. It takes much more effort to depress a key and even after a year of getting used to this I'm unable to type as fast as I could on the old one.
About the keyboard layout, I don't care what is printed on the keys. US-style wide enter key is fine, as is European style tall enter key. These things are pretty easy to get used to in my experience. Color, backlight etc. is not important.
What matters is simply how good it is to write on, especially after several hours and especially when typing fast.
They look really, really nice. And the specs can be boosted to impressive levels.
Just too bad that it isn't possible to see the machines on display somewhere. The keyboards look bit like the newer MBP keyboard, and I don't like those at all. But I guess I could dig into some reviews and check that out.
This is also why I quickly realized that my troll list initiative was seriously misguided. And why I now vow to never again mention a troll by name ;-)
1+2: I agree!
3: I need to work on that... ;)
4: Right about the retention part, but some trolls are really persistent and not easily destroyed
5: How do you mean?
6: This is a decent strategy for sure, but no guarantee that they'll go away.
Most of us are exposed to SQL during our careers, but I expect that few think of it as a programming language. Can you recommend any good resources in this area?
BTW where would you say that Erlang belongs in this picture?
Well, the term "boring" is of course very subjective. I'm certainly not claiming that I have nothing left to learn from C#, I'm just not very interested in it right now, for various reasons.
Other than that, I completely agree with your thoughts on this.
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