<story><title>Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/apple-is-said-to-plan-revamped-low-cost-macs-to-reignite-sales</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gxespino</author><text>Too little, too late. I bought an X1 Carbon earlier this summer and have been pleasantly surprised by Ubuntu.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ll be in the market again for another 2-3 years and by then I may be fully sold on Linux.&lt;p&gt;I was a hardcore mac enthusiast from 2006-2018... But the past few years have resulted in a lot of disdain for the company.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dbbk</author><text>That’s great but you are a tiny tiny minority.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Is Planning a New Low-Cost MacBook, Pro-Focused Mac Mini</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-20/apple-is-said-to-plan-revamped-low-cost-macs-to-reignite-sales</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gxespino</author><text>Too little, too late. I bought an X1 Carbon earlier this summer and have been pleasantly surprised by Ubuntu.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;ll be in the market again for another 2-3 years and by then I may be fully sold on Linux.&lt;p&gt;I was a hardcore mac enthusiast from 2006-2018... But the past few years have resulted in a lot of disdain for the company.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>netule</author><text>Same, but I went with a Razer Blade 15 which also replaces my gaming desktop machine. Ubuntu has been surprisingly usable for development work.</text></comment>