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Dying Butterfly Or Published Nudes? Your Choice!



"Which laptop is well worth the money?"

Asking that question may led the tech community in to some very controversial debates. And that is for a reason since it's a question that is very hard to answer.
After the obligatory question of preferred operating system, questions about the price range and favorite brand would normally come up.
It's sad to say that we have come to a time in which people need to ask even simpler questions. Like question about the longevity of the keyboard or mousepad. Even the security on brand new devices seem to be one of the upcoming questions for customers. I say that because of the current news that some ASUS notebooks are infected of malware and the miserable reliability of the butterfly switches on MacBooks. But let's start with the butterfly phenomenon. 

Example: MacBook Air Keyboard with a third-gen butterfly keyboard

MacBooks and their butterfly problems

After the released of the next-gen MacBook in 2015, things started to chance in Apples keyboard design. They started to use newly developed butterfly switches instead of the rubber dome switches every manufacture used for decades. 
One of the reasons for this change was that the casing of Apple notebooks were getting thinner and they needed to have thinner keys and mechanisms. 
Problems were quickly found since it was impossible to miss the sound it made by simply typing on it because of its very short key travel.
In 2016 users claimed that they have malfunctioning keyboard on their MacBooks. Luckily all models until 2018 with butterfly switches are covered under a 4-year warranty. Sadly, problems seem to hold on with the third and newest butterfly generation. The future will tell if Apple will start to take care of the broken those newer notebooks. I use a MacBook with a third-gen butterfly switch and have not encountered any issues. But it's only been a few months since the purchase. Many people recommend getting Apple Care+ the warranty extension alongside the MacBook offered by Apple. It costs a fair amount of money and should be thought over twice. 

Asus can cause public nudes. Maybe..

Notebooks have all kinds of documents stored into them. Pictures are one of the most sensible documents for some. Security could get more important if you store business data on to your devices.
Asus had a problem with its software update installer because the servers delivering the updates were hacked into. Users claimed that they were getting malware onto their devices OTA. Not only is it bad for the costumer, but also displays a very bad image of the Taiwanese company. 
If you have an Asus notebook, you should search for "ShadowHammer fix" and try to resolve the issue. I would also suggest you to activate Windows Defender in System Settings, if you have it turned off. 
You can reach out to me over E-Mail or Twitter if you want help with configuring your notebook into a secure environment to store data and make a backup routine.

Trackpad? What's that?

It's known that Windows notebooks can have worse trackpads that MacBooks even though the prediction trackpads made a big difference between cheap and highly priced notebooks. Oddly HP make something very unusable.
The misconfigured trackpad of the new HP Pavilion lineup is another example of an unreliable tool. Neither the input devices nor the security of a notebook should have been a topic to be a criterium of buying one notebook over the other. There is no need to discuss the advantages of having a device running macOS or Windows. 
But such simple mandatory thing should not be a problem to complain about. It's a simple touchpad on a notebook isn't it? With what else are you going to use a notebook? A wired Mighty Mouse from 2005? Come on.. 
At least their EliteBooks and ProBooks seem to fit the needs of the aimed clientele. 

No simple answer

Members of the tech community already know which laptops fits their needs.
But having to discuss about topics like input malfunctions or the lack of security on a 1000$+ device is getting beyond the adaptable zone.
The time is long overdue for the tech companies to get of their comfort-zone and start making something reliable again. It's not a free product where you could allow to cheap out on engendering or production costs.
To conclude: These laptops are mostly not worth their money for the average user. Choose wisely with your own cash and look into the reviews of devices before buying a random notebook at BestBuy.

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