No surprises here. Just like the lockdown on iPhone screen and part replacements, Macbooks suffer from the same Apple’s anti-repair and anti-consumer bullshit. Battery glued, ssd soldered in and can’t even swap parts with other official parts. 6000$ laptop and you don’t even own it.

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    No, you’re getting downvoted because you can buy non-apple laptops with quality screens. Also, you could just plug in a cheap monitor that is properly calibrated, or buy a nicer color correct monitor. Apple doesn’t have monopoly on color.

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      MacOS does know how to handle colours, I’ll give 'em that.

      I just have no idea if Windows does it better, worse, or the same.

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        Windows is not a color-managed OS. It only manages a few applications, like “Photos”. The rest of color-management is done by separate applications, which is far from ideal.

        Linux had a chance to match macOS with Wayland, but blew it by not taking in constructive criticism and letting their egos dictate the features.

        Edit: If you’re going for a Windows laptop, just don’t get a laptop with a “wide-gamut” display. Go for a good sRGB screen and your life will be easier.

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          It just blows that everything Apple sells can only barely be repaired or upgraded, if at all.

          I can replace pretty much any part of my current laptop fairly easily, and I’d love to have something like that again.

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            I don’t use Apple products, simply because of their crappy ethics and questionable product design. But that means I suffer in my day-to-day work-life thing. That, and I need a good GPU for rendering.

            Still, I’d ‘hackintosh’ everything and anything just because of color-management. :'(

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              Was it Framework who sells nicely repairable devices? Maybe I’ll see if they have reasonably good screens, and use Adobe through a Windows VM. I’d prefer that over bare metal anyway.

              I would hope that if I ever need a truly high end display, it’s going to be an employer who pays for it. One can hope.

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                Frameworks are very nice, but I’m waiting for them to crystalize a bit.

                I would hope that if I ever need a truly high end display, it’s going to be an employer who pays for it. One can hope.

                That still is a problem on both Windows and Linux. No matter what gamut your screen is, if the OS just sends nonsense to it, it’s just a colorful bestbuy “TV”.

                While Adobe products use their own color-management, you’ll meet many problems in your day creative project management. And guess what, it’s always your fault!