XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-14 11:12, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 1/14/26 1:51 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> And you cannot take the obvious lesson from this:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> People pay that price because they believe it's WORTH IT.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> And what makes you think must people NEED "24 GB of RAM"   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I'm a very busy user and I'm currently running 9 programs--   
   >>>>>> including Safari with dozens of tabs open and I still have nearly   
   >>>>>> 2GB free on a 16GB system.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> The fact that your pubescent brain can't get is that people who   
   >>>>>> use Macs find they work very, very well. I've worked with, sold   
   >>>>>> and support both Macs and PCs since the late 1980s and in all that   
   >>>>>> time, I've only encountered two people out of hundreds if not   
   >>>>>> thousands who ever tried a Mac and didn't want to continue on with   
   >>>>>> using it.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 16 GB works fine for me, but when I had 32 GB it was a sweet spot.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You aren't really able to spot the contradictions you write...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> ...are you?   
   >>>   
   >>> I didn't contradict myself, it's true that 16 GB is adequate, but   
   >>> it's equally true that I could utilize more.   
   >>   
   >> Define "sweet spot".   
   >   
   >   
   > Having almost no use of virtual memory, not having so much RAM that a   
   > lot went unused but not lacking possible coverage.   
      
   So then if 32GB is a "sweet spot" you're clearly using lots of virtual   
   memory with half that amount.   
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>> There's no question Apple is price gouging.   
   >>>   
   >>>> There's no question that people who buy them don't agree.   
   >>>   
   >>> Which is why no one outside the first world has a Mac.   
   >>   
   >> There is no doubt that Macs are more expensive.   
   >>   
   >> I've never said they weren't.   
   >>   
   >> But you're kind of making MY point.   
   >>   
   >> In North America, Macs make up nearly 25% of personal computer usage:   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> Linux is just a fifth of that, and even if you assume that all of the   
   >> "Unknown" usage is Linux, it's still only half of Mac usage.   
   >   
   >   
   > Apple has a firm place in the market.  But it's despite their greed and   
   > questionable standards.  And it can't begin to compete with Linux   
   > globally.  Apple is a core brand in the industry to sell overpriced   
   > computers.   
   You really are quite delusional.   
      
   There is absolutely no doubt that globally, macOS is still ahead of   
   Linux in usage as a personal computer.   
      
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