XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 30, 2026 at 6:48:42 PM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote   
   <10ljn1q$2iigq$2@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > On 30 Jan 2026 15:31:57 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:   
   >   
   >> He is trying to push what may very well be be real -- that there is   
   >> a specific tradeoff with a downside that bothers him -- and use it   
   >> to suggest something: that Macs do not last as long. I have shown   
   >> where the opposite is true.   
   >   
   > Where have you shown this?   
      
   I showed studies noting that, at least in the business world, Macs tend to be   
   kept longer.   
   >   
   > There is an old engineering adage: “In any system, complexity arises,   
   > not so much from the number of components, as from the number of   
   > potential interactions between them”.   
   >   
   > This is why engineers are careful to design complex systems in a   
   > modular fashion, with careful separation between modules and   
   > carefully-controlled interactions between them.   
      
   No argument with this.   
      
   > For “complexity”, in Apple’s case, read “propensity to failure   
   > cascades”. Apple has sacrificed design modularity for the sake of   
   > short-term profits. Sure, they will get away with it for the first few   
   > years, but it will come back to bite them eventually.   
      
   There are other aspects of the trade off. Curious if you are aware of them.   
      
   But if you are looking to have me defend all Apple does -- not gonna happen.   
   Heck, I do not like their "Magic Mice". What were they thinking? LOL!   
      
   > Or rather, it will bite their users. But of course Apple will no   
   > longer care by that point, will it?   
      
   Apple has the highest user satisfaction rates and they clearly DO care to   
   please their customers.   
      
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