XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24 02:44, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/24/2025 5:32 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >>> But no, buying a fucking Mac is not the answer.  It's too expensive.   
   >>   
   >> And lacking in expandability and versatility. All Apple’s machines are   
   >> basically just glorified laptops now.   
   >>   
   >> And the OS may have licensed the “Unix” trademark, but it doesn’t work   
   >> the   
   >> way people expect traditional “Unix” systems to work.   
   >>   
   >> Ask one of the original Bell Labs crew, Ken “Mr Unix” Thompson: he has   
   >> given up on Apple and switched to Linux.   
   >   
   >   
   > Right, it's a freakin' joke, if you ask me, there are *selected*   
   > functions of macOS software that outshine the competition, but the   
   > typical home user is better off with something else, because of the   
   > ridiculous expense of the Apple platform, even if they like macOS, it's   
   > just throwing money down the toilet.  Maybe they have money to burn, I   
   > could understand that, but it would never click with me even if I did   
   > have a billion dollars, because my brain doesn't work that way to prefer   
   > Apple's quirkware.   
   >   
      
   "Ridiculous expense"? Please.   
      
   Yes: my MacBook Air (M3) cost me $2,200CAD, but based on my experience,   
   this is a computer I can easily use for the next 5 years.   
      
   That's $37 a month.   
      
   Even if a decent laptop with Linux cost me a third of that (and I very   
   much doubt you can find one as good for that number), the difference is   
   about $25/month.   
      
   That's hardly a huge barrier to entry.   
      
   But please elaborate:   
      
   What makes Apple's technology so "quirky" in your estimation?   
      
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