XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24 10:59, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/24/2025 9:45 AM, -hh wrote:   
   >> On 8/24/25 05:32, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:52:22 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> But no, buying a fucking Mac is not the answer.  It's too expensive.   
   >>>   
   >>> And lacking in expandability and versatility...   
   >>   
   >> Although when one reads of anti-Apple folks who replace their GPU card   
   >> multiple times   
   >   
   >   
   > Incorrect.  The CPU video isn't a "GPU card", it's a basic way to get a   
   > single video output through the motherboard.  Adding the NVIDIA card   
   > better supported 4K and gave me a second output.  And replacing that   
   > wasn't because of a hardware failure but a software sabotage by NVIDIA.   
   >   
   >   
   >> and then have to replace their fried motherboard from their DIY'ing...   
   >>   
   >> ...there's certainly a whole bunch of folk who would benefit from an   
   >> "appliance" that reduces the odds of them fat-fingering breaking it.   
   >   
   >   
   > Yeah, but my problem was a freak accident in truth, bad karma getting   
   > me, DYI PCs are usually OK, and if you want a preassembled system,   
   > Apple's are not the best value, unless you just *have* to have macOS.   
   >   
      
   You cannot separate the value of the hardware from the value of the   
   software it runs.   
      
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