XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24 13:36, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 8/24/2025 2:23 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >>> the typical home user is better off with something else [than a Mac],   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > The point is, for that price, you could've gotten more hardware with   
   > another platform.  It's like buying a Hyundai over a Honda, is it   
   > literally as good, maybe not in someone's OCD mind, but it's clearly a   
   > better value financially.   
   >   
      
   And had a far worse overall experience.   
      
   I know how to use macOS, Windows (every version), Linux...   
      
   ...and I know what works well.   
      
   I also know that of the hundreds of people I've seen transition to using   
   Macs, only two (yes: literally just 2) have ever expressed any desire to   
   return to Windows and one of those was a man in his 70s who was just too   
   set in his ways to change at that age.   
      
   >   
   >> But please elaborate:   
   >>   
   >> What makes Apple's technology so "quirky" in your estimation?   
   >   
   >   
   > It has the potential to be a great Unix platform, but ends up being just   
   > a proprietary GUI by dull minds at a cult company, when all is said and   
   > done, at exorbitant prices.  It's a money pit, even more than Windows   
   > systems are.   
   Your claim was that it is "quirky".   
      
   Justify that claim.   
      
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