XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2025-08-24, 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.   
      
   With the exception of storage and "maybe" RAM, more doesn't equate equally   
   between   
   platforms.   
   The efficiency of the OS and application software plays a big part so just   
   because you have   
   a higher clocked CPU and more memory for the same amount of money doesn't mean   
   something like   
   Photoshop will run better on the higher hardware spec with Windows vs Mac.   
      
   And on that same note, Alan is correct in that the user experience is a   
   combination   
   of software and hardware. One without the other is useless.   
      
   You really seem to have a lot of freaky, obtuse issues with computers that you   
   are either   
   unable to accurately describe or are fantasizing about.   
   Maybe you should find another hobby?   
   Just a suggestion.   
      
      
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
      
      
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   pothead   
      
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