XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2025-08-24 15:33, Joel W. Crump wrote:
> On 8/24/2025 6:18 PM, pothead wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
> I guess. But Apple is still weird, even if it somehow makes such great
> use of their paltry offerings of hardware.
HOW is it weird? I'm guessing by "weird" you really mean, "does
something in a way /I/ don't like.
And what makes their offerings "paltry" exactly?
>
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Au contraire, I get results. Everyone makes mistakes, everyone has
> karma, that's what killed my computer, but I bounced back hard.
Nothing killed my MacBook Pro except extreme old age, and even then, I
could have fixed it, if I'd wanted to.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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