XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: vallor@cultnix.org   
      
   On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:45:48 -0400, -hh    
   wrote in <108f52c$2r00q$2@dont-email.me>:   
      
   > 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 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.   
   >   
   >   
   > -hh   
      
   There's also this matter of "expandable", which Macs _do_ have,   
   with the advent of "external pcie", aka "thunderbolt".   
      
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