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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On 2025-08-24 9:22 p.m., Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 16:55:27 -0400, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/24/25 16:39, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> So you want macOS, I get it, that's fine, you do you.  But you're   
   >>> paying through the *nose*, for the so-called privilege.   
   >>   
   >> Except for how you've utterly missed the Sam Vimes theory of boots.   
   >   
   > If Macs really did last longer and have better build quality than other   
   > PCs, you might have a point. As it is, you don’t.   
      
   They hold onto their value longer when it comes to resale, but that   
   doesn't apply to their Intel-based machines. You can get a used   
   Intel-based Mac for more or less the same price as a used x86-64 PC   
   laptop. The M-based laptops do better, but you can still get an M1   
   machine for fairly cheap.   
   > Remember, Apple has even given up on any kind of future upgradeability of   
   > basic things like RAM on its current machines; they are all just glorified   
   > laptops now.   
      
   I don't disagree here. Nevertheless, a lot of people don't care about   
   changing the components in their machine as much as they used to. They   
   should, especially since the 8GB of RAM their Mac came with is probably   
   not going to be enough going forward and neither is the 256GB of   
   storage. Still, many would rather just buy a new machine, as stupid as   
   that is.   
      
   Nevertheless, Apple can afford to remove the upgrade path of their   
   machines because they know that their customers will likely buy a new   
   MacBook the same way they buy a new iPhone after two years. _PC_   
   manufacuters can't. If you remove the potential for upgrading your   
   x86-64 laptop, you're also removing any decent reason to buy it over a   
   Mac. The Mac has superior processing power, better thermals and better   
   battery life. Unless there is some piece of software that absolutely   
   demands Windows, there is no reason whatsoever to choose a PC over a Mac.   
      
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